Just started ...

[simonHumph]

Just started .... W1D1 .... W9D3 seems like an awfully loooong way off ...

[JoolieB1 Graduate]

Enjoy each run and each week, nice and steady and you will be on week 9 before you know it!

[simonHumph Graduate in reply to JoolieB1]

Thanks. I'll let you know though "enjoy" seems like an awfully strong verb!

[Sandraj39 Graduate]

Welcome! This is the place to come to get you through - take it slow and steady and you may be surprised at just how enjoyable (and addictive!) this journey is! Lots of luck🙂

[dddd4 Graduate]

Just think of one run at a time. Even repeating some runs and taking extra rest days it all seemed to go past mighty fast in the end! Good luck. Are you using the podcasts in which Laura gives you coaching? I recommend them and this forum for all the support and advice you might need

[simonHumph Graduate in reply to dddd4]

Thanks. I downloaded a Couch25k podcast I saw on the BBC website. I get Michael Johnson as my trainer IS that the same one?

[dddd4 Graduate in reply to simonHumph]

Same format I think but I don't know if you get all the advice. You probably do but with a different voice? Don't know how well the app works. I expect others will be able to tell you. The podcasts include music too so less faffing about if you want music to run too. The music isn't to everyone's taste but not knowing what's next distracted me nicely in the harder bits!

[simonHumph Graduate in reply to dddd4]

Ah, no music on this one which I thought was an omission. Do you have a URL for your one?

[RunningGeek Graduate in reply to simonHumph]

Here it is! Much better with music, naff as it is, & as an added bonus Laura spurs you on at just the right time! Happy running and don't be surprised if you get addicted - only completed first 2 weeks but look forward to the next run.

nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/...

[simonHumph Graduate in reply to RunningGeek]

Thanks

[McFitty Graduate]

Here you go...

nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/...

These are the podcasts with the famous Laura on. Enjoy. It really is a fabulous journey

[simonHumph Graduate in reply to McFitty]

Thanks

[pollyp1 Graduate]

You'll be amazed how quickly you get there!

[poppypug Graduate]

Hi and Welcome to the board !

You will be fine, honestly Just take each run as it comes , plus your rest days . You will be surprised really how quickly the time goes .

Enjoy it and please keep posting as its really good to look back ( you can look back on this, your first post ) and see how far you have come

Good Luck , you can do this ! xxx

[Irish-John Graduate]

One foot in front of the other, one stage at a time. 'Slow and steady' is what gets the 'Graduates' there

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Use Laura's podcasts they really are fab. I'm on week 8 now having started in March and having to take a couple of months off due to injury.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Here before you know it... and you will wonder how the heck you got there.

Slow and steady and it will be fine!

"No-one will tell you it is going to be easy, but they will tell you...it is going to be so, worth it!"

[lightweightkate Graduate]

Hi and well done for starting - it does seem a long way off but it does go really fast and you will enjoy it - honest - the sense of achievement is amazing...good luck

[RainbowC Graduate]

Welcome aboard! Even if you repeat weeks and take it slowly, you'll still see the steady improvements that come from following the programme - and yes, you'll even find at some point that you're enjoying it! For the first few weeks, I enjoy the 'having done it', rather than the actual doing - then I start having brief moments during a run where I think 'hey, this is good, I can do this and it feels fine!'. And some time after that I get to 'OK, the first couple of minutes always suck, but after that it's basically enjoyment. And there's always the satisfaction afterwards too!

So yes, happy running!

[simonHumph Graduate]

Thanks everybody!