Hi All, Is anyone aware of any organised couch to 5k event/challenges, it would be good to have an event that might help as a target...but is dedicated to people on the couch to 5k challenge. If not do you think there would be any call for this?
Best wishes Chris
Parkrun?
As Simon says Parkrun has a great atmosphere for new graduates and it's even been known for people to join before graduation. If you do an internet search for parkrun and your local area you will be able to find if there is one near you. They are every Saturday at 9am around hundreds of parks In The UK. You get a barcode and they time your measured 5km for you. It is all for free. Also a lot of grauates go in to do race for life as its a very gentle introduction to events. These are done by cancer reasearch and they have many events dotted around the UK. For the last few years a few of us have met up for the Winter run in London it's a 10km but we meet up before hand and then go for a drink and something to eat afterwards, very friendly and relaxed. This year I found out about a free London Mile with medal so in about June next year I'm trying to get a few of us together to do that. The other gentle 5km is BigFunRun, they are in different locations around the UK. We often meet other runners from here at events as we get near we realise there will be a few of us there and we get to say Hi. I hope this helps with your query ..
Rfc.
Thank you for this, excellent suggestions! Very much appreciated
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