Well I lost my running mojo for a while.. should be on week 9 but I'm trying not to beat myself up about it! Managed 4K this morning in the 28 minutes which was 10 sec faster per km than wk8 run 1.. not sure that 5k will be very achievable in week 9 though 😕
How's everyone else getting on?
I just did W8R1 and really wanted to get to 4k so went a bit longer and did 29 mins. I cannot imagine that there is any possible way I can get to 5k by the end of next week, but reading through the forum I don't think many people do. Hopefully that comes later, I know I should concentrate on time and not distance but since I discovered the app with the robot voice telling me how far I had gone on W7 it!'s made me all competitive with myself and I was determined not to stop until she said 4km! Not sure that's a good thing.....perhaps I should turn her off.
😂 I think defo keep her on and go for it! I guess if we keep running we will get quicker and be able to hit that 5k mark in time. Thanks for replying! It's good to know it's not just me! 😊
Loads do not.. because you do not have to 
Best to build up to 5K slow and steady and stay injury free
I know you're right, I'm getting carried away and it's not necessarily a good thing. I need to channel my enthusiasm in the right direction. I blame my dear sister, she runs marathons up and down mountains and when I texted her to say I'd run for 25 mins and wasn't dead her first question was 'how far'?! So robot woman was called in, but I think I'm going to switch her off (and wait a while before I go running with my sister!)
On Week 7 and not sure I will do 5k in 30 minutes at the end - more like 45 minutes. I was feeling a bit frustrated too today to be honest. I am sure you will speed up after the end of the programme. It is a gradual but steady learning curve and there is still some work to do at the end of it. Sounds like you are already getting a bit faster and certainly not slowing down. If you are at 4k in 28 minutes that's 35 minutes for 5k so pretty good going. 30 minutes for 5k is a ball park figure to work towards but not all of us will achieve that. But the stamina to run 5k with relative ease is the main goal for me at the moment. Well done and you are nearly there.
Aw thank you for the encouragement, I really appreciate it! Some days I feel the run is harder than on others - it's never easy don't get me wrong!
I'm with you on wanting to be able to run 5k with relative ease - good luck to you! 👍
Thanks.
Glad to hear you have found that lost Mo-Jo; welcome back :0)
I've one more run to go to graduation and there is no way I'll do 5k in 30 mins either I take OldFloss's advice of slow and steady VERY seriously lol
I graduated on Saturday and am nowhere near 5k in 30 minutes but I CAN run for 30 minutes so I'm pleased with that.
Speed can come in time but I think being able to maintain a run is the key
You are not meant to be running 5K in 30 minutes. The idea is to be able to run non-stop for 30min, and that in itself is a great achievement.
I pushed myself and could go below 30 if l want to but that brings back dear memories of me being stretched out on a physio's table.
Speed is a fast ticket to an injury table, especially for new, inexperienced runners.
Irish-John did a poll a few weeks ago and discovered that the majority of people don't get to 5 k in 9 weeks. It should be called C2 30minutes....
You can get to 5 later and then work on speed. Otherwise the danger is (as you have found) you feel like you are failing and your mojo jogs off.
I don't think with my little legs and great age (yup it really is great) I will ever run a sub 30 minute 5k, but hey, I can run 10
I like this post!
Go on, tell us how old you are, helenwheels. I'm 64 but haven't graduated ... yet. I'm having a spot of trouble with running 25 min, despite taking all the advice on running slOwly. Perhaps I should be more honest and say I only have two speeds, very slow and walking!
Anyway I'm v pleased to be on the c25k programme, it's well put together. And I enjoy this site a lot. Good luck to all and happy (slow) running!
Thank you I am a spring chicken really at 55; but this is the age that I found running- so it truly is a great age!
All you need is the 30 minute runs.. that is all.. you are doing just fine. Slow and steady all the way to the podium
Yes, you lot need to forget about reaching 5k on the programme, if you insist on trying to push to that distance then there's a good chance you'll end up on the IC! then you'll be doing nothing! Heed Old Flosses advice well! And what's been said again here! You have been warned!😊
Three months after graduation I have stopped thinking about distance and just aim for 30 minute runs. I suspect I may have done 5k in that time once. But I haven't done a sub 30 park run yet. Who cares? I am running regularly so that's what matters.
Thank you all for your words of wisdom! I'm defo going to stop getting hung up on reaching the 5k and concentrate on reaching those 30 min runs! 😁
Yep I'm hearing you. I did same run tonight and it was slow and it kind of sucked cos i have stitches near my eye from surgery yesterday but what the hell it's 28 mins done and bring on next one 😎
Just completed Week 8 Run 2!
Week 8 Run 2 - A run of two halves
Week 8 Run 2 - On The Straight And Narrow
Week 8, Run 2 - slow but did it anyway
