I am struggling to complete 25 mins without stopping. After 12.5 mins i walked for 1min and then after another 8 mins i walked again.
I have tried going slower but i am already going slowly!
I have managed 1 20 min run and 1 25 min run but now I'm struggling 
I think its mostly the psychology of running i an struggling with - my head keeps saying just walk
A friend told me to turn the music up which helped a bit.
Any advice greatly received. X
You are doing really well but the brain can be a runners enemy, as you are finding out.
Try slowing down. It is an ongoing mantra of this forum - you can’t go too slowly. If your head is telling you to walk half way through, try running slower from the start and it may well help you push through to the end. Good luck.
Slow down more... than, think of other things... make up names fr folks you meet... names for the trees or shrubs... and just relax...
These runs are meant for relaxation...let the new running legs find their happy pace, however slow that is... you can do this.. believe it 
It definitely the gremlins. I have a constant battle with them. Today in the last 5mins I found myself shouting out loud “I CAN DO THIS!!!” It gave a burst of adrenaline. Also try listening to a podcast I’ve been listening to Jason Manford and laughing as I go along xx
As Oldfloss said, slow down! Then slow down some more!!! It's amazing how people will still push themselves when they think they are slowing down!
If, once you have slowed the gremlins still keep nagging away, go through a checklist to see if there really is any reason as to why you should stop. Are your legs REALLY so painful you can't take another step? Is your heart beating so fast it's jumping out of your chest? (remember that comment about go slower!?) Are you able to breathe? If none of these hold true, tell yourself you will check again once you have done 100 (or 50 or 20 - whatever number feels appropriate) steps. Count out the steps, then run through a checklist again and keep going. You can do this. The program has brought you this far, so you know you are ready. The gremlins are a pain - but they can be beaten. You can do this. You are the master of your fate. Just Do It!
Just find your sustainable happy pace that may just be the same as your brisk walking pace or walking pace.🤔
Providing your feet are leaving the ground you are running and that is all that is required.🤔
To build your stamina, it is important that you can achieve the run parts without stopping.
You are doing well and just have the continuous runs to achieve in your own good time,and you will.
Tell your head you are walking,what is required from this programme is actually easier on your body than brisk walking.🤔
You can do this,you have already proved it to all including yourself.
Believe it.👏👏
Hope this helps.
Ah I get this too- I literally argued with myself the whole way around week 5 run 3. Since then I have found it bit easier and I find that when I feel like just stopping and walking I make myself run for another 60secs and go a bit slower then once I survive that I think, right just another minute - after that point usually I feel a bit better and can actually keep going. Then If after a while I feel the need to walk again I think well I haven’t stopped yet so I sure as hell am not stopping now. I also try and remind myself every now and again when I’m out that I’m doing this for fun and it’s not a punishment. That I should try and relax and enjoy it it’s not a test- although feels like it sometimes 😜
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