Couch to 5k

[Cars1996]

Has anyone finished the couch to 5k?

[misswobble Graduate]

Erm yes. Have a look at the threads and you’ll see the word “Graduate” at the side of the poster’s name which means they’ve done the programme

[MandiV]

Yes loads of us!! It’s great and easily doable if you follow it!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Not sure of the figures, but it’s in the thousands... several still on here! Probably a fair few today!

Welcome... you can do it too

[HappyNoodle Graduate]

Yep! And I always hated having to run. Now I’m moving onto 10K, starting the plan tomorrow.

[icklegui Graduate]

If you're not using the HealthUnlocked app, you can see the "graduate" badge next to people's usernames of those who have finished! You can see each month there's a thread where people can ask for these badges when they have finished.

Search the forum for "graduated" or "W9R3" to find people's posts about completing the final run of the programme :). Note that our NHS C25K treats finishing as running for 30 minutes, 3 times, the distance doesn't matter.

[Fabulous450 Graduate]

Oh yes and I’m sure you will too! Enjoy! ❤️

[cheekychipmunks Graduate]

Yes me, and thousands of others. It’s transformed my life. Brilliant programme. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️😀😀

[MGoose]

My last week is just about to begin .... struggled at the beginning and did week 4 twice as I found it difficult but now about to hit 30 mins and to be honest looking forward to it (know it will be hard though)

[Jell6 Graduate]

Yes, it's achievable, and rewarding. It takes some effort but the pay off is worth it.

Get started, hope you enjoy it.

[sallenson Graduate]

nah...

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate in reply to sallenson]

We're just here for the craic and the jelly babies right!? 🤣🤣

[sallenson Graduate in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Too right. That running stuff is too hard. Give me a party any day

[Equi-geek Graduate in reply to sallenson]

🤣👍

[Beccym Graduate]

Yes, think of the 9 weeks as a guide not set in stone. It takes many of us longer then that.

You can repeat weeks or retry the program several times.

[Equi-geek Graduate]

🙋🏼‍♀️🎓😁👍

[Darude Graduate]

Every single day somebody completes C25k, in all different age, speed, place, shape and form. If we can, so can you. 😀 Welcome to the community

[Jocomoso Graduate]

Yes weeks ago!

Bit of a hiatus over the summer and want to get back to it asap

It's a great plan 👍🏃‍♀️

[petrometro Graduate]

yes, although at the end of 3/9 it was more like couch to 3.8k.... must improve beyond 30 minutes.