W5run3

[Blueintheface]

So when I saw it was 20mins I almost died but surprised that it was actually ok!!! Am running quite slowly mind, am I supposed to be at the almost 5k by now? I think I am more 3.5k!! Jo Wiley needs to get a bit tougher on me I think! Am so glad I am doing it even if the old head often says No!!

[Shelley2310 Graduate]

Well done, I’m not even at 3k yet!! Slow and steady is the mantra here, ‘embrace your inner snail’. The programme is designed to get us running for 30 mins not 5K but it’s a catchy name! The time to increase distance and pace is when we’ve finished the full 9 weeks. Happy running 🏃‍♀️

[Blueintheface in reply to Shelley2310]

I didn’t know that!!!! Thanks for telling me. Feel better about it now!

[E27M14 Graduate]

I did this run yesterday. Feels great doesn’t it. I covered just under 3km including the warm-up and cool-down walks.

[Blueintheface in reply to E27M14]

Great! I was surprised I could keep me head in the game so that was good!! Well done you too!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 5, that is a milestone run with C25K, don't worry about your pace, onwards and upwards to week 6 run 1 but be careful about that run as it catches out some people with the interval walks and runs 🏃

[Blueintheface in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks for letting me know! I thought they would all be 20 minutes plus now but clearly not! 😆

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Blueintheface]

No, just as a reminder, run 1 of week 6 is run for 5 minutes, walk for 3, run for 8 minutes, walk for 3 and finally run for 5 minutes., not until the third run of week 6 is the first of 4/25 minute runs, three of which are in week 7.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

PS, strange username, most people who run on C25K report after running that the are REDintheface, not blue.

[Ploddingmum]

Hey forget the distance! You ran for 20 mins!!!!!! Did you think you could do this when you started? I didn’t - so I celebrated that I could run 20 mins non stop. Slow is good, push too hard too soon and you won’t hit your next milestone.

[Blueintheface in reply to Ploddingmum]

Thank you!!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Great job. You’re not supposed to be at anything but your comfortable pace at this stage... 5k is cool and all that, but this is much more about getting to 30 minutes of cardio, that’s what changes your life. Don’t stress pace or distance.. they can come later. Celebrate that you ran 20 minutes... celebrate the fact you haven’t quit this... celebrate the fact you can run. The stats will never really matter, even if you choose to chase them... relax and run!

Enjoy week 6... slow and steady really helps in the intervals!

[Blueintheface in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thanks a million!

[Mercmancouchto5k Graduate]

Hi Blueintheface, when I finished week 8 with ease I decided to go along to the local park run on Christmas Day. There were another 348 people there with me and I remember thinking "has the whole world gone mad"? Anyway, I finished in 345th position, having run, jogged, walked, coughed and crawled a total of 5 kilometres. It because obvious to me then that I have probably only been running 3 or 4 km within couch25K but i am now ready to embrace the next step of turning up to a park run and looking forward to beating my "personal best" of 44 minutes and 40 seconds! LOL - if I am any slower, I would have walked faster.

[Blueintheface]

Well done you! What a fab and positive attitude. I reckon,like you say, I will think about the 5k once I hit the 30mins and finish the course.

[ktsok Graduate]

Well done Blue! 20 minutes running was unthinkable just a few weeks ago (even last week lol). Look at us go 😀

[Blueintheface in reply to ktsok]

I know right?! Just read your post about week 6. Will definitely keep it slow!! Good luck this week!

[ktsok Graduate in reply to Blueintheface]

You too!