So I downloaded the app!
I’ve done session 1 and 2 but I only manage to run for about 30 seconds of each minute! I’m so unfit. My plan is to repeat week 1 until I can make the minutes
Is that a sensible option? I really don’t want to give up even if I walk for 30 minutes each session it has to be better than being on the couch
Repeating a run until you are comfortable doing it is the most sensible approach. Skipping it for a higher level is highly risky as you may get discouragwd if you are unable to do it. Keep up your enthusiasm and you will be doing the runs in no time. All the best.
Welcome. Well done getting out there and started. Repeat any run you don’t fully complete... and keep the pace down.
It’s more than a sensible option... the refusal to quit that you have there is exactly what’s needed... keep coming to the start lines and you will succeed. It doesn’t matter if this takes 27 sessions or 127, it’ll still change your life, increase its expectancy, and make you fitter and stronger. Enjoy your journey.
Hi! I think you are right to repeat until YOU feel able to move on. Taking it at a pace that suits you and progressing over a longer period of time has to be better than setting yourself up to fail and stop running. You can do this! Keep trying!
I'm feeling the same as you! This all sounds like good advice 😊
@hopscotch68 we all have our own journey. Honestly, I stayed on week 1 for about 3 weeks when i first started lol.. Then, like the game hopscotch I bounced on week 3 or 4 for a few weeks and then I reached week 6 and ended up in hospital because of something unrelated to C25K. I suppose you could say I jumped over to the game snakes and ladders as I slid back down to week 1 or 2 after that haha. I'm intending to get back on the running next week so I'll go back to the beginning but I expect I'll jump up the ladders quicker this time.
It's better to start on week 1 and stay there until you've mastered your breathing. When you're comfortable, move to week 2 but focus on getting to the end of the run/walk and be in control of your breathing. I didn't move on until I was at the end of the run breathless but in control of my breathing. Yoga and meditation - breathing exercises really helped to develop my breathing techniques. Once I'd mastered the art of breathing, I moved quicker through the weeks.
Ps. there were also some weeks when I moved back a week because I wasn't up to it for one reason or another.
Thank you - and good luck with your return
I’m Very overweight so fingers crossed it will help with weight loss and the weight loss will help the c25k
Welcome to the forum and well done on getting started.
This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5... and includes advice on pacing..........slow down............oh yes, you can go slower!!!
Repeat any session that you don't complete, then move on.
Enjoy your journey.
Yes go back to wk1 run 1 and don't move on until you complete it. The repeat button is there to use as often as you need to good luck you can do this 😊😊
Well done you for not only downloading the app but you have got out there and started running. I did week 1 twice and being able to do it comfortably gave me a lot of confidence.
Take your time, go slow and you'll get there.
Huge well done... please check out that post for Newbies..it is so useful.
Try to focus on the positives.. you will do this and we will help. Slow and steady, relax and enjoy.
Their really is no such thing as too slow...as Confucius said...
" It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop."
So, just head out, land lightly and take it as slowly as you like... 
Started off a bit fast today!
4 Weeks off, how do I start again?
Off the starting blocks
How slow is too slow?
Started off brilliantly 
