First five min run😀😀

[MichelleS1963]

Just completed my first 5 min run yaaay! I actually can't believe it. I was going quite slow though. Hopefully I'll get a little faster as time goes on🙏🙏

[CharliesMum11 Graduate]

Well done! I never thought I could run, but I'm now in week 7 and can run for 25 minutes! I'm not fast but very enthusiastic! Happy running

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Great and slow is good it will get you through to the end of each run good luck 😊

[NewRunner4 Graduate]

Fabulous. It’s amazing how you thought you couldn’t run for 60 seconds a few weeks ago and now you’re at 5 minutes. No stopping you now!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to NewRunner4]

Way back when I was at Primary School I used to win many of the short at that time I think they were "50-yard dash sprints", after that I did not run at all and took up cycling.

Forward 40 years, noticed C25K on the Internet and before I began week 1 experimented in running and walking a measured 5K course by running quickly for 1 minute and walking smartly for two minutes, over the 5K course I took 40 minutes so after I completed C25K and ran my first 'official 5K' over the same course I was determined that I should run it in just under 35 minutes which I managed in around 34.40, a few weeks later I run my PB 5K in 32.25.

[Dowat Graduate]

Well done to you. What an amazing thing it is to achieve that. Don’t worry about speed just follow the program and keep focussed on your graduation. Happy running.

[Helzbels Graduate]

Well done! 👍🏻

[Julessn Graduate in reply to Helzbels]

*the* Helzbels?!

[Helzbels Graduate in reply to Julessn]

? 🤔

[Julessn Graduate in reply to Helzbels]

Clearly not

[Helzbels Graduate in reply to Julessn]

Ha ha! Sorry 😂!

[Julessn Graduate in reply to Helzbels]

I’m friends with someone with your username on another forum, you’d recognise my username if you were the same person 😂

[Helzbels Graduate in reply to Julessn]

Ah, I did wonder! Obviously I’m not the other Helzbels😂! Popular username!

[Toastedteacake1]

Great going x. I have just finished week four and I’m very slow but once I can get my endurance built up I’m going to build up my speed, there’s some great advice on these forums especially the half marathon one for increasing speed, but I think it’s best to go the distance first x good luck

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Great work. Pace doesn’t matter, and it matters even less when you’re upping duration/distance. Pace won’t matter at all on this plan... and it may never matter to you. Your pace is your pace, and as you’re completing these runs then it’s a very good pace. Faster is for weeks 12+, just run this plan like you did today and you’ll be a better runner for it.

Enjoy that next run.

[Kilnhurstc]

Thankyou for posting, have had great reassurance from reading all the positive replies. I too was worried about running slowly, but great to hear that it's more important to just keep putting one foot in front of the other! Happy running, from a fellow 'slow but going to get there' runner 😊