Record Numbers Do Couch to 5k during lockdown!!

[Birdlady64]

Just had to share this....

From March until the end of June, there were almost one million downloads of the Couch to 5k app – 858,000 compared to 448,000 during the same time last year – a 92% increase compared to 2019.

That's amazing !😃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

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[Newbie59 Graduate]

Yes, I saw that on the BBC news, I was so pleased to be recognised!

[Blossom- Graduate]

Plus all the people like me who used the MP3 podcast not the app! The whole nation will be running!😀🏃‍♀️🏃x

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

I heard that on the news yesterday as well Birdlady64, there also have been a record number of people graduating as well, it keeps the administrators of C25K busy issuing badges and the word graduate next to all those runners usernames.

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

And a fantastic job they're doing too 👌

Thanks and much kudos goes to them all 👍😎

[Bontobpat Graduate]

Wow!

[ChubbyJawa Graduate]

Yep, and I'm one of them☺️🏃‍♂️. I have seen many more people out running since the lock down.

Often wonder if there doing c25k as they run past, Jo Wiley talking in there ears.

[JessPix Graduate]

I'm one of them! I don't think I would have had the incentive to start when I was working full time. I'm back at work now and have been for a few weeks (still just part-time for now) and I look forward to it now when I come home, but don't think I would ever have got off the couch to start when life was "normal" between work and looking after 3 kids. Just finished wk8 run 2! Really hoping that next week when I am back full-time again that I will have the energy and mojo to keep going.

[Workingathome Graduate in reply to JessPix]

Good luck and keep on going you’re doing so well and you know it’s doing you good

[JessPix Graduate in reply to Workingathome]

Thank you!

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to JessPix]

Me too. Have been working at home since mid March and using my former evening commute time to run

Hope you manage to find time to keep it up. You are so close to graduation now.

Happy running 🏃‍♀️😁

[JessPix Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

Thank you 😊 You too. Keep going, you’re doing great 🙌

[Workingathome Graduate]

Wow! It’s so great that’s so many people are choosing to take control and look after their health