Scary statistics. Those of a gentle disposition look away now...

[nowster]

It's interesting to see how the programme progresses. When I complete the run tomorrow I'll have done just over a quarter of the total required running time.

[John_W Graduate]

Ah, a numbers person.

You'll enjoy and appreciate this

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

and this

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

[nowster Graduate in reply to John_W]

I've already printed those out! 🤪

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

I don't agree with the use of scary...........the intent of the plan is to get you running for thirty minutes, so surely the progression is to be expected??

[nowster Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

In some cases it's best not to look too far ahead. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to nowster]

It is all about attitude........I would never have undertaken a plan if I hadn't thoroughly examined what it involved, whereas I know some worry.

[SaltdeanSizzler]

I’m surprised it’s only 8 hours ! Felt like 80 at the time of completion of week 9 🏁🏆😂🤣How amazing we can learn to run 30 minutes with only 8 hours practice 🤩🤩🤩Fabulous program and support thank you again 🙏🏃‍♀️

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

As a person interested in statistics I find that post of yours nowster very interesting, run 1 of week 1, run 3 of week 5 and run 3 of week 9 are especially important at 00:08, 02:57 and 08:09 respectively.

[ForestGrump63 Graduate]

I don’t get the cumulative run time?

[nowster Graduate in reply to ForestGrump63]

It's a totalizer of hours and minutes run so far. How much you've put on the clock.

The first day you've run 8 minutes in total. The second you've run another 8 minutes, so that adds up to 16 minutes. Third day another 8 mins, so 24 mins in total. The second week adds 9 mins per day, the third another 9 mins per day, etc. etc.

[ForestGrump63 Graduate in reply to nowster]

Right thanks. It didn’t say the units so I was confused

[Blackberrypie Graduate]

Interesting! Having just done W7R1 I have slightly less than half the total running time to go - this does encourage me to treat these last weeks with respect and recognise that, though on paper it doesn't look like much of an increase, it's a significant total effort and I should make sure that I take additional rest days if my body is saying it needs them.