Beginner alert!

[AmateurJogger]

Second run of week 1 complete! 💪🏼

Started the programme to help my mental health and enjoying it so far (very early days I know!)

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

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 minimising impact, stretching after every run, hydration and strengthening exercises, all of which will help.

Enjoy your journey.

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Welcome to the forum and the program !Do read the guide linked to by IannodaTruffe .

It is full of usefull information to help steer you safely through the program.

Enjoy your runs !

[Poppdog Graduate]

Welcome and well done for starting the feeling gets better and better. Keep posting and look out for the good advice and tips it really does help to do C25K as a community

[MaCherie112 Graduate]

Aaaw welcome to the club!!! I can definitely vouch that this programme is tremendous for mental health, confidence, resilience and so much more! The journey can be up and down but all in all so worth it!!! Hope you enjoy! Keep going!

[Devon_straggler Graduate]

Well done for starting and welcome to the forum. We were all beginners once, even now I still feel there's loads for me to learn and improve on, but the positive benefits start immediately. Glad you're enjoying it, let us know how you get on.