consolidation runs

[Alkanet]

Hello everyone. I graduated couch to 5k and today was my first run to consolidate. I repeated week 9 run 3 as not able to find the maintenance runs on the app. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Much as I love Sanjeev it would be nice to have a change! I’m very much a jog plodder and can run 30 minutes (slowly!) but not complete 5k so my long term aim is to be able to run 5k. Couch to 5k has been a great programme for me and really does work. This is a great community and I look forward to the daily digest email every day 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Congratulations on graduating, continuing to consolidate with 30 minute runs is a good idea for a while. I like Nike run club app for guided runs, there's lots of 30 minute ones on there and a different guided voice.

[Alkanet in reply to SueAppleRun]

thank you I will have a look at that

[Vespina Graduate in reply to Alkanet]

Seconded on Nike Run Club. I’m a year post-graduation and still use it. I found it worked really well for me and was similar to C25K but had more scope. Coach Bennett is brilliant

[Zev1963 Graduate in reply to Vespina]

Thirded for NRC, it is really good coaching.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

You could...during your consolidation try the C25K + podcasts... they are fun...but... different. They teach us so much,,, about the disciplines in our running... Stepping Stones is the first... and you may find it , interesting...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podca...

Let us know!

[Alkanet in reply to Oldfloss]

thank you will have a look at that too

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Alkanet]

The Nike runs are ace though..! I love them..so many of us use them...!

[Jools2020 Graduate]

Another vote for the Nike Run Club app. They do many guided runs, either distance or time - take your pick.

Many of us are ‘plodders’ and proud of it! Good luck with your consolidation runs! 😊🏃‍♀️👍

[CBDB Graduate]

once I graduated I put together a 5 week programme where I could simply explore different apps, different tours and different S&F workouts,

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

I still have fond memories from those weeks?

Well done for graduating!!!

[MrBassmanjazz Graduate]

Yes, NRC. I would recommend repeating W9 R1 or R2 for a few weeks first, though. (The congratulations at the end of W3 start to wear after a while).

[Alkanet in reply to MrBassmanjazz]

that’s a good idea 👍

[Frankenfoot23 Graduate]

Really well done graduating! It's incredible how far we come from those early weeks of a minute or two bursts where you feel you might just collapse I made the mistake of just setting off too fast on those earlier runs and struggled to get my breath.

I'm on week 8 run 3 next and I'm feeling very close now and also thinking about how I can continue with this wonderful running thing, as I'm totally hooked.

I had to take a week out with a cold and tried the Zombies run app for a trial run, before continuing with the C25k program. I found that really good. You can set specific run times in it and it's a lot of fun.

Other people seem to be recommending the Nike Run club app which seems very popular - or they are repeating the last few runs of the C25k app.

I had a look around and there doesn't seem to be much else worth trying.

My intention is to consolidate and improve my time a little. I do manage 5k but only when it includes the warm up walks.

After this, I'm aiming for 10k. There's a forum here that acts as a bridge to it.

healthunlocked.com/bridgeto10k

I've not looked in depth yet, but hope it's useful

[Alkanet in reply to Frankenfoot23]

thank you 😊

[Wine]

Brilliant job well done

[Teaching]

Congratulations on your success so far.