Well done to you Kksstt on completing run 1 of week 2, do keep ridgidly to the program, no running on consecutive days as that could cause a injury, I am so happy to know that you are enjoying your running journey with C25K, onwards and upwards to run 2 of week 2 and beyond, keep posting on this forum about your progress. 😊 🏃🏾 ✔️
Hi Hidden , it wouldn't be "bad" (in the sense of go and sit on the naughty step!) to add extra, but it would be taking an unnecessary risk. Much better to complete your runs feeling good and that you could have done more, than pushing to do extra and ending up over-tired or even injured.
The runs will be increasing in duration soon enough, and you have years ahead in which to develop your running. Enjoy C25K!
I know just where you're coming from Hidden and it would be hypocritical of me to say that I never added extra when I was doing C25K, though generally it was a longer cooldown walk because of my hopeless route planning! Fwiw, as walking is low-impact, that's less likely to be risky than adding more to the actual running sections.
It's so tempting, when you're starting out, to think that it's only a bit more, but looked at in percentage terms the extra seconds or minutes can be much more significant.
Before I did C25K I'd always assumed I couldn't run, as I'd had a couple of failed attempts at running of the "further, faster, crash and burn" type years previously. I'm not good at taking things gradually and incrementally, which is the C25K approach, but I have to say it worked. The funreallystarts once you've completed the programme and have been running for a while, so you can decide what sort of running you prefer.
I'd stick to it if I were you. Do what it says on the tin. Always warm up. Always walk the walks - even/especially the last (post run) one. And the rest days are every bit as important as the running days. Do some strengthening exercises on the "off" days - they help SO much.
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