Hello. I finished the program yesterday. Thank you to everyone who commented and gave me moral support. All the milestones that seemed impossible seem minor now considering I can run for 30 minutes. My sunglasses broke on the last run (one of the arms fell off) - I think it was fate that they lasted so long!
Not sure what I’ll do next. Going to have a break until Sunday and maybe just go for a 30 minute run. Should I just repeat the last runs? I quite like having someone in my ear talking to me every so often. I know there are some other runs on the app. I just liked there was a program to stick to.
Thank you all and if you ever think you can’t do it - JUST DO THE NEXT RUN and worry about it afterwards
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Congratulations Nutandraisin , what a fantastic achievement. You can now claim your lovely Graduate badge here: healthunlocked.com/couchto5...
As for what comes next...that's entirely up to you. Generally we have a period of consolidation for at least a few weeks after graduating. Get used to running for 30 minutes then mix it up a bit. Maybe increase your distance to the elusive 5k in very small (no more than 10% a run) increments. There's a great pinned post here healthunlocked.com/couchto5...
For guided runs a lot of us like the Nike Running Club app . It's free, you don't need to buy Nike stuff and it has hundreds of guided runs of all descriptions, plus further training plans if you want to increase your distance.
So, the world is now officially your oyster - and don't worry too much about your sunglasses, the weather forecast will probably mean you won't be needing them for a while!
Thank you. I think I will download the Nike app now and have a look around. I think I could probably run 4K now - so maybe I’ll do a week of 4K and then a week of 4.5K before 5K. I’m not that fussed in running for 10K as it will start to eat too much into family time. If I could run 5K three times a week I think I’ll live forever hahaha. Thank you again xxx
I know what you mean about longer runs but sometimes they just feel so good 😁NRC has lots of different types of runs, as your consolidated progresses it's good to mix things up with intervals, speed runs, fartleks etc. All these great new runs to try, have fun 😁
I have downloaded it and it looks good. I did 4 runs in 8 days and I need a bit of a rest but will start again Sunday and then do three per week from then until I finally give up. Saying that, I thought I’d quite C25K as I have done so many times before with health kicks - perhaps I will be a life long runner :0
Congrats on completing C25K. Loads of good advice on here but mine would be to definitely take a bit of time consolidating the 30min run, and to mix it up the C25K app has some extra runs you can do after you’ve graduated 👍
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