Hi all, what's this 5 x 50 I keep seeing everywhere, an should I be doing it next??

[Jimbob74]

Hi all, what's this 5 x 50 I keep seeing everywhere, an should I be doing it next??

Thanks in advance

James

[psarapsych Graduate]

Hi James... exactly my question - was just about to post and saw yours. So.. we wait for someone to explain....

[swanscot Graduate]

It's an initiative started by a small group of individuals in Scotland encouraging people to run, walk, jog or cycle 5k every day for 50 days with the aim of changing habits for a lifetime.

The challenge began on the 9th September 2012 and finishes on the 28th October at the end of British Summer Time.

I think there are about 5000 international challengers who all donated a minimum of £5 for Sports Relief and many are doing their own fundraising too,

There are several of us C25K forum members who are participating and we do daily updates here to give one another moral support. I heard about the Challenge from a local radio presenter and she gives daily updates on her morning show.

[swanscot Graduate in reply to swanscot]

Forgot to add, although you're too late to join in this year, they will probably repeat it next year and it's likely to be bigger.

5x50.co.uk/

[Jimbob74 Graduate in reply to swanscot]

That is ace, Thankyou very much for the explanation and best of luck win it.

I look forward to doing I next year.

Brilliant!!

[doggymum Graduate]

It's a challenge set by sport relief to raise money, I've put the link below if you want to have a look. I'm doing it, but not to raise money for sport relief, I'd signed up to the Poppy Run which is on the last day of the challenge so thought that the 5x50 would be good for me in the run up.... now I'm wondering what I was thinking lol

5x50.co.uk/take-the-challenge

[swanscot Graduate in reply to doggymum]

Posting at the same time. I signed up because I've registered to run a 10K on the last day of the Challenge and thought the 5x50 challenge would help me be more rigorous about cross training on non-running days.

To date in the past 33 days. I run, walked and cycled 374 km.

As my hubby just said, if I'd set off from home I'd be just about be passing over the Scottish border by now (I live near Inverness)

[doggymum Graduate in reply to swanscot]

lol, thats some going! I'm breaking myself in gently with a 5k, the running is really aggravating my plantar faciitis to the point of extreme agony at the minute, but I won't let it beat me, it will just take a bit longer to get to 10k!

[back_to_18 Graduate]

If it's 50 days of 5K how does this allow for rest days?

[swanscot Graduate in reply to back_to_18]

You can walk or cycle (or swim, kayak, row. dance, etc... ) gently. I've walked or cycled on all my non-running days. 5K of cycling is nothing really - I do that in 15 mins - but when I cycle, I treat it as a cross-training session and go for much longer.

Some days, for example, after a long day hillwalking I've been fairly tired the following day and have done the bare minimum 5 km walk. I'm sure many people will do at least 5 km walking their dogs. Other participants are doing it as 2.5 km walk to and from work (getting off the bus early).

When the challenge is over, I'm planning to continue, but to interpret it as 'at least 30 minutes of exercise' every day. That will allow me to do other exercise, eg a long yoga session, on a non-running day.