In fifties and running for first time.....

[Zingy22]

Taking strength from all the ex-non-runners (!) who post to say they completed the course despite having little faith they would at the beginning. I'm female, 54, bit of a paunch and, up to recently, wanted to shout "Why?" as people jogged/ran past me when I was out my dog walk. Decided the paunch was increasing and getting harder to shift, so started jogging off my own bat - literally was 10 seconds jog, 10 seconds walk - then found the C25K programme. Have completed week two and am concerned about the 3 minute run in week three...... but am getting cheered up by all those who say to keep going! Did I mention the arthritis in my right knee? Only jogging in woods, never pavements..........

[magicdragon Graduate]

hi zingy

I have restarted this programme after completing it several years ago so hadn't run again for some time

it works have faith in the podcasts

I too am 50+ and had never ran and thought I needed a defibrillator after week 1 but I kept going

if tough slow down but keep going

im on week 7 again now and it still amazes me how far I've come already

stay disiplined and keep up the good work

[Razouski]

Well Zingy22 you’ve come to the right place. I graduated in December 2016 and have been enjoying running ever since despite having never run as such in my life before (I had a doctor’s note for cross country at school as I got such chronic cramp).

I told my physio I didn’t mind what exercises I did in the gym but NOT running. But her-encouragement to get me to do a few intervals led me to C25k and I haven’t looked back.

I surprised myself in the autumn when I managed to complete 2 10km races and am enjoying just running for fun.

Good luck. Stick with the programme and you’ll be surprised at what you can achieve. 😀

[misswobble Graduate in reply to Razouski]

Cooeeee 👋👋👋. Lots of fifty, sixty, seventy something’s here, so you’re in good company. Dog walking will be a boon to your fitness, and complements the programme perfectly. If your dog is youngish you’ll be able to learn to jog together mebbe

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

There is no doubt that C25K really works.

Have you read the guide to the plan? healthunlocked.com/couchto5... which is full of basic advice for doing C25K.

Enjoy your journey.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Go you.. well done and welcome Hoping you have checked out the link from IannodaTruffe ..it is so useful.

Off road running... perfect

[Nictwit Graduate]

You will amaze yourself with how far you've come already. Just give it a go!

[Fishypieface Graduate]

You are in good company, there are plenty of us very similar to you on here, who are now 'runners'! Welcome to the club! You can do it