Couch to 5K support thread.

Glad to see this thread, I'd like to join in. After 15 years of zero exercise and being 3 stone overweight I decided rather than join a gym I'll never go to, to try c25k.
I got a mp3 for Christmas and that's when I started. I did week 5 run 2 yesterday and was shocked that I could jog for 8 mins. I jog very very slow but the fact I didn't stop was a big achievement for me. Very nervous about the next run week 5 run 3. its 20 mins running. Seems a big leap. I don't think I can manage it. Why the huge increase?!
Also - anyone watched video blogs on YouTube? Everyone I've seen seems to complete each week quite easily! I've found it a bit demoralizing.... Good luck to everyone doing this. I still can't see running ever being fun but will stick with it and see. Better than the zero exercise many of us did previously.

Managed to finish week 2 run 2 but still have run 3 to do...debating doing it shortly but as lame excuse as it sounds I have a bite on my leg and it really is killing rubbing against clothing but I've put a plaster on it now. If I don't do it today, I'll do it tomorrow and just catch up in the week.

I guess it seems like a big jump but after 4-5 weeks of running this is what it has been building you up to? Hope it goes well interested to know how you get on.

Really am trying to diet but it's so hard being as it's half term this week, been out and about so much and eating out but have been trying to make up for it ...yesterday we had mcdonalds for lunch so for tea I had soup and bread.

Hope all is going well, fingers crossed I can get the last run done now

Firefly, don't think about what other people are doing, we all face our own challenges
Don't worry about the leap to 20 minutes either, once you've done 8 minutes you KNOW you can do you're nearly half way there and once you pass half way you might as well carry on
Speed is not important, that will change as you do more.
Remember you can repeat a day if you want, when I did it, there were days when I asked myself why I ever thought I'd be able to run and others that I seemed to get through really easily. But I definitely repeated lots of days and even weeks before moving on. You'll get there. You've achieved a lot already, keep going

Fireflyaway wrote: »

Glad to see this thread, I'd like to join in. After 15 years of zero exercise and being 3 stone overweight I decided rather than join a gym I'll never go to, to try c25k.
I got a mp3 for Christmas and that's when I started. I did week 5 run 2 yesterday and was shocked that I could jog for 8 mins. I jog very very slow but the fact I didn't stop was a big achievement for me. Very nervous about the next run week 5 run 3. its 20 mins running. Seems a big leap. I don't think I can manage it. Why the huge increase?!
Also - anyone watched video blogs on YouTube? Everyone I've seen seems to complete each week quite easily! I've found it a bit demoralizing.... Good luck to everyone doing this. I still can't see running ever being fun but will stick with it and see. Better than the zero exercise many of us did previously.

I know, right? I've also got w5r3 to do tomorrow and I'm psyching myself out purely because of the big jump it'll involve. Surely there should be a couple of 10 minute runs in between 8 and 20? :rotfl:

Hey there,


W5R3 actually went really well, did the full 20 minutes with no issues. Then on Sunday is did W6R1 and it was horrible, barely got round.


Annoyingly, I think I need to accept that I'm an evening runner and that running first thing does me no favours. Not keen on evening running on the weekends, but as the weather gets better should be able to do more after work.


How did everyone else get on?