Comments on: Couch to 5K: Week 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:52:00 +0000

You’ll never guess how I found your page thanks for the encouragement, 24 hours and counting and now not feeling quite so scared.

By: Martin Long

Martin Long — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:07:30 +0000

Hey, don’t get me wrong… it is hard. But just take an easy pace and you get through it. I’m now on the 25min runs of week 7. Keep it up, you’ll want to stop each of the last 6 minutes, but then 6 becomes 4, then 2, then you’re done. Go for it.

By: Strive2Shine

Strive2Shine — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:54:28 +0000

LOL, add me in as another person googling for encouragement on the c25k w5d3. I saw that 20 min jog and panic descended. I’m at least a little more calm now. Thanks!

By: Martin Long

Martin Long — Tue, 31 May 2011 19:53:48 +0000

I have just completed day two of week 4, and just noticed what happens in week 5 – a little panic set it. After googling it and reading a few blogs, most of all this one I’m more comfortable with it now. It seems all the interval training just seems to get your body ready for it. Well… we’ll see.

Thanks for the confidence boost.

By: Atlantan

Atlantan — Tue, 10 May 2011 04:57:45 +0000

May 2011 googler just ringing in here for all the same reasons above . Week 5, day 3 is Friday… Thank you for chiming in words of encouragement via your blog!

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:56:47 +0000

Thanks for this blog post. I’m just starting week 5 tomorrow and I too freaked out when I saw what is up for me at the end of this week. So much of this is mental — telling yourself you can do it. I’ve never run before and I’m training for a 5 K run in mid June. I will do it.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:08:17 +0000

Good luck to you both. Sunday is the start of week 9 for me and signed up for my first organized 5K on May 21. This program is great. Remember if you don’t make the 20 minutes on your first try the worst that can happen is that you repeat the week 5 run 2 until you’re ready to try run 3 again…and that’s still pretty good when you think back on weeks 1 and 2. I’ve had to repeat a couple of weeks because of illness or schedule issues, but it hasn’t kept me from getting increasingly more fit.

By: charles

charles — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:48:35 +0000

UPDATE:

I pushed through the C25K, have run 3 5Ks…and jog about 4 miles 3 days a week. Down 35lbs. Feeling great. YOU CAN DO THIS.

By: James from Buffalo

James from Buffalo — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:18:03 +0000

Haha. I, too, am googling this run. I did the 8min x2 today, was freaking out over the twenty. I’m relieved to read this blog and these comments. Looking forward to my next run!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:26:47 +0000

I just finished Week 5, Day 2 – and it was a stretch…then I looked at Day 3 YIKES!! I searched C25K Week 5 Day 2 to see if I could find something that said it was a mistake. Instead I found some encouragement to give it a try…and I will.

Thanks!