Couch to 5K

In a moment of madness I decided that I would try out the Couch to 5K running program.  C25K is a running program that has been designed to get just about anyone from the couch to running 5 kilometers or 30 minutes in just 9 weeks.

I’ve always been one of those people who say things like “I can’t run. “It will bugger my knees.” Or some other excuse. So I have decided that instead of saying I can’t, I will just have a go and do it. I’ll keep you updated on my progress.

I found some helpful podcasts here that provide some background music and instructions for while you are jogging. There is a different podcast for every week of the program.

If you are interested, a metric version of the program can be found here.

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January 16, 2008 | Filed Under fitness 

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5 Responses to “Couch to 5K”

  1. MarshmallowNo Gravatar on January 16th, 2008 2:27 pm

    My method of going from couch to 5k is somewhat different from the program. It consists of entering a triathlon, and then a month out from the start date, going “Oh… shit…” and then training like mad ^_^ I am up to 3.5km now, originally starting at 1km :-D

  2. AndrewNo Gravatar on January 16th, 2008 8:46 pm

    Oh good on you! My wife wants to do Round the Bays so I thought I better get on to it even though I’m fairly sure she wants to walk it. :)
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  3. SallyNo Gravatar on January 17th, 2008 2:06 pm

    Yes… I walk, I don’t run :P

  4. Andrew Presents: » C25K Week 01 Completed on January 21st, 2008 9:47 am

    [...] far it has been relatively easy. The podcasts I mentioned in my previous post really [...]

  5. MarkNo Gravatar on July 28th, 2010 1:48 pm

    This couch to 5K looks like just what I need to train for my first 5K. I’m using the C25K podcasts you link to from your post.
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