Couch to 5K W07 D1
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I completed Week 07 Day 01 today. This entailed a 5 minute warm up walk followed by a 25 minute run followed by a 5 minute cooldown walk. Astute observers may notice that this is the same as week 06 day 3. The difference is that you are supposed to kick up the pace a bit. The program calls for 3.6 km on w6d3 and 4km on w7d1.
I did 4.1 km in my last run which means I’ve been going a little faster than the program calls for. As such, I decided I would try running quite quickly and see if I could run 5K in 25 minutes! 
I worked it out and it meant that I would have to set my treadmill to 12 kph which is faster than my normal 10 kph. But nothing ventured nothing gained so I did it.
Five long minutes later I thought…let’s try 11 kph. One minute later I was down to my normal 10 kph. And ten minutes later I was down to 9.5 kph.
Needless to say I did not make 5K today. 
Having said that, I did achieve a personal best and end up with 4.3 kilometres run after 25 minutes. I’m happy with that and am fairly convinced that I could run 5k now if I had to.
Today’s run was tough but not nearly as tough as my last one and I went further so progress is being made.
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Showing off, eh?!
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What Sally said.
I’m actually very intimidated by your progress. (and the more you respond with your ‘oh but it was a measly yadayada’, the even more intimidated I feel).
But this isn’t about me. Congrats on the personal best!
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No need to feel intimidated. I’m just impressed with how the C25K program works. A few weeks ago running 3 minutes was a major achievement. Now I can run quite a bit more and it really amazes me.
I’ve started to realise I’m running reasonably quickly for a beginner and should probably slow it down a bit. But it’s hard when everyone at the gym seems to be running so much faster and easier than me.
Thanks for the congratulations. You are one of inspirations you know. Triwoman!
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Congratulations!
It’s quite a realization, indeed. Running can seem such a daunting task when we’re not used to it and can’t run for more than a couple of minutes at first. It’s great to see how the body adapts. 
…I should really do that program as well, I think. Last year, I could run for 40 minutes, albeit not very fast, but I stopped doing it when winter came back. Stopping was probably a bad idea.
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Thanks Kery. It still amazes me that about 8 weeks ago I was saying I could never run and now I’m running and loving it.
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Nice job. I am doing my second run for week two this evening. I am looking forward to being where you are in the near future. Thanks for posting your updates. They are very encouraging for another Couch to 5k’er.
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Good stuff Jeff! It’s an amazing program. Stick with it and you’ll be running in no time at all.
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Very impressive. Not just that you’re doing the c25k but that you’re pushing yourself AND learning when to back off.
You people are convincing me I need to try this thing.
Cammy
(here via John’s WL Forum)
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Hi Cammy,
Thanks for visiting my blog. I’ve turned into such an advocate for C25K! I’m sure I’m annoying people with my enthusiasm.
Give it a go! You’ll love it.
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Now, I can really see why having a blog would help keep you motivated on this programme…
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The support is great. It really keeps me motivated. Thank you to you all.
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It’s great that people read your exercise efforts and give you so much feedback; very few people read my C&E blog, so I’m a bit envious of all of the support you get for your fitness.
Bloody hell, I shouldn’t write comments on other peoples blogs when I’m being a misery guts.
WELL DONE! I’m going to try and do my first 5k run tomorrow, fingers crossed that I can do it, no matter how long it takes!
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Whooo! You go girl! I have never done that and I will be doing a Marshmallow and woohooing when I do. Damn the funny looks.
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Nice job Andrew!
I wish I had know about this program whe I started out. Fact is, you’re just building up endurance. It works very much the same as you continue to progress to longer and longer distances.
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