C5k???
 

I just wanted to share that I started the C5K program today. I’ve been considering for a few weeks now and decided today that I’m just going to do it. I told my sister that I want to be able to jog 5K and she look at me like I was nuts but I have confidence that I will be able to do it.

I was wondering if anyone is has done or is doing this program and if they had any suggestions.

A bunch of chicks have done the C25K, and several are doing it now.
Come join us in the C25K thread in the Exercise forum!

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99496

I sort of have started doing it. My goal is to be able to jog a 5k, but I don't quite know what week to start in the program. I'll def. have to check out that thread.

I tried it, but it didn't last for very long for me. 30 minutes wasn't a long enough workout for me. Right now I'm doing a 5k training program off the Fitness Magazine web site, and each run/walk lasts about an hour, and you have days where you just walk 1-2 miles. This one has been working better for me....as I want to lose weight, and just 30 minutes a day wasn't cutting it for me. But I think it all boils down to personal preference! ;)

Start at the beginning, LittleElectron. If that's too easy, skip a week or two.

Which 5K program are you following, LaBonita? Most beginner programs do not have you out there doing intervals for an hour at a time.

True, most *beginner* programs won't have you doing that. But maybe she's not doing a beginner program? C25K is the absolute most basic beginning program, after all.

Well, the first week I would walk for 1 mile....that usually took me a little under 20 minutes. Then, every half-mile, I would run 2 minutes. So once I hit 1 mile, I ran for two minutes. Then walked until I hit 1.5 and ran for another 2 minutes and so on (I did this until I hit 3.5 miles, then walked another half-mile). On my 3rd run for the week, that changed to 3 minutes instead of 2 every half-mile.

Now this week, my first run was walk briskly 1.5 miles. Run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes. Do this 3 times. Walk 1-2 miles. This took me a little over an hour. So in the beginning I'm walking much more than I'm running. But in all I'm hitting around the 5 mile mark. It progresses as you go on.

I found the program on the Fitness Magazine web site under "Workouts" and "Running". It said something like "Beginner's 5K Training Program". If you'd like the link, let me know! :)

And yes I agree with Nikaia that the C25K program is the most basic. I think it's really for people who have a tough time making it through a long workout, or for the time-crunched. But like I said, the C25K wasn't EXTREMELY easy for me...it was just that I wasn't losing the weight, and I wanted to challenge myself a bit more. And like I said, it's all about personal preference.