Comments on: Tell Me Tuesday: How to Get Started Running + 5K Finish It Plan!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:52:19 +0000

Michelle, I literally started from 0. I started with c25k and then moved to TLAM 5k finish it plan. I felt that TLAM gradually increased the distance whereas the c25k plan went from 8 minutes of running to 20 minutes of running. You should do what you like most, but you can literally go from no exercise to running a 5k. It’s not easy, but if you stick with it, it gets a little easier and almost enjoyable.

By: MDummer

MDummer — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:17:26 +0000

Looking forward to starting this on Monday… Good Luck everyone and can’t wait to see the results in 10 weeks. May God give us all Strength to finish this program.

By: michelle

michelle — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:23:29 +0000

i can so relate with you right now! i’m 35, overweight and have a 5 month old (she’s really high maintenance). and i just started couch to 5k to! and i’m having a love and hate relationship with it!
so my question is, when you started the program, did you started from 0? like really from the couch? or you had some experience already?

By: Jayme

Jayme — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:56:41 +0000

“2) don’t compare yourself to anyone else, even previous versions of yourself. After you hit 30 and have kids, your mile time in high school is irrelevant. If you have a time in mind, make it a long term goal, not something you have to live up to in order to be “successful”.”

This is what I struggle with the most! I have it stuck in my head that if I ran a certain time in HS or was injury free, I should be now.

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:46:26 +0000

Hi, Sorry but I don’t understand the plan. On the first day, is it 5 minutes walking and ? minutes running? Alternating or straight through ? Sorry, not making sense to me. How length of time for x-training? And how many days of strength per week? etc? Thanks.

By: Leisl

Leisl — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:30:58 +0000

I have moderate to severe asthma, as well as allergies (which sets off my asthma sometimes even before I start running!), which makes running outdoors (non-controlled environment) difficult at times. I take my inhaler before starting, and sometimes during if I need it. Even running really slowly sometimes doesn’t help. Other times I can run with some speed, no problem. It truly depends on the day. This past spring I ran my first 5k race, and finished in 40 minutes. That was amazing for me! I had thought that one should NEVER walk if one is supposed to be running (my PE teacher in high school failed people who ever slowed down to a walk during any portion of running a mile. I was so traumatized by that . . . and then I got taken out of PE altogether because my asthma was totally out of control, too. No medication was available at the time that really helped me – not until about 5 years later.) Anyway, I learned that I could slow down to a fast walk, and let my lungs recover. I still can’t run a single mile without slowing down to a walk at some point, but now I feel fine (and not bad) about doing it.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:47:18 +0000

Jennifer,
Thanks for the post!! You seemed to be writing about my life!

By: Vicki R

Vicki R — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:54:03 +0000

Thanks for sharing this-I am forwarding to my BFF who recently has begun running. I think this plan will give her a little encouragement!

By: Corinna

Corinna — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:58:06 +0000

I love this post. Once again, I fell off my running wagon, which was always sort of unstable anyway, but I am just up to running one mile now. Yup, just one mile! But today I ran it in 11:15 seconds which is faster than I did the other day and farther than I went two weeks ago, so I felt good. Baby steps!

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:18:58 +0000

Find some other form of movement that brings you joy and go for it! There are so many other ways to use your body that can be rewarding that it doesn’t make sense to persist with something that you so clearly have a negative relationship with. You definitely have persistence going for you so apply it to something else, yoga, kickboxing, karate, volleyball, tennis, pilates, cycling, anything that may allow you some positive benefits that you appreciate rather than regret.