At our first Couch To 5K session in Sale the general consensus was that the hardest part of the day was leaving the house. Everybody was chatting whilst waiting for the session to start and it soon became apparent that everybody had the same fears: they’d never run before, they’d tried running before but couldn’t do it, they’d tried running on a treadmill but didn’t like it, they’d run on a treadmill but couldn’t run outside, they couldn’t imagine running for five minutes nevermind five kilometres.
But that’s the best bit about starting in a Couch To 5K group, EVERYBODY has the same hopes and fears. And everybody is really motivated to get started! When you do your C25K with us you’ll generally attend one group run a week (though you can attend more if you want to!) and complete two homework sessions throughout the following week. If you stick to the scheduled runs you should be able to run a 5K in just nine weeks. Once you’ve completed the final week of the course there is a graduation 5K at a local ParkRun where all the MileShy community will be out to support. It’s a running party!
All of our Couch To 5K groups have a WhatsApp group chat with all the other runners and coaches so you can ask questions and get advice at any time. You can also use it to arrange to run your homework runs with your fellow runners to keep you motivated. And if there ever comes a time where you may not be feeling quite as motivated to get out there and do it there will always be somebody on hand with words of encouragement that will make you want to go out and get it done.
We’re still only two weeks into our latest programme, it’s not too late to start now! If you’d like to join the current Couch To 5K programme you can find all the details here. Alternatively, as a beginner runner you can join any of our groups at any time as we always cater for complete beginners (with the exception of our 5K Improvers group on a Thursday night!)
