Back in February 2014 one of my friends posted on Facebook that due to an impending holiday she needed to get beach ready and was going to start the Couch to 5k running program. I can do that I thought and then preceded to convince my husband that he could too!
In the meantime my friend had given up after two runs. To insure this didn’t happen to us I spent another few days procrastinating by looking for a training plan that we could follow and that was realistic for running novices such as us.
I found this great application for both Android and Apple phones by Run Double called Couch to 5k, http://www.rundouble.com/home.
RunDouble talks you through your workout, helping you to achieve your fitness goals, you can track and share your results with friends and listen to your music as you run, what’s not to like?!
My first run was on February 20th 2014, a 5 minute warm-up walk, followed by 8 repetitions of 60sec running, and 90sec brisk walking. Finally, finishing with a gentle 5min cool-down walk. Yes it almost killed me but I did it, 3.28k in 28 minutes including the warm up and cool down.
Fat lass to triathlete 