Couch to 5K Training Program

The Couch to 5k Training plan has been designed for the beginner.

It is an easy to follow training plan that will help you to achieve your goal of running a 5K run in just 9 weeks. If you follow it with a positive mindset, you will no doubt succeed.

There are a few simple things that you will need to get you started on this plan. At a minimum, you will need a pair of running shoes, 20 – 30 minutes of your time three times a week and 9 weeks’ worth of determination and motivation.

The good news is that the hardest thing about getting started with your couch to 5k training is actually deciding to go ahead with it.

So are you ready to go?

Take it from me and the many thousands of others that have completed this training plan, once you get going you won’t want to stop.

Just a couple of tips for working through this plan

Start whenever you like, your first week is Week 1, your first day training is Day 1.

To start out in the first couple of weeks you will be doing lots of walking but as you build up your fitness you won’t need to walk as much. By the start of Week 6 you will be running a lot more and less walking and by the time you reach Week 9 it is mostly running.