Couch to 5K
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Oct 28, 2026
Lee PowellHOST
yeah.
Lee DaviesGUEST
He runs at Couch to 5K, right? Couch to 5K is the best entry level into running because it keeps it structured, it keeps it slow, and you've got that support network around you.
Lee DaviesGUEST
Problem being with social media, if you two start in the same time and you think, do you know what? It's going to go on...
Lee DaviesGUEST
pause my watch and do the segment.
Monique ShawHOST
And a win was that you did your first draft of the proposal and you sent it to someone for review.
Monique ShawHOST
And another win this month was completing Couch to 5K or booking a holiday for next year.
Monique ShawHOST
So your wins are anything worth celebrating.
Monique ShawHOST
Success and achievement is a broad brush and it's a brush that you should determine for yourself.
Jessica PapaGUEST
weeks to go, I think, when we last caught up.
Jessica PapaGUEST
And with all good intentions, my plan was I'd finished my Couch to 5K program.
Jessica PapaGUEST
all good intentions to go and do some sessions, some 5K specific speed workouts.
Jessica PapaGUEST
I did zilch, none of those.
Santo ChiappettaHOST
So it's a lot more accessible, which is also why a lot of people like running.
Santo ChiappettaHOST
So I think if there's one thing I could encourage anybody to do on top of what you just mentioned about this Couch to 5K program is invest in a good pair of running shoes.
Santo ChiappettaHOST
Set yourself up for success, please.
Santo ChiappettaHOST
And look for a running shoe that actually considers your foot structure.
Daniel RosenthalHOST
Yeah.
Daniel RosenthalHOST
Okay.
Daniel RosenthalHOST
So, yeah, I think look at the Couch to 5K program.
Daniel RosenthalHOST
I've never done it just to be completely open, but I know a lot of people who have.
ReggieHOST
Yeah.
KatGUEST
Well, okay, so we found Parkrun just after we'd finished doing Couch to 5K.
KatGUEST
So it was just perfect timing for us.
KatGUEST
And parkrun, I talk about us because, you know, initially my running journey was very much entwined with Darren.
21 MINS LATER
KatGUEST
I was so proud of myself for doing 10K across a day.
KatGUEST
That was a big thing.
KatGUEST
And then after that, I think, yeah, we started doing Couch to 5K probably just before I turned 41.
KatGUEST
And that was in 2016.
Chris ThompsonHOST
"... weeks postpartum." Bless you with, with all that, uh, that you've gone through.
Chris ThompsonHOST
"I was determined to get back to running, so I built up walking from five minutes to 5K, then worked with a female-specific physio for pelvic floor and returned to running rehab before completing Couch to 5K.
Chris ThompsonHOST
Since then, I've worked up to and run two half marathons, my most recent being two weeks ago where I ran 1 hour 57, which nearly 20 minutes faster than I ran pre-pregnancy."
Paula RadcliffeHOST
Brilliant.
Rob DeeringHOST
So I was...
Rob DeeringHOST
In Scotland with Alison Splittle who's doing Couch to 5K.
Paul TonkinsonHOST
Right, nice.
Paul TonkinsonHOST
So hopefully we're going to
Rob DeeringHOST
talk to her.
Rob DeeringHOST
We're always looking for people, ideally comedians, doing Couch to 5K so we can find out and get the inside track.
Paul TonkinsonHOST
It's a very successful programme.
Rob DeeringHOST
Yeah.
NiamhHOST
[laughs]
Tara GallagherHOST
Um, yeah, she is on week two of her Couch to 5K.
Tara GallagherHOST
Um, needs some recommendations for mid-range runners as she's on a budget, but also any running gear, outerwear recos for evening runs when it's dark and cold, aside from the reflective kit, of course.
Tara GallagherHOST
Um, I would say-
Jess O'BrienGUEST
right.
Jess O'BrienGUEST
Couch to 5k came up on my probably Facebook.
Jess O'BrienGUEST
And I was like, I can give that a shot because I can run outside.
Jess O'BrienGUEST
I live in New Hampshire.
Nikki LangmanGUEST
And by the time I actually took up running around age 40, and I won't go into a lot of the context, we don't have time for that, but I did take it up later in life.
Nikki LangmanGUEST
And as a 40-year-old woman started learning how to run, started with the Couch to 5K app and just kept going and going.
Nikki LangmanGUEST
And now I've done many marathons and ultra marathons.
Nikki LangmanGUEST
But I describe this thing called my tapes, the tapes that play in my head.
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