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It sounds like you're doing good. I don't think that I walk as fast as you do. You're probably doing really well with the walking.

November wasn't very long ago, so I suppose you could begin in the middle of the c210k app. If that's too easy or too difficult for you, you can adjust whichever way works for you.

I've noticed that a lot of questions like this don't get answered on the forum. You might want to try "feedback" which you can find on the app. I've had a lot of luck being answered when I do that. It lets you send an email to them and automatically tells them the info they need in regards to the phone you're using, etc. You just explain your problem and they usually get back to you within a few days.

Walking is what you should do on 2 or 3 of them.

In C25k, if you press on a day you have already run, it should show you just above the day. It only keeps track of distance if you have the GPS turned on while you run. I am guessing that your app is similar.

Sounds like you have good motivation for running. Isn't it great when something as simple as running can help with health problems? My motivation is just to see if I can run a 5k. It occurred to me that since I can walk that far I might be able to run that far. The benefits of running, such as losing weight and better physical and mental health are added benefits.

That's a good point, Megblue. I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what happened. That sounds like a good idea to drop back to an earlier week and then continue. I will probably do the same thing.

Way cool! Congratulations! That's very encouraging to those of us who are only a couple of weeks into the program.

That sounds rough. Like the poster before me, I'm wondering if you were able to stick with it or did you give up on it? You are inspiring to me. I turn 62 in July and I'm practicing for a 5K run that our area is having near the end of April. I was thinking that I might go for a 10k run or two after I've gotten a few 5K runs under my belt. I don't listen to music on my run. I listen to running self hypnosis recordings. I don't pay attention to anything that says relax and go into the self-hypnosis mindset, though. I listen to it only for the positive affirmations that say I can do this and how awesome it feels to successfully run. Once I graduate from that, I intend to listen to the Zen Labs app that has background sounds that I like.

That's great! How are you doing in regards to health and fitness habits?

I think a good trainer or a good physical therapist would probably be able to help you with this. It's possible that walking will help your knee heal, but I don't know because I don't know anything about the knee issue you have (running is helping my knees a lot, but I have never had surgery on them, and I would be very leery of recommending running to someone who has had surgery). It might be better for you to swim and do water exercises, because the water helps support your weight, which would make it so it is less traumatic to the knee. But the bottom line, in my opinion, is to talk to someone who is knowledgeable about your health issue in regards to exercising, like a physical therapist or a gym trainer or a physician.

I would think how fast you go is an individual choice. Some people might not be able to run any faster than someone else's fast walk. If you feel like you're running too slow, and you have the physical ability to go faster, then I would say go faster. If you're going as fast as you can already, but it seems like a fast walk, then you're doing the best you can and that's just fine.

That is quite weird. It sounds like an issue with your phone. I hope it hasn't happened again, because that would be quite frustrating.

Since this is such an old post, I don't know if it's too late to answer this for you. You do need a phone with you while running, for the Zen Labs apps. It also helps to turn on your GPS so the app can tell you how far you've gone.

You probably got sore because you are new to it. The thing that seems to work for me best is taking an Epsom salt bath for at least 20 minutes in very warm water right after I run or workout. Also, drinking plenty of water throughout the day helps. Getting into the habit of breathing deeply rather than shallow could help (so that you have more oxygen in your cells initially). Magnesium supplements can help, like was mentioned above. Also if you haven't been very active then having some sore muscles might be a normal thing.

You're supposed to run 3 days a week. On the 4 days you don't run, you are supposed to walk 2 or 3 of those days. The remaining day(s) are rest periods. For example, I run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. My walk days are Tuesdays for sure, and Fridays or Saturdays maybe. My rest day is Sunday. As to how fast you run when you run, run only as fast as you can. I have heard that you should be able to speak at least in short sentences when you run, but that is up to you. And if you feel like you can't run for the full minute or however long it tells you to run, then you should start walking. The point is that you know your body and you know your limits, or at least you will learn them while you're doing this. Yes, it is essentially a timer, but it is also an encouragement. I find it incredibly helpful to have a voice telling me, okay now walk for a couple of minutes, or run for a minute. Also when she says that I'm halfway done that's also an encouragement. Without this app I think I would have given up by now. Also, it keeps track of how many miles you run. All you need to do is turn GPS on before you start your run, and at the end of the run it will tell you how far you have gone.

If you want to do week 4 again, all you have to do, when you're about to do the run, is press on the day you want to redo, then press "start". It will warn you that you're about to erase the record and if you say that's okay, it will start that day's run again. If you want to repeat a week, I'd recommend writing down your time and distance, either on paper or in another app like Google Fit, etc.

Push "Done" then close the app. If you're using GPS with it, you'll also want to stop that.

Wow! There's no way I could have accomplished that!

Yay! Well done.

I make a point to walk on at least two of those days. I also work out 6 days a week which obviously includes the three days a week I run. And I rest one day a week where I don't walk or run or workout.

I track distance by turning my GPS on before I start. It works quite well. It doesn't track the pace though.

I think the FAQ addresses this. It seems like they said you could start in the middle. You'd have to look at that page to make that's the recommendation.

You can't. But perhaps you could run for a minute and walk for 2 minutes and run for a minute and then walk until it starts telling you to run. You'd have to look at the app to see the seconds that are passing by, but that should be pretty easy.

Just click on the day you want to look at. You should see your time and distance just above it.