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So you’ve managed to run 5K… now what? It can be hard to stay motivated once you’ve reached your goal, which is why we’ve got three women to share how they used the 5K challenge as a starting point for getting stronger than ever.
Over the past year, many of us have turned to running as a way of keeping active when the gyms have been closed. To kick off the habit, more people have taken on the Couch to 5K challenge than ever before, with the official app reporting a 92% increase in downloads in the first lockdown, compared to the same period in 2019. In case you’ve missed the hype, the Couch to 5K (C25K) is a nine-week plan designed to help beginner runners work up to and complete a 5K; the app aims to equip people with the stamina to tackle the distance while offering advice from a roster of celebrity coaches, including radio DJ Jo Whiley, comedian Sarah Millican and US Olympic sprinter, Michael Johnson.
Achieving the distance is all well and good, but what happens once you finish the plan? How do you maintain your new found cardio fitness? We spoke to three C25K graduates to see how they kept on moving after reaching that all-important 5K mark.
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