Hi, this is Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running, and this is episode number 11 of the Mojo for Running podcast.

There's always next time.

Many people currently participate in one of several beginning running programs available for free on the Internet.

One characteristic of some of these programs is that they're very specific, prescribing a certain distance or time to walk and a certain distance or time to run on specific days with a specified frequency.

Now, I think this is one of the reasons for their popularity, because when people are just getting into running, particularly, they want concrete guidance on what to do when how long to do this how long to do that

i i'm fond of these programs because i think most runners

would look at them and say yeah this is realistic this is doable

and i think that's the secret I think virtually anybody no matter how

sedentary they may be

could look at this and have the confidence to say I could

complete that program now motivation is another issue

and we'll talk about that in a minute but at least they look at it and they say

yeah me with my body this is

something I could do it's a gradual increase in running

it's something that I know I could do one thing that's pushing this wave of

popularity is the availability of a phone app for the C to 5k program

and C to 5k stands for Couch to 5K.

I think that's a good program.

The C to 5K program was developed by Cool Running and is available.

You can actually download it online, read all about it, on the cool running.com website.

And it's responsible, I think, for getting many people off the couch, hence the name.

It's reasonable and it's doable.

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