# Couch-to-5K: Anyone with me? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-anyone-with-me/499089 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [June 8, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-anyone-with-me/499089 "2009-06-08T13:58:57Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit) #### Post date: [June 8, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-anyone-with-me/499089/1 "2009-06-08T13:58:57Z")
First things first: [Couch to 5K](http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml) is a program designed to get you from being a couch potato, to running 5K, in 9 weeks. I have decided to do it mostly because I am trying to become fit, it costs nothing apart from the price of a good pair of running shoes, and I want to prove a point to all the gym teachers through the years who said I was unathletic and could never run. So far I am only in the first week of the program. I am scheduled to run day 3 of week 1 later today. I will admit that I have found the first week to be pretty tough on my sluggish, out-of-shape, couch potato body, but I am pushing through and doing it anyway. I have been listening to the podcasts from [here](http://www.kissmyblackass.org/?page_id=86), which have the cues for when to start and stop running - I have found this very helpful. These aren’t Robert Ullrey’s podcasts, which a lot of people seem to use and like and also have verbal cues. I just don’t really care for techno. 🙂 Does anyone else want to do this with me? Anyone already started? Graduates of the program want to check in? All running info/advice/support welcome, whether you are officially doing “couch to 5k” or not. I need all the support I can get. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-anyone-with-me/499089)._