Start where you are.
No running experience? You’re in the right place. C25K begins with a mix of walking and running.
Home of the original C25K®
Your first run. Your next finish line.
Whatever moves you, start here.

Your first 5K starts here.
8 week plan
3 sessions a week
Your pace.
Your progress.
From the couch to your first 5K
You don’t have to be a runner to begin. C25K gives you a plan: walk a little, run a little, and keep finding out what you can do.
No running experience? You’re in the right place. C25K begins with a mix of walking and running.
Listen for your audio cues. You’ll know when to walk and when to run, without watching the clock.
Follow the eight-week plan, one session at a time. There’s no need to be fast to get started.
Training apps that move with you
From your first minute to your next finish.
Find the app that meets you there.
For the “I’m not a runner” runner. A guided, eight-week walk-and-run plan that helps you build up to your first 5K.

Keep your running story going. Guided walk-and-run training helps you work toward the next distance at your own pace.
A new goal for your running routine.
Make room for a bigger ambition. Follow a structured running plan as you work toward your half-marathon distance.
For runners with a longer distance in mind.
A big goal deserves a plan. Build your marathon training into your routine with guided sessions from Zen Labs.
Make your marathon goal part of the plan.
The Zen Labs community
The first-day nerves. The run you nearly skipped. The finish you’ll never forget. There’s a community here that gets it.

“The organization and set schedule of c25k really made the goal seem possible. Thanks for creating this app!”
AnthonyC25K community · From his original storyThe running journal