Couch to 5K is an excellent way of running, providing a free and friendly execution plan for beginners.
The best way to start is to plan a route, wear comfortable clothes and coaches, and leave. Or by the course, it can be difficult at the beginning, but it will get more than time.
Fletcher says: “I can remember my first race. I just ran for 10 minutes and felt that this burned my lungs for most of the day. My next race, I didn’t feel that.”
Lindsey Burrow, the widow of the Rugby Rob legend, has used running to support it through pain, completing the London marathon and the Marathon of Rob Burrow Leeds in April and May 2025.
“Anyone who starts running must start somewhere,” says Burrow.
“The first race seems impossible. The second is not much better. Then something changes.
“Your lungs become stronger. Your legs become stronger. You just start building on that courage, that resistance and that courage.”