I’m an event’s organiser (amongst many other things) and because of that I really feel I should be more organised with my personal ‘stuff’. With Couch to 5K I’m literally stumbling from one run to the next with no plan. I feel like I should be using Strava, recording my stats properly and taking better photos but to be honest I get busy and forget.

For your three runs in week four, you will begin with a brisk five-minute walk, then three minutes of running, one-and-a-half minutes of walking, five minutes of running, two-and-a-half minutes of walking, three minutes of running, one-and-a-half minutes of walking and five minutes of running.

So, the conclusion after an awesome coaching session with Jude Palmer from Run Surrey Hills on Monday was that JR and I are both definitely closer to running a full 5k than either of us would have predicted. It was good to hear as both of us were struggling with whether we were actually making progress or not.

For your three runs in week three, you will begin with a brisk five-minute walk, then two repetitions of one-and-a-half minutes of running, one-and-a-half minutes of walking, three minutes of running and three minutes of walking.

Today was my blue Monday. I’m tired, grumpy, hormonal, bloated and I don’t want to run... I could go on. It was my husband’s birthday last week and I ate out no less than five times. I didn’t lose any weight. I’m annoyed. I shouldn’t be because I didn’t put on any either and given the starters, mains and delicious puddings I consumed, that in itself is an achievement.

For the three runs in week two, you begin with a brisk five-minute walk, then alternate one-and-a-half minutes of running with two minutes of walking, for a total of 20 minutes.

Its Monday 15^th January and today is blue Monday. I’m not feeling blue, I’m feeling excited to be able to finally start couch to 5k.

For the runs in Week 1, you begin with a brisk 5-minute warm-up walk, then alternate 60 seconds of running, with 90 seconds of walking, for a total of 20 minutes.

It’s a big year for me, I’m turning 40. I decided before Christmas I was going to make a change and I’m dragging my finance colleague and sister with me. I’m good like that.

I don’t like running. I probably shouldn’t say this on a blog about running for a running event but right now it’s true. It’s not that I’m unfit, before I moved to Singapore a few months back, I had a gym membership (that I used) and enjoyed occasional yoga when I could, but like most people, the amount of exercise I did was based on the time, energy and motivation during the week - very rarely weekends.