In March this year I completed the final run of my Couch to 5K plan. While I’d previously run two half marathons a decade ago, my cardio workouts (let’s be honest, any type of workout) had dwindled in the wake of bringing up a rambunctious five-year-old.

Determined to reclaim some sort of fitness, I’d downloaded the Couch to 5K app in January, and grunting and sweating my way through it, I worked my way up to running a 5K. Success!

But what next? I wanted to continue my running and to push myself further. Having followed a regimented programme for nine weeks that got me running three times a week through the winter, I was keen to follow another plan to keep me committed, but to my knowledge, there wasn’t a dedicated app to help me increase my distance from running 5K to 10K. You may l

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