I've signed up for a 5k once a month to keep me motivated. Right after I was done with C25K I looked into OHR, then decided to focus on miles rather than time to prep for those 5ks. I did the last half of the Hal Higdon beginner 5k, because the first half matched what I had been doing since ending C25K and the last half would bring me right up to race time. Then I started reading the Galloway book, and was trying to design a program of my own to gradually increase my mileage and have easy weeks built in for recovery. What I found is that the virtual trainer on runner's world gave me almost exactly what I'd been thinking of doing, but with speed work thrown into later weeks (it programs you a 16week course). http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/smartcoach/1,7148,s6-238-277-278-0-0-0,00.html I use the intervals of running/walking suggested for my training time on the galloway website just on long days where I'm running farther than I've gotten comfortable doing (3+mi). http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/walk_breaks.html It seems like the more you run, the more you start to understand what your body needs and can do so you sort of need to do your own thing.

I finished start-to-run (a scheme similar to C25K) in October, and then started a scheme 'from 5 to 10 K', that is 10 weeks just like OHR, but goes a little bit faster (has a a 60 min run in week 8 and goes up to 70 min). I'm now at week 6, so I hope to complete this before new year. I think I will stick at 10K for a few weeks, and then try the 'from 10 to 15K' scheme from the same book. (A Dutch (Belgian) one by Mieke Boeckx, pronounce 'Meekuh Books').