c25k - newbie runners

Steve25k
Steve25k Posts: 125 Member
in Motivation and Support
I've just started the Couch 2 5 K programme and wondered if there were others who had recently started / thinking of starting who wanted to be friends and help motivate each other.

(I can't think of a way of making this sound less needy)
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  • jenngitch
    jenngitch Posts: 190 Member
    You can add me if you like! I am on week 3...
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    I started on Tuesday. Then my PT decided that Tuesday was leg day and made me do 310 reps on the leg press, so I have simply not been able to start day two, but am hoping to do so tomorrow.

    I'm a rubbish runner, I can't keep going, so am hoping building it up works for me.
  • Miss_LGC
    Miss_LGC Posts: 8 Member
    Hey, I'm just about to start week 4! Feel free to add me
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    There is a C25K group here. I'm through it now but did ask questions of the group when I was in the middle of it.
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    Steve25k wrote: »
    Ouch, that seems pretty cruel.

    Cruel to be kind :)
  • Morganbennett1
    Morganbennett1 Posts: 106 Member
    My husband and I started the C25K program a couple weeks ago. We aren't following it exactly though, we figured out we need to do each week twice, otherwise we can't be successful. So we are on week 1 again. Moving to week 2 next week.
    Feel free to add me!
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Just started back up yesterday. I first started at around Thanksgiving. Turns out asthma and cold air don't mix (derp). Now that it's warming up, I'm giving it another shot.
  • krazy1sbk
    krazy1sbk Posts: 128 Member
    I just started and I'm on week 2 day 2 (today, as long as it's not unreasonably cold) - feel free to add me
  • trixieberry17
    trixieberry17 Posts: 79 Member
    What is C25K?
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    Couch to 5k. It's a running programme for newbie runners where you build up to a 5k run slowly. So week one you have a 5 min warm up walk, followed by 8 repetitions of a 1 min run and a 1.5 min walk, followed by a 5 min cool down work. As the weeks go on the running time increases, whilst the number of repetitions decreases.
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    edited May 2017
    I did my first day of week two today and found I slowed down significantly in order to keep going for the 90 secs. So yes, slow and steady wins the race!
  • raefost
    raefost Posts: 31 Member
    Been thinking of starting this for a while. Can walk for ages but never manages to up the pace. Hoping having a Labrador pup will help me keep going!
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    second day of week 2 today. Went ok. Got up to 8.5km/h on the treadmill. Sunday was first go at 90 second intervals outside. Tis mental how much longer that seems than a minute.
    I have to sing under my breath so I don't get stitch at the moment - hoping it helps me master this breathing malarky. :/
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,126 Member
    I am starting it this week :smile:
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    beerfoamy wrote: »
    Sunday was first go at 90 second intervals outside. Tis mental how much longer that seems than a minute.
    I have to sing under my breath so I don't get stitch at the moment - hoping it helps me master this breathing malarky. :/

    Yes to how much longer than a minute the 90secs feels! That really surprised me. I also had a minor stitch this morning and might attempt the singing under my breath method to see if that helps.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    beerfoamy wrote: »
    second day of week 2 today. Went ok. Got up to 8.5km/h on the treadmill. Sunday was first go at 90 second intervals outside. Tis mental how much longer that seems than a minute.
    I have to sing under my breath so I don't get stitch at the moment - hoping it helps me master this breathing malarky. :/

    singing will help you run at the most appropriate speed. I can't stress enough how running slow is the best way to go.
  • Steve25k
    Steve25k Posts: 125 Member
    raefost wrote: »
    Been thinking of starting this for a while. Can walk for ages but never manages to up the pace. Hoping having a Labrador pup will help me keep going!

    I run with a labrador - although he's not a puppy anymore - he didn't get it at first and kept jumping up at me wondering what I was doing - now he's given up - he just goes off and sniffs things and then runs to catch up every now and then. We run along a woodland track so he's ok being off the lead.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    MazzyToday wrote: »
    I started but then realized I need Bed to 5K. Seriously, I only got through the first three run minutes before my body was all, "Nope."

    I am going to lose some more weight, keep walking with some 30-second running, then try again.

    I felt terrible about failing till I saw that the people my weight who were doing it mostly were athletic at some point. I need to get closer to overweight than obese before committing.

    You should really be able to walk briskly for 30 minutes without needing to catch your breath before starting the C25K. I was still obese when I started, but had been using the treadmill for 3 months or so mainly walking. I'm still obese and am doing a 5K most weeks (not all jogging though).
  • birgitkwood
    birgitkwood Posts: 486 Member
    So, I had a little hospital episode over this past weekend - right on the heels of my morning run. It was a crappy day outdoors and I decided to go to the gym and use the treadmill. Was not really feeling 100pct, and my workout was somewhat "less," both in intensity and duration. But I did get in a 15 min run, followed by 30 mins walking. When I was finished, I needed to sit in the locker room for quite a while to catch my breath. Then, while taking a shower, apparently I passed out for about a second or so. Long story short - ambulance came and took me to the nearest hospital.

    Last year in September I was initially diagnosed with atrial fibulation (a-fib), a very common and basically non-life threatening heart condition. I was prescribed heart meds that I've been faithfully taking ever since, and was told to go on and live my life, no restrictions, do nothing different. So that's what I've been doing.

    This past weekend, again I was in a-fib. But according to the cardiologist at the hospital, "people pass out in the shower all the time and it doesn't always mean something terrible is wrong. The humidity in the shower, the heat..." He said that it is entirely possible that it was the fainting-in-the-shower episode that MAY have triggered the a-fib, rather than the a-fib causing the fainting. There is just really no way to know. So a whole bunch of tests were run and all came back negative. My heart meds were slightly adjusted and I was sent home with basically a clean bill of health and was told to resume my normal life, do nothing different. I was told to run if I feel like running.

    But... not gonna lie! Although I feel perfectly well now, running feels like a very scary thing to do right now. Somehow I need to find a courage seed, and water the heck out of that baby. In the meantime I am walking, walking, walking.

    Keep on truckin', y'all.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,126 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    MazzyToday wrote: »
    I started but then realized I need Bed to 5K. Seriously, I only got through the first three run minutes before my body was all, "Nope."

    I am going to lose some more weight, keep walking with some 30-second running, then try again.

    I felt terrible about failing till I saw that the people my weight who were doing it mostly were athletic at some point. I need to get closer to overweight than obese before committing.

    You should really be able to walk briskly for 30 minutes without needing to catch your breath before starting the C25K. I was still obese when I started, but had been using the treadmill for 3 months or so mainly walking. I'm still obese and am doing a 5K most weeks (not all jogging though).

    I am in the obese category too (still around 45lb overweight) and could never be described as "athletic" :lol: I do walk a lot though. @MazzyToday were you perhaps trying to run too quickly?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    birgitkwood wrote: »
    So, I had a little hospital episode over this past weekend - right on the heels of my morning run. It was a crappy day outdoors and I decided to go to the gym and use the treadmill. Was not really feeling 100pct, and my workout was somewhat "less," both in intensity and duration. But I did get in a 15 min run, followed by 30 mins walking. When I was finished, I needed to sit in the locker room for quite a while to catch my breath. Then, while taking a shower, apparently I passed out for about a second or so. Long story short - ambulance came and took me to the nearest hospital.

    Last year in September I was initially diagnosed with atrial fibulation (a-fib), a very common and basically non-life threatening heart condition. I was prescribed heart meds that I've been faithfully taking ever since, and was told to go on and live my life, no restrictions, do nothing different. So that's what I've been doing.

    This past weekend, again I was in a-fib. But according to the cardiologist at the hospital, "people pass out in the shower all the time and it doesn't always mean something terrible is wrong. The humidity in the shower, the heat..." He said that it is entirely possible that it was the fainting-in-the-shower episode that MAY have triggered the a-fib, rather than the a-fib causing the fainting. There is just really no way to know. So a whole bunch of tests were run and all came back negative. My heart meds were slightly adjusted and I was sent home with basically a clean bill of health and was told to resume my normal life, do nothing different. I was told to run if I feel like running.

    But... not gonna lie! Although I feel perfectly well now, running feels like a very scary thing to do right now. Somehow I need to find a courage seed, and water the heck out of that baby. In the meantime I am walking, walking, walking.

    Keep on truckin', y'all.

    Would a friend or your other half run with you and then stay with you afterwards to make sure you're OK?
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    birgitkwood wrote: »
    But... not gonna lie! Although I feel perfectly well now, running feels like a very scary thing to do right now. Somehow I need to find a courage seed, and water the heck out of that baby. In the meantime I am walking, walking, walking.

    I agree with TavistockToad, get yourself a buddy to run with. Also, perhaps walk it a good few times first, then start building it up again. And perhaps have some food ready for straight after: A banana, a cereal bar, a protein shake, something. That will get your blood sugar back up and hopefully that will stop the heat from the shower causing issues.

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