How are you getting on with C25K?
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Moved onto Week 5 yesterday, I am not in any rush to get to 5K so I am only running twice per week so I am not overdoing it and ditching my strength training which is a mistake I made previously.
Managed the 5 min runs ok, nowhere near the same speed I was up to in August when I was doing it before but that's fine. I want to build my endurance up rather than my speed.1 -
W7D2 done. D3 tomorrow.
I'm doing it on the treadmill @ 4.5 (usually @ an incline of 2) and bumping it up to more towards the end.2 -
Picked back up on Week 5 day 2, just been ambling out on interval runs around Christmas. Attempting Day 3 tonight, which is the first of thw interval-less runs, I know I can do it because I already did it once or twice before, but my mind is still playing games with me, hopefully the Myths & Legends podcast I am listening to will distract me.1
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Day 3 went well, was a little tired when I got to the final minute but kept at it. Will be starting Week 6 tomorrow.2
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Hello! I tried my first run (wk5 day1) in about 2-3 months. I have issues with my shoes still and I think the front part is too wide. My energy was ok though, so if I can get my feet to work with me it shouldn't be too long before I am back at 5k. I want to try another run Tuesday or Wednesday with my old shoes and see how that goes.2
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Week 6 Day 1 done, I am slightly convinced this week of C25K is cursed for me, this will be the 3rd time I have started this week, first time I pulled a muscle whilst dog walking and took a while to recover, second time I was under medical orders to take a break from running whilst I had a bit of back trouble and yesterday I went over on my ankle mid-run, I walked it off and managed to continue running but wasn't sure if I was going to wake up to a fat ankle this morning.
Luckily there is no fat foot!0 -
Which C25K app are you guys using? I’m just starting and there are a bunch of apps to choose from.0
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Thank you!0
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I'm done.
Sunday was the day I was supposed to do the 5k. I did my third one on Sunday. Read all about it here if you have the time - Mama! There goes that man!0 -
Heyy haven't posted here in awhile, I quit c25k and then started back up again. I'm on week 5 now! The other day though I ran for 28 minutes, 2 miles without stopping, so i ditched the app and have just been running on my own. But i haven't been able to do 28 minutes without stopping since, so I think I'm going to get back to the app. Thinking it's slowly building my endurance, which is why I was able to do the 2 miles without stopping that one night? who knows. So, tomorrow I'll start back at week 5. Yesterday, I did a 5 minute warm up walk and then ran for 18 minutes without stopping, walked for 5 minutes, ran for 7, so im thinking week 5 should be doable for sure. Actually starting to feel like I could be a runner, which is crazy..I've always hated running..but I"m starting to enjoy it now!2
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I quit c25k a few months ago and just started it again from w1d1.2
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So I did Week 6 split over 2 weeks, repeating day 2 and then did an intermediate 6.5 week with 2 straight runs and an interval run, as I was still struggling to reduce my pace to keep at it longer. End of week 6.5 yesterday and I knocked 20 seconds of my mile time from last year and did a 22 minute jog, really pleased with that. I am still not fast by any means, it's a 13 minute mile, but when I started out last year it was 15 minutes so certainly improvement. Starting Week 7 on Friday night.2
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@tinkerbellang83 , great job! A 13 minutes miles is awesome! I did week 6 day 2 this morning, went pretty well. Day 3 should be interesting, planning on doing it on Saturday. Right now I'm doing a 15:47 mile, which I know is pretty slow, but right now I feel like this pace is the pace I can keep up with. Hopefully this will improve over time.1
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@tinkerbellang83 , great job! A 13 minutes miles is awesome! I did week 6 day 2 this morning, went pretty well. Day 3 should be interesting, planning on doing it on Saturday. Right now I'm doing a 15:47 mile, which I know is pretty slow, but right now I feel like this pace is the pace I can keep up with. Hopefully this will improve over time.
This is my 3rd time doing C25K, never made it past week 6 due to other injuries. Your time may not seem fast but you're faster than you were before you started
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@tinkerbellang83 Thank you ! That's so true. I love running! And i never thought I would EVER say something like that. lol. The running's really helping me drop some pounds too, but nothing's better than the high I get from jogging!1
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »Week 6 Day 1 done, I am slightly convinced this week of C25K is cursed for me, this will be the 3rd time I have started this week, first time I pulled a muscle whilst dog walking and took a while to recover, second time I was under medical orders to take a break from running whilst I had a bit of back trouble and yesterday I went over on my ankle mid-run, I walked it off and managed to continue running but wasn't sure if I was going to wake up to a fat ankle this morning.
Luckily there is no fat foot!
You're a motivation to us all1 -
Started yesterday. Found it so hard but I've taken some advice in slowing it down for the next burst.
I would love to hear how others have got on?1 -
Slowing it down was the best thing I was told.
I am starting again soon to redo it and maybe work on speed a bit. Unsure if I want to do a half marathon so.....we shall see.
When I started C25K I loathed running and the 30 seconds killed me - all because I was going too fast. Now I quite like a jog round with an audio book playing.0 -
Enthusiast84 wrote: »Started yesterday. Found it so hard but I've taken some advice in slowing it down for the next burst.
I would love to hear how others have got on?
I am on my third round of C25K due to a couple of non-running injuries, best thing I did to get my pace right the first time around was to sing under my breath, if you can't breath enough to sing, you're going too fast!2 -
I managed to get through the first week pretty comfortable after slowing it down and day 1 of week 2 was ok as well.
Does anyone do incline walking to work muscles?1 -
Enthusiast84 wrote: »I managed to get through the first week pretty comfortable after slowing it down and day 1 of week 2 was ok as well.
Does anyone do incline walking to work muscles?
I don't actively but I haven't much choice I live in a town full of big hills so I often have to walk/run on an incline, I prefer a flatter route for my C25K though.0 -
I just started back on C25K. I previously finished it last year and tried going to the 10k program, but lost motivation and stopped. I just finished week 1, day 2 again. I'm sure I could've started on a further along week, but I'm doing it outside this time, instead of my treadmill, so it's different. But glad I'm starting back! These "easier" weeks are keeping me motivated and reminding me of how strong I've become. On my off (rainy) days, I'm going to do my exercise videos or walk the mall to get steps in.1
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MegansMom2011 wrote: »I just started back on C25K. I previously finished it last year and tried going to the 10k program, but lost motivation and stopped. I just finished week 1, day 2 again. I'm sure I could've started on a further along week, but I'm doing it outside this time, instead of my treadmill, so it's different. But glad I'm starting back! These "easier" weeks are keeping me motivated and reminding me of how strong I've become. On my off (rainy) days, I'm going to do my exercise videos or walk the mall to get steps in.
I think you're right to start back at Week 1 there is such a massive difference between treadmill and outdoor running. But I am sure you will do fantastic!
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I treated myself to new running shoes a while ago because of issues with my right foot. I had worked out that the front of my other running shoes was too wide so my foot moved too much. However, doing the gait analysis in the shop it became very obvious that my technique is off: I land on the front side of my foot (the outside of the ball, so where the three smallest toes start), which seems to coincide with the discomfort I was feeling. Not surprising given the amount of weight I was putting through it.
I have done one day in wk 1, one day in wk 2 which were mostly fine. Yesterday I attempted wk3 and really focused on how my foot lands, and I felt considerably less discomfort in the longer runs once I found my stride.
I do have sufficient energy for running for a longer period of time (I am considerably faster than last year), but have decided that using the program to improve my technique is important. Hopefully I'll be back to running 5k without discomfort soon.2 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »MegansMom2011 wrote: »I just started back on C25K. I previously finished it last year and tried going to the 10k program, but lost motivation and stopped. I just finished week 1, day 2 again. I'm sure I could've started on a further along week, but I'm doing it outside this time, instead of my treadmill, so it's different. But glad I'm starting back! These "easier" weeks are keeping me motivated and reminding me of how strong I've become. On my off (rainy) days, I'm going to do my exercise videos or walk the mall to get steps in.
I think you're right to start back at Week 1 there is such a massive difference between treadmill and outdoor running. But I am sure you will do fantastic!
Thank you! I'm noticing the massive difference already, lol! Love the slightly sore muscle feeling again!0 -
I started from the beginning again and am making myself do at least one run per week outdoors this time round. Haven't yet decided whether I like it more or less....the running itself seems harder on the hard surface and my knees aren't too happy about it but time does go by much quicker. This morning as it's a holiday here so the streets were quiet I decided to hit the road even though I had run outdoors on Saturday and (of course) I hadn't realised it was that good old buddy Week 5 Day 3! I managed to go for around 13 minutes but then had to walk for 30 seconds to catch my breath. I still enjoyed it though (brain is still having trouble getting used to actually enjoying and feeling better after RUNNING) and am thinking of trying to turn that route into a regular Sunday run.0
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Finished week 6 for the second time yesterday (didn't feel up to 25 minutes on Monday so decided to repeat the week before) and I did it outside, my longest interval without a break outdoors yet. It was pretty tough, I was huffing and puffing and gasping for breath like crazy (not to mention counting down the final 5 minutes and wasting desperately needed breath muttering to myself that the app timer had to be wrong and the countdown was way too slow) but got it done. I'm still finding I run a lot faster outside even though I really try to slow myself down, in fact my walking speed outside is my jogging speed on the treadmill! Signed up for a 4.2k on the 27th, my very modest goal is to beat my time on the 4k I did a couple of weeks ago (33 minutes) a lot of which we walked. It should coincide with week 8 day 3 of the program so will work pretty well I think!
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »Finished week 6 for the second time yesterday (didn't feel up to 25 minutes on Monday so decided to repeat the week before) and I did it outside, my longest interval without a break outdoors yet. It was pretty tough, I was huffing and puffing and gasping for breath like crazy (not to mention counting down the final 5 minutes and wasting desperately needed breath muttering to myself that the app timer had to be wrong and the countdown was way too slow) but got it done. I'm still finding I run a lot faster outside even though I really try to slow myself down, in fact my walking speed outside is my jogging speed on the treadmill! Signed up for a 4.2k on the 27th, my very modest goal is to beat my time on the 4k I did a couple of weeks ago (33 minutes) a lot of which we walked. It should coincide with week 8 day 3 of the program so will work pretty well I think!
Do you have a tracker watch, if you do, depending on the make/model you can set a maximum pace for running on some of them so it will buzz on your wrist to stop you from going to fast.0 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
Do you have a tracker watch, if you do, depending on the make/model you can set a maximum pace for running on some of them so it will buzz on your wrist to stop you from going to fast.
Hmm, I have a fitbit charge2 but don't think it does that. I think though it's more a case of going too slow on the treadmill than too fast outside, just my knees and shins and lungs need time to adapt
After Sunday's longer outdoor run plus a lot of walking yesterday (24k steps or so) my shins are feeling sore today so going to give myself an extra day's rest and leave starting week 7 until tomorrow. I'm seriously considering going out and buying some better trainers too.... I was in a pair of the more expensive cheap ones which have been fine for the treadmill but am feeling like I might need to graduate to the cheaper more expensive ones now, especially with a road race coming up!
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