How are you getting on with C25K?
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My biggest problem is probably boredom. Having a more customized playlist is helping, but it's a long time for a mind to wander.
I play a game though where I don't look at my watch until I've reached certain landmarks. I know it takes me about 10 minutes to go around the lake, so I'll let myself look once I've made a circuit or whatever. That helps. Thinking about audiobooks, which I listen to while walking. I just seem to have a block about listening to them while running.2 -
I did wk4 d1 today and I WAS FINE! So very pleased! The 5 mins did feel long, and I do feel that this is the point where I have to focus more on technique as it's challenging to keep that up to scratch when your main focus is on keeping going. But it's very doable! Covered 2.26 miles today, which means I have less than 1.4k to 5k. Very, very happy with today and already looking forward to Friday morning!1
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@rianneonamission nice work. I did Week 3 Day 1 yesterday and it was far easier than I thought it was going to be, I was a bit nervous beforehand about the 3 minute intervals, but I managed them just fine, I even ran the last minute of the final walk, just for kicks and this was after forgetting my water bottle on a hot day, so I have determined I am far more capable of doing this than I gave myself credit for and need to stop worrying
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TheGaudyMagpie wrote: »My biggest problem is probably boredom. Having a more customized playlist is helping, but it's a long time for a mind to wander.
I play a game though where I don't look at my watch until I've reached certain landmarks. I know it takes me about 10 minutes to go around the lake, so I'll let myself look once I've made a circuit or whatever. That helps. Thinking about audiobooks, which I listen to while walking. I just seem to have a block about listening to them while running.
I was considering audiobooks for a while, I downloaded a couple from the library but I think I would find it more off-putting for running, quite often I use the tempo of the music to help with my speed.0 -
You are right about the being more capable than giving yourself credit for @tinkerbellang83, I was the same! The thing that makes wk4 the bigger challenge for me as it turns out is not the 5 min run, it's the shorter recovery times between runs. But even that will improve with time.2
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I did podcasts last night, and it seemed to be more distracting. My speed was virtually the same (2.16 mi on Sunday, 2.13 yesterday), so I don't think the podcasts affect it much. I'm listening to Lore, and the podcasts are about 20 minutes long and on different subjects, so I don't have to keep track of a continuous story line. I was dubious about audio tracks working for running, but I think that they may actually help, as they were better at taking my mind off of the effort I was putting in. I'm not sure if I will do it for the race, but I will stick with it a bit for the training sessions.1
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Welp, my Friday running partner fell through so I will be running on schedule tonight. This will be the last day of week 7. My race is Sunday and I'm still kind of at a loss as to how to proceed as I'll be heading into week 8 and 28 minute runs, because that would only put me at about 2.5 miles if I did the run as planned (and with an unknown amount of energy to complete the race). I'm thinking of trying to do a 15-minute interval, 3-minute walk, and then run the rest (in 15 minutes or less, ideally). Any thoughts?
I'm also considering whether to use music or podcasts for the actual race. I feel like music would be more effective for a race, though I'm liking the podcasts for training.0 -
I hit the wrong entry in my app yesterday and ended up doing W8D1. It was fine though. I didn't have any trouble completing it and I did 2.49 miles during the 28 minutes. I ran fairly hard during the last bit, thinking it was going to be a minute, and then it was 4 minutes! But now I feel pretty confident for the race on Sunday. I'm just going to try to run the whole thing.2
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Well done for coping with a week ahead!
I did wk4 day2 today. It felt a bit harder than Wednesday, but I imagine this was because I had a short night, went to the gym for the first time in over a week last night, and didn't eat as well as I should have late in the day. Never mind, at least I did it and feel good for it too.1 -
Week 4 is when I felt things escalated. I think it's the week when the run:walk ratio shifts to the running side. After the week was over though I felt pretty prepared for running more than walking to be the norm.
I definitely feel it if I haven't eaten well before my run. I usually eat something really carby an hour or two before.0 -
I find I'm the opposite, I run better on an empty stomach or a protein shake/bar, anything more than that and I feel like I am dragging an anchor. Well done @TheGaudyMagpie for unintentionally skipping ahead, I think you're dead on with your race plan, mine will be about the same so thinking along the same lines, will see how I'm doing Mid June.0
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I'm definitely an empty stomach runner. What makes a difference is my food intake the previous day; especially the evening.
My legs are nicely sore today too.1 -
Well, I ran it slowly, but I ran it. Official time was 35:41. After I started it, it was pretty easy to keep going. I was right in the middle in all categories (everyone, women, age group). I'm going to count it as W8D2 and do D3 the next time I run. After I'm done with W9, I'll run either 5K or 30 min for a few weeks and then start the 10K bridge program.1
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Bit gutted because of the crazy traffic on Saturday in Dublin I had to leave earlier than planned and didn't get back until really late so I missed my Week 3 Day 3 run, not sure now whether to just steam on into Week 4 and give it a whirl, do an extra day of running this week or just drop a day behind and carry on as normal.0
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Hi all, I'm scheduled to do W5R2 today. Feeling a little nervous about the 8minute runs but I know I have felt that way for each progression and so far have been capable. I find the mental barrier is the worst, and the clock watching!1
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I skipped wk4 day 3 for various reasons. Did wk5 day 1 today, which was fine. However, I then looked at days 2 and 3 and gulped slightly (good luck @Tania_181, let us know how you get on!). Mind you, I have found it is mind over matter, so perhaps I am worrying about nothing.
@tinkerbellang83, you may well be ok heading straight in to wk4 if wk3 hasn't been too hard. There's certainly no harm in trying.
That's a fab time for a first 5k, @TheGaudyMagpie! Well done!2 -
@rianneonamission will soon find out, doing it tonight lol0
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Just leaving the gym and feeling very cheery after completing my two 8-minute runs. It really was a case of mind over matter @rianneonamission. Can't believe I've got to attempt a 20-minute run in two days time. Good luck every one with your sessions!2
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Definitely mostly mental. I'm in week 8, but I ran a whole 5K on Sunday and it was fine. The furthest I had run in training was 2.49 miles. So it's pretty clear that the physical capability is there even before we're "ready."
I'm doing day 3 of week 8 (I deemed race day to be day 2 as that was 35 minutes of running).1 -
Once you get to the '3/4 mile or 8 mins' descriptions in the app, does the voice still prompt you when to start running/walking?0
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I use the Run Double app, which doesn't seem to be the one most people use. It does the voice prompt for every stage. I would imagine every app does, but I haven't used the others.0
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Thanks! Yes, I use the zen labs app which seems to be the common one.0
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I just checked and the app automatically treated the race as day 2 and checked it off. So that's cool.0
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Didn't manage the whole thing tonight, calves were very tight I am putting it down to lack of walking and some muscle soreness from 7 hours of driving Saturday, managed the first three run segments 3/5/3 ok, will just try again Thursday, in the meantime back to normal step count and extra stretching, had a nice hot bath and popped some deep freeze on my calves! I will not be beaten lol1
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Week 4 was the hardest week for me. That's the week the ratio shifts. The week 5 20-minute run is intimidating until you do it, but I don't feel like it was as hard to get through as week 4. Week 4 is a lot of running if you add it up. It's just broken up into chunks. Week 5 is not that much more running. I feel like week 4 is the week that really gets you to the next level of conditioning while week 5 is the week that teaches you that the walking part is mostly a mental thing. Six is challenging, but I feel like that is when I started feeling less uncomfortable.
So hang in there, I guess is what I'm saying.
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Thanks for the pep talk it's appreciated1
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Just pop in an extra run for the week, you'll soon manage it!2
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I love following people's progress on these threads. I'm at week 5 doing day 2 tomorrow. I'm probably going to go for some music/audio book to distract me. I'm not too worried about it, I know I can run it, I just need to learn to ignore my brain for 8 minutes.4
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So yesterday's run was difficult. My legs felt very tired and heavy. I'm going to wait until Friday to start week 9.1
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@Steve25k, I've been listening to the Lore podcast. I don't know if it's to your taste, but it's a documentary series about various weird historical things (like vampire rumors, or weird places). Each one is in the 20-ish minute range and is stand-alone, so you can listen to one or two and not have to keep up with a continuing story line. The Black Tapes is good too. It's a Serial-style series with a supernatural element. Continuing story line but short episodes so there are reasonable stopping points.
I like podcasts because they're episodic. Two episodes of Lore usually covers a workout and I don't have to stop in the middle of anything. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I ended up listening to music for the race because it was too hard to listen to the podcasts with all of the people and distractions, but I've been enjoying them on my training runs.0
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