Week 5
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I had no trouble with W5D1 or W5D2 but wasn't able to do W5D3 without stopping in the middle of the 20 minute run. Not sure if I should start week 6 or try week 5 again.
It's up to you really. If I had really struggled through Day 3 I would probably repeat Week 5 to build up more endurance.0 -
going for my Week 5 day 3 today... i did fine for my day 1 and 2 but not quite looking forward for the 8min run interval for day 3...0
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I had no trouble with W5D1 or W5D2 but wasn't able to do W5D3 without stopping in the middle of the 20 minute run. Not sure if I should start week 6 or try week 5 again.
go ahead to week 6 IMO - if you are follownig the cool running plan week 6 drops back to some interval runs for day 1 and 2. Then you can repeat week 6 if you can't do a 20 minute run on day 3.
Jovz what schedule are you following? yours is a bit different than mine.0 -
See now.. this kinda puzzles me. Why get to a single 20min run then drop back? Yea I know its a tried n tested method to build stamina and endurance, BUT at the end of my 20min W5D3 run, I felt like I could have easily squeezed out the next 10mins.go ahead to week 6 IMO - if you are follownig the cool running plan week 6 drops back to some interval runs for day 1 and 2. Then you can repeat week 6 if you can't do a 20 minute run on day 3.
Im tempted to jump into the battle, that is W9, and see how I get on.
Any thoughts?Jovz what schedule are you following? yours is a bit different than mine.
Mine too.. Im doing the NHS C25K. W5D3 is a straight 20min run, with a 5min warm up and cooldown walk.0 -
I'd say go for it - it sounds like you aren't really starting from the couch anyhow.
I just finished week 5 and I actually think the drop back sort of makes sense - but overall its a very slow build. So some people (my boyfriend) probably need the build up to 22-25 minutes (which is what week 6 is) whereas I could probably just do another day of a 20 minute, then do a 22, then a 25, etc. I probably don't need the extra build up because I didn't genuinely start from the COUCH - I was new to running but I'd been walking/playing dance games for cardio for several weeks (..months?) before I started this.
There's a vast difference between my cardio fitness and my boyfriends who literally did start this program from absolutely zero exercise. Like we both finished the 20 minute run, but at the end of it his breathing and heart rate dropped very slowly over the 5 minute cooldown walk, whereas my heartrate goes straight back down pretty -- I walked with him for 5 and then I sprinted to the end of the block, dance-walked down the street, jogged backwards, etc. He probably will benefit from dropping back to intervals from a cardio health perspective though.
I'm just going to do all the weeks since I'm doing it with him, but if you want to skip, I see no reason why you can't skip.
Why don't you try doing week 7 and then at the 25 minute mark if you still have that extra 5 minutes in you, go for it and rename it week 9.0 -
well... I tried it.
Set off, after my 5min warm up walk, and stopped to take a drink at 15mins. 30secs or so and back at it. I managed 25mins, in total, then ran out of trail.
I felt it alot more than the 20min W5D3.
Maybe the drop back is to allow your legs to "recover" from the 20min run, growing more acustomed to the longer stints.
As I said, I tried it. Back to the plan on Wednesday morning.0 -
just finished week 4 training yesterday and having cold feet to begin week 5....
I felt the same way. I did W4D3 twice (Saturday and Monday) and I did W5D1 today. It was not as bad as I thought, but I think I may also repeat W5D1 tomorrow before I move on to the 8 minutes. I never felt like I wanted to quit, but I was definitely breathing harder during the 6 minute run.0 -
Did week 5 day 2 yesterday. Ran it at 10km/hr (6.25 mph)
Friday - aagh. I WANT to do the full 20 minutes at 10km/hr but I don't know...0 -
After pushing myself WAY too hard through W1-W3 (I did them all in 2 weeks), I had to take two weeks off to rest my knee which was swollen and angry because of overuse.
Happy to report, though, that I sailed through W5D3 with flying colors yesterday (actuallly, the last 5 minutes were a little tough, but when she told me to stop, I got another wind and almost kept going!), and am looking forward to doing W5D4 tomorrow morning before work!
I use the "Get Running" app for iPhone, and at the end of W5D3 she says "Well, you just ran for twenty minutes. If you weren't a runner before, you sure can call yourself one now!" and that made me feel like a million bucks! xx0 -
Woo Hoo! Did the dreaded 20 min run this morning and felt great! Never would have thought......I found a partner to run with me lately which has helped a lot. She's not a huge runner but is a notch above me and was interested in seing what this was all about. Now I have her getting up 1/2 hr earlier than normal to join me!0
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Last week was supposed to be my week 5 but i came down with strep throat. I only got one run in, so today I started week 5 again and just finished W5D1 pretty easily, the rest of the week looks tough though, should be interesting.0
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just finished week 4 training yesterday and having cold feet to begin week 5....
This is exactly where I am at the moment, except I finished W4D3 today. Although all of the positive stories about W5D3 is encouraging. I hope I get to post my own encouraging story in a few days!0 -
I did W5D1 this morning. I made it thru all the 5 min runs, but WOW was I slow. I ran/walked a 5k on Sunday and I'm still feeling a bit stiff from that. I'll see how it goes, but I'm not optimistic about being able to run 20 minutes straight later this week!0
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Can I join in the chorus of "What?? 20minutes straight?? Are you kidding me??" I finished Day 2 today, the 8 minutes were hard... guess I'm gonna have to talk myself into the full 20 tomorrow. :frown:0
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Well, I woke up this morning and it was raining! I almost chickened out, but I forced myself out of bed. Ya know what, the 20 minutes wasn't THAT bad. It was hard, and the last 2 minutes I really had to push myself but I was able to do it! If anyone else is scared of the Week 5 Day 3, it's not as bad as we think it's going to be. You can do it!0
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Did week 5 day 2 today, and while i have not had much trouble up until now, this run was brutal. I am contributing that to the fact that I did a very intense weight circuit just prior to the run.....guess I should just focus on one thing at a time for now, redoing this run tomorrow and then the dreaded 20 mins on friday.0
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W5D1 this evening... My hamstrings are a little sore from a circuit training class on Monday. Hoping they won't inhibit me... thinking the soreness is light enough that it should disappear once they warm up a bit.0
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W5D1 complete!!! My run was fantastic!!! I have been doing my runs at my gym on an indoor track. I am not sure exactly how far one revolution is, but I am guessing it is 1/16th of a mile. It seems like it has really supported my watch the clock habit. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to do my first few weeks in a controlled environment where I am ensured I can run without distractions because my son is in the childcare. However, today's run I decided to take outdoors, and it was A-MAZ-ING!!!!! I completed all three 5-minute runs without issue. I was able to focus on the run and how I was feeling rather than how many times I had been around the track - me and my analytic brain had figured out that I generally ran one revolution in approximately 30 seconds, so I would count as I ran to mentally keep track of how much farther I had to go.
When I got home today, I used Google maps to determine exactly how far I ran in the 31 minutes of the program today, and it looks like I was right at about 2.8 miles in 31 minutes. I am hoping the map program was correct, because that means I completed the session at a pace of about 11:04 minutes per mile! I will be fantastically happy if I can complete my 5K on December 19th at that pace!0 -
I'm repeating week 5... family illness derailed my running efforts this week. So I redid week 5 day 2 on Tuesday and almost died. 20 minutes today - where last week i was feeling really confident, this week I'm very scared... Will report back in how I went!0
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Week 5, Day 2 today and it was a breeze! I was really dreading the 8 min runs, but they didn't seem hard at all! Looking forward to the challenge of the 20 min. run.....will either do it Sunday, or Monday.
Everyone is doing great!0 -
W5D3..20 minute run.......DONE!!!! Was not as tough as I thought! Don't fear it.......you can do it!0
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I will be doing my 20 minute run tomorrow...I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.0
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I am so fantastically proud of myself!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!! Not only did I run 20 minutes, I ran 2 miles (the ENTIRE 2 miles) in 21 minutes and 40 seconds, giving me a pace of 5.5 mph, or 10:50 per mile! (I really wanted to run the entire 2 miles, and I felt like I could have run farther had time allowed!)
It was not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. I found my stride some time in the first 5 minutes or so...I made sure to pace myself, and when the voice came on and said "You are halfway there, you have completed 10 minutes of running!", I didn't even feel like I had been running for 10 minutes! In my mind I was thinking that was 2 minutes longer than my longest interval so far...if I can do that, surely I can finish!! I also was able to turn my focus towards the distance rather than the time. I *really* wanted to clear the 2 miles in the 20 minutes, so I think my pace towards the end was a little faster as I focused on the goal rather than maintaining a feasible pace. This also helped with the mental aspect of the length of the run.
Interestingly enough the run I dreaded the most (I have dreaded it every. single. day. since I began the program) is the one I have (to date) enjoyed the most. I am sure it has SOMEthing to do with the fact that I am sooooo insanely proud of myself...but either way...lol0 -
I am so fantastically proud of myself!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a great feeling isn't it! WELL DONE!0 -
Congrats to the 20-minute completers!
I've done it before on my last trip through C25K. I'll do it again this week, and hopefully outside, and not on the (*$@*& treadmill. I hope the weather warms up soon.0 -
Boom! W5D3 done. 2.44 miles, including warm-up and warm-down.
10:14 pace for the first mile running, around 10:30-11:00 for the second. I'm happy with that result.
http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/mVpFW7kDPQc
See y'all in the Week 6 thread!0 -
Anyone experience having a hard time on Week 5 day 2? Was running and seems as though it was harder than Week 5 day 1. Oh well will try again probably since i had a tough time.0
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Yeah, I thought W5D2 was the hardest run of that week - worse than W5D1 AND W5D3 (although maybe that's because I was building up W5D3 in my head). I did W5D2 twice and then W5D3 was fine.0
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Week 5 day 1 done, went quite well, ran outside. I even did a 10 min run afterwards!0
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I did W5, D1 yesterday and I felt SO good afterward! I got new sneakers this weekend, and I think that actually really helped. I've always HATED running, but this makes it so easy and I actually really enjoy it! W5 D2 tomorrow...0
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