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Couch to 5km Graduates!!!

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  • maddiebabe
    maddiebabe Posts: 193 Member
    hey Chris :)

    We are glad to have you before you graduate as well. I just started this group because a lot of us were all on the same thread running the c25k last year so once we all did our first 5km or finished the program i decided we needed a "graduates" group heeh!

    As for sprints, i have a bad knee, so I didnt do a lot of sprints. when we got into the longer runs (Aprox 10 min/run) i would do aobut 1-2 minutes of a faster speed and then slow down and do the remaining part at my regular speed. I'll never be a speed runner, but my goal is to eventually be a distance runner :)

    keep up the good work, yuou're doing awesome!!!!!
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    Hello everyone, I'm still plugging along and traing for a 10K. Last week I ran a total of 13 miles (2, 5, and 6 mile runs). My speeds not great but I love the runners high.

    Chris - look up Fartlek training. It's used to increase speed once a week. Good luck.
  • maddiebabe
    maddiebabe Posts: 193 Member
    great job chickie :) thats awesome I managed to get out and get 10 miles in this week.Im still trying to work back up to running 10 minutes straight. I am really struggling this time. The nice thing is i have my fiance running with me now atleast once a week and it makes me feel a little better......except he never runs and he just goes running hehe. he doesnt even have to do the steps!

    i wish i could achieve that goal of a half marathon this october,but I just dont think that I can do it :( It makes me sad!!! I am not really sure how to push past the struggles i keep coming across. i find that when Im running i stop for the 1 minute walk parts and to lower my heart rate and then when i go to run again its so hard and my muscles are sore and i just feel discouraged...any suggestions?

    anyway, Im so glad that youguys are seeing progress....keep the posts coming :)

    love care
  • JPriceGA
    JPriceGA Posts: 508 Member
    maddiebabe - are you trying to run too fast? Something isn't right - I know you can run much longer than that.

    I haven't actually been out running in a while - I've been doing less taxing indoor exercises or swimming. I need to get back out there. Right now the hardest part is putting on my sneakers :-) I've still been doing 60 minutes of some kind of exercise every day. Now that I have the new habit, I need to up the intensity.
  • maddiebabe
    maddiebabe Posts: 193 Member
    hey :)

    I am up to running for 12-15 min now and then walking for 2-5 min and then running again depending on where my heart rate is at that time! I really want to run another 5km soon!!!!

    How are you doing...i feel like i hvaent talked to you in FOREVER!!! great job with the 60 min/day! Thats awesome!!! what other kinds of things have you been doing. i miss swimming. i used to have a pool growing up and now i live an hr away from my mom and dads so i only get to swim occasionally :)

    i am going to challenge you to put on your sneakers and run for 5 min outside...baby step hehe!!!
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