I did W4D2 yesterday and still was able to add on 15 mins of extra walking. The 5 min run is killing me tho. I might stay on this week and keep tortchering myself until I can get the 5 mins down without wanting to die afterwards.
I did W4D2 yesterday and still was able to add on 15 mins of extra walking. The 5 min run is killing me tho. I might stay on this week and keep tortchering myself until I can get the 5 mins down without wanting to die afterwards. Keep running, you're doing great. I felt like dying only when I kept my speed too high and once I slowed down, I got past the hurdle of moving on to 5-minute runs. Varda kept writing on every page to a zillion different people "Slow down! Keep slowing down!" and at first I didn't really think she was speaking to me, too, but once I tried that advice, it made the world of a difference. I'm still flustered and breathing heavily and looking like a mess these days, but it's so much easier when I keep my speed down.
I did W4D2 yesterday and still was able to add on 15 mins of extra walking. The 5 min run is killing me tho. I might stay on this week and keep tortchering myself until I can get the 5 mins down without wanting to die afterwards. Keep running, you're doing great. I felt like dying only when I kept my speed too high and once I slowed down, I got past the hurdle of moving on to 5-minute runs. Varda kept writing on every page to a zillion different people "Slow down! Keep slowing down!" and at first I didn't really think she was speaking to me, too, but once I tried that advice, it made the world of a difference. I'm still flustered and breathing heavily and looking like a mess these days, but it's so much easier when I keep my speed down. If you feel like you want to die afterwards, you need to slow down!
I have my sneakers! W1D1 is done!!!!!!!!!!! Feels good. My roommate (an avid runner) went with me and gave me tips.
W2D3 done! I thought I was only on day 2, so I was a bit surprised when I opened my app today. I felt kind of clumsy today, and caught myself shuffling my feet along the ground a bit. So as I was fixated on this I forgot about my breathing... That's when my breathing is at it's best, when I'm not thinking about it. When I do, I start to huff and puff. It was quite warm today and I was dripping sweat when I was done. (Oh, and I accidentally shut the app off and ran an extra minute on the 5th interval... I was like "this feels really long". ) I believe I'm ready for week 3 physically but my mind thinks otherwise. I wonder what kind of battle it will be, my mind can be stubbornly weak when it wants to. I was even fearing today a little bit but I did fine.
So Monday this week I did w1d1 as I mentioned, and it went well. Yesterday tho,I awoke to really bad quad pain, to the point I had trouble going down stairs... Is this normal? I'm not sure I will be able to do d2 at this point unless the pain subsides a bit.
I'm thinking I need to get a new phone for my C25K app to accurately track. My GPS on my phone doesn't want to work right.
Well, no rest day ( I know I should have but rain is expected the next 2 days) I did W3D1 today. I don't know what is wrong with me lately... I thought I read the 2nd interval was 5 min so thought I rocked 5 minutes LOL when it was only 3. Anyway, my breathing is getting really easy now, so I found the intervals went by easily today. I think my mind just said "go" so I did. I had a nice mix of mud, wind and small hills, which is really giving me confidence. ( I hear trail running is more difficult than pavement/treadmill?). I'm a hiker so I'm quite used to the terrain off-road.
Well, no rest day ( I know I should have but rain is expected the next 2 days) I did W3D1 today. I don't know what is wrong with me lately... I thought I read the 2nd interval was 5 min so thought I rocked 5 minutes LOL when it was only 3. Anyway, my breathing is getting really easy now, so I found the intervals went by easily today. I think my mind just said "go" so I did. I had a nice mix of mud, wind and small hills, which is really giving me confidence. ( I hear trail running is more difficult than pavement/treadmill?). I'm a hiker so I'm quite used to the terrain off-road. I just got in from W3D1 too. I managed to get my average speed (run & walk combined) just over 4mph today. And it was OK!
I just got in from W3D1 too. I managed to get my average speed (run & walk combined) just over 4mph today. And it was OK!
Week 5, Day 3 tonight - I can't believe I ran 20 minutes straight! I even missed the cool down cue and ended up running for 22 minutes total. Whoot!
Week 3 Day 3...so after stalking this thread yesterday I decided to SLOW DOWN. And amazingly enough, the run was...easy. Not super easy, but not torture they way the rest of the last 3 weeks have been.
I found out the reason for the difference in the distance - my roommate kept her app going until we got all the way back to the apt. As for the the discrepancy with the rate per hour, I looked at the wrong one on one program. Ooops. W1D2 is scheduled for tonight!
I'm thinking I need to get a new phone for my C25K app to accurately track. My GPS on my phone doesn't want to work right. During it yesterday at the 5 minute mark, I apparently was standing in one spot for 5 minutes. (I wasn't). I have RunKeeper as well, but didn't have that activated. My roommate did use RunKeeper and tagged me in her posting of it (she was with me and kept pace with me the whole time) and that brought the stats up and into my RunKeeper. That's where I get a BIG difference: C25K (my phone) - - RunKeeper (tagged via roommates phone) 115 Calories burned - - 205 calories burned 1.44 miles - - 2.48 miles 18:30 total time - - 39:00 total time 20.14 average km/hr - - 6.15 average km/hr That's such a HUGE difference between the two! (My weight is 6lbs heaver on my RunKeeper then my C25K. I've tried updating my weight on RunKeeper and for whatever reason it won't do it.)
I did W4 D3 last night. I think I'm going to redo that one again but it felt wonderfull to get that under my belt.
Week 5, Day 3 this morning: I ended up running for a total of 30 minutes (plus the 5 minute cool down and warm up) I am so totally shocked, because 5 weeks ago I had a hard time running for 30 seconds. I am signing up for my 5K race at the end of June! The weirdest thing is: I can't wait till my next run!!! I would have NEVER thought I'd ever say that. Ever!! I am so excited!!!!
Did 5 min Wup walk, 27 min run, 5 min cdown last night. Booked a 5K for 05/31 :happy:
Well, no rest day ( I know I should have but rain is expected the next 2 days) I did W3D1 today. I don't know what is wrong with me lately... I thought I read the 2nd interval was 5 min so thought I rocked 5 minutes LOL when it was only 3. Anyway, my breathing is getting really easy now, so I found the intervals went by easily today. I think my mind just said "go" so I did. I had a nice mix of mud, wind and small hills, which is really giving me confidence. ( I hear trail running is more difficult than pavement/treadmill?). I'm a hiker so I'm quite used to the terrain off-road. I just got in from W3D1 too. I managed to get my average speed (run & walk combined) just over 4mph today. And it was OK! Way to go! I thought about checking to see if my speed is improving, but decided to concentrate on that after finishing the program, though I can feel myself getting faster. Sometimes I slow myself down so my breathing doesn't go haywire.
W4D3 on my lunch break today!! Bring it on Week 5 !!!!!
I did W6 D2 today. It was hard and I'm a little slower than when I started but I didn't stop, so I am just going to keep plugging at it.:glasses:
Hi all. Started last Fri and finished W1D2 yesterday, W1D3 tomorrow. Think something broke in my head two weeks ago when I decided to started training... Looking around for 5ks to book for Sept-ish to get time to work the program.
