New C25K for the New Year

I finished my 2nd round of week 1 last night... yeah I did week 1 twice, just a little out of shape :blushing:

Feeling good and ready to start week 2 on Sunday! :glasses:

Week 7 Day 3 done! Increased my speed by 0.2mph again. Then added a couple minutes of sprints & an extra 5 minutes of running at the end. Bring on week 8!

I just started on Thursday. I hate running, but I have to admit that after a stretch and a shower, I felt fantastic, and I'm bummed I couldn't do day 2 today.

HA! I knew you'd like the C25K. It's a super do-able program. It makes running easier!

I'm so frustrated. My foot is still hurting. My Dr. won't take an x-ray until next week because stress fractures don't show up right away in x-rays. :grumble:

I want to run so bad! :mad:

OUCH! Y'all take care of yourselves!!

I finished day 2 of my "custom" week 2... I decided to do 90 min walk and 90 min run instead of what they tell you. :glasses:

completed week 6 day 2!! It was hard, because I'm a little bloated, but I still managed

back on the wagon! I finished week 3 day 1 last night...it was a little tough since I didn't run for the last 2 weeks, but I managed to get through it!! I have been having a problem though where my calves cramp up really bad after running and it really hurts to stretch them or walk for a few minutes after I'm finished running. Any ideas on what I could do?

Make sure you're hydrated and consuming enough potassium. I'm sure there are other vitamin/mineral deficiencies that contribute to cramps as well.
You also may want to be sure you're warming up properly. Maybe after a 5 minute brisk warm up walk it would help you to stop and stretch your calves & then walk 5 more minutes before you start to run.

Count me in! My friend here at work told me about it. I downloaded the podcast to my ipod and I am ready for day 4 (which I think is the first day of the second week). I have never been a runner and am really excited about making this happen!!

So I moved on to week 5 Day 1. I did not finish the second interval but could have if I pushed forward. I had to slow down some. I hated doing it because I was already going slow but endurance is more important than speed at this point.

I agree with you splooshcar, I'm gonna finish... no matter how long it takes.

:sad: Am I a bad person for putting off day 3 when I don't absolutely have to? My left knee's been bothering me but not that much.

You're not bad -- you're smart. I'd rest until my knee isn't hurting anymore. I pushed through the pain when I first started and all that got me is a whole lot more pain (and 2 weeks off running before I could start again).

I finished week 8 day 2 last night. Easy peasy. I ran pretty steadily at 4.0 (I always feel the need to explain that I have the shortest legs ever :laugh:). Then after my 28 minutes, I cranked the treadmill up to 6.0 & ran until I almost puked. Felt good (except for the whole nausea part). I can't wait to build up my speed so I'm running 5k at 5.0mph. That's my goal for my first 5K (I'm planning for one in May).

Week 6 completed!! I ran 25 minutes non-stop for the first time in my life!!!!!!!!

On this program, when did you all start noticing major weight loss? Was it after the program was past 6 weeks?

I've been losing about the same the whole time -- though I did notice a slow down from December-January but I'm pretty sure I can blame that on holiday cookies. :laugh:

I can say that I have noticed my weight loss has kind of kicked into overdrive over the last 2 weeks though. And, that was when I started week 6... but correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation especially in a situation like this when there are so many variables. I've lost 4.0 pounds since last Thursday.
I also noticed I had to start eating more (especially more protein) on days when I run now that they're all continuous runs (Eat more, lose more weight. Sounds good to me! ).

Finished week 8 day 3 today. Really, I just did the same as week 9 (run 30 minutes). Ran a little faster than usual, so I was happy about that, too.

Sunsh1ne - I'm not running outside but it almost never gets that cold here anyway. I think that I would have problems running in the cold just because I think my lungs would start to hurt. I bet you can find a few articles online with suggestions for running in cold weather.


I start week 9 today. I was just looking at the beginning of this thread and saw how many people there were who said they were going to start C25K at the beginning of the year. C'mon folks! You mean to tell me you can't even make a 9 week commitment? :huh:

Take it from someone who will be finishing C25k this week (ME!), IT IS 100% WORTH IT! Just suck it up and do it. :happy:
And, I know some of you were curious about how much weight you would lose or how much your measurements would change so I'll post my results from week 3 to week 9 when I finish on Saturday. But, just a little preview: I lost 11.2 pounds in January 2010.

I would like to start the program, but not sure I will get to the treadmill 3 times a week, so may take longer. I do step aerobics on Monday and Wed evenings, and also like doing the BL dvds on the other days. Will definately try to get on it 3 times a week.

Jib123 - congrats with sticking with it for 9 weeks. I can barely run 5 mins at 4.5mph, anything higher I tire so quickly. How fast do you run at?