New to C25K
officerdan82
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Tommorrow is my 3rd set for the first week. First day I was getting a pain(could have been a cramp) in my lower left side of my stomach around the 6th 1 minute run phase but I pushed through and barely made it. 2nd day it was just as difficult but without the pain. I sure hope tomorrow gives me some sort of hope as to next weeks timing, although resting for 2 minutes after 90 seconds of running should give me just enough time to recuperate. I walk 5 miles in the morning and my calves/achilles tendons are getting pretty sore. Any ideas on remedying this, besides not walking 5 miles anymore? Any hot/cold/stretch tricks to do before/after to get a faster recovery?
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I don't know if it will help with the pain but I do Jumping Jacks and lunges before I set out. Loosens up my body and my muscles so I don't get the ab pain that you were talking about. also the exercise where you start out flat on your feet, then you stand up on your toes and pull your glutes in tight... that one is a good one too0
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I hear that stretching your legs muscles and warming up properly before starting helps. Also, a real biggie is shoes. Make sure you have the right shoes. The wrong ones, will make you miserable!
Congratulations on starting the program. It is truly phenomenal and very achievable to finish, and finish strongly.
I was just like you in August....was so so so tough that first week. Yesterday, I finished the program and ran 3.25 miles straight. So, you can do it!! Stay focused and most of all, find enjoyment in running. 0 -
I agree with what was said above that SHOEs make all the difference. If you are walking long distances in in the morning and then wearing the same shoes that night to run, could be a part of the problem. I had been walking for about 9 months prior to starting the C25K, (my knees wouldn't take the pounding until I had lost some weight) and started in the same shoes. Though I was going to have to quit until I read some of the posts about shoes and went an got a pair beginning of W4 and just finished W6D1 last night and no more pain!!! Can't stress enough about the shoes.
Stretching helps also and there are thousands to try, I would just try different ones until you find the right ones for you.0 -
Yes, I went out and got shoes 2 days ago but wasn't able to do any walking until yesterday. Immediately I felt like walking was harder in the new shoes, then I got 2 10 second sharp pains on my left shin that I had to stop and rub before continuing walking.(Around the 4.5 mile mark) Then I completed my 3rd set for Week 1 last night and my lower shins were feeling really painful whenever I rubbed them. So 78nSunny are you saying I need to wear different shoes for walking and running?(In the Army I used my running shoes for everything and never had any problems) I got my new running shoes from Fitniche here in Florida and they helped me pick out a shoe based on my prostination to help my left leg stay straight when running. I'm thinking maybe I should just replace my 5 mile walk on C25K days with a upper body P90X workout.0
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Well... I am only going by what I have researched and has worked for me.... That being said, I had a pair of New Balance running shoes that I had been wearing to walk in since I started to loose weight at the begining of the year (January 2 was when I started - 259.7 lbs) I had thought about easing into jogging then, but found that it was to hard on my knees and decided that I would walk everyday until I was 225 lbs and try again.
At 225 I started the C25K Still in the New Balance shoes. "Back in the Day" (32 Years ago) I was a runner in high school, and always ran in New Balance shoes and they were great. But this time my knees were killing me and so were my shins. Made it to middle of W3 and started my research and fouund a lot of reccomendations that you should only wear your running shoes for running. I went and had a pair fitted, Settled on asics gel nimbus and am now having very little pain, (on W6D3 tomorrow...) other than what I consider normal for a 50 year old.
I will say that I also served in the military, retired from the USN Submarine Service in 1998, and never had room to pack more than one pair of shoes when we deployed and used them for everything, and never had a problem.
The other thing that I found at the end of W1, I tried to skip the 2 days off before starting W2 and that really just about killed the entire program. On my Rest days I take about a 2 mile walk with the exception of Sunday which is one of my 2 days off and I will walk 4-5 miles that day. On the run days I just do that.
Sorry that this went on so long but I sometime I seem to run on ....0 -
Well it was very informative and I'll take your advice and run with it. I'd try just about anything right now to prevent further injury and continue with my weight loss and build up my running stamina. I walked to the high school stadium (1.2 miles) and did 5 sets of running up the bleechers and the entire walk home was painful. This time not to my shins but to the inner side of my calves. My heart wants to get up and go and keep going but my body is not reacting very well to it. This stuff used to be easy for me, now it's discomforting to want to be able to do it but just not able to do it. It sucks but after this is all over, this memory will be the sole reason why I never go back.0
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When I talked about "Back in the Day".. . before I went in the Navy, I ran he Mile during Spring Track and in the Fall Cross Country. My senior year I was Co-Captian of both and could Run a 4:30 Mile and best tme in the 5K was 14:58. When I started C25K 6 weeks ago I could barely run the 60 seconds splits!!! So I know where you are coming from.
The biggest thing to remember is that "We did not get this way overnight and we cannot change it that fast either". That was the best advice that I ever got.
Following the C25K program and not pushing it (other than work out days) I ran 22 minutes and covered 2.5 miles today...
Good Luck, Keep up the work and it WILL pay off!!!!0 -
Thanks. I'm hoping so too. I think maybe I should wait like you did till i get down to the low 200's currently I'm about 265(15 pounds down from my normal weight for the past 5 years). Hopefully by the new year I'll be able to do some real running.0
