Couch to 5k Anyone?

Screwed up a little today. OOPS!

I have a C25K app on my iPod Touch, and I guess I pressed the wrong day. I'm on day 2 of week 3, but I pressed day 2 week 6!!! I did the 5 minute warm up, then started running and got suspicious around 7:30 when I was still running (the first interval is supposed to be a minutes and a half...) When I noticed I mistake, I went back and selected the right day and then started with the first 90 second walking interval. So I was a little off (cause I stopping moving all together to fix this), but since I ran extra on accident, I'll count that as a successful run!

I think I am going to start this week back with week 7, I never was able to run a consistent 25 minutes-well, just once and that was week 6 day 3 on the treadmill. I ran Monday last week, I don't think it was 28 minutes straight, then I ran on the beach in Oregon Thursday and that was hard! I am kinda bummed not to move forward, I guess I will just see how it goes and if I can run the 28 minutes I'll start with week 8 again.

Hi All. I had commented on this thread a ways back and glad to see everyone is going so well with C25K! I was doing great with it then had a skydiving injury over 4th of July weekend.

Last week, started back on week 3 and moved back up to W4D1 tonight. I was a little hungover today, so went a little slower than I would have liked, but still made it through. I'm also doubling up on every run, so really did two rounds of W4D1 tonight, went 3.5 miles in 47 minutes! Feels great to burn all those cals and love looking at my HRM after a run to see over 600 burned!

Happy running!

Week 9 Day 1 DONE!! it went pretty good, altho I need to work on speed, and I plan on doing that when I am finished w/C25K.

Jendy, I agree with nikki...just try it and see how it goes. I missed a whole week and took the next workout slow, and did not have to repeat a week, but I would have been done LAST week. Go by how you feel....listen to your body. There is nothing wrong with repeating weeks or doing days over....I actually think it's more beneficial. Distance or speed can wait for when your body is fully ready and your bones are strong.

Keep at it folks!! you're doing great!

Just checkin' in with my progress!

I started last week, starting on week 3 because I'm already in okay shape. Week 3 Day 1 was mildly difficult, but by W3D3, I was feeling AWESOME! I have tried running in the past by trying to push myself to run a quarter mile longer each time I ran, but it did not work well, and made me want to give up. This program is designed very well. Looking forward to starting Week 4 Day 1 on Wednesday!

Hey everyone - I went to my mom's on the weekend, since my sister was home for a visit. She convinced me to go for a bike ride on Saturday morning as an alternative to my c25k W4D1 workout. It was my first time on a bike since I was a teenager. It was a nice change. So I had planned on just skipping this run, and continuing with W4D2 to stay on track.

However, on Monday, I should have been running again, but it was a holiday here, and I was so supremely lazy that I did not run. I forced myself to go to Pilates tonight, in the hopes it would jolt me out of this funk. I should be running tomorrow morning - I guess I'd better get to bed so that I can't use a late night as an excuse. According to the calendar, this should be W4D3, but really it will only be W4D1... I think I should just focus on the next workout W4D1, even if they are spread out more than they should be... (I think it was SillySkittles with the sticker calendar's plan?)

(I think it was SillySkittles with the sticker calendar's plan?)

You would NOT believe how motivating it is to keep a chart with check marks, stickers and gold stars. Now, I can NOT rest if I don't have a check mark on one of the run days of the week that I'm on. The days that were harder to run or that I had to repeat a few times got HUGE smiley faces or victorious words *LOL*



I have this hanging up at my desk at work where a bunch of people can see it too. My co-workers enjoy hearing my progress, so it also ups the accountability factor when I know there are people expecting to see a check mark on a run day!

DM, YEEEEAH for your run!!! Congrats everyone!

I got up early, and attempted W4D1. I say 'attempted' as I did not quite complete the planned workout.

Instead of doing R3 / W1.5 / R5 / W2.5 / R3 / W1.5 / R5;
it was more like R3 / W2 / R5 / W3 / R2 / W3 / R4.

I extended and slowed down my walks, as I was really struggling, and even then, I couldn't finish my last two runs. I wasn't even going to attempt the last 5 minute interval, but I had the radio on, and a Black Eyed Peas song came on, so I decided to run for at least the length of the song... So, in the end, my running time didn't turn out too bad - I skipped 1 min on each of the last two runs, so I'm only out 2 min. I just hope that Saturday will be easier!

Jen / Earin - how are you ladies doing with Week 4?

Jumping in because I just finished Week 4 Day 1 too.

Don't feel bad about struggling. I just barely did it myself. I have to say, Week 3 Day 3 is a big jump to Week 4 Day 1! I bet you'll get it next time!!

Skittles- I love your calendar!!! I haven't gotten around to do doing it, but I am repeating days I can't complete entirely. (any day I pause or walk in a run, I am repeating) I just finished W4D3 today and was very proud to see my HRM say I burned quite a bit more calories than the treadmill said. I am scared to move on to week 5. It is hard enough to get through the 5 minute jog let alone an even longer run!!!

I am starting this program this weekend....soo I just have a quick question...if you do this program more than three times a week is that bad (I mean I know its not but which days to repeat or what??) or for best results is it good to just do toher things on other days?? LIke for example if I am going to run on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays shoudl I do other things on the other days or what???

ok thanks so much!!! for the answer!!! i will just do it that way and follow the program!!! I am looking to lose some weight so I wanna workout more than 3 times a week...soo I think I will do 3 different things at the same time and it will be 3 different things...thanks so much!!!!

I do the Couch 25K three times a week. On my off days, I either do the elliptical for an hour or do the shred. I can't take whole days off.

I graduated the C25K program but still run 3 miles 3 times a week, do the 30 day shred two days a week, and run the stairs (20 flights X2) one day a week.

I take one day off with no scheduled exercise, other than pushing my lawn mower around the yard for an hour.

The running did not go that well last night, I started to walk after 15 minutes and then when I tried to run again I had this horrible pain in my abdomen. I would walk until it went away, then try running again but it always came back. I wish I hadn't let myself start walking! that was supposed to be back to week 7...

Awww, I hate that feeling! Everytime I end up stopping, I'm always mad at myself because later on, I have a hard time getting going again. Nowadays, when I feel like I want to stop, I just remind myself that if I do, I would just have to do the WHOLE RUN again the next day from the beginning, as opposed to just keeping going from where I already am at the moment. That's usually enough to keep me going because I don't want to run again the next day! *LOL* When that doesn't work I start to ask myself some questions that my friend used to tell me to keep me going.

She had said that puking, passing out or dying are the only three good reasons to stop (obviously this isn't ACTUAL advice for everyone LOL). So when I used to look close to quitting, she would ask me if I was going to puke or pass out or die...if the answer was no, then I had to keep going, etc. I have to employ a lot of tricky mind techniques for myself to keep going. My mind would rather be sitting on the couch so it always starts trying to convince me I want to stop just when I've gotten started or it zeroes in on something uncomfortable and I have to really force myself NOT to focus on whatever it is that's uncomfortable (ie. tight calves).

But there are good days and there are bad days. Last week, for Day 1, I felt like I was running with wings on my shoes it all felt so easy, Day 2, I had to decrease my treadmill to ZERO and practically trudge myself through it. It felt so hard that I thought I was going to quit and when I ended up finishing it, I almost burst into tears in front of whoever was at the gym!

*hugs* Here's to a better next day run!

Congratulations Kelly_a! Way to go!

The rest of you still working your way through the program, keep at it! If I can start running again at 42 after dropping in excess of 70 pounds and make it through then so can you!

I remember week 1, wondering how long could a minute possibly be, maybe the guy who made the podcast fell asleep, maybe he's lying and it's really been 3 minutes.. etc.

Now here I am, running three miles a day, three days a week, and it's FUN!

Ack! I didn't do my scheduled run on Saturday; and I went to bed late last night, so I slept in this morning instead of getting up early and running. So now I need to force myself to run tonight, so that I don't get too far off-track. I'm considering letting myself run the W3 workout again, because W4 has me so freaked out. Where I didn't quite complete my first attempt at it last week, I feel like somewhere in the back of my head a little kid's voice is saying "well, I don't want to play then!". Plus I was PMS'ing all weekend (sorry for over-sharing, boys)... (*frustrated growl*) :mad:

I am at that all-important cross-road: am I going to quit? or am I going to keep at it?!