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How is everyone doing? I did my 5th day of week one today, but actually feel like I am ready to upgrade to week 2 on Thursday! Excited to be moving forwards! We can do this!
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I will do week 3 day 2 this afternoon. I am really feeling confident that I will be able to complete this and that I will run my very first 5K on September 15th. I have signed up for the Tunnel to Tower 5K that benefits first repsonders and military who have been injured in the line of duty. There was something that just drew me to this event (a very strong pull) that made me sign up without ever running in my life, so the C25K is helping me prepare myself. I can and I will do this!
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PK, that's so inspirational! :-) I just did W1D2 yesterday (gone during the w/end, so a little behind, but still on track) and it went great - I ran much faster than the last time and was able to watch my form a little more. I wanted to ask you all whether you train 3 days a week, every other day, or even every (or almost every) day? I feel like I could probably train almost every day, but the way the program's set up there should be one day of training and one day of rest - perhaps that's on purpose, right? So our body can "recover"?0
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PK, that's so inspirational! :-) I just did W1D2 yesterday (gone during the w/end, so a little behind, but still on track) and it went great - I ran much faster than the last time and was able to watch my form a little more. I wanted to ask you all whether you train 3 days a week, every other day, or even every (or almost every) day? I feel like I could probably train almost every day, but the way the program's set up there should be one day of training and one day of rest - perhaps that's on purpose, right? So our body can "recover"?
I do it when I have time. Right now I meet a personal trainer on Mon, Tues, and Thurs so I have been doing the C25K on Wed, Fri, and Sun. With that being said I am like you and feel that I could train more so starting today I plan on completing it after my session with my trainer and if this works out OK I will start doing it after my weight training as well as the other days with a break maybe once or twice a week. Right now I am still in the trial and error stage of establishing a standard workout routine.0 -
I do it every other day, but mainly cause I have difficulty finding non "kid" time to complete it in, so four days a week works best right now and then supplement with videos and bike rides.
PK- Where is your 5k at? Sounds very inspriationa0 -
tlou- There are several of the Tunnel to Tower's throughout the US, I will be participating in the one for Mobile, AL.0
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Complete W2D1. Had to slow down my pace .5 to be able to run 90 seconds. Feeling pretty good when I finishef do I did 15 additional minutes of Jeff Galloway method of running (run 1 min / walk 1 minute). Keep up the good job everyone .0
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I just completed W3D3, and I can't believe how easy it felt compared to W3D1! I am about 40 pounds overweight still and I have a lot of weight on my body, but I was rrrreeaaallllyyy struggling last week on W3D1, and now it was super easy to complete. To answer the question of when people do the plan, this is the only exercise I am doing right now. I do it three times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. I walk for about 20 minutes before, then do the 30 minute program, then walk for about 10 minutes after to total 60 minutes for me. I haven't lost hardly any weight, but my body shape has changed a lot and my stomach is starting to flatten the teeniest bit!0
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Complete W2D1. Had to slow down my pace .5 to be able to run 90 seconds. Feeling pretty good when I finishef do I did 15 additional minutes of Jeff Galloway method of running (run 1 min / walk 1 minute). Keep up the good job everyone .
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I just completed W3D3, and I can't believe how easy it felt compared to W3D1! I am about 40 pounds overweight still and I have a lot of weight on my body, but I was rrrreeaaallllyyy struggling last week on W3D1, and now it was super easy to complete. To answer the question of when people do the plan, this is the only exercise I am doing right now. I do it three times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. I walk for about 20 minutes before, then do the 30 minute program, then walk for about 10 minutes after to total 60 minutes for me. I haven't lost hardly any weight, but my body shape has changed a lot and my stomach is starting to flatten the teeniest bit!
Good for you! I start W2 tomorrow...peeked ahead to check out week 3 and it looks intimidating lol0 -
Finished week 3, only 5 more to go! Not sure if I will start week 4 today or Sunday (I will be out town this weekend). Hope everyone else doing well with their progress. We can do this!0
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Have a good weekend. I am doing second day of week 2 tomorrow and hopefully feel ready to start week three next week!0
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Hey y'all! I just did w4d1 with the five minute intervals. Boy, it was really tough for me! I did it though, but definitely the second most difficult day! Nothing beats day one! How is everyone doing?0
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Hey y'all! I just did w4d1 with the five minute intervals. Boy, it was really tough for me! I did it though, but definitely the second most difficult day! Nothing beats day one! How is everyone doing?
Congrats! I will complete (hopefully) w4d1 Sunday.0 -
So I finished W1 yesterday! It was pretty tough, since my legs were really sore and heavy after my bike ride on Tuesday, but I did it, yey! Ready for W2D1 tomorrow.0
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WTG no more weighting! You can do it. Glad you are feeling better.0
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Well I attempted w4d1 yesterday and I was unable to complete it. :grumble: About 20 minutes into it my calf cramped up and I was unable to finish. I have a feeling all of the sodium in my body from all of the restaurant food I ate over the weekend had something to do with it. Even though I was trying to drink extra water to help with the extra sodium consumed my ankles were still swollen and that tells me that I was somewhat dehydrated. I am working lower body today at the gym so I will not attempt to run today so I will do w4d1 tomorrow. 0
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Well I attempted w4d1 yesterday and I was unable to complete it. :grumble: About 20 minutes into it my calf cramped up and I was unable to finish. I have a feeling all of the sodium in my body from all of the restaurant food I ate over the weekend had something to do with it. Even though I was trying to drink extra water to help with the extra sodium consumed my ankles were still swollen and that tells me that I was somewhat dehydrated. I am working lower body today at the gym so I will not attempt to run today so I will do w4d1 tomorrow.
Sorry to hear that. Drink some orange juice. It is high in potassium and will help neutralize all of the sodium. Hope you feel better quickly.0 -
Well I attempted w4d1 yesterday and I was unable to complete it. :grumble: About 20 minutes into it my calf cramped up and I was unable to finish. I have a feeling all of the sodium in my body from all of the restaurant food I ate over the weekend had something to do with it. Even though I was trying to drink extra water to help with the extra sodium consumed my ankles were still swollen and that tells me that I was somewhat dehydrated. I am working lower body today at the gym so I will not attempt to run today so I will do w4d1 tomorrow.
Sorry to hear that. Drink some orange juice. It is high in potassium and will help neutralize all of the sodium. Hope you feel better quickly.
Thanks for the suggestion. I just drank some OJ. I love love love OJ but I refrain from drinking it due to the sugar content so I was very happy to have an excuse to drink some.0 -
A word of (hard learned) wisdom: never run on a full stomach :noway: (especially when full means really full and included spicy salsa & acid reflux) :laugh: My W2D1 didn't go too well as a result of not following this common sense! Well, I walked the last 1/3 of the run and my heart rate monitor still said I burned the same on Kcal as usual, so that wasn't too bad... Going to W2D2 today and guess what, yes, I'm NOT going to eat before running!
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A word of (hard learned) wisdom: never run on a full stomach :noway: (especially when full means really full and included spicy salsa & acid reflux) :laugh: My W2D1 didn't go too well as a result of not following this common sense! Well, I walked the last 1/3 of the run and my heart rate monitor still said I burned the same on Kcal as usual, so that wasn't too bad... Going to W2D2 today and guess what, yes, I'm NOT going to eat before running!
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I was able to finish w4d1 today. I had to pause it for a second or 2 to catch my breath during the 5 minute intervals, but only one pause for each 5 minutes and never longer than a second or 2 so no complaints here. :bigsmile:0
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I was able to finish w4d1 today. I had to pause it for a second or 2 to catch my breath during the 5 minute intervals, but only one pause for each 5 minutes and never longer than a second or 2 so no complaints here. :bigsmile:
Well done! I start week four Monday and am a bit nervous about it0 -
I just finished W3D3. I covered up my ipod so I couldnt look at how much time left. Running at a very low pace worked for me. I kept my heart rate below 160. The higher the pace, my heart rate goes into 170s and not good. I am actually looking forward to starting W4D1 on monday. 5 minutes sounds like a longtime but I am up for the challenge. (...WAIT., did I just say that...)0
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I just finished W3D3. I covered up my ipod so I couldnt look at how much time left. Running at a very low pace worked for me. I kept my heart rate below 160. The higher the pace, my heart rate goes into 170s and not good. I am actually looking forward to starting W4D1 on monday. 5 minutes sounds like a longtime but I am up for the challenge. (...WAIT., did I just say that...)
You can do 5 minutes! We are all here rooting you on!!!0 -
I just finished W3D3. I covered up my ipod so I couldnt look at how much time left. Running at a very low pace worked for me. I kept my heart rate below 160. The higher the pace, my heart rate goes into 170s and not good. I am actually looking forward to starting W4D1 on monday. 5 minutes sounds like a longtime but I am up for the challenge. (...WAIT., did I just say that...)
You can do 5 minutes! We are all here rooting you on!!!
This! I am nervous to start week 4 too. Might just do it tonight after the kids are in bed and get it over with lol. Plus then I can sleep late tomorrow cause I won't have to get up at 5:30 to get it done before the hubs leaves for work. (So he can watch kids)0 -
Tlou - you go girl. Let me know how it is. I cant do mine until after a full day at work and Mondays are no joys. I should plan out my meals tonight so I know I will have the energy to run at 7pm. But right now I have another daunting challenge...filling out the massive amount of paperwork that the school mailed a month ago and the need to turn in on Wednesday...ughhhhh. How many calories is that worth...Ha.0
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Completed w4d3 yesterday and will attempt w5d1 this afternoon. The 15th will be here before I know it, got keep my training in a progressive forward motion.0
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PK keep us posted and let us know how you did!0
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PK keep us posted and let us know how you did!
KT, it went surprisingly well tonight, I completed W5D1 without any issues. I know that different people use different C25K programs so for the one I use (Zen Labs) it was warm-up walk 5, run 5, walk 3, run 5, walk 3, run 5, and 5 min cool down. The rest of week 5 is (d2) warm-up, run 8, walk 5, run 8, cool-down and (d3) warm-up, run 20, cool-down :noway: :ohwell:
LOL, after I typed this and posted it I figured out that you were probably referring to keep you updated on the run next month not my daily C25K progress. :happy:0 -
Glad you did well! thanks for the update....I have been dreading week 5 as week 4 is soooooo hard!0
