Week 5, Day 2 is tonight! I am a little nervous about Day 3, as it's 20 min straight. I'm so slow, it doesn't matter though. When I'm done with this 9 weeks, I'm going to work on getting faster. Any recommendations?

Great job NarneyK!!! Are you ready to graduate next week?

Thanks Mtdewaddict80! I'm at a slower pace so I have a long way to go before I can run 5K nonstop, but I'm gonna do my best to get there soon. I'm at a little less than 2.5k in 30 mins. I'm thinking about possibly restarting the program but at a higher speed. Tmw I'll do my week 9 and if I feel strong, I'll try to do what grubb1019 did and keep running past 30 mins

Keep up the great work everyone!

I completed Zen Labs c210k W13D3 this morning. It's been over a week since my last run, but I managed. My pace slowed to 14:18/mile, but I did it, and I didn't take an extra walk break on the tough hill. My app has decided that it no longer likes to work if I turn on MapMyRun so I start it for the warm-up timing, and when it tells me to start running, I start MMR to track distance and pace of the actual running portion. Then I know to watch the time once I'm past 2 miles so I can take the walk break. It was a little late again today (I think the first interval ended up being around 31 or 32 minutes instead of 30, no biggie), but after the 1 minute walk, I continued to the second interval and did 30 minutes. I ended up with a total of 4.32 miles.

Hopefully I can drag my butt out of bed Thursday morning to get in my first full 60-minute run! Thursday should start my last week of c210k!!! I can't believe how fast this has gone and how much I now love to run!

I think since I'm still so short of 10k, I'm going to do a Runner's World personalized plan to increase my distance to about 10 miles, then switch to Hal Higdon's half-marathon training. Gotta get ready for the Princess half* in Feb 2015! :happy:




*Note: I'm trying to raise money so I can actually do the Princess half because I'm poor and have to pay a s***-ton in student loan bills every month. I can't post the link here because I think it violates MFP's forum rules so if anyone would like info on donating, PM me. If I can't do it for some reason or have extra donations, I'll contact donors to return money or donate to a charity - I will not keep any donations for myself.

UHG!!! Not happy with how my run went today. Statistically it is right where I am supposed to be, but physically/emotionally I don't have that sense of accomplishment. Probably because I have changed my expectations of myself. See, I ran a 5k on Saturday and it was a breeze. I felt like I could have run a lot more. But today was totally different. My legs still felt tired from Saturday (which I don't understand as I didn't get DOMS after the 5k, and I rested 2.5 days). But I got out and ran this morning and from the start I just felt weak and tired. I had a good breakfast before I left. (hold on, I think I just figured out the problem)

Here are my stats: RunDouble Update
I completed C25K Week 8 Day 1 (2.41 miles), in 28:00, pace 11:36 min/mile, with @RunDouble
2.41 miles in 28:00, speed 5.17 mph


Stats are statistically good, but I am unhappy with them.

As I mentioned I felt weak before I even started. I would think it was a lazy brain issue, but that isn't it. I think I know my problem. 1. I was running pushing the stroller today which adds resistance. I did not push the stroller on Saturday. 2. I had a good breakfast today, but the difference is calorie consumption the day before. I missed way too many calories yesterday, so my body did not have any easily accessible energy stores, especially considering I didn't have many carbs for breakfast.

So the real problem is fuel, not mental.

Which really brings along a totally different problem. I have not lost any weight in 12 days. It is playing mental games with me, and I think that is why I didn't eat enough calories yesterday. I know people will say "but you are exchanging fat for muscle" and that would explain it, if I were losing inches, but I am not. So the calorie consumption is mental, and causing me to cut back further, which is starving my body for the fuel it needs to run! :-(

The solution? Eat more, to fuel the body, but what about the weight loss? I have heard of the eat more to lose weight theory, and it sounds right, but I can't get over the "fear" of not meeting my goals.

Finshed week 3 day 2. Right in the middle of it, my stomach said I HATE YOU!!! It slowed me down a lot. I did finish it though.

WK8D1 is not my friend. More like Alan Rickman then Morgan Freeman. I'm thinking it was a lack of proper hydration on my part and a ton of humidity on mother natures part. 65% is probably peanuts to people elsewhere but here in San Diego it's just not normal. Hoping to catch a break in the weather on Thursday.
On the bright side I did manage to shuffle my way through almost 2 miles and 28 minutes of running today. Which looking back on the last few years of couchdom is amazing!

After 3 weeks off due to bruised side of foot and a cold, I start right back on Monday (W5D1). I made it through and did W5D2 today. I was pretty pleased about running the full 8 minutes in each. Let's see how my 20 minute run goes on Friday. This is my second time through C25K. I was doing it to increase speed, but I don't think I'm any faster yet. Oh well...keep on going

A two-day rest really helps me. It was either that, the fact that I paced myself better, or the fact that I wasn't running on a route that has an incline. My normal route always has me running on an incline on the last 3-minute run. Not fun. lol. I did so well that I repeated today's plan again and wasn't dying like I was on the previous runs. So ready for wk 4. Can't wait to see if I can do it.

W3D2 (attempt 1)
w wu and cd: 28 mins - 1.84 miles - avg 3.9 mph - longest: .26 miles - fastest: 5.2 mph
w/o wu and cd: 18 mins - 1.27 miles - avg 4.2 mph

attempt 2-
w wu and cd: 28 mins - 1.79 miles - avg 3.8 mph - longest: .23 miles - fastest: 4.9 mph
w/o wu and cd: 18 mins - 1.22 miles - avg 4.1 mph

Day 2, Week 12 of C210K today. I broke 5 miles again, and this run was better than Monday's run.

x-post from the august challenge thread, but since I won't finish c25k in August, I thought I'd post here, too


I did w3d1 today. Very humid out but the run part was nice. I was going pretty slow at the very end, but I'm excited at how this program is going so far. I listened to music for the first time today, too. Just used pandora, so not sure about the bpm, but it did make the route seem shorter. The next couple of days are suppose to be thunderstormy and then the weekend is so busy, but I hope to get w3 done before Labor Day!