How is doing c25k? Lets support each other

I got to week 7 last time and quit.... Started again a couple weeks ago, granted i did the first run several times just to get a feel for it again. Its a great program, only this time i intend to do it at my own pace. Week 7 seemed too daunitng, so maybe doubling up a couple weeks will help me complete it this time.

Yesterday I did W4D2. Did it around the neighborhood and not the treadmill and it was BRUTAL. According to GPS, I went faster than treadmill, but didn't feel like it.

@mimiteh35, I know what you mean by being self conscious when running. I was running on the treadmill one day and my husband came running down the basement because it sounded like the treadmill was breaking. Now I won't run on it unless he is out of the house or sleeping, even though he had no idea I was running on it and he didn't really mean anything by it. Some day I will get over it.

Today I did W5D2. I felt like I could have done another 8 minutes. I think I am ready for D3 on Friday.

I had a similar experience when I was doing Turbo Fire because of the jumping and stuff, on hardwood floors... my kids, they laughed, it was embarassing. I do exercise, but not when anyone is awake, I've found a better spot to exercise that doesn't make as much noise, but I do know what you mean!!!

W5D3 successfully completed today! Can't believe I ran 20 minutes without stopping and there wasn't an ice cream truck in front of me. :laugh: I repeated a few days because I wanted to see if I could improve my time, not because I couldn't finish (except w1d1..lol). I'm hoping to sign up for a local 5K race in mid-October.

I'm on week 8 and still feeling like it's so hard. I started in April; have had to repeat some weeks, take time off for an ankle injury, and then there was a heat wave and well, it was hot. Considering I started the program by running around in my house, then moved to running around in my yard, and then took the big leap to running the streets, that is progress. Still, so hard. I'll be following along here.

This is my first post!

The best part of all this is that you're still DOING! You haven't given up and look how far you've come. You have a lot to be proud of, welcome.

I'm on week 8! I can't believe I've made it this far! I jog really, really slowly, but at least I'm moving. I focus more on time than distance at this point. I'm "running" for 28 minutes without stopping! So crazy. I remember week 1 and counting down the seconds until the run segments were over. Now when my run is over I feel like I could keep going.

I definitely am taking it slow. I only do it every other day, and try to do yoga on my off days. This is probably my 4th time trying this program and this is the furthest I've ever made it. In the past I got injured and had to quit, but going slowly and repeating days when necessary has really helped.

Good luck to everyone!

Today I was supposed to be w8d3, but somehow ended up doing w9d3 - the last day of the program. It's only 2 minutes more, so I'll back up to the previous workouts next time. I found a new route that's less hilly, still my pace is slooooow. I covered just over 3 miles in 38 minutes, including the 5 minutes of warm up and then cool down. I passed some people today. They were waiting for the train, but I'm still counting it.

The encouragement here is so nice. Good luck to everyone!

Well done everyone! I ran this morning but just did 1 mile to ease me back in and test how my hip would do. It was uncomfortable but not so much that I wanted to stop and I stretched when I came back which has helped I think. Will give it a few days and then up to 2 x 1 mile and go from there. Hopefully get back into the programe by the end of the week/next weekend if hip is ok.

Finally completed w6d3 yesterday. I hadn't run since last Wednesday. The weekend got the better of me. I forced myself to go out and do it. I'm so glad I did. I did it in the parking garage at work so I had some uphill, some flat and some downhill. It will be nice to keep running 'outside' in the winter once a week or something at lunch to keep up with it. I have a treadmill at home, but I don't think I am going to like running on that. We'll see. I have my first race in 2.5 weeks so I am really hoping to keep up the EOD pace so that I will have completed the program by 9/28 and that gives me a week to work on my time or maybe even add some more distance. My goal for the race is to try and run the whole thing. I don't care about time. You can also walk this race so I can go as slow as I want. The 10k is doing the loop twice so I shouldn't finish last :smooched:

Trying to work back up and did 2 miles this morning but just over 1 mile in and my whole hip area did some funky cramp/pain so walked most of mile 2. I did run a little at the end and ran for a few extra minutes after the program finished too... getting a bit frustrated x

I just started this week! Only on day 2 :laugh: So far behind everyone else.
I really like it. It's a challenge but I don't feel like I'm going to die. Up until now I just used the elliptical and bike for cardio, but today is the first day my face has been so red I looked sunburnt XD
I like it. I shall succeed.

I completed Week 5 Day 2! I didn't realize it was going to have me run for 8 minutes straight but I did it! Twice! I never thought i would have been able to complete something like that!

Keep up the hard work everyone! You can do this!

Nyksta I'm sorry you are dealing with pain. Like AmyMgetsfit suggested, maybe some ibuprofen would help? Have you gotten it check out? I wonder if you injured something and it's not healing?

Completed w7d1 yesterday. It was a little tough. Good thing the workout is the same for 3 days. Hopefully by then I'll have 25 mins down!! I never thought that I would be able to run 25 mins straight again. Not sure if I will do d2 tomorrow or Saturday. I am walking in the ALZ walk Saturday so I should probably do it tomorrow so I can get d3 in on Sunday. I'd like to have w8 complete by next Saturday so I have a full week to work on my distance before my first 5k on 10/5!! I know right now I'm not doing a full 3 miles. Keep up the good work everyone!!!

I finished week 6 this morning with a 25 minute run. Monday I will start week 7. I am going to really start working on speed next week.

Hey everyone, thought I'd chime in here!

My family is doing the C25K program together. I'm so excited because its the first time my family wants to do something healthy WITH me instead of just cheering me on from the sidelines! Myself, my son, my fiance, and my fiance's twin kiddos (one boy, one girl).

Anyway, so we were supposed to do week 2, day 3 yesterday, but my fiance injured his knee the last day of our run (week 2, day 2). He said he feels like someone is forcing his leg bone into his knee joint when he walks/jogs. So, we took an extra day off, but forgot we had plans today. If you skip a day of a week, do you do it the following week and jog for 4 days every other day, or just push everything back and still only jog 3 days that week?

Just wondering where to pick up. We want to do this as a family, so trying to keep it going as steady as possible. Thanks for any input!

I've been seeing posters for 5Ks all over the place, and it gets cold here mid November, so we will only be doing the 1 that we have set, but found out there is a zombie one this weekend, wishing we started earlier so my kids could do that one, I think they would've loved it! lol...