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I did week 5 day 1 last night and it was surprisingly easy! I'm actually looking forward to the 20 minute run!0
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I did week 5 day 1 last night and it was surprisingly easy! I'm actually looking forward to the 20 minute run!
I love this, that 20 minute run was my favorite moment of this entire experience!0 -
I completed W7D2 today. Ran for an extra minute (trying to gradually increase).
I ran 1.81 miles. It's kind of discouraging knowing I have another 1.3 miles to tack on, but I remember that 7 weeks ago this was impossible!0 -
I'm new to the group and am reporting W4/D2 as complete. I'm one of those extremely intimidated by W5/D3, which really irritates me since I've completed C25K before and consistently ran 3+ miles prior to a knee injury in January. I'm getting started again and am finding that starting over with the aches, bad breathing, and distance fears are still there, even though I've surpassed them in the past. It's all mental, and I will get there.0
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I'm doing week 4 day 3 today. I'm hoping the track is free. On Monday there was an event going on and I jogged on sidewalks through town. I'm not fast and I don't like jogging in public, plus I really like that the track is flat and I always know where I'm going. I'm behind where I thought I would be because of overtime days at work but that's ok . I don't think it has messed me up0
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I completed W7D2 today. Ran for an extra minute (trying to gradually increase).
I ran 1.81 miles. It's kind of discouraging knowing I have another 1.3 miles to tack on, but I remember that 7 weeks ago this was impossible!
This was exactly me a couple of weeks ago. 1.8 miles on W7D2. I decided to go back to week 6 and do the distance program instead. I, in hindsight, should have probably gone back to week 5 in the distance program, or just stuck with it and worried about adding distance later, because the change proved difficult and I had to do week 6/distance twice, but it is working for me, so I am happy. My goal was to do a 5k at the end of the program.
Today was W6D2. I ran 1mile, .25 mile walk, ran 1 mile. It took me 32 minutes but I did it. Tomorrow is a rest day, then Friday is 2.5 miles, uninterrupted.0 -
I completed W7D2 today. Ran for an extra minute (trying to gradually increase).
I ran 1.81 miles. It's kind of discouraging knowing I have another 1.3 miles to tack on, but I remember that 7 weeks ago this was impossible!
This was exactly me a couple of weeks ago. 1.8 miles on W7D2. I decided to go back to week 6 and do the distance program instead. I, in hindsight, should have probably gone back to week 5 in the distance program, or just stuck with it and worried about adding distance later, because the change proved difficult and I had to do week 6/distance twice, but it is working for me, so I am happy. My goal was to do a 5k at the end of the program.
Today was W6D2. I ran 1mile, .25 mile walk, ran 1 mile. It took me 32 minutes but I did it. Tomorrow is a rest day, then Friday is 2.5 miles, uninterrupted.
My first 5K is in three weeks. I figure if I add 1 minute (at least) to each workout at this point, I'll be pretty close to the 5k.
However, I'm worried, as I heard the 5K is a little hilly. I'm going to have to try to do a few runs in that area (not knowing the course).0 -
w2d2 tonight. terrible 1st half due to equipment failures but made up for it in the 2nd half. will post report a bit later0
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So Friday at my daughter's Cross country meet I stepped wrong and my foot hurt.(The one I sprained) Plus without working out on Friday I put over 12,000 steps on my fitbit (I usually do around 10k with a workout if not it's like 3-5k). So my legs were sore. Forecast was rain and more rain...I almost had myself talked out of running the 5k on Sat. I'll do one when I'm all healed, Do I really want to be soaked and miserable on my first 5k....Yes the queen of excuses came up with them all. I couldn't sleep Friday night I realized that I had to do it. No excuses, Fatty Kathy makes excuses not Fit Kathy! So I got up and ran in the pouring rain...If my son could play a soccer game & then a flag football game in the pouring rain with no break in between....I could run a 5k!!! I ran it and made it in time to watch Football. I used my Nike Run app and it measured the distance different than the course. So at their finish line Nike said I was at 2.9 something miles, I felt so good I kept going! I ran until my app said 3.10. There were two "hills" I didn't expect so they sucked and I was the slowest of the runners (but I beat the run/walkers and the walkerstongue ). However, I kept a couple that ran in front of me in my sight the whole time. I finished their 5k in under 36 minutes and I finished mine (The Nike app) in 37.54 which is the slowest I've ever run but I've never run in public, on hills, in the pouring rain. So bottom line is that I'm super proud of myself regardless of my time. The next time I'll work on my time. My foot was a little sore after but not too bad. Then that night we invited friends over for family game night...the Kinect killed my foot!sad
WAY TO GO MAMA!!!!!! Great time too - I hope to do about that on SATURDAY for my first 5K WOOT WOOT!!!
You are an inspiration girl, you should be so proud!!!Did W5D1 no problems.. until after the run was over.
I always run in a group. Last night we had two other females, 1 male. During our cool down, we ended up walking by a completely random guy walking around with a very large knife in his hand. Extremely long story short, we wound up being barricaded in by police who appeared to be searching for somebody. We approached the police car to let them know about the guy with a knife, they asked his race. When we told him he was a tall white guy with a knife they lost all interest. Apparently they were ONLY seeking a black male with tools burglarizing houses and wanted nothing to do with our knife guy. Called the Sheriff's office.. same thing. They said the guy we saw 'wasn't their guy'. They also told us on the phone to stay inside because their guy actually was armed and they had k9 units out on the streets to find him.
Still shocked over it! lol I guess that's one way to keep my runs interesting. Hope your runs are going better than mine did!
HOLY CRAP!!! I would be terrified to run by myself if I saw something like that!!!I started c25k back in January and ran my first 10k race on Sunday. Yesterday I started over c25k with my kids. Although I didn't find it hard this time round I was still sweating and out of breath by the end of it! My kids however were fine!
Congrats!!! I hope that's me sometime in the next few months... 10K feels like FOREVER away right now
>>>Update. I started a bridge 5K to 10K app program for the next 6 weeks. It starts you at run for 10 mins, walk for 1 min, repeat x4 and then goes up in time each week. HOLY CRAP this was so much harder than I thought. Before, I was running 2.35 miles at a crack, now I am running almost 4 and feel like I am going backwards because I walk every 10 mins per the program. That really chafes me because I was so proud I could run 30 minutes straight, you know? But the C25K program was like that, run walk run walk, run, so I have to figure the training people know best!
Lastnight I was too scared to do the full 4 repeats, because I overdid it Monday and pulled a muscle somewhere I didn't think I even had muscles, so I didn't want to hurt myself because my first 5K is Saturday, so I did 2 repeats, then just ran till I hit a 3.1 - 5K distance I just have to talk to my mind and tell it it can't stop every 10 minutes on Saturday!! I really talked to myself a lot on yesterday's run - no sleep, worried about leg = pretty rough. But I will not give up and I will run like the wind on Saturday and all will be awesome!!!! 0 -
>>>Update. I started a bridge 5K to 10K app program for the next 6 weeks. It starts you at run for 10 mins, walk for 1 min, repeat x4 and then goes up in time each week. HOLY CRAP this was so much harder than I thought. Before, I was running 2.35 miles at a crack, now I am running almost 4 and feel like I am going backwards because I walk every 10 mins per the program. That really chafes me because I was so proud I could run 30 minutes straight, you know? But the C25K program was like that, run walk run walk, run, so I have to figure the training people know best!
Lastnight I was too scared to do the full 4 repeats, because I overdid it Monday and pulled a muscle somewhere I didn't think I even had muscles, so I didn't want to hurt myself because my first 5K is Saturday, so I did 2 repeats, then just ran till I hit a 3.1 - 5K distance I just have to talk to my mind and tell it it can't stop every 10 minutes on Saturday!! I really talked to myself a lot on yesterday's run - no sleep, worried about leg = pretty rough. But I will not give up and I will run like the wind on Saturday and all will be awesome!!!!
I started C25K last May. When I start the 5 to 10k program, that first week just wiped me out! Just as you said, I was so proud about being able to do 30 minutes and, in my case, the five 8-minute runs with 1-minute walks was just a bit too much for me. After a week of working up to it; did just four of the 8-minute runs on the first day, did a really fun 2 mile run as fast as I could do in an area that was fun to run in on the second, and, I think, ran up and down a large hill on the third; I was able to start the first week and had no problems after that.0 -
I have been lurking on this thread for the summer. I had downloaded a C25K Free app for my Android but I would rather ride in the summer than run. So, I'm just starting the program. Today was my day 1.
Oct 3rd: Day 1 Of program: 1.7 miles, Strava: http://www.strava.com/activities/866700440 -
Hope everyone is having a great Thursday!
I ran Week 8, Day 2 today. Unfortunately, my C25K app stopped at some point - first time for that. Since my workout on Tuesday was the same (28 minute run), I ran up to the same point, and then stopped to check my phone because I expected to hear my "cool down" message. And then I saw the app stopped. GRRRR!!
The positive is I was running endomondo at the same time, so I could still monitor my distance. I did 2.8 miles total (including warm up/cool down) in 42 minutes. That makes me feel very confident that I'll be able to do a 5K in less than 45 minutes - which is my goal.
And - we are officially signed up for our 5K on 10/27!!! Hubby and I are running it together. I'm so excited and am excited to continue training for a few more weeks so that I have a great run!0 -
Running, where you have to leave your ego at home when you train.>>>Update. I started a bridge 5K to 10K app program for the next 6 weeks. It starts you at run for 10 mins, walk for 1 min, repeat x4 and then goes up in time each week. HOLY CRAP this was so much harder than I thought. Before, I was running 2.35 miles at a crack, now I am running almost 4 and feel like I am going backwards because I walk every 10 mins per the program. That really chafes me because I was so proud I could run 30 minutes straight, you know? But the C25K program was like that, run walk run walk, run, so I have to figure the training people know best!
Well done on your run Putcake
W7D3 down for me!
WU, 27 min run, CD. I got through it a bit faster than W7D2 so I'm happy about that, though I was a little bummed when I saw I had reached 4.95km when it was time for cool down... 50 m short of 5km in 32 minutes!!!!!!!!!!
It was a bit of a hard slog as it had rained and then the sun came aout, so humidity was through the roof!
I'm thinking of signing up for a 5km park run and trying to find a local runner, who will 'pace' me for a sub 30 min 5km. I'm sure I have it in me.0 -
I finished up week 8. I ran a little longer to try to get closer to 3.1 miles. I still need some work. I can do it with the 10 minute walks included, but not just running yet. On to week 9 on Monday with a 2 day rest. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.0
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W7D3 finished....0
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WOW!
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I have been lurking on this thread for the summer. I had downloaded a C25K Free app for my Android but I would rather ride in the summer than run. So, I'm just starting the program. Today was my day 1.
Oct 3rd: Day 1 Of program: 1.7 miles, Strava: http://www.strava.com/activities/86670044
Welcome! My dog would rather that I be biking with her too! But, these fall day runs have been great!0 -
I love reading through everybody's posts!
Just updating, I just ran W5D2 and loved it. Neither of the 8 min runs were easy, but I completed them both without any pauses and wasn't even super uncomfortable. I was shocked. And a second accomplishment - I didn't run across anybody walking around with knives this time. Hooray :laugh:
On to the dreaded 20 minutes..0 -
Yesterday I finished W7D3. I ran extra (28 min) total because I wanted to reach 2 miles. I did it! I ran 2 miles in 28 minutes!!
I ran 2 miles! Woohoo! 1.1 to go in three weeks.
Of course, at minute 25 one of my shoelaces untied (treadmill), so I spent the last three minutes hoping I wouldn't trip on it. lol0 -
Finished W7D1 this morning but I felt really good so I just kept running. I went an additional 11 min or so, but I wasnt paying attention to that because.....I WENT THE WHOLE 5k !!! Now that included the 5 min walking warmup so i technically didn't run the whole thing, but I think I could have. Probably wont try and stretch another run till I finish this week. It was so satisfying. With warm up it took me 41 min to hit 5k. (I know...I'm pretty slow)0
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W9D1 completed today. Is unseasonably hot and humid here and I hated the last 10-15 minutes, my eyes were stinging from the sweat, my legs hurt and I wanted to stop and walk. I kept pushing myself, telling myself that I've come this far, why stop now. I pushed through and finished the run.0
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Finished W7D1 this morning but I felt really good so I just kept running. I went an additional 11 min or so, but I wasnt paying attention to that because.....I WENT THE WHOLE 5k !!! Now that included the 5 min walking warmup so i technically didn't run the whole thing, but I think I could have. Probably wont try and stretch another run till I finish this week. It was so satisfying. With warm up it took me 41 min to hit 5k. (I know...I'm pretty slow)
It's great to get caught in the moment and think "I can just keep going" but if someone said to you 'go and run 40mins' you tell them where to go lol
41min 5k including 5min at walking speed is good going, don't knock it, I think my first full run 5k wasn't much better than that 0 -
W9D1 completed today. Is unseasonably hot and humid here and I hated the last 10-15 minutes, my eyes were stinging from the sweat, my legs hurt and I wanted to stop and walk. I kept pushing myself, telling myself that I've come this far, why stop now. I pushed through and finished the run.
Sometimes you just get runs like that where all you can do is finish it and move onto the next one - which will be fantastic 0 -
I did it!!! I did it it!!!! First. 5k ever and I did 39.11 no walking and I won horseback riding lessons as a prize for my awesome tutu!!!!! It was so perfect nothing hurt it was fluid and so great!!!! Can't wait till the next one!!!! What a wonderful experience!!!!0
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I did it!!! I did it it!!!! First. 5k ever and I did 39.11 no walking and I won horseback riding lessons as a prize for my awesome tutu!!!!! It was so perfect nothing hurt it was fluid and so great!!!! Can't wait till the next one!!!! What a wonderful experience!!!!
That is awesome! I'm so happy for you and very excited that you wore the tutu!0 -
I recently joined MFP and was happy to find this group. I am/was a couch potato and am rapidly approaching 60..omg :-) so I also recently started c25k.. Finished W1 D 2 and NO ONE will be more surprised than me if it works. I will say that It felt great and I was ven proud to get off that couch . Nice to meet you all.0
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I recently joined MFP and was happy to find this group. I am/was a couch potato and am rapidly approaching 60..omg :-) so I also recently started c25k.. Finished W1 D 2 and NO ONE will be more surprised than me if it works. I will say that It felt great and I was ven proud to get off that couch . Nice to meet you all.
Welcome aboard Deb, this group of people are very nice and I've learned a lot since I joined this group. I'm going to graduate from C25k in 2 runs and I'm trying to figure out my next plan. This was the 7th or 8th time I started C25k and the first time I made it past week 3.0 -
I recently joined MFP and was happy to find this group. I am/was a couch potato and am rapidly approaching 60..omg :-) so I also recently started c25k.. Finished W1 D 2 and NO ONE will be more surprised than me if it works. I will say that It felt great and I was ven proud to get off that couch . Nice to meet you all.
Stick with the program, take your rest days, run slower than you think you should and you will succeed.
W8D1 done for me tonight, a day earlier than usual as work will interfere with me running tomorrow.
Gained a little speed from W7D3, even with running for another minute.
Only 2 more runs and I'll graduate!0 -
I recently joined MFP and was happy to find this group. I am/was a couch potato and am rapidly approaching 60..omg :-) so I also recently started c25k.. Finished W1 D 2 and NO ONE will be more surprised than me if it works. I will say that It felt great and I was ven proud to get off that couch . Nice to meet you all.
Stick with the program, take your rest days, run slower than you think you should and you will succeed.
W8D1 done for me tonight, a day earlier than usual as work will interfere with me running tomorrow.
Gained a little speed from W7D3, even with running for another minute.
Only 2 more runs and I'll graduate!
We're on the same day! I can't believe graduation is this close.0 -
w2d3 completed tonight. another debacle. will post report in my thread tomorrow.0
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