Week 5 Day 2 done and dare I say it...that fine felt. Still worried for the jump to 20mins but feeling more positive

Hope you don't mind me checking in here, I would of done so before but I only just found how groups and discussions actually work ....

I'm a big fella (I started at 277 lbs) and old (52) relatively healthy but dreadfully unfit and I started C25K I had a few injuries along the way and fell of the wagon a few times (a couple if injuries followed by Xmas) but today I completes W7D1 that's a 20 minute run which is unheard of for me ....

Some general comments

* I continue to surprise myself, the gradual build up of run/walk ratio really helps
* Beginning of week 4 was horrendous but I did it and the next one too
* I'm using the "Run 5K " ap which is tremendous and well worth the investment
* I know the ap tells me not to but if I'm feeling good at the end of a run I will do an extra set or two of run/walks
* I have taken to walking 5K on the days that I don't run which really helps
* I seem to run very slowly (5.5 K/Hour) I feel at the end i will be able to run for 40 minutes rather than 5K
* My joints ache like buggery sometimes but I have a great feeling of self satisfaction
* I lost 27lb and 3" from my waist, my clothes fit better and my skin has improved

Next steps

* Start running outside (even if it is cold, wet and miserable)
* 75lb more to lose
* Enter a local 5K sometime in the spring

I'm back! I picked up where I left, at W8D3, and decided to just see how it goes, walk if necessary.

It was heavy and hard work, but it turns out the distance I measured is too short, funny enough. I walked quite a few times and since I have only week 8 and 9 on the iPod, but iTunes elsewhere, I had to make up my own intervals. Just as well, because they were tailored to how it felt.

The reason I had to walk more than most likely necessary were all the people in the park; I'm used to beach roads where you barely meet anyone. So I was self-conscious and a bit intimidated by all the "good" runners who kept breezing past me all the time. This made me keep too quick a pace, which then resulted in being short of breath and unable to walk. Should have brought a brown paper bag for that one time when I almost couldn't breathe LOL Body pays for stupid mind.

Anyway, toward the end I fell back into the rhythm of listening to myself, noticing what my thoughts were and steering them from paying attention to the excess fat to feeling from the inside what the muscles felt like during working. It's a weird sensation when the mind drifts from the sides of the body, where the fat is, to the front of the legs where the large muscles are.

It will be tough to get back into the shape I was before I hurt the ankle and knee, but for once I feel like I've been completely mangled, like someone squeezed out all the water from a towel, hehe.

Week 5 Day 2 done and dare I say it...that fine felt. Still worried for the jump to 20mins but feeling more positive

You've totally got it! No sweat.


...Well, there will be a lot of sweat, actually. Haha. But you can do it!!

Completed W9D1

Just completed week 6 day 3. I'm on a roll!

week 4 day 3 done today

First time posting on here, although I've been reading a lot since I signed up about a week ago.

Just completed W1D3, I did W1D1 twice (on Saturday just to try it out, and started again Monday, so I could do MWF before work)
and it was much easier today then it was D1 I can tell you that, I didn't immediately stop running today when I heard the notification from my phone haha. I think the last time I ran was playing kick ball in grammar school and I'm 27 now. I'm a little over weight and just started eating right and doing C25K to trim up and get healthy and make some new good habits.

I'll be sure to check in again! Thanks to all of you guys for your posts reading these forums is a great way to see that this stuff works.

Cheers.

I have to whine. I really, really want to be out walking/running right now, but I have a condition called Raynaud syndrome that makes me react badly to the cold and lose circulation in my toes when I'm outside for more than a few minutes. This winter weather has been AWFUL, and I need to either re-evaluate whether I want to do C25K this spring, or think about getting a treadmill or gym membership. I can't train outside till the weather improves. *sigh*

C25K W6D2: I felt a distinct improvement in my endurance today. Those 10 minute runs separated by 3 minutes of walking felt like a snap! ^_^