I have my sneakers!

W1D1 is done!!!!!!!!!!! Feels good. My roommate (an avid runner) went with me and gave me tips.

So Monday this week I did w1d1 as I mentioned, and it went well. Yesterday tho,I awoke to really bad quad pain, to the point I had trouble going down stairs... Is this normal? I'm not sure I will be able to do d2 at this point unless the pain subsides a bit.

I have my sneakers!

W1D1 is done!!!!!!!!!!! Feels good. My roommate (an avid runner) went with me and gave me tips.

Fabulous! I can't tell you how much it would have helped me to have someone knowledgeable with me back when I started; motivation, running form, pace, and so much more. It's great.

W2D3 done! I thought I was only on day 2, so I was a bit surprised when I opened my app today. I felt kind of clumsy today, and caught myself shuffling my feet along the ground a bit. So as I was fixated on this I forgot about my breathing... That's when my breathing is at it's best, when I'm not thinking about it. When I do, I start to huff and puff. It was quite warm today and I was dripping sweat when I was done. (Oh, and I accidentally shut the app off and ran an extra minute on the 5th interval... I was like "this feels really long". )

I believe I'm ready for week 3 physically but my mind thinks otherwise. I wonder what kind of battle it will be, my mind can be stubbornly weak when it wants to. I was even fearing today a little bit but I did fine.

Don't wonder too much, if you're good at keeping slow enough a pace with not too much huffing and puffing as you said yourself, I'm sure you can be successful in week 3, too. Sometimes it's a good thing to be taken by surprise, in particular if we have a tendency to overanalyse things

So Monday this week I did w1d1 as I mentioned, and it went well. Yesterday tho,I awoke to really bad quad pain, to the point I had trouble going down stairs... Is this normal? I'm not sure I will be able to do d2 at this point unless the pain subsides a bit.

I was very sore in the beginning, can't recall exactly how, but it really depends on your starting point, how (un)fit you are. Also you might be going too fast, that's when I tend to overwork the whole system. If you have one-sided pain, that's a red flag and you might have to see a doctor. The whole RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) thing sounds quite extreme to me at this point so I'd keep "an eye" on the situation and decide tomorrow whether it's something fairly normal/to be expected in relation to your particular body or not. It's hard to tell from short descriptions in text and if you're in doubt, always see either a doctor or physiotherapist or such.

I'm thinking I need to get a new phone for my C25K app to accurately track. My GPS on my phone doesn't want to work right.

This is typical for smartphones. They aren't designed to be primarily GPS devices and so there can be quite a few hickups in them. If you want to be more secure in what it tracks, I'd go for something like Garmin watches for runners. For instance Runner's World (dot com) has information on them and if you do general searching, lots of runners have written review on their blogs too.

Well, no rest day ( I know I should have but rain is expected the next 2 days) I did W3D1 today. I don't know what is wrong with me lately... I thought I read the 2nd interval was 5 min so thought I rocked 5 minutes LOL when it was only 3. Anyway, my breathing is getting really easy now, so I found the intervals went by easily today. I think my mind just said "go" so I did. I had a nice mix of mud, wind and small hills, which is really giving me confidence. ( I hear trail running is more difficult than pavement/treadmill?). I'm a hiker so I'm quite used to the terrain off-road.

I just got in from W3D1 too. I managed to get my average speed (run & walk combined) just over 4mph today. And it was OK!

Week 5, Day 3 tonight - I can't believe I ran 20 minutes straight! I even missed the cool down cue and ended up running for 22 minutes total. Whoot!

Well, no rest day ( I know I should have but rain is expected the next 2 days) I did W3D1 today. I don't know what is wrong with me lately... I thought I read the 2nd interval was 5 min so thought I rocked 5 minutes LOL when it was only 3. Anyway, my breathing is getting really easy now, so I found the intervals went by easily today. I think my mind just said "go" so I did. I had a nice mix of mud, wind and small hills, which is really giving me confidence. ( I hear trail running is more difficult than pavement/treadmill?). I'm a hiker so I'm quite used to the terrain off-road.

I haven't much experience yet, but from what I read in running magazines it's important to be able to run on various surfaces, simply because the body gets the best workout that way. If you only ever run on trails and such, you might never finish a marathon. Well done for sticking to the programme! Since you're having rest days now, I won't yell at you :laugh:

I just got in from W3D1 too. I managed to get my average speed (run & walk combined) just over 4mph today. And it was OK!

Good job, nice to hear it wasn't an ordeal! Like Tanya said, I'm focussing on speed only once I'm done with 5K and move on to 5K+.

Week 5, Day 3 tonight - I can't believe I ran 20 minutes straight! I even missed the cool down cue and ended up running for 22 minutes total. Whoot!

Excellent! It's a big day and you made it!

Week 3 Day 3...so after stalking this thread yesterday I decided to SLOW DOWN. And amazingly enough, the run was...easy. Not super easy, but not torture they way the rest of the last 3 weeks have been.

Hehe, it's a bit like magic when that happens. Well done!

I found out the reason for the difference in the distance - my roommate kept her app going until we got all the way back to the apt. As for the the discrepancy with the rate per hour, I looked at the wrong one on one program. Ooops.


W1D2 is scheduled for tonight!

Ah, all is well then :laugh: Have fun! I'll head out for my W6D3 in a bit, have to let some food digest a bit first. Hope to see a report from you later then

Week 5, Day 3 tonight - I can't believe I ran 20 minutes straight! I even missed the cool down cue and ended up running for 22 minutes total. Whoot!

Yay!!! I could have written this myself!!!!

Week 5, Day 3 this morning:
I ended up running for a total of 30 minutes (plus the 5 minute cool down and warm up)
I am so totally shocked, because 5 weeks ago I had a hard time running for 30 seconds.
I am signing up for my 5K race at the end of June!

The weirdest thing is: I can't wait till my next run!!! I would have NEVER thought I'd ever say that. Ever!!
I am so excited!!!!

Did 5 min Wup walk, 27 min run, 5 min cdown last night.

Booked a 5K for 05/31 :happy:

Well, no rest day ( I know I should have but rain is expected the next 2 days) I did W3D1 today. I don't know what is wrong with me lately... I thought I read the 2nd interval was 5 min so thought I rocked 5 minutes LOL when it was only 3. Anyway, my breathing is getting really easy now, so I found the intervals went by easily today. I think my mind just said "go" so I did. I had a nice mix of mud, wind and small hills, which is really giving me confidence. ( I hear trail running is more difficult than pavement/treadmill?). I'm a hiker so I'm quite used to the terrain off-road.

I just got in from W3D1 too. I managed to get my average speed (run & walk combined) just over 4mph today. And it was OK!

Way to go! I thought about checking to see if my speed is improving, but decided to concentrate on that after finishing the program, though I can feel myself getting faster. Sometimes I slow myself down so my breathing doesn't go haywire.

This is the same strategy you'll use when pushing yourself to the max in a 5k race, and even more so at the 10k distance. It's distance running. You can't sprint all out. You have to pace yourself. And you're learning the first principles of that now. GREAT JOB!