Daily Check In Thread
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I haven't checked in for awhile, but I finishes W6D2 today. Which means no more walking intervals. :-D
I finished W6D2 on Saturday, and I'm doing w6D3 this evening. I knew I had the 22 minutes of jogging to look forward to tonight, but until your post I didn't realize there were no more walking intervals! Wow, now w6d2 feels like a real milestone. Best of luck on completing the program. We are almost there!0 -
Help! I finished Week 5, Day 2 today and I have no idea how I am going to go from running 8 minutes (with 5 minutes of walking in the middle) to 20 minutes next time!! No Walking?! 8 minutes feels like a really long time. How do I go to 20?! Is that a misprint? Should it be 10 minutes??
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Did W4D1 this morning.i usually only drink water when I get up and eat breakfast afterward. I did get a little nauseous toward the end but I did not throw up. Should I eat before I go? I DO NOT want to throw up at the park! That is why I don't eat before I go!
You have to figure out what works for you and do it. I absolutely can't eat some things before running or I will throw up. I can usually stomach a protein bar or peanut butter sandwich, but definitely no bananas or anything heavy.0 -
I haven't checked in for awhile, but I finishes W6D2 today. Which means no more walking intervals. :-D
I finished W6D2 on Saturday, and I'm doing w6D3 this evening. I knew I had the 22 minutes of jogging to look forward to tonight, but until your post I didn't realize there were no more walking intervals! Wow, now w6d2 feels like a real milestone. Best of luck on completing the program. We are almost there!
It shocked me too! I don't normally peek ahead. Good luck!0 -
Did W4D1 this morning.i usually only drink water when I get up and eat breakfast afterward. I did get a little nauseous toward the end but I did not throw up. Should I eat before I go? I DO NOT want to throw up at the park! That is why I don't eat before I go!
Personally I tend not to eat before short runs, although they tend to be in the evening, so probably 6-7 hours after lunch, possibly with a snack late afternoon. For longer runs, they tend to be on weekend mornings, but I do generally find that I need to eat before them, so I'll generally leave around an hour between eating and heading out the door.
As you're in the middle of the 5K plan at the moment you're unlikely to need to feed, so I'd just stick with water.0 -
I was planning on starting W5 tonight, but after over 5 hours of walking around today at Canada Day festivities, my feet are begging for a rest. I am hoping I can get myself up early enough Thursday morning (or maybe even tomorrow) and do it. I won't have time for an evening run this week and with 50+ mm of rain coming Saturday, don't think I will get out that day at all!0
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Finished Week 5 yesterday. My first 20 minutes run without walking. I really did it! I am so proud of myself!
Greetings from Germany!0 -
Finished Week 5 yesterday. My first 20 minutes run without walking. I really did it! I am so proud of myself!
Greetings from Germany!
Congratulations! It's a great feeling, isn't it?0 -
I completed W6D3 last night. I think this may have been my toughest one yet, both mentally and physically, but I did it! I've come a long way since the first day, and I'm so happy I've stuck with this. I'm also extremely grateful for all of the people on here who have posted about their C25K experiences.0
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Help! I finished Week 5, Day 2 today and I have no idea how I am going to go from running 8 minutes (with 5 minutes of walking in the middle) to 20 minutes next time!! No Walking?! 8 minutes feels like a really long time. How do I go to 20?! Is that a misprint? Should it be 10 minutes??
Keep calm and run on!
You are ready for this, believe it or not! Just slow down go for it! You will surprise yourself!0 -
Ran W8D1 last night and I forgot to use my inhaler beforehand. I was wondering why it felt like I was breathing through a straw at 5 minutes in! It was tough, but I managed it without stopping. I definitely won't be forgetting that again, though.
With the winnings from my work's biggest loser competition, I bought a pair of Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14s after getting fitted at a proper running store. No more knee pain! My old shoes were definitely showing their age.
Congratulations to all the folks finishing up weeks 5 and 6! Those are both definitely big milestones.0 -
Finished week3 day 2 today and my hamstrings are sore : (0
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ajones, what kind of stretches do you do after your cooldown? I really like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-wiOqYcxoI
Also, I've heard that static stretches before exercise can actually be harmful, so if you're stretching before you run, maybe try stopping that and just increasing your warmup time a bit?0 -
Today was supposed to be W4D2, my phone was acting up and as I use the C25K app, as does my running buddy, we used her phone instead.
Accidentally put it at W3D2. I knew it felt too easy.
Ugh, throws off my whole week.0 -
Did week 2 day 2 today. Was a little nervous because I ran yesterday off the program.. Did the whole 5 k, walking mostly just to see how far away it was cuz I was itching to run so bad. I'm a teacher and since it's summer I have the baby to myself so today we went for a walk, about a mile or so. This all made me wonder if I was going to be too tired for the run, but I dominated it. Really tried focusing on correct breathing. Helped a ton. Wish it was longer of a run, but i know it won't be long where it will look back on the ease today with envy.
All in all a great day, also got my first 20k step day today. I'm very happy!0 -
Great work Jdoster!
Don't stress too much Squishy, I'd say try W4D3 on your next run. I've forgotten if each session increases the times or not, but the occasional easy run isn't going to hurt your progress.0 -
W5D1 completed!!! I went early this morning as I won't have time tonight to go. It was so refreshing and invigorating to go first thing this morning!! As I was doing the 5 minute runs, and it told me to slow down for my walk, I didn't want to! I could have kept on going! Bring on the 8 minute run! (Probably not Saturday. I think a tropical storm/hurricane is an excellent excuse not get out for a run.)0
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W2D1! It was tough but every time I thought "oh my god I can't go on for one more second" the walk prompt came - only stopped running about 10 seconds early on the last interval.
I really need to learn to slow down though - it feels so weird to go slower, like I'm shuffling or I'm constantly about to trip, but I was definitely getting out of breath and tired legs at the pace I was doing today0 -
W6d3, supposed to be 22 min of running, but I actually was out for 52 minutes, 3.2 miles total. I ran 2 miles without stopping, then ran and walked the last mile. It's already in the low 80s with high humidity here so I wanted to get out early and get this done.0
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I just did w5d3, the dreaded 20 minutes no breaks. I can't believe I did it and how easy it seemed. I slowed my pace down a fair amount though. I felt like I could keep going once the twenty minutes were up. I'm most proud that I didn't check once to see how much time was left, I tend to be a clock watcher.0
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Finishing my second week of week 1 today. I'm more confident to move forward doubling the week. I can tell I'm getting faster because I get winded before I feel like my legs are going to fall off haha. I still don't believe I'll ever be able to run 3 miles, but I'm still going to work at it!0
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Did W5D3 today, and somehow got through it and without slowing down any too! It feels like now that hurdle has gone, its going to be a lot easier to up the running in the next few weeks 0
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So I did Week 4 Day 3 today. It was at a turtles pace, but I did it. I finished it.
And, as a personal achievement for me, I did not once at any of the running intervals have to pick out landmarks to make it to. I did the entire thing without once having the thought of "I am not going to make it" cross my mind.
My running buddy however, didn't quite make it through the last 5 minutes. She had to take a 15-30 second walking break in the last 5 minute run. We are going to try Week 5 Day 1 on Monday, and if she can't make it, we will revert back to Week 4 for the remainder of next week.0 -
Just finished w4 d3. Bring on the dreaded week 5! I'm ready for this!0
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Finished W2D3 today!0
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W8D2 did not go well today. I'm visiting my fiance's family and last night, I attempted to use their ancient treadmill. Unfortunately, it seems to be possessed and will speed up and slow down for no apparent reason, not intervals or anything, just like it gets tired, and then it gets really, really excited, and then it stops completely. So I used their recumbent stationary bike instead to get at least some exercise in. Then this morning, I ventured outside to run. I do not run outside. It's been very hot and humid where I live, and I have asthma, and allergies, so I just figured it was safest to run inside after I got beyond 5ish minute intervals. It was lovely and cool here this morning, so at least that was in my favor. Things went fairly well for the first 20 minutes. I couldn't quite figure out my pace and I kept realizing that I was going too quickly and slowing down. I managed the hills alright. And then minute 22 hit. And I started feeling sick running (really at walking pace, but making running movements) up a hill. And I lost it.
Not a fun way to not finish.
I might try again Sunday and just really, really, really focus on going as slowly as possible.0 -
I finished w7d1 last night. It was my first time running with music and I went back and forth the entire time as to whether it helped or hurt me. I was noticeably more sore afterward. Felt like I had really worked out. I'm going to attempt w7d2 this weekend but will be in an area that is much hillier than I'm used to. Hopefully I will make it through!0
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I was supposed to be on W6D2, but I'm not feeling spectacular, so I did a high intensity W3D1. My walking was 3mph, my normal, but my jogging was at 5.0 or 5.2, which was well above my normal 4.0 in the longer runs. Hopefully I'll be feeling up to par Monday and can get back to W6D2.0
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Today was my first day! I've always suffered from shin splints in the past, so yesterday I went to a local running store and got fitted for proper shoes (even though I was so nervous I would feel really out of place there). I must say, it was really difficult completing W1D1, but I did it! I was wearing my Garmin, so I was able to view all my reports when I got home, and it seems like maybe I'm running too fast (my running intervals were all faster than 12:00min./ mi) so maybe I need to slow down more? But I feel like I don't know how I could possibly go slower without just walking (before I started c25k I consistently walked 3 miles at a 15:00-15:30 pace).0
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Just finished week 4, day 3! Longest distance yet. Felt like I was going to have to stop during a run interval but didn't do it! Still not feeling ready for week 5.... Go on anyway?0
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