Any c25k newbies?

Completed W1D2 last night. My legs were still a little sore/tired from the first days run (Tuesday night) but still pushed through and completed it. Looking forward to Day 3 tomorrow. I made a new running playlist which should definitely help the time go by. I'm curious if I'm running at an average pace. Distance wise, I went 1.84 miles W1D1 (27:11) and 1.76 miles W1D2 (25:35). Can anyone else doing week 1 share their distances so I know if I'm running at a good pace. Thanks!

Two things should help you

If you are sore do NOT run. You need your body to repair itself, a few extra days at the start will not make a jot of difference towards in the end. You should have at least one days rest between the run sessions. Some people do run on successive days but they have been running for a long time. If you run while sore you stand more chance of getting an injury. Your body gets stronger on the rest days in response to the training stimulation supplied on the run days.

You are on a beginners programme, speed comes with doing longer distances. Do not compare yourself to others, it is your journey and yours alone. On your run intervals you should be able to hold a conversation with someone, if you cannot you are going too fast, slow down. As a result you are more likely to repeat the programme without repeat days. The programme is there to get you used to the running motion and the stresses it places on your body. It is not about speed.

I am curious are your doing distance or time because I would expect one or other to remain constant whereas you seemed to have varied both time and distance?

Distance wise, I went 1.84 miles W1D1 (27:11) and 1.76 miles W1D2 (25:35). Can anyone else doing week 1 share their distances so I know if I'm running at a good pace. Thanks!

The main thing is to complete the time, it's really not important at this stage what pace you're doing. Once you can run for 30 minutes continuously then you can start to think about getting more time on your feet and increasing your pace

Didn't think it could be done but I'm sitting here having completed week 9, day 2 yesterday. Ran a 5k in 26:48. When I started, I really struggled to get my breath at even the 1min jogs. IT CAN BE DONE PEOPLE. NEVER GIVE UP!!!

I still struggle during the first 5 mins of each run with the "voices" telling me my legs are sore or I'm not getting my second wind or I should just walk... but once I get through those early stages, it gets much easier. (Just discovered in the last couple of runs that an iPod helps drown out those "voices") ????

Looking forward to my last run on Tuesday before I start on a programme to get me up to 10k. And coming from someone who has never really liked jogging/running, that's a complete turnaround.

Good luck C25K-ers

Great job!

By the way, I finished C25K almost a year ago and still hear those voices when I start out. I am training for a 10K next month and when running yesterday, I targeted 6 miles. Like you said, when I started out, I convinced myself that I wouldn't finish... legs were tired, I was out of breath, had a stomach ache, etc... When after the first mile, I felt great. I ran 6.15 miles and could have kept going. Great job!

I will be starting Week 5 today. I am very much enjoying it (I never thought I would say that...) and I have a question.

I have heard it recommended that the running intervals should be done at conversational pace. Why is that? My natural tendency is to go a bit faster to the extent that I can say a few words if I had to but my breathing is heavy. I manage to recover sufficiently within walking sections to do the other intervals and in my off days I can recover so I am fresh for the next workout.

Will I benefit from deliberately slowing down?

I have heard it recommended that the running intervals should be done at conversational pace. Why is that?

What you need to find is a pace that you can sustain for a reasonable period, and being able to speak a sentence at a time is generally seen as a reasonable benchmark for that pace.

My natural tendency is to go a bit faster to the extent that I can say a few words if I had to but my breathing is heavy. I manage to recover sufficiently within walking sections to do the other intervals and in my off days I can recover so I am fresh for the next workout.

Will I benefit from deliberately slowing down?

I would suggest just judging your progress as you go onto longer sessions, if that pace isn't sustainable then ease back a little.

What I do now is, because I always run alone, count out loud if I'm wanting to gauge effort. Generally only when I'm out on the trail though.

Cheers. That makes sense.

How do you keep track of the time or distance?

I don't have a smartphone but I do have a gps. I am not sure how that would work.

Ok, so finished up Day 1 on my lunch break.. Managed to cover 1.25 miles in the 30 minutes. Hoping to increase that a little bit next week. Had some pain in my shins, but nothing major and I don't think I overdid it. But, I feel sorry for the poor treadmill, I think it got more of a workout than me. haha.. I sweated a lot more than I thought I would. But, glad that Day 1 is done and I'm not discouraged about carrying on.

WOW! today i started week 2 day 1, and didnt realise how much different jogging 90seconds would be to jogging 60 seconds.

i managed to do the first 4 runs but then had to give up, breathing was all out of wack like it was on week 1 day 1. i was pretty gutted though realise i only had 2 more runs to do before the cool down walk

so will be redoing W2D1, am thinking i should start with this rather than doing my usual warm up on the bike like i dad today.

How long to you ride the bike before running? I don't know that I'd do that.

Im at Week 5 Day 1 and love it. I have had to do one day 2 or 3 times until i felt i was ready for the next run but i do love it. I signed up for a 5k in November. That should give me enough time to be ready for it. But, you can do it and be proud of yourself.