Back on track! I had a couple of weeks off as I had some personal "stuff" going on and then went on vacation for 5 days. I really struggled to get motivated. Forced myself out last night after reading an article about that girl who has just run a ridiculous number of back-to-back marathons...

So... W9D1 is done. I'm amazed I made it the whole way through. Apart from a 15 second shoelace tying stop, I finished without stopping and I made up the lost time at the end. I only covered 3.8km though, so I have quite a way to go in building up distance. I've stuck to my hilly route throughout and I'm glad of that.

My hips are killing me today though. I've suffered with hip pain from day one. I know I need to work on my core strength to help this - it's just a matter of actually doing it!

Week 1 is done!
Week 2 is done!
Week 3 is done!

Week 4 is done!

I graduated from c25k about a month ago, & have been running ever since Decided to start up the 10K one (from the beginning-trying to speed up a bit), so W1D1 is done!

Nice. The repetition isn't too boring/easy for you? Are you just running everything at a faster pace?

Just did week 5 day 3. Run 20 minutes with no walking. I made it 10.5 minutes, paused the timer for approximately 3 minutes then finished. I'm gonna re do till I finish straight through. I'm gonna complete this. My mantra for this as well as college is "commit to complete"

Slow down. It's the best way to make it through the longer runs.

I love coming back to this thread, seeing all the great progress! I'm about to re-focus on running after having spent a glorious summer on the bicycle, with a few runs here and there.

Keep up the great work, everybody! You can do this!

W8D3 finished. Just one week to go.!!!:drinker:

I have had such a busy week this last week that I haven't had much chance to log in...never mind record my runs.

I think the last run I posted was W6D2 on Aug 20. On Aug 25 I did W6D3 and on Sat, Aug 27 I did W7D1. With school starting, and my husband going back to work, and I just started a running clinic, and I am back in the gym taking Zumba 2/3 days per week, scheduling has been a bit odd.

I find between Zumba and running my knees have been giving me a bit more problems than when I started. They aren't "painfull" but definitely achy, and they feel a bit... off. I just really enjoy both of them and would hate to have to give one of them up!

when I first started couch 2 5k, I was also doing the you are your own gym program. I found it too difficult to do both at the same time. There were always schedule conflicts and I found I wasn't getting enough rest. I started having problems with my knees and shin splints, but these have gone away since I dropped the you are your own gym. You might be better off moderating your exercise by slowing down on both Zumba and running if you want to keep doing both.

W1D2 done! I'm doing it at a faster pace-c25k taught me how to run, I'm using the first half of the 10k to actually get a 30 min 5k (I'm consistently between 37 and 38 minutes now). I also run the app with zombies, run!-which is a REALLY fun game, if you're into that sort of thing. Keep it up everyone, and have fun!

W1D2 done! I'm doing it at a faster pace-c25k taught me how to run, I'm using the first half of the 10k to actually get a 30 min 5k (I'm consistently between 37 and 38 minutes now).

fwiw the quickest way to improve your 5K pace is to get yourself up to running 10K.

W1D2 done! I'm doing it at a faster pace-c25k taught me how to run, I'm using the first half of the 10k to actually get a 30 min 5k (I'm consistently between 37 and 38 minutes now).

fwiw the quickest way to improve your 5K pace is to get yourself up to running 10K.

Thanks!! Good to know I'm on the right path-I just started up zen labs 10k program-the first 9 weeks are exactly like c25k, so I decided to start from scratch instead of where c25k left off, and pick up the pace

Week 8 Day 2 done. Covered 2.75 miles.