Week 7, Day 1 finished. I can't wait to finish training. It's taken me so much longer to get here than 8 weeks.

Week6 Day1 is done!

W7D1 Done... 25minute run (ZenLabs) A little tougher then I thought. I assume it is because I hit the cycling hard yesterday, no cardio tomorrow to give the legs a rest. Just weight training. Hopefully that makes it a bit easier on my legs come Friday for W7D2.

Since I am getting to the point where I am in the home stretch, I am measuring the pace of the runs with out the warm up /cool down periods. In 25 minutes, I ran 2.46 miles, for a pace of 10:10/mile. Fairly happy with that pace. I ran at a comfortable speed, I didn't try to push my self any faster then my normal jogging pace ( I'll save that for when I get the "Run 5k" part).

Thanks Ceci for the links about stitches - really helpful info!
Happyfeetrebel - awesome job! How fast were you running right when you finished your c25k? When you say you run every day or so - did you start running 30 min a day or the full distance? Everyone says if you put your miles in your speed increases naturally - sounds like it worked for you! I'm on week 8 running about 4.2mph - excited to see if it will come true for me as well!

Hoping the messed up forums isn't going to sideline this thread! I love reading everyone's updates!

W7D3 Complete! I can't believe I am one week away from graduating! I am not sure if I should go STRAIGHT into the 5-10k bridge program or if I should run a couple full 5K days before starting.

TowsonChuck wrote: »

Aine8046 wrote: »

It was raining right before I ran and I ran all over paddles and wet grass. My shoes and socks got wet in 2 minutes which was not fun at all. How do you keep your feet dry in such a weather?

Not sure there is an easy solution to this. Besides getting some expensive waterproof shoes and socks. Merrell makes some waterproof shoes for running, I think they are more designed for trail running. I think the easiest most economical way might be to try running a different route that is mainly road/sidewalks. My normal route, has a stretch that has no sidewalk, so I get risky and run in the road, I run early mornings, and it's well in the suburbs so there isn't much traffic to worry about.

Thanks!
W6D2 is done, by the way! No more walking except warmup and cooldown

W6D2 today. Saturday, I will do W6D3 (22min/2.25mile run) while participating in a 4K color run. I think that will be a win/win.

@Upsaluki hope you are healed up.

W7D2 All done. 25 minute run, covered exactly 2.5 miles. Near the end I was felling like I was done, then when the cool down came, after about 30 seconds of walking, I felt I could have kept running, and I was clearly just whining to myself at the end of the run. One more day then into the last week!

snbouchard81 wrote: »

I completed W2D1 today. I couldn't believe how much harder that extra 30 seconds made it. At the 10 minute mark I thought I was going to have to stop early and try again another day. But slowly I found the time passing and once I got to the last 10 minutes I wasn't willing to give up until the end. The cool down felt like a blessing.

I am excited though that I feel like one day running may be possible.

Are you running inside or out, how is your breathing, can you talk to someone while doing the run intervals? Personally I found 2 bits of advice, that I cheerfully ignored for 4 weeks invaluable. One, I got off a dreadmill and got outside, the best move I made for me. Second by not having a pace and clock in front of me, I "listened" to my body and went at a slower pace outside and found a lot of the boredom/ tiredness disappeared. Perhaps it was the ever changing visual stimulus or just the fact I went at a natural pace for me. Stick with it and see if you can workout what works for you. Best of luck