IndigoSue13 wrote: »

My motivation has been lagging this week. Haven't run since Sunday, when I finished Week 6.

I did sign up for my first 5K, though - it will be on March 8. So hopefully that will be the motivation I need to keep going! I'm so close to my goal. I have a little inner voice that is fearful I will fail, that I won't be able to run a whole 5K. I really want to do it without stopping. And I think it's that nagging fear of failure that has gotten in my way. I'm surprised, sometimes, by how much of the weight loss/exercise journey is mental.

So then, tonight or tomorrow I will get back on it and start Week 7.

Take it one day at a time. All you should ponder right now is your next run and nothing else. Reading of others running both here and in the Fitness forum usually helps me in the motivation department.

littlesnausage wrote: »

I'm new to the MFP forums and this thread. I re-did W6D2 today because my last run was W6D3 and I wasn't able to run for the 22 minutes so thought I'd re-do my troublesome run and the one before it. Today's two 10 minute stretches was hard but totally doable. On Sunday I will be re-trying the 22 minutes.
I started (but didn't finish) C25K a few years ago whilst losing weight and am doing the same now (I have a 12 week old baby so it can be tough to fit just half an hour of 'me' time in) and I'm doing ok so far.
I am so looking forward to the day when I can really run 5K or run for 30 minutes non-stop. My pace is very slow, but I'm hoping that will come on in time.

Welcome. Every little bit counts and as a beginner your speed will increase when you increase distance. Just take it a training session at a time. Three months old is still tiny so it is understandable that your priorities are baby-focussed still. Congrats on the little one

W4D3 done today. I have been feeling like I do better with a distance goal rather than a time goal so I figured I would just see how far I could run and I actually did 2.25 miles without stopping! I walked for a quarter mile and then ran the rest to get up to 5k. I still can't believe I did that! I keep thinking I must have figured something wrong, but I didn't.

AglaeaC wrote: »

Welcome. Every little bit counts and as a beginner your speed will increase when you increase distance. Just take it a training session at a time. Three months old is still tiny so it is understandable that your priorities are baby-focussed still. Congrats on the little one

Thank you! I'm doing as you suggest, one session at a time, and I'm really enjoying it

Wk8 for me going to go Tues .Thursday and do 5k on Saturday...... looking forward to this week a then concentrating on improving my pace

chelm1222 wrote: »

I've had a rough week the last week or so in terms of running...meaning I've not really ran much at all. I finished week 3 and then worked more than I usually do, so I didn't have much energy to run. On top of all that, it snowed so I wasn't able to get out to run. I did week 3 day 3 a second time earlier this week and am hoping to start week 4 tomorrow. I'm nervous that it will be difficult since I haven't been running much, but I also don't want to do another week 3 day again because I felt relatively comfortable running it. I know that this is my usual time to fall off the c25k bandwagon (from past failed attempts) so I'm hoping that I can push through and continue. Good job to all of the hard work and progress all of you have made!

Sorry it's been challenging. My suggestion is to make a decision to run even slower than you walk, as long as you get the intervals done. Because if you can walk them, you can run at the same pace as walking. Don't give up, you can - and you will - do it.

Had a bad day a work and went straight for a 30 min run instead of the 28 min I was meant to do W8D1 I wasn't pushing it and managed 4.6 km .....the 5K sub 30 min will be happening this week

Fit for a fatty, even.

I was on W5D1 today, but I decided to just go with the 2.25/30 minute run again. I was not feeling it today and really had to push myself to do the last nine minutes. Lately I've been alternating running and walking to get to 5k, but today I had enough at 37 minutes and stopped. I'd stay that was still a pretty good workout, though

Finished C25k !!! I did a 5k distance last Sunday in 46:00. I am going to start my B210K training now as I prepare for my upcoming 5k race on March 1st.

W4D1 on Saturday and W4D2 yesterday. I was feeling really great on the last 5 minute run so extended it to 10 minutes!

I finished C25K in October and tried to keep up my running. The changing seasons has bothered me. I don't mind running in the 30's, but I don't like to run when it is dark for safety reasons. Now that it is winter, it is dark when I leave for work in the morning and dark when I get home. Luckily my company has a gym in my building that I can use at no charge, so I have been running on a treadmill (except for an occasional Saturday run outside).

I took several weeks off around the holidays, but I am trying to get back into the swing of things. Knowing I am not up to 30 minutes of continuous running, I decided to start in the middle of the C25K program again and work my way back up. Last week I did W4,D3 and it was just the right amount of challenge. Today I'm going to do W5,D1.

I can't wait to get back "up to speed" and I can't wait until I can take my runs outside again.

Completed Week 2 Day 1 today, and I'm shocked that it didn't kick my butt! I've never been a runner, I couldn't even run a mile in school during gym class grades 1-12. Big deal that I'm working with the C25k and even running at all.
So hooray!

wk1d1 OMG I totally did it!

I started C25k a few weeks ago. I used to run often a couple of years ago and getting back into it so my progression was pretty quick. After wk 2, I decided to start running full 5k's on the treadmill. That was at 5mph. Monday I hit the street because the weather was nice and ran 5k in 37min. Last night I stepped it up some more and reached it in 29 mins. This was in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with a 160ft elevation change over the course.