Bite me, Couch to 5K - Week 3!

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  • desweds
    desweds Posts: 126 Member
    LOL! How do people even find this old post of mine? Well, I've long since finished C25K and have run four 5Ks since them. I can't recommend this program enough.
  • joshuaantonson
    joshuaantonson Posts: 1 Member
    Just finished the couch to 5k program myself. Never did I imagine thinking to myself "only a mile left to run"
  • bloody88
    bloody88 Posts: 120 Member
    desweds wrote: »
    LOL! How do people even find this old post of mine? Well, I've long since finished C25K and have run four 5Ks since them. I can't recommend this program enough.
    Well i loved your post and i am sure that everyone that has read it did as well. Glad to see that you've progressed so much :smiley:

  • LuckyMe2017
    LuckyMe2017 Posts: 454 Member
    Proud of you!
  • lisabrezina1980
    lisabrezina1980 Posts: 60 Member
    Thanks! I needed this this morning! I have 6 days until I run a 5k and haven't been practicing.
    I'm on my way to the gym but was justifying my reasoning why I should skip the run today.
    But you convinced me to get to my running on thanks! You are hilarious.
  • ToriJ84
    ToriJ84 Posts: 66 Member
    Ha! OMG you're hilarious! Congrats on your progress!
  • DrivenPrincess
    DrivenPrincess Posts: 10 Member
    desweds wrote: »
    “Ding! Begin Walking”

    The ladyvoice of Week 3, Day 1 of Couch to 5k wasn't reassuring as she commanded my 5 minute warm up walk. I know what this day meant. I’d already looked ahead to what she was going to ask me to do today: FOUR THREE-MINUTE RUNS!?!?!?! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?

    For the record, two weeks ago I couldn't run half a block. Granted, by last week ladyvoice got me up to two minutes runs – which impressed the CRAP out of me – but now THREE MINUTES? My excuses-per-second generator speeds up as the first of the three-minute runs approach:
    I’m 53! I'm morbidly obese! My joints hurt! I have a hiatal hernia! I'm diabetic!

    “Ding! RUN!”

    OK, you stupid smartphone app, I’ll run. Here I go. 13 minute pace. Slow. Who cares? I’m moving and that’s good enough. My feet go: plop, plop, plop. The cruel, uncaring app counts down the three minute run:

    “Ding! One Minute!”

    WTF? That’s only one minute? I’ll never make three minutes. I’m dying here! I can’t get enough air! My heart rate is too high! Ouch, I stepped on a pebble! How the hell am I supposed to…Oh look! A pretty girl…

    “Ding! Two Minutes!”

    My android phone must be powerful as it is clearly warping the space time continuum cuz’ there is NO GOD DAMN WAY I've only been running for 120 seconds. But it’s OK as I know sweet death will soon wrap itself around me, my corpse left on the side of the street. Woodland creatures will walk by and quietly mourn me. I will be at peace. My head is spinning. Yet my feet are moving… time is lost on me…
    COME TAKE ME BROTHER DEATH! INTO THY HANDS…

    “Ding! Walk!”

    Was...that…a ding I heard? Does that mean…I DID IT? I did! I ran three minutes. Nee Ner Nee Ner! I’m walking now, breathing hard with hands on my hips. Recovering.

    Meh. That was easy. Only three more of those? No problem.

    Go away Brother Death. Mr. Healthy does not need you now!

    HAHAHA!!! I'm doing the program also so I find this absolutely HILARIOUS!! Thanks :smiley:
  • tiarajj08
    tiarajj08 Posts: 82 Member
    I love this post!!! It is so real.... When I first tried it, it was so hard... I gave up. But you really inspired me to not give up.... Thank you!!
  • GettingHealthyWithShelly
    GettingHealthyWithShelly Posts: 23 Member
    Wonderful! What a fantastic writer =) And with a sense of humor too. But what I found, was that you are motivational. I think I'll invest in a couch to 5k myself. So thank you. Keep up the great work!
  • maryjboom
    maryjboom Posts: 137 Member
    Goo job! I have been thinking of starting. I don't run unless something is chasing me. Now I may start C25K sooner than I planned. Thanks
  • galprincess
    galprincess Posts: 683 Member
    Love c25k
  • Heather_Nichole15
    Heather_Nichole15 Posts: 49 Member
    Its like your in my thoughts!! Hahahaha!!!
  • RolemodelmomT
    RolemodelmomT Posts: 107 Member
    bloody88 wrote: »
    desweds wrote: »
    LOL! How do people even find this old post of mine? Well, I've long since finished C25K and have run four 5Ks since them. I can't recommend this program enough.
    Well i loved your post and i am sure that everyone that has read it did as well. Glad to see that you've progressed so much :smiley:

    Exactly!!!
  • ladybg81
    ladybg81 Posts: 1,553 Member
    I am loving this!! Way to go!!!
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    maryjboom wrote: »
    Goo job! I have been thinking of starting. I don't run unless something is chasing me. Now I may start C25K sooner than I planned. Thanks

    If you need things to chase you try the Run Zombies App. It's a 5k training with added Zombies.
  • casmithis
    casmithis Posts: 216 Member
    Thank you for my morning giggle. I needed it today. Miss Attitude Panties is driving me crazy at work today. Maybe I could send Mr. Brother Death her way. Ooops, did I just put that in print???
  • CurveAppeal86
    CurveAppeal86 Posts: 272 Member
    That is awesome! I started it and only made it 2 days before I gave up. I really need to get back into it as I am doing a 5k in less than a month!!! Thank you for the inspiration! :)
  • bluefish86
    bluefish86 Posts: 842 Member
    That's fantastic! You're awesome!!!
  • momasox
    momasox Posts: 158 Member
    Love this... hilarious!
  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    Awesomeness. I read it out loud, with voices. Fantastic.
  • twinmommyRN
    twinmommyRN Posts: 23 Member
    Oh my god that was hilarious!
  • Marlene1667
    Marlene1667 Posts: 201 Member
    THANK YOU!!!! I am 50 and just started c25k. My joints are NOT pleased. Your post made me feel alot better and gave me hope to continue. thanks!
  • Slashnl
    Slashnl Posts: 339 Member
    I used C25K starting in January and ran a 5K in April. Just by reading that, I could just hear her voice. I remember sometimes when running in that program, I would check my phone because I figured I paused it somehow. There was no way I hadn't already run the 3 minutes!!
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    desweds wrote: »
    LOL! How do people even find this old post of mine? Well, I've long since finished C25K and have run four 5Ks since them. I can't recommend this program enough.

    Your thread is in the "most helpful posts" sticky thread in this forum, and it well deserves to be there. Awesome post!

    I'm doing C25K and in Week 3 at the moment. I'm dreading Week 4 but can't wait!

    I'm also doing parkrun, and planning to do other town's parkruns when I can do the full 5K. Loving it!
  • desweds
    desweds Posts: 126 Member
    Cool! I'm a stickie! Didn't know.
  • wateryphoenix
    wateryphoenix Posts: 644 Member
    Hahaha! Pretty much how I felt doing that entire program. =p Hope you continue enjoying it!
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    I'm glad this post floated back up, because it made my day to read it!
  • desweds
    desweds Posts: 126 Member
    It's been a year so I've written a wrapup article.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10272913/bite-me-c25k-what-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-when-i-started

  • bri170lb
    bri170lb Posts: 1,375 Member
    Dude! You cracked me up!

    I totally felt the same way EVERY WEEK! I just knew I couldn't do it---and then I did!

    I hope you will report back on your first 5k!
  • fruitystix
    fruitystix Posts: 35 Member
    awesome, do you get a runners high after running to the ladyvoice's directions, or feel like your lungs have stretched slightly (in a good way)
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