@Aine8046 How'd the race go?

Instead of running yesterday I took a hike, managed to get 20k steps (over 9.5 miles!) but it turned my 2 days off from running into 4. May stay on week 7 for a little longer, but that's alright. Hoping to run tomorrow, but we'll see what my feet say. I'm not used to going more than 10k steps! When I got up today I was surprised; not very sore at all, my feet are just a little tender. I'm exhausted though, may take a nap, haha.

I know this isn't a C25K update, really, it's just so quiet in here.

Also, I could not fine 10k group, so I'll stick with you guys working on my 10 weeks to 10k!

@Aine8046 Way to go, you did great! Here's a link, but I don't think anyone will complain if you stick around! B210K Group

@youstolemyusernamex Welcome to the group!

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Good for you @Aine8046 ! It must feel great to have actually done a 5K run. It's good to see everyone working at the program, at all different levels.

I did W3D1 again today. After the last 3 days of relative inactivity, (I managed some indoor walking 2 of the days, but nothing at all strenuous) I wasn't sure I was ready to tackle running at all today, but I did it. I ran quite slowly, but didn't have to drop to a walk on the long run uphill like I did last week. We'll see how this week goes. I think we've got more weather coming, although I hope not another blizzard like last week.

It's starting to get truly warm here; a blizzard would be amazing! Congrats on the hill! Those are my favorite signs of improvement; obvious little things you can do now that were too hard before!

W7D2 done! It felt really great, I'm mad that I didn't have my music revelation earlier because it really feels like it helps. I was worried that four days away from running would mean a bad run tonight, but it was great!

Went for W7D3 (25 minute run) and ran a full 30 minutes! I was planning on trying for 28 just so I was still on track after skipping a day, and I felt good so I kept going. I'm so happy! It was a weird run; had I not been having stomach cramps it would have been a super easy run, no soreness or anything, but the lady pains made me almost quit a couple of times.

Since I still technically have a week to go I'm going to aim for 30 for the next 2 runs but be happy with 28 if that's what happens. Sister has been having some calf pain so she went back to W6D2, so I'll probably hold off on moving too far ahead (like the B210K program) until she's caught up. We'll see though.

@xLyric well done on doing 30 minutes Thanks for the song recommendations, I think I will download them as Im always looking for good songs!

I did W9D1 today, my pace was slower for some reason, I think it may be because I was wary of tiring out too quickly. Hopefully by the end of the week my pace will increase!

@youstolemyusernamex That's fantastic, well done!

@amber_beaney You're so close! Apologies if you've said before, but what do you plan on doing once you finish?

@youstolemyusernamex - I'm always surprised when I can do something that previously sounded completely unobtainable. C25K is a great program for proving that we can do what seems impossible, if we take it slowly.

I did W3D2 yesterday. Not fast, but I got out there and did it despite the weather starting to turn (again). I'm probably not going to do W3D3 until Friday because the weather is supposed to stay bad tomorrow. After that, the forecast is looking pretty good, so I'm hoping to make good progress.

@Aine8046 Great job! Very impressive! Good luck with your 10K training! Keep checking in!

@amber_beaney you are so close! Keep it up! You're right there!

@xLyric good job, and I'm all about the music, too!

So... I haven't checked in for a quite a while. I got very sick after my root canal last Tuesday. That Wednesday I got my W8D1 run in (30 mins), and it was downhill after that. Turns out I had another infection in there that flared up big time. By Thursday I was in so much pain I couldn't even think. By Friday I was home in bed with a fever, couldn't keep food down, hadn't slept in 3 days from the pain, etc. I lost 4 pounds from Thursday to Saturday. So, I needed some time to get my strength back and feel better.

Since it had been 9 days, I wasn't sure if I should back track or press on. I went for W8D2. What the heck? I was feeling okay, breathing was good, felt relatively strong considering, but I had to back off about 20 minutes in because my right hip (or the front side of my hip) became sore and painful to the point where my gait was starting to change (limp) so I just backed off, walked another 5 minutes to cool down, and called it a day. So I got 20 minutes in (about 2 miles). Not too bad for taking 9 days off and being sick.

I'll get back on it again on Sunday, do a lot of stretching, and try to knock out W8D2 again. I think I'll be okay in a few days, just needed to work back up to it.

Keep on keeping on, everyone!

W3D3 done. This time I plan to progress to Week 4. The weather is looking good for about the next week (although it was a little chilly and windy today) and I don't think I have any life complications coming up that will interfere, either. So, I have no excuse to not go on to the next week.