Daily Check In Thread
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@brian_gunther Way to go! When I had my wisdom teeth out I had to work back up to even walking faster than a crawl over DAYS because my mouth would throb if I went too fast, I think if I'd tried to run I would have died. Congrats!0
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Week 9 day 2 is done - ran 3 miles in 33 min!
My 5k race is in two days - wish me luck guys!
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Week 9 day 2 is done - ran 3 miles in 33 min!
My 5k race is in two days and i hope to do it in under 35 min - wish me luck guys!
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Awesome! I cannot imagine running after a root canal though....brian_gunther wrote: »@amber_beaney good job! Just keep on pushing, you will get there sooner than later!
@rebeccatherine welcome back! Hop back in, the water is fine!
@NancyN795 a lot of us have had to repeat sections here or there. That's the great part of the program; you can do it at your own pace! No medals for doing it faster or harder, right?
@xLyric good job getting through W7D1! You did accomplish something! That's where the feeling of success comes from: pushing through when you feel like you want to quit!
I had a bad morning myself. Got a root canal yesterday, and felt okay until about 1:00AM when it started hurting and woke me up. By 4:30AM I was in full-fledged pain. Got up at 5:00AM and gave it a go anyways...
W8D1. 28 minutes straight 9 or 2.75 miles). Okay, why not? Fired up the treadmill.
I could feel my tooth with every step. Ugh.
Just kept running, kept the tunes flowing. "DING! You are halfway!". Really? Damn, that was fast. Keep on going! "DING! One minute left.". Say what? Wow! I'm feeling strong! I'm going to make the 28 minutes easy, but the 2.75 miles is still a bit off. Let's fire it up another 0.5 on the pace! "DING! Start your cool down.". Nah! I want the 2.75 miles and the minutes! Kept going for another 2 minutes at the faster pace and got the mileage in, too! Total of 30 minutes running, total miles including warm-up and cool down was 3.22 miles! BOOM!
Feeling good! This may actually work! Keep on keeping on, everyone!
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Thanks @xLyric! I had my wisdom teeth out before, and that is 50 times worse than a root canal. I was literally down and out for 3 days. This is mildly annoying at best.
@Aine8046 great job W9D2! That's awesome! Sounds like you are definitely on a sub-35 minute pace if you did 3 miles in 33. Only need that last 0.10! You've got this! Good luck on your race! Make sure you let us know how you do, okay?0 -
Thanks, I will!brian_gunther wrote: »
@Aine8046 great job W9D2! That's awesome! Sounds like you are definitely on a sub-35 minute pace if you did 3 miles in 33. Only need that last 0.10! You've got this! Good luck on your race! Make sure you let us know how you do, okay?
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That sucks... I run in the gym, so the climate is better there. I do watch movies on my phone (not as much watch as listen) even though they have big screens there... I just prefer movies to non-stop commercials
I wish. The treadmill is in the garage, so the temperature is 50ish in the winter, hotter in the summer. No movie capability - I get to stare at the wall. I have thought about getting a Chromebook or tablet and attaching some sort of mount to the wall so I can stream something to watch. Mostly, I listen to podcasts. I am glad I got the treadmill. It enables me to get a good, heart rate raising workout no matter what the weather. And there are good reasons for keeping it where it is. But, there is also an incentive to get outside instead.
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@brian_gunther Wow! Well done you, I definitely don't think I could have run after something like that, especially not for extra time that I was even planning! haha.
I did W8D2 yesterday but had a mix-up with timing as my app wasn't working on my phone, so I accidently ended up running for 30mins instead of the intended 28. I did 2.55 miles in those 30 minutes, so I'm not at 5k in 30 mins yet, but hopefully after finishing week 8 and then doing week 9 my speed might be slightly better. Even if it takes me 45 mins to run 5k I don't really care, I couldn't even run for 1.5 mins straight 8 weeks ago! haha
I have to admit that I felt sick after doing 30 minutes!
@Aine8046 Good luck with your race! You will kick *kitten* I know it. I can't wait to hear how you get on 0 -
@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.
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Ok, guys, I finished in 31:30! Very happy! It was nice - cold and sunny, and the crowd was very supportive and cheerful!
Seven weeks ago I was 168 lbs and was able to run about 2 min non-stop. So started with week 3 and made it all the way to week 9! As of this morning I am 157 lbs and was able to run my 5k non-stop in under 32 min. I did all my training on the treadmill (with some incline), and was concerned the actual race will be much more difficult, but this was not the case! You all can do it too - good luck to all of you! I am off to train for a 10k race in 10 weeks! 
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Also, I could not fine 10k group, so I'll stick with you guys working on my 10 weeks to 10k! 0
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It's my week one, second day and it went well I'm excited for more to come! Bring it on! 0
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@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!0 -
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.0 -
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!0 -
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!
It's normal springtime in Colorado - 70 degrees one day, a blizzard the next, back up to 70 a few days later, and so on. This blizzard just happened to be particularly disruptive to what I was involved with because it shut down the airport and highways just as teams were trying to get into Denver for the robotics tournament. As far as the hill... that was the easy one. Most of it is pretty gentle. I haven't had to run up the bigger, steeper hills yet. Once I advance to week 4, I will probably have to run up the first steep hill.0 -
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.0 -
Also, if anyone else is super slow and runs at 3.7 ish, "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen and "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar are really awesome at getting you to kick it up a bit! Those two songs in particular just get my knees up, haha.0
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@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!0 -
Just finished my first day of week 3! I'm so phyched I ran for 3 minutes..TWICE!!A week ago I would even believe I could run for a minute 0
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@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?0 -
Thank you all guys for your support! Started my 10k training today - W1D1is done!0
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@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.0 -
@youstolemyusernamex Well done! It's a great feeling isn't it, we shock ourselves at what we can actually do sometimes haha.
@xLyric I'm not 100% sure yet, I think first of all I will need to focus on actualy running 5Km, as I am a little bit short of 5Km at the moment. So I'll probably work on getting to 5Km and then try increasing my distance a little bit each week too.
@Aine8046 Well done! How many weeks if your 10K training programme? I am intrigued to hear how you get on with it, as I might do the same later on in the year myself.
W9D2 will be tomorrow morning for me. Cant wait to finish week 9 now, I never thought I'd actually be able to complete it haha!
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@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.
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I'm doing C25K again. Put a bunch of weight back on after a hospitalization last summer and barely being able to walk for around 6 months after that. Doing weights now as well, mainly focusing on my arms right now.
Week 2, day 3 this morning and I ran a few extra minutes at the end. I'm a slow runner as well.
All treadmill runs. I walk the dog on trails by our house on off days too.0 -
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.0
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amber_beaney wrote: »@Aine8046 Well done! How many weeks if your 10K training programme? I am intrigued to hear how you get on with it, as I might do the same later on in the year myself.
It's 10 weeks. I adapted one of Hal Higdon plans:
http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51122/10-K-Training-Guide-Novice-Program
Two runs per weeks are pretty much always 2-3 miles. The third run increases every week gradually from 3 miles to 6.
Week1Day2 is done today. Felt tired and did it slower than usual, but still finished...0
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