Just_Ceci wrote: »

As soon as my fractured arm heals, I'll be back to C25k from the beginning.

Wow. Hang in there.

5K to 10K W1D3 Timed done. I was faster today - probably because I hadn't gone for a 5 mile walk up the hill first. I went further up the hill this time after it said I was halfway, but I ended up doubling back even further at the end of the run. Total distance (excluding warm up and cool down) 3.39 miles for a pace of 12:58.

rnurse82 wrote: »

Completed the program today!! However I am only at 2.53 miles in 30 mins. So I will keep working for another week then move on the the 10k trainer like others have suggested.

We live in a mountain and I've just being running a small piece that is not too up hill in front of our house. I want to make it up the hills but they are so daunting! I want to be able to run to where I can't even see our house and then head back! I am slowly been adding a few feet of the hill into my run, not sure how else to really build up to it. Any input?

I live in the mountains (just barely - Loveland is 4 miles away and is on the plains and there are no steep hills between us and town) and I faced this same problem. Our hill is daunting! I started by walking the hill, months before I even considered running. Walking all the way up the hill (elevation change: about 400 feet, distance from house to top of hill: 2 miles) used to make me feel like I was dying. Now, I can get up it faster but it's still work! When I first decided to do C25K I tried to do it by walking up and then doing the program on the return trip when it's mostly downhill, but I ended up giving up. Then, I did the program on the treadmill last fall/winter but finished, as you did, far short of 5K. Which bugged the heck out of me. I didn't want to go on to 10K until I could run 5K.

So, based on advice here I switched from Zen Labs to RunDouble so that I could do it by distance and as soon as the weather looked like I'd be able to mostly stick to the program, I started all over again outside. I really don't think I could have gone from running 30+ minutes on the treadmill straight to running our hill. By starting over, I got to gradually incorporate the hills (the further you get from our house, the steeper it is, until you get to the top) and I always get to turn around at the halfway point and finish running mostly down hill. The one time I went into town to see how long it took me to run 5K without hills, I kind of missed having the second half be downhill. It's a real relief.

It's worth it to bite the bullet and climb those hills!

cecsav1 wrote: »

Feeling terrible about missing the past four days... starting week 2 over TOMORROW!!! (My grandpa died, and the past week has been crazy busy with family stuff. No excuses, just life getting in the way.)

I wouldn't start over. Start back where you left off and if you have to repeat them do it. Just what I would do. I was out for 2 weeks and was able to pick up where I left off on week 3.

NancyN795 wrote: »

rnurse82 wrote: »

Completed the program today!! However I am only at 2.53 miles in 30 mins. So I will keep working for another week then move on the the 10k trainer like others have suggested.

We live in a mountain and I've just being running a small piece that is not too up hill in front of our house. I want to make it up the hills but they are so daunting! I want to be able to run to where I can't even see our house and then head back! I am slowly been adding a few feet of the hill into my run, not sure how else to really build up to it. Any input?

I live in the mountains (just barely - Loveland is 4 miles away and is on the plains and there are no steep hills between us and town) and I faced this same problem. Our hill is daunting! I started by walking the hill, months before I even considered running. Walking all the way up the hill (elevation change: about 400 feet, distance from house to top of hill: 2 miles) used to make me feel like I was dying. Now, I can get up it faster but it's still work! When I first decided to do C25K I tried to do it by walking up and then doing the program on the return trip when it's mostly downhill, but I ended up giving up. Then, I did the program on the treadmill last fall/winter but finished, as you did, far short of 5K. Which bugged the heck out of me. I didn't want to go on to 10K until I could run 5K.

So, based on advice here I switched from Zen Labs to RunDouble so that I could do it by distance and as soon as the weather looked like I'd be able to mostly stick to the program, I started all over again outside. I really don't think I could have gone from running 30+ minutes on the treadmill straight to running our hill. By starting over, I got to gradually incorporate the hills (the further you get from our house, the steeper it is, until you get to the top) and I always get to turn around at the halfway point and finish running mostly down hill. The one time I went into town to see how long it took me to run 5K without hills, I kind of missed having the second half be downhill. It's a real relief.

It's worth it to bite the bullet and climb those hills!

Thanks Nancy! So, I am kind of taking this as start doing the hill during my run even if I have to walk it?? I've walked up it twice and my chest felt like it was going to explode lol not sure of the elevations. I live in the middle of the Catskill Mountains in NY. I will look into DL the Rundouble app!

cecsav1 wrote: »

Feeling terrible about missing the past four days... starting week 2 over TOMORROW!!! (My grandpa died, and the past week has been crazy busy with family stuff. No excuses, just life getting in the way.)

Sorry to hear about your grandpa. Don't feel bad about missing your running. Life happens. Just start back up again where you feel comfortable.

rnurse82 wrote: »

Thanks Nancy! So, I am kind of taking this as start doing the hill during my run even if I have to walk it?? I've walked up it twice and my chest felt like it was going to explode lol not sure of the elevations. I live in the middle of the Catskill Mountains in NY. I will look into DL the Rundouble app!

Yes, start doing the hill, even if you have to walk it. However, I did find it helpful to be following the program. When I was just doing "I'll run when I can and walk when I can't" I sort of defaulted to walking a lot. With the program to follow, I could tell myself that I only had to run a little longer, even if it was uphill or celebrate a bit when the walking interval happened to coincide with the hardest part of the hill. Like I said, I didn't start running until after I'd been walking the hill regularly for months. I still had to work up to getting all the way up it just walking. We'd only go part way up and then extend it a little bit each day (it gets gradually harder as we get farther from our house), or we'd stop for a rest part way up. It's been really good for me to do it and the view is great!

Did W4D2 I think, today. There were two 5-min runs and two 3-min runs. I kind of went off the diet rails this weekend, and my legs were so heavy today. Guess I learned a lesson. OR DID I? Probably not.

Great job everyone!!
Hoping to get a run in tonight. However, it looks like its going to rain all afternoon until 8/9 pm.