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c25k - newbie runners
Steve25k
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I've just started the Couch 2 5 K programme and wondered if there were others who had recently started / thinking of starting who wanted to be friends and help motivate each other.
(I can't think of a way of making this sound less needy)
(I can't think of a way of making this sound less needy)
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You can add me if you like! I am on week 3...
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I started on Tuesday. Then my PT decided that Tuesday was leg day and made me do 310 reps on the leg press, so I have simply not been able to start day two, but am hoping to do so tomorrow.
I'm a rubbish runner, I can't keep going, so am hoping building it up works for me.3 -
rianneonamission wrote: »Then my PT decided that Tuesday was leg day and made me do 310 reps on the leg press
Ouch, that seems pretty cruel. My problem is that my stupid brain tries to talk me out of it every step of the way.5 -
Hey, I'm just about to start week 4! Feel free to add me0
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There is a C25K group here. I'm through it now but did ask questions of the group when I was in the middle of it.2
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Count me in! I'm not doing the "official" C25K program, but doing one of my own design. I'm currently on Week 5, and am up to running 30mins straight on the treadmill. The weather's been lousy here, so haven't been able to run outdoors as much as I'd like - am very much looking fwd to that changing soon, PLEASE!
I'm a 62yr old 6ft tall woman, and have never run a step before in my life. But I've recently lost more that a third of my body weight (from 305 to 188 in 14 mos), and suddenly found myself with lots of excess energy to burn. Walking was no longer cutting it. So five weeks ago I started to run every other day, extending my distance every week. Looking fwd to running 5k with my 30-something kids on Memorial Day.
Yay, all of us!25 -
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I did C25K last year and now I'm running 45 mins/4.5 miles a few times a week. I just wanted to pop in to say that if I can do it then you can do it. Good luck!8
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My husband and I started the C25K program a couple weeks ago. We aren't following it exactly though, we figured out we need to do each week twice, otherwise we can't be successful. So we are on week 1 again. Moving to week 2 next week.
Feel free to add me!3 -
Just started back up yesterday. I first started at around Thanksgiving. Turns out asthma and cold air don't mix (derp). Now that it's warming up, I'm giving it another shot.1
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I just started and I'm on week 2 day 2 (today, as long as it's not unreasonably cold) - feel free to add me0
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What is C25K?1
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Couch to 5k. It's a running programme for newbie runners where you build up to a 5k run slowly. So week one you have a 5 min warm up walk, followed by 8 repetitions of a 1 min run and a 1.5 min walk, followed by a 5 min cool down work. As the weeks go on the running time increases, whilst the number of repetitions decreases.2
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Morganbennett1 wrote: »My husband and I started the C25K program a couple weeks ago. We aren't following it exactly though, we figured out we need to do each week twice, otherwise we can't be successful. So we are on week 1 again. Moving to week 2 next week.
Feel free to add me!
if you are finding you have to repeat weeks too much, it MAY be that you are running too fast in the run segments. Run slower. Run slower than you might move if you were walking. Nothing wrong with repeating weeks, but when you get to the run continuously weeks you may find it better to slow down.6 -
I did my first day of week two today and found I slowed down significantly in order to keep going for the 90 secs. So yes, slow and steady wins the race!4
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Been thinking of starting this for a while. Can walk for ages but never manages to up the pace. Hoping having a Labrador pup will help me keep going!
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rianneonamission wrote: »Then my PT decided that Tuesday was leg day and made me do 310 reps on the leg press
Ouch, that seems pretty cruel. My problem is that my stupid brain tries to talk me out of it every step of the way.
running is 90% mental... as the saying goes
whether you think you can, or you think you cant, you're right.
that being said, the best way to get better at running is to run more...7 -
second day of week 2 today. Went ok. Got up to 8.5km/h on the treadmill. Sunday was first go at 90 second intervals outside. Tis mental how much longer that seems than a minute.
I have to sing under my breath so I don't get stitch at the moment - hoping it helps me master this breathing malarky.
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I am starting it this week
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