Week 8 Day 1 COMPLETE!!! YEAH!!!! I wasn't sure I was going to make the 28 minute run but my HR was steady and my knee wasn't complaining (more than usual) so I just set my timer for 10 min, 10 min and 5 min and kept going. I think I might just graduate this week.

W1D2 done.

W2D1 done.

I'm actually running. I had a personal trainer last year who started each session with the treadmill and I could barely walk at 5km/h. Then I ran on the beach in December but I ran for 30 seconds before stopping and I always felt dead. Chest would tighten, calves pull stiff. But today I jumped into week two and other than general fatigue I'm great. AND I'm actually running. .

NSV...

ellepribro wrote: »

W5D1 completed yesterday. It felt great!

I had oral surgery today and as per doctors orders - no exercise for a week. The 5K I signed up for is in 10 days..

Just go in to the 5k with the plan to finish and have fun. Hoping for a speedy recovery!

ellepribro wrote: »

W5D1 completed yesterday. It felt great!

I had oral surgery today and as per doctors orders - no exercise for a week. The 5K I signed up for is in 10 days..

I think you got this. Just allow yourself to walk a little along the way. Sorry about the oral surgery. Life tries to get in the way sometime! LOL. My checkin. Supposed to try 8 2 today. Was actually 6 2 on my phone but decided just to go for it and ran for 30 minutes straight! HURRAH. So, distance total turned out to be guess what? 3.2 miles. Feel very good after torturing myself with taking every other day off. Mental *kitten* I got I guess. Hard to get over self flagelation if I don't DO IT EVERY DAY!!!!

W8Day2 done! Man it is HOT here. Had to keep altering my route to find shady streets. One thing about this ap is that with the timer thing I don't usually run the same route all the time. When I was jogging every day I always ALWAYS took the same route. How boring. I am really enjoying exploring the neighborhood while jogging. And the "you are halfway" helps me to know when to start heading back so I don't end up too far away. LOL

ars371 wrote: »

I did C25K in 2012 and have done partial ones a few times since. Starting fresh again tomorrow, wish me luck!!!

how did it go? I actually was SUCH a couch potato that the first week or so I have to admit I only did 15 minutes of them each day. I have one more run to make to "grajiate", but I have already started going back to some of the earlier weeks and using them to time my jogs out.

DONE DONE DONE!!! I really did not think this ole gal (58) would be able to do this especially with my f'd up knee and leg but there it is. And I am still standing and walking. If I can do it, yall sure can too.

veggrrrl wrote: »

W7D2 yesterday. I have a race on the 5th so I guess I'll "graduate" just in time. I'm bummed because it's a craft brew race and my friend that was going with me just flaked. So I guess I won't be doing the beer portion because I don't want to drink alone. Even though craft beer is the only reason I picked that particular race.

You won't be drinking alone! I'm sure there will be hundreds of other people drinking. Where is this race? Sounds like something I'd love!

I did w3d1 today. 3 minute jog... It seemed like a yikes moment especially when my shins started complaining but I did it. c25k has been easy so far. Today was tougher. During that last jog self talk and the song I was listening to kept me going.

My self talk:
"It's 3 minutes you can do this." Deep breath. Starts jogging. Looks at the clock "2 minutes and 30 seconds left"
"When does it end?" Looks at the clock.
"60 seconds"
"50"
"Just 30 more seconds, hang in there"
When the coach thing went START WALKING my legs were too sore to smile but I smiled at the end. I did it. Slow and steady.

SummerSkier wrote: »

rsamuelsgold wrote: »

I did w3d1 today. 3 minute jog... It seemed like a yikes moment especially when my shins started complaining but I did it. c25k has been easy so far. Today was tougher. During that last jog self talk and the song I was listening to kept me going.

be careful. Injuries are the #1 reason we stop exercising and slide back down the mountain. If your shins are still hurting today you may want to rest until they recover and look at running on softer terrain or getting better shoes. It's ALSO ok to repeat a week or day or two until your body is ready to move on without injury. CONGRATS ON GETTING THRU the 3 minutes. You are right, it's about 1 song or less. Sometimes I count steps to myself at the one minute left mark to count seconds... LOL

Thanks for the advice.

Tonight I did W2D1 - I can already see my pace time decrease and my distance increase so that is awesome! I may end up repeating this week but we'll see by the end of the week how I'm doing.

So, just a question........does everyone do other workouts on the off days? Or do a complete rest day?

I ride my bicycle on off running days.