C25K Training Group: October 16 to December 4, 2011

Started week 2 day 1 today.

SW= 179

I wasn't due to do my next run until tomorrow morning (I always do it in the morning).... but I have to do my son's paper run tomorrow as he is sick..... sooooo.... I just went up to the gym (at 7pm!!)..... not like me at all..... and I feel fantastic!

W4D2 done..... and I kept going.... I managed 5km in 50 mins.... so that is now my benchmark.... 5 weeks to get down to 30 minutes.

I was also really surprised to find that I enjoyed doing it on the treadmill.

So as the weather warms up here ... and the flies become a pest on the slower walking sections.... I might just keep going back to the gym a bit more.... finally getting back after several months of paying my fees but not going.... so all is good here.... now to try and get those scales moving downwards.

Lisa

Everyone seems to be doing a marvelous job! I love reading about all of your milestones. Keep up the awesome work

No extra running for me today...in fact, I think I'm going to cut that out. Even though 8 mins felt GREAT, I think I want to just work up to that.

Finished W2D3 today. It felt like exactly enough, where as other days it's felt lacking. Could be the combination of Slim in 6 wearing me out, the runs getting longer, and...

OH. I forgot that I went out last night. That is probably why it was so hard today. BUT No Drink November started today so I won't have to worry about that anymore for the next month!

I'm hoping by Dec 1 I can say that I've ran 5k, written a 50k word novel, completed Slim in 6 (this is about the 5th or 6th time I've started it, I NEVER get very far), lost 7 lbs, AND didn't drink a sip of alcohol, all in 30 days. Dream big, right?

Off to eat eggs and watch Glee.

Did Week 3 Day 1 and Day 2 on Sunday and Tuesday. Feeling great about it

Hi all, looks like everyone is working really hard. Great job!

I did Week 3 day 1 this morning and it was rough. I was definiely sweating buckets and feeling it. It felt much harder than the previous days. Although the other days I wasn't at the gym at 5:45 in the dark while it was 30 degrees out.

Keep up the good work everyone!

So, something weird happened today.
I started Slim in 6 today, and right after I did week 2 day 2. And as usual, when the cooldown started, I decided eh, I'm going to see how many far I can run today. My last one was about 2 minutes (the smoking has been catching up to me), the ones before that were right around 5 minutes.
This one was...8 minutes 10 seconds?
HUH?!

I have no idea if it was a fluke or what is going on with that, but it was, uh, AWESOME. I was pretty damn proud of myself.


DID I REALLY NOT POST THIS 2 DAYS AGO?! Lol. Oops. This was from...Monday. I just noticed that I have had this window open since then and never hit "post reply"
GO ME!

I got myself out of bed this morning and did W3D2 too! I got on the scales and that motivated me to move! I am finding w3 really easy, it feels shorter than 1 and 2 and I'm covering slightly less distance. Totally looking forward to week 4.

My body feels good, but still looks the same!

W4D3 done!!

I did it on the treadmill at the gym so I kept going and did 5k in 47 minutes.... 22 minutes of running.... still can't imagine running for longer than 5 minutes....

Week 5 Day 1 finished last night. Starting Day 2 tonight (this starts the 8 min runs) I'm looking forward to completing it!

Starting W4D1 tonight. I was out of town for 3 days so reran W3D3 last night. Good Luck to everyone !!!!

Finished W2D2 today. I'm ready to finish week 2 and move on to week 3!

Forgot to post last night that had managed to complete W6D2- and other than a bit of a sore knee it went reasonably well. I think that the one of the major causes of the sore knee was that I ran primarily on a path rather than around the oval- so think the impact caused some issues. The other possible factor was that I ran a bit faster and subsequently further. All in all it hasnt been too bad- and seems to have settled today.
Good luck to everyone with their up and coming runs

Debbie

I just finished week 3! I'm so proud of myself for doing this regularly and making the time and forcing myself even when I haven't wanted to go out in the rain or the dark. I didn't even let a dead mouse in my running shoe put me off (thanks cat for chasing it in there and scaring it to death). The thought of running in my old trainers while the mouse ones were in the wash almost put me off. I really noticed that my old trainers were so much harder to run in. My Nike Pegasus 25s have a lot more spring in them and a wider toe box, good for running and for mouse hiding Will be leaving trainers inside in future.
Really looking forward to week 4. Keep up the hard work everyone! xxx

Did W5D1 today and it was pretty easy. I even through in a 90 second sprint when I was done. Looking forward to W5D2.

I am so ready to get to the long runs now. I need to start thinking about my race day playlist!

Keep working hard everyone, YOU CAN DO IT!!!

W6D3 done yesterday with even some time added. Somehow I manage to mess up the settings on my iphone program so didn't realise there was a problem until I remembered that I hadn't heard the prompt to tell me it was half way and that I was becoming exhausted. When I checked, I realised that I had run more than 30 consecutive minutes. Wow- so aiming to do 25 minutes and managed to do a full 30minutes+ I am beginning to feel at last that provided my knees hold out, I will actually finish this program in full.

Debbie

I am sooo impressed Debbie.... I have just done W5D1 and was amazed that I managed to run for 5 minutes at a time.... but I'm not so sure I'm going to be able to do the 8 minute runs, let alone the 20 minutes on this week.... how did you go in week 5 when the runs suddenly get longer?? I'm a bit worried and sure I'm going to get stuck on this week for a while..... but I am enjoying it!