Any Couch25K new starters?

some - not 'dome'.

just started it today! How long before people lost any weight? Enjoyed the first session - feeling the burn tonight though! Need dome tales of excellent weight loss to inspire - have about a stone to lose.....

well done, umbongo :)

is this thread getting a bit sleepy? :) who's still here?

I did 5k tonight. Lots of huffing and puffing. And it was dark for the last 15 minutes or so which I didn't enjoy. I may have to switch to running in the morning again (hate getting up early) and think about joining a gym soon when the days get shorter...

Done it! I was right to go back to week 4 I think, that was just as hard as I remember it being the first time round! Although I did do 6 minutes instead of 5 for the last run!

I have just looked back and it was 13th July I did wk4 r1 last time! One month on and getting nowhere fast! BUT my ankle is Ok, so Hooray, felt good to be out again tonight

FOUND IT!!!!!! It had fallen down the side of the drivers seat in the car! Hooray!

Will download and have another go at week 4, see if I can get back into it from there - may have to go back to week 3 as have eaten all sorts of rubbish this last 2 weeks or however long I have been out of action for!

Welcome Vanimal I am a fat girl who has never run before and I lost nearly a stone in a month of the C25K with eating better and running! I was doing well til my ankle started hurting! But am going out tonight for my first run for a while - my best weight loss plan has always been eat less, move more! Download it and go for it!

Hiya, how good is this for fat girls who have never run before? I really want to shift a few pounds, and stop feeling so old and weary all of the time
Will have a proper look at this tomorrow....

Hi, umbongo, I have a sansa clip, one of these. I like it a lot for running because it's light and clips on to my clothes but has a display so i can find files easily.

Cuddly how did your lunch time run go yesterday?

I did 5.5k today (41 minutes), it was veeeryyy tiring tonight.
But hey, I've run 17.5k this week, this is probably more than in the last 5 years in total

Right, ankle better:), weather worse :( and since coming back from camping yesterday I can't find my Ipod :(:(

Aaaaaargh. I had it in the tent at campsite No1, put it in handbag, may have moved it, may have dropped out. Don't know can't remember, very cross.

Anyone know of a cheap mp3 player that I can get the podcasts onto for tomorrow night?!!!! Or failing that, does anyone know where my Ipod is? It's a lovely pink one!

Well done Duende and cuddly I am very impressed and a little !

I am doing my own thing training wise, partly because I couldn't download program due to computer probs, but I can get it on my DHs phone. The thing is I do my running first thing before DH goes to work so he can have kids, and I just can't find 30 minutes at that time in the morning. I have been doing a 5-6 minute run most days and yesterday I stepped up to a slightly further 8 minute run, (it's only 0.7 miles so I guess I'm running pretty slowly, but at least I'm getting out there!)

I have just seen for the first time in my life how you can get a bit hooked on running! I was due to go out this morning and went without a second thought dispite the rain!

Cuddly, endomondo is a great app, and free. I really like it. Or couch25k.
Good luck and enjoy!

Hi Duende. Well done to you - did you ever think that squeezing a few 6Ks into a week would be achievable ? .

In off out for a jog at lunchtime - and it's the first 25 minute one. Gonna see if I can find an app to track distance.

Hope you are all well and that there were no arsehole driven incidents near you last night.

Well done smurf! It's getting a bit more enjoyable, isn't it?
I clocked 6k in tonight again! really, really pleased with myself. Didn't enjoy i as much as the last time though, I think I was feeling too tense being out tonight. There's been some rumours it may get a bit heated round here later :(

Did it . W6R2 did NOT beat me!! Roll in the 25 minuter later this week.

Go Duende. We worship at your probably sore feet

I'm but you have motivated me to go for a short run this morning if my DS cooperates by eating breakfast and getting out the door to nursery

Girls! Girls! oh my god, I can't believe this. I have just done 6k! yes, 6K. (the longest I ran before tonight was about 4k) I went out to do W7R2 - 25 minute run, and I ended up running and running for 47 minutes. It felt so great I didn't want to stop. It NEVER felt so good before.
I wonder if I will ever be able to repeat this but am seriously high right now

Lmao at UmBongos flies . Tis too close to freezing for them to have been much of a bother up here this "summer"

Hey everyone

duende sounds like you had a fab holiday. Must have been an amazing welcome hug from your DS

This W6 is a tough one for me. Think I hurt myself a bit doing caravan things last weekend and from my thigh to my ankle on my right leg is quite stiff and not really cooperating. Abandoned R2 yesterday after 9 mins as I felt I was having to force my whole leg for each step. DH suggests a few days of stretching gently lots of times a day before a W3 run. That's what I get for hammering on the door of being 43 and 10kg heavier than is good for me

Off to find the yoga DVD .....

I'm still here! Having problems downloading course due to virus ridden computer! I did go on my usual run yesterday and did it in 5 rather than 6 minutes. Mainly because I did an early evening rather than early morning run and there were more people about. Felt so self conscious that I ran as fast as I could just to get home!

Will get DH to try and download course tonight, or else I'll try and do it whilst staying at friends over the weekend.

Thanks for the kind words, ankle is on the mend but by no means better. Managed not to put any weight on last week, but have eaten a bit more this week so will have to wait and see. When I am exercising I am better at not eating cake etc cos I look at it and think "10 minutes more running if I eat that" but this week has been harder cos I can't bloody run, so have been thinking "bollocks to it" instead, which is less than positive

To change the subject. I live in a 4 bedroom house. Why do the buzzy flies have to share the exact same airspace as me? There are plenty of other places to be that are not 1" away from my left ear!

hello ladies, I've missed you :)
I'm back after a week's holiday when I only ran once. To my surpirse, I managed to do W6D3 today - 25 min run! I wanted to die after the first 10 minutes though. When does it get easier??

I am also very jealous of people losing weight. I haven't lost a pound since starting this :( I quit smoking on 1st March and have put on about 8lbs since, would love to lose it, but it's not happening.

Go Newport. Glad to have someone else with a big scary 10k to buddy train with! Respect to your 35 mins

Did w6r1 this morning and was ok during and after - even after using 146bpm music that had my feet going faster than they ever have

Postponed this weeks weigh-in till Friday as I'm working away for the next few days - not sure that 2 days grace will make any odds tho'.

Phew! Was getting a bit worried because on my last two 'runs' (still not convinced that they qualify as running ) I struggled to get past 20 mins without walking, but managed 35 mins tonight which is a PB!!

Have decided to sign up for a 10k in October as well as I need something to kick my lazy arse into gear!!

Hope your ankle gets better soon, UmBongo. Hopefully it won't take you too long to get back into the swing of things once you can run again. DH assures me that muscles 'remember', so you will prob get back up to where you were quicker than you expect.

How did you get on today, smurf? A 2 week holiday is definitely a good enough excuse for a bad weigh-in!! Although coming from someone that came in from 'running' and went straight for the strawberries and cream, this may not be the best advice!!

Hello Jezabele! Welcome to the gang!

Oops pressed send before welcoming Jezabele to our "gang". Second what UmBongo says about jumping in at week3.

Been on holiday for 2 weeks now and am scared to step on the scales at the DH and I weekly weighbridge event on Wednesday

Hi all

UmBongo my sympathies for your ankle and hope it's better soon -I've been off running for a few days with knee pain (longterm nuisance of a thing going on). W6 starts tomorrow.

Sounds really sensible UmBongo. Just maintain your current weight. Very frustrating but just a matter of weeks in the big picture. Don't rush back too early and hurt yourself more.

Was not able to try and download tonight as was at Pampered Chef party, (counter productive to the cause I know!) Will get DH on the case tomorrow. Glad to hear you think I can skip the first few weeks UmBongo. Feel like I've made a start already and don't want to take a step back!