Any Couch25K new starters?

Hi Smurf! Yes, GP and physio both recommended pilates. I don't have any DVDs but have recorded a few things off the body in balance channel and did some yoga and pilates yesterday.
Hope you enjoy/ have enjoyed your run.

Thanks duende - have you thought about yoga/pilates or something similar?? DH did a half-marathon a couple of years ago and on the "in-between" days when he was at the really early stages of training he nicked my used the Yoga for Dummies DVD - he got awful cramps in his calves if he ran without using it regularly for that few weeks and also used deep stretches before running. Just a suggestion

Gonna go for W3R2 tonight as DS was not participating in my cunning and dastardly plan of getting up early this morning.

Smurf, well done to you! I am jealous of your running.
I know what you mean about the tantrum fuelled toddler though, DS is 23 months old knows a thing or two about them!

I am managing the bike OK and it's also enjoyable, but you need more time for it and I am missing the post-run high. The physio wasn't really sure what my problem was, she seemed to think it could be muscle imbalance or tightness of some muscles on the inside of my thighs...she suggested some stretching excersices but she did not really fill me with confidence. I will do the stretching for a while, then try running again. If it turns out I still can't, I'll go back to my GP and ask for a referral to physio.

W3R1 check

Jogging in the sunshine was fab - made it pass really quickly.

Shame I got home to a tantrum fuelled toddler and exasperated husband. Naughty step for both ....

duende thats a bugger (scuse the language) - hope you get a good physio that can help you get "up and running" again soon . . . . are you still managing the bike?

I have had to stop :( first I had to take a week off for my shins to heal. I did week 4 run 3 on Wednesday and went out again today but had to stop 2/3 of the way in. My knees were absolutely killing me and I struggled to walk back home. This is really getting me down now as I was enjoying running and cycling and feeling much better for it. I have an appointment with a physio tomorrow and I'm hoping they will tell me what to do so that I can continue to run.

umbongo, pinktransit, cuddlysmurf, well done all, great to read about your progress!

inaweofumbongosmurf wow - 10.40pm I would have been up on a post run high for abour 4 hours after that!

Plan to go out in the morning to keep on schedule (95 days till the 10K and my race number arrived yesterday) - but a large gin and tonic may turn into more than one and scupper plans for an early outing.

Week 2 run 2 finished at 10.40 this evening!!!!!

Not quite up to your 5 minutes smurf, but I did manage 2 minutes at the end! Will try harder after the next one!

The Smurf has finished Week 2 on a high!

Reason 1 - I did a 5 minute run at the end of my session today (as I was so engrossed in my book that I tuned out the GetRunning lady who tells me what to do).

Reason 2 - Stepping on the scales shows that there is 2 kilos less of Smurf than there used to be

I may not be able to move tomorrow, as I'm a bit achey in the legs right now after running this morning then sitting on my tush working at my desk all day. . . .

Hope you are all still here!

W2R1 Tick!

I'm only a bit behind you Smurf! Although I am away this weekend and can't run thursday either so not sure when w2r2 is going to happen!

W4R2 for me later this evening. Home from work, cup of tea, get changed and then go. I was really pleased at doing 5 mins on Sunday - I can't believe that I actually managed it! :)

LOL at umbongos threadkiller comment, I thought everyone had gone about this time last week - seems its quiet on this one at the weekend ;) I'm also carrying a few extra stubborn kilos that have been off and on and off again since the almost 3 year old baby was born. Time for them to leave permanently!

duende sorry to hear you have shinsplints - they are really sore . . .

did W2R2 today, only a few days late as the weekend just got in the way - anybody else finding that they get really sore legs for a few seconds when slowing from jog back to walk? Mine were really achey this morning, but I put it down to not having done anything since middle of last week.

Hope you all do well over the next couple of days . . . . off now to put DS in the bath and then to bed (DH is off out how dare he as bathing is his job and has left me to get on with it!).

Oo, sounds painful Duende! I'm pleased you can still go out on your bike, I enjoy cycling but thought I would try running as I feel I can get a work-out in half the time it takes for a bike ride! Still cycling though!

I am due for run 3 wk 1 tonight, run 2 felt easier than run 1 so will see what tonight brings! I lost 3lb this week too so am feeling very

I ended up with horrible shin splints and knee pain after 2nd run in week 4. (last Wednesday) So i've had to stop :( I am a bit better today so hopefully will be able to run again in a couple of days. I went out on my bike last night and will do tonight. I think my legs need strenghtening.
How is everyone doing?

Ooh, didn't realise there was a MN C25K thread!
I'm supposed to be doing W2D3 today, but have had a bit of back ache and cramps so will be doing it tomorrow instead.
Hope everyone has had a good week. :)

Oh look, I killed the thread! Have done 2nd run last night, it felt easier than run 1 already!

Hi I am still carrying about 2st of "baby weight" but my "baby" starts school in september so its about time it left!

I have done week one once, tuesday night, can't go out tonight as other commitments and am planning to do run 2 tomorrow. I hope it stops raining by then!

Has anyone else got sore shins? Don't think its water retention Duende but I hope it stops by tomorrow night! (I am not one for the 6am rising!)

Any good apps that any1 recommends??

Hi!
Another newbie here
I started getting in2 running just b4 I got pregnant, want 2 get back in2 it as my fitness has taken a total nosedive

Hi everyone. I did W4D2 today. I am finding it quite hard at the moment. My breathing is not too bad but my calves feel very heavy.

I also seem to suffer with water retention since I started running. Does anyone else have this problem? My legs feel quite swollen and heavy a lot of the time. And my knees are killing me...

Is it too late to join in?

I had a knee operation 3 months ago and need to start running again. I was up to 5k before my injury in December and my physio has said today that I should build up to 5k over the next 6 weeks.

I did that run last night Cuddly, though in bright sunshine. I'm running with a male friend who is equally unfit, but he missed the last two runs so I felt I had the edge with those challenging 90 second runs

The NHS music is so bad it's almost good, but when I did CP25K last year....well, started it....I was timing myself and it was much harder to relax into it, so I'm grateful anyway.

What's the job you're going for Lemonade?

Wet Smurf here - got soaked to the skin this morning but finished W2D1, accompanied by my reluctant dog who hates the rain. DH took DS to nursery to let me get out before work as we all had an unintentional long lie this morning. . . .

Good for you stickbean - fitter and lighter

The podrunner music worked really well alongside the Get Running app that I've been using (which neatly stops the music for the voice prompts). Feel like I worked harder on the walking intervals than I did last week.

Thanks newport for reassuring me that it gets easier!

Strawberry thanks for the hint to look at podrunner when I get past C25K (mid-August) according to my master plan :o

No I couldn't either stickbean but you do get there! I find that 5-10 mins is the hardest part, then I seem to settle into a bit of a rhythm and it gets easier.

Hi all, just checking in! Finished week one and managed to lose 3lbs as well so that was a bonus. Did week 2 day 1 last night and enjoyed it. Cannot imagine running for 20 mins though.