Starting C25K 19/11

Agree lemmings - you're still here. If you need to step off the treadmill for a day or two you know you can pick it up again. Just keep checking in here and be kind to yourself...

bugrit well done on W6R1! After time off it's always hard to pick up again. I know I would have gone back a week or so as I'm a sap.

I did W2R3 last night at the gym. I was a sweaty mess by the end but did complete the whole thing so it must have been a good workout. Best of all I felt just awesome having done it.

I'm planning to do the week 2 run again tomorrow on the roads, before moving on to W3 on Thursday.

I'm taking it slowly as I've never been fit, never done running before or done a lot of exercise so I'm letting my body adjust to the new regime!

I did look at the Race For Life website last night and the local one is badly timed but I think the one closer to my sister is on a better date so I've suggested we both do it.

lemmings, don't be hard on yourself. If anyone is allowed to wallow a bit it's you. Sometimes you just have to let stuff catch you up once in a while. Having said that, you will feel good once you've had a run.

I'm trying to think about diet for you. What about eggs, lots of iron and vit D in there. Fish? Nuts are also great for energy, and divine with dried fruit like apricots. I sympathise, I ended up spending some time on exclusion duets with both my DC and it's tough. If it's a long term thing then get yourself a calcium and vit D supplement. I take a B vit supplement daily anyway for energy, that might help too?

Well done kick and 5 :)

I managed week 6 run 1 this morning. Legs were fine but my poor asthmatic, post-infection chest wasn't happy. I did it though, despite being blue by the end. Makes a change from being bright red I guess

I did W2R2 at the gym on Thursday. It was my first venture into a gym for YEARS. Weather outside looked dreadful and sky was black! Travelled the same distance as W2R1 which suggests GPS accuracy was OK. Had two days off now contemplating W2R3

bugrit after 10 days I'd probably try W5 again. But that's just me. If you feel up to week 6 go for it.

I've never done Race for Life before ( I have never been a runner before!!) but it would give me a goal to focus on. Might see if my sisters are planning to and make a team family out of it.

Did w3r2 yesterday, but really struggled. So this morning I did it again & was fine. Yesterday I skipped the warm up as was running late for work, and managed to hit the touch screen when sorting out music, and messed up which bit i was on, so it was a bit of a useless attempt.

Today, I got a lie in then did my 'run' & felt much better. Actually managed a grand total of 2k during the whole work out.

Bloody hell tidy, an optional extra 0.6km. You are hardcore.

Like the statistical analysis there. Hope it comes good and you get sleep!

We think YES bugrit go for it I'm sure you'll make it. Glad you're on the mend. Having a couple of glasses of the good stuff tonight - DS1 and DS2 have gone for a sleepover at Grandma's so only got DD to get me up in the night - I figured there was a 66.7% chance of a better than usual night so I'd have an extra glass....
Onto more serious matters... who's doing the race for life in June? (think its June??)
My IMapMyRun App worked today - I ran 5.6 km! Was bloody hard work though but feels sooooo gooooood after.

How are we all?

Tomorrow I run again, woo! 10 days off, got as far as week 6 run 2 under my belt. Thinking I'll just have a bash at w6r1 and see how I get on, what do we think?

Hope everyone's ok :)

Well done tidy hope the wine was good.

tidy Wow! Well done fantastic news!

kickass well done on W3R1 too

My run day is tomorrow for W2R2.

Haha I wondered if we'd get a drunk post tonight!

How shall we celebrate ... more wine, maybe?

(not to mention all the errors)

Thanks bugrit.
I'm gonna stick on this thread hope that's ok? You've all bee. A really support and spur. Thanks .
How will we celebrate when we've all finished!?????
( uh oh here comes the overuse of punctuation it must be wine night )

Tidy that is bloody marvellous! Well done you, and enjoy that wine, you most certainly deserve it :)

Thanks! Feels great. Really wonderful and a real achievement - id never have believed it if you're told me 3 months ago :-)
Plan now is to stick to 3x 30 mins / week for a few weeks or might swap in one run for a Zumba class.
Def gonna have a tonight.

Omfg I've done it w9r3 completed.

w3r1 DONE

just about coped with dragging myself out of bed.

I'm to admit that the 2 1/2 min runs in the schedule are probably the most I've done since enforced running at school!

Well done 5, you put the rest of us to shame.

Hope your hip is better quickly tidy, that must be unbelievably frustrating. You have mental strength now though, stay positive :) It would be worse to hurt it more severely and then have a rubbish start to your next running chapter.

I'm still out of action. Walked 3 miles today (this is not unusual at all for me, nursery run plus trip to leisure centre) and I was utterly exhausted afterwards. I'm crushingly tired and still coughing. And off my food (this is highly unusual for me, I would eat if I had ebola!). I really want to run so badly but there's no way it's going to to end well if I do so I won't.

Hi all. Bit today as was supposed to be doing W9R3, the final run, and had been psyching myself up for the full 5K but have pulled a muscle in my hip. Now need to try and fit in run tomo and weds are a bloody busy nightmare. Not sure hip'll be up to it tomo tbh. Boo.

Slept in
No run this morning

Week 2 Run 1 Done

Today was a slightly different route as the crossing of the main road co-incided with one of the 90 second runs.

According to GPS in W1R3 I "ran" 3.48km, in W2R1 it was 3.68km which suggests an increase of 200m if we believe the GPS is accurate - getting closer to 5km.

Wasn't too bad, but runs 4 and 5 were the toughest and I stopped both times about 10 seconds before the end.

How is everyone else doing?

Thanks all. Courtesy of a late night shopping trip to M&S I now also have new trousers and a new top. Week 2 - Run 1 may be my most stylish outing yet

Weather reckons it'll be 5 degrees by about 10 so I'm planning to go out at about 11.

I'm feeling inspired by your week 6 run 3 Go

Hope everyone else recovers well. I had a couple of colds back to back from just before christmas through to last week. I'm still coughing up ick from time to time. I prescribed myself lots of vit C and bed rest.

I'll report back on how week 2 goes!

Hi 5ofus, well done for getting back on the wagon.

I have nothing to report, still coughing, wheezing and sore, full of co-codamol and pissed off. I am so jealous of you guys, and I'm getting left behind now :(

Congrats on finishing week 6 go, that's great!