C25k - just did my first run!!!

Wheeeeee! I'm back from w5 r3 and I did it! 20 mins non stop jogging for the first time in 20 years!! Go me Tried to settle into a nice and comfortable rhythym at the start, no heroics, and the whole thing was rather pleasant. Didn't feel I was struggling for breath, felt I could have gone a bit longer, and timing wise was about 10m 45s a mile which I think is on for a 5km in about 32-33mins. Am tempted to repeat this run over the weekend and see if I can pick the pace up just a little bit and find where I can reach but still feel okay.

Well done Snow!

Snow, you did it!!! That's fantastic! Are you going to treat yourself to something? Other than a large glass of wine, I mean. Well done

Snow! Well done! I just looked back to my first post on this thread and I know what you mean about feeling like a new person. Amazing achievement :)

I'm supposed to be doing w8r3 today but I've a busy day ahead so no time, will go tmw. According to my app though, I just have one more official run to go. Week 9 simply says 'run 5k', it isn't divided into three runs... I think I might call it three anyway and aim to graduate on Friday of next week. It seems to have come round so quickly...

I've done it! Did my graduation wk9r3 yesterday. Woohoo!!! I've been on a real high all day. It felt good (once I got past the usual oh my god my lungs can't get enough air feeling which I always gave at the start, then I felt like I was in a good rhythm). It was about 4.25k in 30 min so not there with 5k yet but onward and upward (or should that be downward, for time at least!). I still can't quite believe this new person I've become but I like her.

I'm back from running class 3. We did 4x5mins with 3min walks quite hilly. Then loads of fancy stretches. It's good fun and sociable, although it was cold and spitting rain.

I went Found but had to wait for dh to come back to look after ds .
Found it really hard going, but it was raining and windy. It has made me slightly nervous for week 4 though.....

Dragged myself out of bed early (6.30) this morning to do w2r3. Set off, pressed start etc and listened to Troy(the Aussie bloke on runmeter) I waited and waited for his cue to walk... Turns out I had that app set to w4.r1 doh! After scrolling through to see what was in store for me. Anyway I lived to tell the tale and actually felt pretty good at the end of it.

Just go Wibbly!

And he is now watching The Chase!

Am waiting for dh to get his arse in gear and go out for his run first before I go out. This has consisted of playing on the laptop, and then deciding he needs new music on his phone. What's the betting it starts raining by the time I get to go out ?

Just back from W4R1 and it nearly killed me. No idea why, I was fine last week. I made the mistake of wearing old maternity leggings which rode down exposing my giant granny pants every time I broke into a run, fetching!

Yes mapmyrun does that, it has a function to tell.you how you are doing as you are running ie distance, time and pace and split pace. You can tutn it on/off.

Saves the workouts and routes etc. They are great apps :)

I think most running apps do that. I used RunDouble for C25K and now I use RunKeeper. They both measure distance, pace and time and do a breakdown of pace over the whole distance. It also saves the data so you can compare how you've improved over time.

I use mapmyrun also free and i can run it in the background with the couchto5k by zenlabs. I am doing the zenlabs 10k app now :) it carries on at the end of the 5k one basically and builds you up to running for an hour.

yes Android . ok will investigate and what about the one that measures how long/far ?

I use the zenlabs ones, they are free and follow the same routine as the nhs one with the bonus that you can play your own music with it :)

What kind of phone do you have? If you've got an Android then just go to the playstore and look for running apps. There are loads of different ones. I used RunDouble, I think you have to pay but it's only a quid. There are other free ones, I think, but I don't know if they are any good. Or you can just download the podcasts from the NHS site here but the music is really crap.

Good luck!

Need to rejoin , I lost no weight last time I tried and floundered but really need to do something now as am the heaviest and lardiest I have ever been Can anyone tell me how to download the app onto my phone please.

Hi everyone :)

I did w8r2 this morning. I set myself the aim of going a bit faster, think I knocked about 10-15 seconds off each km, so that's good (I think).

One more 28 minute run then the big 30!

I have endomondo which I use for after the event, I guess I want something like am actual metronome, to count the beat out for me? Will have a look round, cheers.

There is something called mapmyrun which analyses your run once youve done it, I think. My itouch doesn't have gps but dhs does and he uses a bike version.

I'm just back too - the 8 mins seemed perfectly fine, I really surprised myself! So I'm now happily anticipating friday instead of bricking myself I'm going to take it fairly slowly first time though and may repeat the day to gauge a slightly quicker pace that I can actually sustain for the whole time. Does anyone have a pacing app, something that beeps or vibrates to set a pace for you? Does anything like that exist?

Back from wk5r1...I am skipping forward to keep up with running class. I am covering more distance per 5 min run, though.

The 'homework' was meant to be 4x4mins with 3mins walking breaks, so I did 3x5mins on the podcast. Tomorrow night's class is 4x5mins, so it steps up faster than the podcast. I can't wait until I can do 20 mins solid, so I can just put on my own playlist and not think about times so much.

It was raining today,but actually lovely to feel cool rain on my hot sweaty face! Also ran in shorts for first time, exposing my glow in the dark legs!

Morning all! I have w5 r2 coming up today and am looking forward to seeing how I manage the 8 minute sections, because I'm slightly nervous anticipating Friday's 20 minute run! It's also raining here and this will be the first time I've ever run in the rain so that will be very different.

On hills, I have a short 400m hill that I usually end up doing at the start of my final run sections. It's good in a way because I try and maintain my rhythym and I find that my pace doesn't slow particularly much, I think it helps build your stamina for the end of longer runs.