C25k - just did my first run!!!

I use the Zenlabs c25k free app - I start my own music first then start the app off. Sometimes I run endomondo in the background too to get an estimate of distance as well. I think Runkeeper has it's own c25k programme too, as does Mapmyrun.

Hi everyone. Can I join you? I've just finished week 1 - yay!

I've got a 2 year old DD and have done almost no exercise since getting pregnant with her. Eeek. And I'm a good two stone overweight (at least!).

I did a 5k Race for Life about 7 years ago but haven't done any running since. It's going OK so far though and I even did one of my runs in the rain.

Can I ask if any of you using the NHS podcasts are also using a tracking app? Do you just start that before starting the podcast and leave it running? I'm not really sure how they'd both work together.

And what's the best tracking app? A friend suggested RunKeeper...

Hahaha, that was rubbish At least I went though! I ended up walking half of the first km because I was going uphill into a 25mph wind. I had to walk a few other bits here and there too. My aim was to run 6k and I walked/ran 5k- oh dear. Still managed just under 32 mins, maybe I can walk faster than I can run!

Technically I should be running w6 r2 this morning but I haven't had a two day rest over the weekend, I'm tired, in a bad mood, and it's raining, so.... I'm bailing. Sue me. Weather should improve tomorrow so I'll either go late tonight or early tomorrow.

And hallelujah - I've finally found a decent sports bra for these babies! The Panache underwired sports bra it is, they are going no where in such a beast of a bra, and at 30H that's saying something!

On injuries, it scares me too. I thought I'd really buggered my ankle over the weekend but thankfully all seems well now, but I'm not going to be taking any risks with niggles from now on. Any sign of knee problems and I'll drop straight back to power walking for a week. Running and walking burn roughly the same amount of calories per mile, but walking reduces your chance of joint problems massively - it just takes longer to cover the same distance that's all. But I have six hours while the kids are at school so I reckon I can afford the extra time if needs be.

Keep plugging away everyone!

Glad you are going to be getting back out there theyoni One of my fears is getting injured, as I don't want to have to stop now that I've started.
The squats are hard, but they aren't taking up too much time, so I just try and get it done in the morning.

Thanks Eau, I'll look up some exercises. Wibbly you are hardcore and even reading that squat programme makes me want to lie down! A great idea though, I want to get stronger.

I suspect the hip thing is from running on the road and I still probably have some relaxin in my joints as I'm just coming up to 6 months PP and breastfeeding. I had SPD in pregnancy so maybe I need to get my osteopath to click things around again. It's a bit better but still aching. Going to give it another day before I run and go to the park to run in grass next time.

Eau have fun tomorrow!

I went

1.97 miles in 27 minutes - not bad for a beginner! Had to mess with the timings a bit to deal with road crossing/gates and stuff, but if anything ran for a bit longer than I needed to. It was the walking bits that seemed to take forever tonight as opposed to the jogging bits on my first go!

Noooo, don't avoid slugs and snails- squash the slimy buggers! I just planted loads of lettuce seedlings and courgette plants, I didn't get any veg last year because it all got eaten.

Yoni, I got a sore hip a few weeks ago and did some hip strengthening exercises that seem to have helped.

Thanks for the luck, I think I'll need it!

Oh Wibbly that reminds me, I squashed a snail on my last run... Felt guilty all the way home :(

Good luck tmw Eau

How's the hip Yoni?

Back from W4r2. Made interesting by trying to avoid snails and slugs that came out to join me in the pouring rain

Sometimes life gets in the way! Especially if you've got young DCs. Don't beat yourselves up, as long as you get out there as often as you can and you keep the motivation going then you'll get there. It took me nearly 6 months to finish C25K- I had surgery, flu, DD2 had norovirus... but I got there in the end!

I haven't been for a run for nearly 2 weeks due to bloody awful drug side effects and now withdrawal. But I'm going tomorrow and I can't bloody wait. I'll probably be shite but it's better for my fitness than staying in bed.

cock (loving the name!) I'm in the same dilemma. I'm probably going to force myself out tonight though, as I was supposed to go last night, but had an appointment, so couldn't. I could justify it by saying it was my 2 day rest, but I don't want to have a 3 day gap. I'm going to hate it while I'm doing, but sure I'll be pleased once its done.

Hope your hip is better today theyoniwayisnorthwards

Wibbly you won't be wibbly for long (not that I mean to imply you are ) with that schedule!

Am having a dilemma. Today was supposed to be W1R2, and I was going to go out early this morning. Inconsiderate dh though had a second interview via Skype at 6am, so I had to stay home to keep nosey dc out of the way. Dh then had to leave pretty well as soon as it finished so I couldn''t go this morning. When it was dry and sunny.

Told myself I'd go tonight when he gets in but it's fecking monsoon season out there now Plus the chicken I'm roasting smells lush and I'm tempted to tuck in when I feed the dc in a bit, and I think running on a full stomach would be a bad idea.

So. Do I go tonight and drown or go in the morning when it should be better? Or am I just looking for excuses and should stop being a wuss and get on with it?

Theonlyway, sorry to hear about the hip, hope it's better today?

Completed w5r3!

Really chuffed with myself as I'm in my PMT-zero-energy-want everyone-to-piss-off-mode so wasn't really in the mood.

It went fine, I drove to the edge of town to a quiet straight road as I have outgrown the park. I saw two cars, two runners, and loads of lambs, buzzards and a partridge. I turned back at half way and ended up at the car, so must have an even pace.

Wibbly you are really getting hooked!

Doing week 4 run 2 tonight. Going to be extra hard, as I've started the 30 day squat challenge as well. Currently on day 2, and my thighs are on fire!

Day 1 - 50 squats
Day 2 - 55 squats
Day 3- 60 squats
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - 70 squats
Day 6 - 75 squats
Day 7 - 80 squats
Day 8 - Rest
Day 9- 100 squats
Day 10 - 105 squats
Day 11 - 110 squats
Day 12 - Rest
Day 13 - 130 squats
Day 14 - 135 squats
Day 15 - 140 squats
Day 16 - Rest
Day 17 - 150 squats
Day 18 - 155 squats
Day 19 - 160 squats
Day 20 - Rest
Day 21 - 180 squats
Day 22 - 185 squats
Day 23 - 190 squats
Day 24 - Rest
Day 25 - 220 squats
Day 26 - 225 squats
Day 27 - 230 squats
Day 28 - Rest
Day 29 - 240 squats
Day 30 - 250 squats

Shit! I hurt myself in the last 30 seconds of the last running bit of W4R3! Did something funny to my hip and now it hurts, not agony but I limped home! Do I have to rest it now? Really don't want to break momentum. I have been running on pavement despite advice not to. .

Hi everyone. Great to see more runners on our thread. I feel a bit of an old has-been now :o

Week 9 has arrived... According to my app this week I run 5k (or 30 minutes)... and that's it. So, I went out this morning and just did a free run along my regular route, aiming for a sensible pace and to stop when I felt like it.

I ran 25 minutes at about 8.5 minutes per km :) I'm going to do the same on Wednesday and then Fri or Saturday go for the 5k (Although I'll stop at 30 minutes which will be more like 4k).

So that's the plan. I enjoyed this morning, I really did. Felt a bit like skipping school doing it without the c25k app :)

Good idea- their lists are only a guide anyway, I find that I run 'faster' than their songs say but still end up with a similar pace. I think because I've got short legs so they have to move faster

Really? I've always been a fast walker, friends who meet me for the first time can never believe it, but I grew up without a car in the family and from four years old I walked everywhere with my dad, and if I couldn't keep up then well, I'd just better walk faster! I think that translates into my running now too - will look at higher bm songs on jogfm and see what there is.

Short stride length and higher number of strides per km is apparently how the pros do it

Morning! I decided to stick with my normal run days this week despite my slight hiccup repeating w5 r3 yesterday, so I did w6 r1 this morning. It was okay. I tried to compile a running playlist with the help of jog.fm but I'm not sure it worked for me. I seem to just settle naturally into a pace and I find it very very difficult to get out of that. I think I might be best just using my favourite songs whatever the beat, and just letting my feet do their thing. I have a very fast cadence and a short stride length and I couldn't get their suggested songs for a 6min/km to work - the rhythm was just all wrong.

Oh , that's brilliant Yoni. My DH keeps making noises about running but keeps changing his mind. Every time I got a PB at Parkrun he said he thinks he can beat me easily. So I signed him up- it's his birthday tomorrow and I'm going to print the barcodes out and put them in his card

Well done, demented, you have passed the major milestone!

Booted DP out the door tonight to start W1R1 and he came home delighted with himself saying 'I get it now'. We've both been so busy for so long with work and toddler/newborn its such a pleasure to sneak off for a half hour to think about nothing but ourselves, listen to music and be alone! I did W4R2 yesterday and it felt great. Nervous about W5 but I am properly committed now! Well done to those of you powering ahead and hi to newbies!