Couch to 5K- join us if you dare, running is highly addictive!!

Tally, you're only a couple of runs behind me after my painful knees & a couple of weeks rest & recoup I'm repeating week 2. I'm loving it but still struggling with pain & couldn't walk after my run yesterday. Had to resort to major painkillers! Apart from stairs, does seem better this morning though. I'm going to be taking it really slowly & pacing my runs further apart, probably only do 2/week with low impact gym stuff in between so I've no doubt you'll be overtaking me soon! Not about how quickly you get through, more the fact that you're doing it at all. No matter how slowly you go, you're still lapping everyone on the couch!

Slept in and missed my 6am opportunity to run in the cool! Managed to send some work off to PhD supervisors this morning though so feeling worthy enough to hit the gym at nine. Final run of c25k here I come!

I bought one of those bottles you can carry whilst running (like a handle-shaped thing) and found I either forgot it or my hand got too sweaty. Now I just drink before and after my run and that seems to be OK. However I do go out before the heat of the day starts i.e. 5.30am

I will be for this week but will have to jiggle runs around my shifts next week.
How far have you gone? I only done 1.4 miles tonight but half of it is uphill. I live in Norfolk, it's supposed to be flat ffs

tally, im doing day 2 tomorrow :) so we're at the same level. are you running every other day?

Just back from day 2 and I've decided to trust the program cos I ran all the bits I was supposed to, I didn't cheat for a single second

I'm so far behind the rest of you, I am going to use you all as motivation/inspiration

I don't usually take water with me and rely on having a pint of water when I've finished my run. I ran with a bottle of water yesterday because we were running so close to midday but found it more useful to pour over myself rather than drink.

I don't take water either. Read somewhere its necessary on longer distances but for 30 mins not really needed.

Nope, I don't take water with me, just a decent drink before and after.
Don't think I could cope with something else to take out with me!

It's easier for me as I don't go out running. I fill my bottle up to 400mls and tuck it into a slot alongside my treadmill, I tend to take a few swigs while walking. Not quite sure how I will manage as the walking becomes less!
In this heat I have upped it to 500mls and after my 5 minute cool down I make time to drink whatever is left. x

I took water with me for the first time today, simply because even at 9.30 it was so hot! But I drank only a little of it. I usually don't need any (although I always make sure I've had a drink before I go out).

Started the dreaded Week 5 today

Am i the only person who doesn't take water? I can't drink and run, I usually try to make sure I have plenty before and after.

assed, not asses!

well none tbh ( water), it's something I need to think about. it was a bit cooler down the leafy lane this morning, I'm pleased I went out early.
This whole program is starting to make me think about looking after myself more overall : drinking more water, maybe losing the extra 10 pounds that I'm running round with, eating less rubbish food.
I want to do it well, its a whole new thing for me and having got this far and being 46, I can use this to stop mucking about with half asses attempts at healthy living and actually do it properly.

( probably over thinking, sorry)

Did w6r1 this morning before it got hot but still sweated buckets
Definitely being pulled along by this thread though, thank you!

Shattered now and bad head so think I need to take more water. How much do you get through (on a 30 min session) ?

I went for a regular hilly hike with dh yesterday, about 4 miles. and I was dead on my feet, he was practically dragging me up the hills. I think it was the heat and not sleeping so well. So I'll be re hydrating a lot, and going out early for the start of week 6. We're not used to this heat are we

Sorry to hear that ginger. Keep on the thread though, your swimming & cycling might help with your running when you decide to come back to it.

I've just done my first run after 2 weeks off with my poorly knee/shin/hip . Really struggled to get up at 5:45am but kept remembering a quote 'whether its ten miles or one, you will never regret lacing up those running shoes & going outside'. So true! Started week 2 again and found it easier than first time, despite lingering pain. Actually found I was concentrating on not letting the pain get to me rather than on how knackered I was!

I'm out!! Tried again tonight and did manage to go a bit longer (11 mins) before my calf got sore but just couldn't go on and had to hobble back to the car so definitely couldn't have carried on running.

Am a bit disappointed because I was so close to the end of the programme and actually wanted to run for the first time in my life! I hadn't actually planned to go tonight and was in my jammies but it was a beautiful evening and I just suddenly really felt like it. Going to just call it a day for now and get back into swimming and cycling instead and then maybe try again in a few months.

Will maybe pop in from time to time to see how everyone is getting on but for now I just want to say thanks for all the inspiration, probably wouldn't even have got this far without it!

Hello ladies, how are you finding running in this heat? Out of interest, I weighed myself before and after a run, and had lost 600g. Thats about a pint of sweat, so remember to keep drinking!

If you've got past the first few weeks, what is your weakness? Laura suggested my legs would be feeling tired, but they are OK, its my lungs that are close to giving up near the end of each run.

But I have made 5km. Was out for 40 mins, and half of it was walking (w6r1), so I'm going to have to speed up, but I CAN do it!

Happy running!

Well done yetanother. Brilliant achievement

Fantastic yetanotherworry! Well done!

Just completed RaceforLife in 36 min although I nearly gave up halfway because it was just too hot and sunny. Luckily there was a water station and I drenched myself in water and kept going.

Hair, that looks an interesting program, I may give it a go although not sure about the timing to the hills. I think I already incorporate a few hills (small inclines) in my runs so will have to play around with my route a bit.

Come on ladies, look at what we are achieving. It's roasting out there and we are still doing it!!!!
Drama, I run on a treadmill in our garage and although I was going to run first thing this morning, the sun is on the front of the house and the metal garage door was like a furnace. I've just opened up the garage door about a foot from the floor, then opened the dining room doors and windows in the hope that it would help a bit!

I am actually loving this, W5R1 done and really felt good despite me now glowing like a beacon. Walked at 4.5, plodded at 5mph, covered 2.5miles and burnt 309 calories.

Now I will have to raid the airing cupboard before I jump in the shower as I have just hung all my favourite bath towels out on the washing line!

Keep it up everyone, drink loads of water and give yourself a pat on the back. xxx