Couch to 5k- Cage your inner chimp and get started!

Cinnamon
Thanks for your adive earlier. i went out again, and it was either Chimp, comfidence or the fear of ice underfoot last time, as I've just run the whole route (well I walked across the road at the top of the hill).
Now, need to try and speed up. I want to get a 30min 5k.

Was good and brought my running stuff with me. And managed to catch a train back from London in reasonable time tonight so went for a quick 3k run after work. Was 17 min 13 seconds :) my bf and I seem to be having a small competition to see who can be fastest over 3k. I am back in the lead by one second

Felt good pounding the streets tonight

I missed a run at the weekend so did week 3, run 3 today. Found it much harder than the previous two even though it's the same I'm rather tired at the mo and chemo/surgery side effects are playing up a lot so I guess that's probably why!

If anyone is looking for an iPhone app I just spotted one going free today (usually £2.49) it's called Easy 5K with Jeff Galloway. I'm downloading it in case it's nicer than my current one! Berstie if you're still looking there might be an Android version and it could be free too.

Iwish
came recomended from the runnign club

Cinnamon that was my gut feeling.
OK, got some spare time tues lunch. see if I can do 15 this time - ie all the way out, and then see what happens comming back. Thank-you.

Hmm - I want to take a small suitcase and about half of it would be my trainers. Suppose I could take them in a separate bag...

Morning,

I did another 5k at the weekend but was a little slower. I've been feeling a bit achy so took it easy. I probably should rest up but I'm really scared that if I ease off at all I will lose momentum and either not be able to get started again or simply give up. I know as I lose weight it will get easier (got about 5-6 stone to lose) so just powering through at the moment. Very impressed with some of the times you guys are hitting.

I did a 3km this morning before work which I can fit in three times a week and if I can't bring myself to leave the house to the freezing/raining/snowing mornings I have the shred on back up.

Ran 5k this morning - not as fast as Wednesday but decided I was going to just run and not check my time at all :) did it in 29 minutes 35 seconds.

Am going away later today (for work) and will be staying with my mum and dad. Can't decide whether to take running stuff with me as have t commute into London while I'm there and will I realistically run at all....

Well I managed a bit of a faster time - 32.19. Would probably have been a bit faster were it not for the fact that it was very muddy and boggy in parts of the park, and I had to walk through a little bit of it to make sure I didn't slip into the river!

So I was pleased overall.

Thanks pirate. My aim is to get it down to 30 minutes. I've not actually run 5k before, the c25k has got me to 4.6k in 30 minutes so it was a good achievement really! I won't be able to go to Parkrun again for another month so that'll give me time to keep at the longer runs and gain a bit more fitness.

I run alone in the dark, but along well lit streets. I don't carry an alarm, and I have both headphones in. I've never really considered that I might be at risk tbh. Food for thought. Where have you ordered your alarm from next?

Did 5.3 km in 35 mins. Am now onto Wk 4 of the 10k training plan!

Iwish - that's a really good time for 5 k!

Just did W7R2. First time in age I've run without the buggy. God, it was hard work! Much harder than the last run. Been trying to figure out what was different but really not sure. Never mind, we struggle ever onwards

Hi ladies,

Any suggestions?
Like BIWI, I've not done much exercise recently (graduated over the summer, kept it up, and then then last 7 weeks have just been one mass of illness and work trips.) Managed to get out today (second time in maybe 2 months?), and with the remains of a cold.
Just stuck on the week 9, knowing full well I might not make it. Ran 10 mins, did lots of walk a bit, run a bit mins 10-20, and then ran most of the last 10 mins very slowly.
So, what should I do? Stick with 30 mins, and try and reduce the walking? Or go back several weeks to the 8-10 min runs, and get back to doing those? Thoughts?

Well done to all of you fitting in running with all the rain, ice and dark nights.

A club runner has suggested I should carry an alarm if I'm solo running at night, so I've ordered one. Anyone else run with an alarm?

Morning all. Haven't posted for a while because I haven't run for a while

My excuse is my new job - no longer working for myself/from home does make it difficult to get the runs in, especially as it's dark in the morning/evening when I can run, and I'm really not keen on running in the park when it's dark.

But today is a beautiful day here, so I'm going to venture out today. And then I'm also going to work out a road route around here that is manageable. The last time I went out I struggled to do my 5K, and my time was 34 minutes, 5 minutes slower than my PB - perhaps not surprising, as I haven't been out regularly - and I have to say I didn't really enjoy it. So I'm considering doing a couple of 20 minute runs each week and then trying to do a 30 minute one at the weekend and see how that works. (I've also gone back to 2 sessions per week with my trainer at the gym, so need to work out how to fit it all in alongside my job!)

Yes, I did it

31.47 which I'm fairly pleased with. It was pouring with rain the whole way through and was only 6 degrees.

Iwearblack. The stepping stone and speed 5+ podcasts are good - quite do-able but a good challenge. I haven't been brave enough to try the stamina one yet, I've been warned not to rush into doing it!

Ran 6.3 km in the rain today, including 6 x 20 sec intervals of fast running, quite proud of self as, although I ran outdoors all last winter, I used to avoid going out in the wet - very nesh! But I did it today and I enjoyed it.

I've also walked 5 km with the DSs (or two of them, anyway) so am quite weary now and looking forward to lighting the wood burner, watching Strictly, and pouring a beer

oops first

Did you do the park run iwish?

Did my fist post-graduation run this morning and found it a slog to do 30 min! I think I need the motivation of a programme to keep going. Bit daunted by the pace of the 5+ interval ones though...
Do people recommend the speed, stamina or stepping stone one first??

I did NPD, and now also enjoying a cheeky kraken with lime.

How long have you been hitting 5k for? Hoping to do my second on Sunday. I'll be running with a friend so hoping that might be make it easier.