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

well done iwearblack
went for a run and did fast run then walk fast run walk for half hour. got really out of breath and was more interesting and hopefully will speed me up.

I ran 22mins this morning without stopping! W6R3 so two-thirds of the way there. Can't actually believe I did it

I haven't really lost weight but I'm bfing so not dieting. Also eating far too much crap I blame the baby! But I do feel the better for it

cinnamon I was nosing around a park run thread I think and saw that your half marathon is where my mum and dad live. And I'm going to be down there next week (although I go home on the 16th). Hope it goes well :)

Went out running and did my fastest 5k in ages (probably about this time last year). Was just under 29 minutes . Need to go faster now of course....

I was planning to run to work yesterday morning but the pavements were really wet with rain and slippery with fresh leaf-fall so I thought it might be safer not to. So instead I walked to work briskly - 7.5 km in 1hr 2 mins.

Did Pilates today which I really needed as my back was very stiff. Might make myself go for a short run before work tomorrow morning.

I've just done the 5+ stepping stone run. It's a 30 minute run starting at 150 strides per Minute, then up to 155 and ending at 160 for the last 5 minutes.

I only went 4.4kms. The 150 felt a bit slow and the 160 a bit fast so I guess that my comfortable pace is 155 at the moment. I'm wondering if I can find 30 ish minutes worth of music with this beat for my first Parkrun on Saturday.

Cinnamon - you might be right. We have private me insurance a might see if I can see an ortho. Will try physio first.

I ran today. Attempted W8. But hadn't downloaded podcast so it died. Decided to just ring and use stopwatch. That died too. So I ran the distance (roughly) that I was doing on w7 runs. Knees sore tonight. At this stage I just want to finish the 9 weeks so will carry on I think.

Oooh... that was painful! Having had a few weeks off with a pulled muscle and tried a tentative short run (OK, slow jog) last week, I actually went out for a full 30 minutes tonight. I don't seem to have fallen apart yet (might feel different in the morning though) but am quite depressed by only managing 4K in 30 minutes I had managed to get sub-30 minutes 5K before I was injured... 29 min 50-something, admittedly, but still under 30 minutes. How long will it take me to recover my, ahem, speed?

Well done

Well I did it! 5 k in 37 minutes so I guess that makes me a plodder too but so chuffed to have graduated!
I think I will do w1r1 next just to feel how much I have progressed....

yes same course, finished couch to 5k and did a parkrun straight away in 31 mins, have since run 3 miles runs twice a week for 2 months and now it took me over 33 mins.
I am finding it harder, cant get going, I don't know how to pace myself, im scared if I set off faster I will end up walking so I go reasonably slow and obviously must be staying slow.
thinking about just going out and running quite fast till I need to walk so I get used to running instead of joggin/plodding.

That and the fact that I run like an old lady cinnamon!!

Yeah I just need to enjoy feeling fitter and not obsess about the weight! Was your second park run along the same course muddyprints?

well my 2nd parkrun was 2 mins slower than my first and I felt like I was trying, oh dear

W8R3 - still pretty slow - 3.5km in 28 minutes, but I think if I run any faster I wouldn't make it to the end of the run.
Iwearblack I've not lost much weight, about 2kg. I've also been doing a boot camp twice a week and hugely cut down on chocolate/general crap so a bit . I've' lost 8cm round my waist though and I feel much stronger and fitter. I was just over normal BMI, but I'm quite small-boned so could do with losing about 6kg.

Did day 1, Week 5 this morning before work. Seemed fairly easy after doing the longer run/walk at the weekend so hopefully my stamina is now building. Still enjoying it and haven't died which both come as a big surprise to me.

Went running with my bf this morning - was cold and crisp and v sunny. He can go quicker than me I think . Did 3.05k in 17 min 17 seconds (he did say that was a new best for him though so maybe we spurred each other on).

Hi all, been away for a few days but have fitted in some runs. I've done a couple of 7k runs and a a couple that have been between 6 and 7 k. Feeling quite pleased with how my stamina is coming on, less pleased with creaky right hip/lower back

Hi all, I've not C210k'd for a while. I have been running but my PT has given me a new training programme and so I've been doing that instead. It's still interval training but includes other equipment too, not just treadmill, so I can't devote my session only to running (it only makes up 15min of my cardio section now). It's a bit of a shame, I miss it a bit but I'm enjoying the variety and pushing myself more with the other work.
I might try to do one or two sessions of just treadmill a week though, tie in a bit of my 10k plan again as running is my favourite.

ouch @ your knee niggles buda. It is v hard on the knees. Treadmill running is kinder on the knees but not by much. Maybe easing off and trying something else for a bit would be sensible, running on an injury is not good ! Go easy on the elliptical too though as you're still weight bearing. Rowing is a good alternative as your knees aren't weight bearing and it works lots of muscles (more than running).