Starting out on c25k - New Year, new start [title meddled with by MNHQ]

After 3 weeks off and with my 3k run fast approaching, I needed to get my act together so I did W2R3 on Thursday and W3R1 tonight. Surprisingly feeling OK despite the time off!

No not yet, will be looking into it soon though.
Haven't done run 2 yet, have come down with a horrible cold and can barely walk nevermind run :-(

Well done Terra

Have you been fitted with the correct running trainers? My shins were v sore until I had a gait analysis and started wearing the right shoes.

Inspired by this thread, I did week 1 run 1 yesterday......I thought I was going to throw up :( and shins were just agony.
But I'm going out again tomorrow :)

W1D2 completed as an early run today... The C25K app almost doesn't seem enough though, the walks are a bit too long and the runs a bit too short.

Should I just jump to week 2 or is it worth going through the slow bit first?

W3R2 here today. I too was overtaken by someone who was positively bounding along. Hey ho.

If I could just lose 3.5 stone it would be so much easier...

I did w6 r1 today. The same sprightly woman overtook me and I thought to myself "I wonder if I'll ever run in that light and springy sort of way, rather than sluggishly thundering along"...anyway, by the end if the run I felt ever so slightly "springy" dare I say

While not whole

Can I join you?

Just starting C25K after no running for a long whole and 4 children!

Aiming for 5k at end of June, 10k in September and half marathon in February.

I could do with being shamed into keeping it up!

I went out alone to undertake W3R1 tonight - AND I DID IT!!!!!!

If the dolphins everyone mentions result in a very broad grin and high five-ing yourself, then I got them

It wasn't half as bad as I thought it was going to be - and I think only having 2 repeats of the set to do made it seem really achievable.

The downside however was that I was overtaken by a woman twice my age going at double my speed but Laura says not to go too fast

I just did w5r3 - the 20 mins!! I really can't believe I did it

Thanks dizzyday, I shall give that one a go

I am using the NHS C25K Podcasts on my ipod

Ladies, I am looking for the best c25k and c210k app for iPhone, can anyone help pls?

Can I join in, a bit late in the day?!

Started at the beginning of last week after doing no proper running for around 13 years. I'm quite enjoying following a programme rather than just setting off, finding it too difficult to keep going then giving up.

Can I ask which app everyone is using? The one I have doesn't seem to match any of the stats here, and it keeps crashing...

So glad you have found the dolphins Funch! Can't say I have found them yet, but I live in hope. Dreaming about a half is a good motivator, but not sure that I would be able to devote enough time to it but as you say good to dream. I'm toying with the race for life 10k at the end of June - might give it a go!
Lou - probably too late, I would probably start week 5 again, just to ease into it, but hope all went well whatever you did :-)

Can I ask for some advice- ingot up to w5r2. (2x8mins) and then have missed a week due to knee/ankle
pain. I'm better now so want to start again tomorrow- im wondering if I should repeat w5r2 or even go back to w5r1 (3x5mins)? What do you think?

Well done dizzy!

Hotdog, your plan sounds very sensible. I have finished my second week of 5k to 10k which meant run 15 walk 1 x 3. I ran about 4.2 miles in total. The first run in this week I found hard but on the second one about half way through the dolphins finally showed up! And again today...felt like I could go on forever!

I have downloaded a half marathon training app and weirdly it asks you to run less far on two days a week but has one much longer run a week once you get to about 4 weeks in (5 miles or so) plus cross training ie other forms of exercise like swimming or cycling on 1-2 days, so it is a bigger commitment overall. Not sure whether I will go for the half but it is nice to dream about how thin fit I would be!

DD and I re-ran W2R3 tonight mainly as we are both taking part in the Sport Relief Swimathon this weekend and wanted to stick with something we have done before and we will make the move up to 3 minutes of running next week!

Thanks for that info - have decided to just keep running 5 k 3 times a week for the next month and then do another park run. After that I will look at stepping up to the 10k program.
I am still finding 5k to be quite challenging and think I could do with a bit of consolidation before upping the distance any more, and not sure I can face running any further in this wind that has blowing here for the last week. Hopefully after a month of running 5k to my own music, I will feel refreshed and a bit fitter and more able to cope with upping the mileage. That's the plan anyway :-)
Do keep posting though, as I would really like to see how you get on, and give me some motivation to move up to 10k next month :-)

Hotdog I had to go for the 10k as I just cannot seem to run faster! Maybe I should listen to music instead of audiobooks, but that is the main reason I have run so often, to find out what happens next in the book! I also love the variety of different run/walk lengths each week, and being told exactly what to do!

I am doing the Zen Labs10k for Pink app but I preferred GetRunning. I even emailed to beg them to do a10k one!

Well done everyone - good that we are keeping it up.
Funch - Glad to hear your park run went well - I did my first one this morning and managed to run all the way so something to improve upon. What is the 10k program you are following? I'm not sure whether to go for 10k or try and improve my 5k time first and then move up distance. I definitely need to get another target though to keep up with the 3 weekly runs!

W5r2 today, managed it, my body continues to surprise me every week!!

But i do have a sore ankle, and still don't have proper shoes yet- that'll teach me

I did it! Completed park run5k last Saturday in 35:00 exactly! I have moved onto a 10k app now - doing 4x10 min runs with 1min walks between this week