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

And yay for the dcs on their bikes! Will have to try that!

Good luck with that one Tomasz! Come back and tell us how it goes.

Unfortch I have been stuffing my face for the last two days due to school placement setbacks with ds2. Need those dolphins to kick in!!!

Aw shucks - thanks knitknacks! Roll on 41 feeling 10 years younger ha ha! Almost 7 year old DD loves going out on her bike already, so this is the kick up the bum we need to take her out on it more.

Hello back at you Tomasz

missBetsy It happens like that sometimes, I'm not sure why. You may well be surprised when you do w2 r3 that you find it loads easier (that's what I'm hoping anyway as I'm doing that run tonight!) Just keep going.

Hello to all the new starters

Hello to all the other dolphin seekers......

I feel dreadful after my w2r2 today! Really odd, it was exactly the same run as the last one but I feel knackered, really physically tired. Why is it this happens I wonder?

Everylittlestep you did it you star!!

You'll love doing it as a family - what's amazed me about all this (apart from actually lasting longer than one day, and running longer than 30 secs) is how much the kids enjoy it. My 13 year old has gone from refusing all offers to leave the house to standing at the front door going 'come on mum, I just need to RUN!' Trust me, you have to know him to know how shocking that is!!!

I'm 41 btw, will be 42 this autumn - if this continues I'll feel better than I did at 31!

:)

Ps well done getting to W2 KnappShappeyShipwright - I'm using the nhs podcast too and appreciated the encouragement it gave

Drum roll.... w1r1 complete! I absolutely loved it, despite looking hideous I've planned a route where not too many people will see me, until I'm no longer a shocking sight for children.

Thank you all for your support - seems the 40 milestone has a lot to be thankful for, though I wish like you ladies, I'd achieved it when I hit 40 in September. Never mind, by 41 I'm determined to get my size 10 jeans back passed my thighs!

Rather than 3 times per week, I'm going to do this every other day. Has anyone else tried this?

Knitknack - my DH & DD (on her bike) want to join me on my weekend session, so it's going to be a family thing for us too

Can I join too? I'm spectacularly unfit, prone to depression and scarily close to being 40. I've decided to do something about it and I've done week 1 of the NHS podcasts with surprising success.

Just off to do W2 R2

Oh yes, I'm staring down the barrel of the big 40 in November; think that's what has finally motivated me to do something about my very lardy arse.

Good luck everylittlestep; we're all behind you.

Good luck everylittlestep - my aim is to do my first parkrun 5k before my fortieth in March so we are a similar age. Keep going :-)

Week 3 run 1 for me today - I can't believe it but it appears that i can do a very slow jog for 3 minutes non stop - would never have believed it if you saw that state I was in after 60 seconds in week 1!

Keep going ladies - we can do it!

Good luck everylittlestep!! Let us know how you get on :)

Well - I've made the first step. I've downloaded c25k app, got my trainers ready and about to go on my first 'run' ever at 11am today! I've been overweight for about 3 years and won't be by the end 2014. I'm not weighing myself (I think I'm about 11 stone, age 40, size 14-16, just under 5 ft ) instead I'll use my clothes and mirror to measure my success. I've been eating healthier so far this January and feel I need to up my effort to be fit once and for all. Wish me luck?...

Ladyflip - I've just finished w1r3 too! Really quite enjoying it, almost to the point of actually wanting to run more than every other day. Would it be bad to do 2 days in a row?

Took the dog today - not sure I'd do that again. He kept wanting to stop and wee on things every 2 minutes - and the rest. Think I'll have to rule out multitasking for the time being.

Caffeinated, that sounds really hard work, so if you are doing that you must be doing really well! Managed w1r3 today, and have downloaded week 2 on to the iPod in anticipation of Thursdays run. Only trouble this morning was that it was very icy, and I nearly went flying. Oh, ando neo f my clients saw me but I'm hoping he didn't associate the pink and sweaty creature lumbering past with the professional that they usually see!

keep battling on caffeinated. Some days I find harder than others. We will get there.

Did week 3 run 2 (doing couch210K now). Up this morning and spent time trying not to slip over whilst running in front of school children. Didn't want to amuse them further!

Ugh, I am really struggling to match/improve the form from my first run. I'm feeling a tiny bit discouraged. But will battle on. My program is the runkeeper 5k, week 1 was 1.5kmike run/walk, 25 mins of interval training, 1.5 mile walk. Week 2 is 45 min brisk walk, 1.5 mile (run/walk) which I did today, run 3 is interval training again. On the 1.5 milers I'm walking way more than I'd like, prob half. My legs just feel so heavy.

You are all inspiring me on though.

Instead of running today I went for a swim. (I have entered the 5k Swimathon so need to get some training in). I normally just plow up and down hardly kicking my legs but today I used them the whole time (45mins) and they felt fine afterwards. Maybe there are some benefits after all!

Except type legibly on an ipad of course...

Celia don't feel despondent about weight loss etc... I reckon we're at the beginning of something really good in and in a few months we'll all look back at these posts and marvel at gown fearful we were of the long runs etc.... By then we'll be able to knock out 4-5 really good long runs (I'm hoping half an hour) each week and our bodies will start to reflect that - strong and leaner!

Plus I'm SURE it's going to have a knock on effect on our moods etc. I was talking to our (gorgeous, glamorous and totally overworked) head of key subject today and she said "you come home knackered and hungry and if by the end of the evening you've run a couple if miles you think 'well, I can do ANYTHING can't i?'"

We can - we can do ANYTHING! We've just got to keep doing this! :D

Done it - dragged dh, kids AND dog out for 2 x 10 mins with a 60 sec walk in between. Still can't do it without music so I have one ear plug in! When it gets hard I just pretend I'm dancing....

We have the dog dilemma too (we're 'dog sitting' for three months). She loves it though!

Please - if you could see me now! Slumped on the sofa! Everyone is doing brilliantly :))

If I do go out tonight, or tomorrow, I think I'll step down to two x 10 mins.... Working FT really gets in the way! It's so much better running in daylight... I loved it yesterday but somehow the pitch black isn't nearly as enticing!

Keep up the good work everyone

Oh, and I've not lost much weight but suddenly my work clothes aren't tight and my tummy doesn't stick out? What's that about? I wonder if low carb helps my tummy stay flatter, and the running is helping my posture?
So stick at it Celia - I will if you do ;D

w1r3 done today!! Was feeling great until I was overtaken twice by someone running a longer route than me and he didn't stop running once. Grrrrr.

Hello again! I did W1R2 yesterday and noticed that I managed to get about 150 yards further in the same time than in run 1 - and am not stiff today!
MissBetseyTrotwood - I'm debating taking my dog out with me tomorrow but he's only 10 months old and utterly daft so am worried he'll keep cutting me up!