Couch to 5k...it's not about speed (thread no 2)

Great news Iggi, well done .

Wow, thanks for the encouragement! Well, I did it - in the rain - and can honestly say it was easier than the 20 min one. When I ran for one minute in week 1 I thought I was going to die.

Iggi - you can do it! Just go really slowly if you have to - as long as you're moving, it counts...!

Hey Iggi999, I agree. Just think how awesome you'll feel when you've done it.

W7R1 done. I covered 4.8 km according to Map my Run but I'm not sure whether it is all that accurate.

We're going to need a new thread soon.

I have a craving for cool new running gear. The stuff I ordered has turned up and it is awesome but now I really fancy getting one of these running jackets for autumn / winter.

Go for it Iggi, just keep taking one step after another. And if you're struggling, just slow right down, but keep going.

Then come back and tell us all about how you did it .

Hello. Posting for the moral support as about to do the third run of week 6 and I don't think I'll make it

ooh Spooky you are good! I'm thinking wine's in order tonight after coming back to work and going to the gym last night .

Dp meanwhile, although she's at week 6, as opposed to me having finished the programme, still manages to cover more distance than me . We're doing our first park run together on September 20th and I've told her to bugger off and run at her own pace, because I'll be waaaay too slow for her!

Well done wasting. I almost feel W5r1 feels too easy compared to week 4. Dunno if I'll grt out tomorrow as we have a family day out. We'll see though.

Hi everyone .

I just did W5R1, it was fine - I preferred it to the W4 runs (too stoppy-starty ). The next run is 2x 8mins though, which is a little daunting.

Cru I definitely think this is a more realistic way to lose weight - I'm trying to only weigh myself once a month but had got to about a stone lost at the end of July, taking about 2 months to lose that. I don't think I've lost much more, if any, in August - too many holidays...! But it's the running that's doing it as I now no longer want to eat as much - I know how hard it is to burn off!

Just back from the gym - did 5K in a whole minute less than last time!

W7r2 done ! I used the tip from a PP to have someone talk shit to them and it worked for me !
Signed up for a 5k in September now too - can't believe this is me !

Also so my post above.

I've lost 10kg (about a stone and half) since end of april.

if my diet has changed at all it has been for the worse. I have a new dp sonce running and he likes his bacon and fry ups.

excercise definitely works.

Thanks all. Yes, I think this is probably a better (and more realistic) way of getting there than going on a bunch of diets. I'm going skiing next February and am really hoping that I'll be able to get back into some of my pre kids ski gear.

CruCru
Your Mum's opinion disagrees with my experience.
I've not changed my eating habbits. I've been running 2-3 times a week for just over a year - usually only 5 km, but occasionally stretching that to 8km. I'm 8kg lighter, and smaller than I was last time I was this weight (ie last time I weight 76kg, there was no way my 12's would fit, now I'm in the largest of the 12 trousers, and buying some 12 tops).
Yes, its been very, very slow weigh loss. The cambridge diet girls at work have lost loads more in a much shorter time (and put most back on...), but for me, this is sustainable. Dieting isn't - I'm a miserable sod without cake, biscuits and chocolate!

Edwinias I'm starting to get back into old clothes now too! Not all of them mind - I have a vast array of clothes sizes in my wardrobe .

Cru and Chameleon you're nearly there...! Very exciting when you get into week 7/8 territory - probably my favourite weeks because I could see the end in sight!

Am off to the gym tonight to attempt to beat my treadmill 5k time...

Should also say, I've done W7R2 tonight. I proved that if I'm holding a conversation, I don't get as bad with my breathing. When it started to go, I gasped to my friend "Talk shit to me!" She did, and the distraction totally worked. Didn't check my phone at all until 1.5 mins to go, either. I'm thinking if you've done something four times, it's not classed as a fluke, so I guess we really can run for 25 minutes at a time.

Yay! Well done Cru and Edwinias. Cru - not really one for the encouragement, your mum?

I'm just happy to be able to get in the clothes I was wearing last summer without having to buy new. I'm hoping that as I continue to run and lose more weight I will need clothes that are smaller still. I would love to be in size 16 jeans for winter. It is definitely doable. I am just over 14stone now. And am in size 18 jeans which are definitely getting baggier. Last christmas I was size 20.

Feel buzzing tonight.

Hey EdwiniasRevenge , well done! Are you planning to buy some lovely new clothes?

I feel awesome. I told my mum and she said "Well if you like that sort of thing dear. I'm not convinced that exercise does that much for weight loss".

Humph.

cru big pat on the back for you, how did it feel?

edwinias well done as well and in your weight loss

I am slight panicky about week three as it seems a bug jump up to three minutes!!

W4R3 Done.

fairly comfortable. Bring on week 5 :-)

I also weighed myself today. I've list 10kg in about 4 months. Thats 10% of my body weight.

woop

W6R3 done! I can run nonstop for 25 minutes. Not very fast, I covered 4.43 km including warm up, cool down and a bit of walking back to the house.

I think running 5k is brilliant, you have had a week off so take some time to get back into it and hopefully it will get quicker.

Just done W2R2 I slowed it down a smidgen and Laura didn't randomly add 15secs to one if the runs!! Felt better the only issue us that the warm down now is starting to take place on quite a long hill

As it gets colder, you will get faster.