C25K newbies support thread

Kestrel Hmm, did you get your gait looked at when you got your shoes ? Are they new shoes? How is your running form ? What surface do you run on?

Hi,

advice needed. So for w1, i ran monday, weds, friday. Since yesterday, my left ankle has been aching. I don't know why ....no particular incident.

So currently I am scheduled to do w2r1 tomorrow after work. Should i postpone? it is not painful.... just a definite slight ache. I don't want to lose any fitness I have gained..... but neither do I want an injury already !

I find it much easier to run on a week day. so I could run tuesday, thursday, friday? or risk being able to run on saturday.

any advice?

I used www.walkjogrun.net/running-routes/UK/
And set up but not saved my route to see how far I went.

One thing about park run is it's 5k but there is no set time so speed does not count in finishing PR.
I did go on the MN PR thread and Im sure I saw people talking about times much greater than 30mins.
So I think you should be proud of how well you are doing and don't stress about your speed.

Xmas It will come.

That's how I'm seeing it, Crotchet. I'm doing a mile in just over 10 mins at the moment so I think once I can do 30 mins nonstop, then I'll focus on speeding up.

Parkrun.... pffftttt! It was watching everyone except the tail runner vanishing into the distance on my first Parkrun that shocked me into starting C25K!

I don't think I'll make a 30min 5K. My pace is slooooow!! Have map my run running in the back ground. Need to now try and pick up some pace.

I failed week 7 day 1 this morning. Calves were having none of it. Think my 7 days off then successful 25 min run (w6d3) was too much, gunna try again tomorrow.

I've just used the map my run create-route feature online to check the part of the route that I know exactly how long it takes me to run - a particular loop of the park is 6 min and I'm always running on that one loop, no walking. I can never tell really over the whole outing how fast I'm running, because it includes the warm up/cool down, and all the walk breaks in between. But calculating with this loop, I worked out that I'm at 7.8 min per km. So even when i get to 30 minutes of running, it's not going to be 5k! It would take closer to 39 minutes to run that far. And maybe a bit longer, as I don't know if I'd keep the same pace the whole time since I'd get more tired over the longer distance.

That shocked me a bit. I was thinking that once I got to 30min, it'd be fairly close to 5K, maybe need to speed up a little bit, but mostly there. I know people who do park run all the time with no training, and seem to find it simple! It's already going to be into the spring by the time I get to 30min at my very slow rate of increase. I think I'll have to just leave 30min as my goal, and not 5k! Maybe I will gradually speed up once I get there.

Looks like a great honeymoon, Miranda!

I've heard of the Halo stuff, haven't seen it in any of my local (small) supermarkets but maybe I need to look in one of the big ones. Even on 60, the smell seems to be persisting in the t-shirts otherwise.

Kestrel congrats on finishing your 1st week 🎉
Maybe a tinker with the app and music on your rest day? I use the 'get running' iOS app , I like that the female voice sounds like Holly from red dwarf

I use halo sports wash at 30 to stop the wiff. Seems to be working so far.
My fav places for running kit other than bras are
www.decathlon.co.uk
Shop and web, their cheap tops are excellent, not so keen on the bottoms but maybe it's my shape, large variety of sizes. Their non running kit is excellent as well.
TKmax is good just depends what they have in.
Nike seems to fit me so my bottoms come from their outlet stores.
I have often used www.sportpursuit.com for very good quality kit at decent price (can also have better sizes than high street) but I haven't used them for running kit as such.

Did rather less running on honeymoon than intended but did walk a lot. Here's a picture of us having just run round the Cebtrsl Park reservoir (only 2.5k but felt like more!)

I wore a hoody yesterday morning and a bra. No top. Was ok but usually get too hot so only wear vest/tee even in rain/cold.

Sports direct needs to be hit

I've just switched from shorts to leggings but I normally just go to Sports Direct for them.

I have just got a Karrimor winter running jacket but it hasn't been cold enough for it yet.

As for flat, my running track of choice is almost as flat as it gets!

I've just got a couple of t-shirts from Sports Direct, think they're Nike dri-fit, but a sort of mesh kind that feel more comfortable than the slightly shiny ones that are also called dri-fit! And whatever cheap running jackets they had. And cheap baseball cap, though not worn it yet. The leggings were super-expensive to make up for the cheap t-shirts/jackets!! Cost a fortune, but I've got back pain and so on, and hoped that these would help. I think that they do, but they're probably for thinner people really, as I find they roll down (they're made of tight, supportive elastic, which is good, until you sit down and the waist rolls over several times, even with the largest size!). I'm sure on someone with a flatter stomach already, they'd be OK. It's also quite embarrassing as they are close-fitting, like tights. I used to wear yoga pants, which were loose and flappy - probably not as good for running, but felt more covered up. I worry that tight clothes give more ammunition for those wanting to call things out. One of the jackets is good and covers my bottom and stays below; the other covers it when I'm standing still but as I run, it rides up to my waist at the back and I have to keep trying to pull it down. I guess a bigger size would have been better - there was one bigger available - but the sleeves were way too long and it felt too big overall. I hadn't realised that being closer fitting around the hips would cause such riding up though. Still, not going to buy anything else for now - maybe when I reach my 30 min goal...

oh and proper shoes, Asics, with orthotics.

I could do with some new gear. Any recommendations?

Currently running in cropped leggings or OH shorts, vest or massive tshirt and sports bra (I have 2 and rotate after each use)

oh and leggings/tights, which I only have one pair of and wash separately after about four wearings, because they have to be washed on a lower temperature and not tumble dried (they are special support ones that are supposed to be good for helping with back pain, etc, so can't be washed with the rest). But they don't seem to need it the way the rest of the clothes do.

oh that does sound nice, and some good places to get a run in! Where I live is utterly, utterly, flat. Which makes it easier for this, it's true, but will be difficult if I do ever want to run somewhere with hills! :)

Wine and ready-meal curry now, might be undoing any good I did with the run. My shins always feel better when i stop, although sore to the touch, so I don't know if I'm doing damage by carrying on when they're like that or not. Physio hasn't been a lot of help really; she would rather I don't run, but it's the only exercise that I am likely to stick to, so I do want to get up to the 30 minutes one day.

I have two complete sets of clothing, sports bra, t-shirt, jacket, socks, and aim to wear them twice each and wash them all at the end of the week. I have a feeling it's not enough though, or maybe the smell is getting permanent. I could wear them only once each, but that would be a lot of washing of very small loads, and/or buy some more and/or find some better washing powder! I use the Vanish gold stain remover, normal Persil detergent, and a 60 degree wash, which I thought would kill whatever bacteria there was, but I guess I need more.

You got out there & did it though, Crotchet!

I went for a long walk today instead - Hampstead Heath, Primrose Hill & Regents Park. Lovely wander & some beautiful views.

I remembered that there was a race in the park where I usually go tomorrow morning, which was when I'd planned my next run, so I went this evening instead, just as it was getting dark. It was also starting to rain, so the combination made it a little bit slippery, and I wouldn't have wanted it to be any darker or wetter. I could just about manage. Feeling more able to do the distances, but getting more pain in my shins, even though I stretch my calves before hand. At least I have two days break I guess before the next one, which might help.

and my distance app quit half way, so I didn't get to see whether I'd got further or faster than before. I'm only adding on 30 seconds so probably not much further, and the bit that it did record showed it was a bit slower than usual, so maybe it's good that I can't see the full result!

Got some headphones now so when I do W6R2 on Monday I'll see what a difference the music makes!

Don't think I could keep running without music!!

w1r3 complete.

didn't quite sort the music..... my phone played the music louder than the prompts from the app, so didn't quite work how i wanted it too. couldn't hear the prompts.