New year C25K. Anyone care to join me?

Anyone still here? I did a Race for Life this morning and it was great! I managed it in 38 minutes which was my PB so far. All my running to date has been with that as my goal, so now I'm going to keep going, go to regular parkruns and try and get to under 30 minutes.

W3r1 for me today, had to go early eve but prefer to go in the morning if I can. It was a bit fresh & breezy but on the plus side, this was my view

Weird isn't it. You'd think running in the rain would just be miserable, and being able to run along the river in lovely sunshine would be great. Nope. I'm never going to moan about having to run in the rain again. I'd prefer to run first thing in the morning but I have to leave the house for work at 7:30 so running would involve being out by 5:45/6am at the latest, and I'm just not a morning person.

Well done for doing a park run I did my first one a couple of weeks ago. I came about 7th from the back but it was fun! I'll do it again this Saturday I think. At ours they do a junior park run on a Sunday, it's 2k. My 5yo has been wanting to give it a go so we took her along to it. She had to be cajoled around the second lap but she did it! We'll see if she wants to do it again...

WeeWilly, I found the exact same recently in similar weather conditions to you!

I did my first Parkrun at the weekend while staying away with family, the first time I've managed 5k. I loved running among other people in a pretty setting, and having people to help set a pace for me, I just wish there was one closer to home!

Anyone else have a good run followed by a bad one? My run on Thursday was brilliant, I enjoyed it so much and felt like I could run forever. Today... not so much. My legs were heavy and it was just a slog from start to finish. It was warm this afternoon though, and on Thursday it was raining. Maybe I'll blame the weather...

Week 7 day 1 though 👍🏼

Ah, I found you all again. Welcome to the newbies, and the not so newbies. That beach looks lovely Vittys as does Weewillie's river. Running somewhere beautiful definitely helps.

Well I did week 8 and can (just about) run 5k (which was the plan...and I managed to achieve this before Whitsun). I quite like the idea of beach running (and I won't collapse in a heap after 100m these days).

I am still shocked that the plan worked (even if I did have to repeat a couple of runs and put my feet up for a few extra days from time to time).

That's gorgeous! Yes, I run on the sand. I run on the wet sand so it's pretty firm, I guess it is a bit harder going but it's too good to resist as it's quieter and prettier than running along the prom!

Sorry, meant to add this picture too, this is my view when I go down to the river...

Oh that's beautiful. Are you actually running on the sand? Is it more hard going?

Well done. Just finished W2r3. I get to run here

Just done w6d3. My best run yet, I really enjoyed it even though it was chucking it down with rain! I managed to run for just over 30 minutes.

Ooh you get to run by a beach? Lovely! I live quite rurally and near a river/canal network so I'll always do running down there if I can! I just wiggled around the houses today though.

Good work! I did r1w2 today. Was going to go first thing but it was pouring down so went to the gym in my lunch break. Not as nice as running on the beach but fitted really well with my day. Also meant I didn't have to miss a day. Determined to keep to a routine and get to 5k

Week 6 run 2 done today. I struggled with this one, my legs just didn't seem to want to keep going.

I always thought my lungs would be the issue as I'm asthmatic and exercise has always been one of my triggers. Turns out I can run perfectly fine now without getting wheezy, it's just my calf muscles that don't want to do it! Stupid legs...

Well done! I haven't got a park run close to me, nearest is a 15 min drive & I haven't passed my test yet (not too much longer though I hope).

I went out and did my first parkrun this morning :) I was hoping for around 40 minutes and I managed 41:09 according to my Strava. Will see what my 'official' parkrun time is in a bit when they post the results! The course is two laps of a local park, I think I was lapped twice by the super fast runners who can do it in like 17 minutes! 😂

Thank you, it's going well so far

Well done Vitty! Welcome to the group 😊

I have started this week. Completed D3W1 this morning!

I didn't realise you could see parkrun results online. Just looked at my nearest one that I keep meaning to do. How on earth do people do it in 15 minutes?! They must fly round!

Thanks @WeeWillyWinkieFromEccles and @CaptainBraandPants. I haven't done a parkrun, I checked the times for my local one and I'd be last (well there was one person slower last weekend) and I hate the idea of being the last one. I know someone has to be last but I haven't quite felt brave enough yet.

Well done @Pinkvici22 sounds like you're doing fab!

Amazing Bazinga well done! Have you done any parkruns?

My target once I've completed the program is to get my time to around 30/35 minutes then I'd love to build up to 10k.

Hi all. @CaptainBraandPants I hope you're not too sore after your falls?

So...... I finished the 9 weeks! Genuinely couldn't have done it without you all, thank you for being my inspiration and getting me off my huge butt! Ran without podcast today and set my Apple Watch for 5km, took me 55mins so I'm still slow and did take a couple of walking breaks but I'm so glad I did it!

What to do now though? I feel a little lost without Laura lol!