New year C25K. Anyone care to join me?

A celebratory or for Bazing.

To get my butt moving I'm challenging myself to do 3 runs before Easter (or my family don't have to share their chocolate eggs with me)!

So I managed it. Last run with walking breaks! Am scared for the next few weeks now, keep having to remind myself that 7weeks ago I struggled running 60secs! Avg pace this time was 10'56"/km so still slow but have decided to try and not let it bug me so much.

Well done @Mallowmarshmallow , @Madcats , @Iwannasnack , @BWatchWatcher and @Esssa !! You're all doing fab, my inspiration.

@Tsotofamily I hope you're resting up and can come back soon xx

Keep going Trouble, I'm also overweight and as unfit as they come, genuinely couldn't do week one to start with and had to do it twice but am now on week 6 and feeling much better when I look back. You can do it!

I really need to get W6R2 done but the sofa won't let me go!

Well done trouble. I was a really unfit person on week 1 not long ago. Now a slightly fitter one about to start on week 7. I can't believe I can run for over 25 minutes and wouldn't have believed you if you told me a few weeks ago what I'd be doing now.

So I'm a newbie, week 1, run 3 done. I hadn't ran since I was at school and I'm
mid 40's. I cannot believe I'm doing it and feel very proud. I'm overweight and losing weight too. Any other really unfit people out there on week 1?

Well done you wk6/7''ers above (I STILL need to do wk6r3 - I am sat here drinking wine and eating Pringles ).

@Iwanna I'm quite slow too (DD did her first junior 2k park run in 9mins whereas I think I would probably need to take about 12-15 mins). I take comfort in the fact that I laughed hysterically at the thought of being able to jog/run for more than about 2 minutes when I started this app; look how we have progressed).

Baby steps...baby steps...but getting a bit faster and fitter (except during school hols, in my case!).

W6R3 done here. Borrowed DH's garmin watch thing which says I'm averaging 12-13 mins a mile. So 5k would currently take 36-39 mins. Don't know why I'm feeling rubbish for being so slow, I couldn't run for more than 90 seconds a few weeks ago. Well done us!!

25 minutes and no stopping, you are a machine bwatch! Congrats

W7R2 done! Yheyyy

Tsoto that sounds rubbish for you. Hopefully you can rest it and be back running in no time.

Bwatch I know how you feel with the knees. Strangely enough they are the two joints that usually give me no problems but I'm slathering arnica gel on then on a fairly regular basis due to aches and pains, generally first thing as I try to sit on the loo! Definitely hurts then! Also hope you keep up with your son! It's not far but it's usually fast!

Out for a run last night, 6 mins run 2 mins walk. Was supposed to be 4 times but I decided to keep going and 5.5 times got me to 5k. My pace was off, almost 1 minute/km slower than my last run but I finished in 43'27" which I don't think was too shabby for a first attempt. As ever well done for getting out there. It's the effort that counts, everyone is a super

Awww @Tsotofamily. I'm so sorry.
Keep off your ankle and hopefully it won't be too long until you're back! to you.

Tried to attempt w8r1 last night but only managed 14 mins my ankle was hurting again so think I'm going to have to take a longer break from running. I may have to stay clear from the thread for few weeks otherwise I'll be itching to go out

Keep up with all the hard work

Week7R1 done and my knees are making weird noises :( I didn't have time to do Yoga so am all crumpled. Gahhh

I know how you feel @Essa!
I'm going to bring my son to junior park run and run along to keep him company :) You've done brilliantly though. Just keep running.

I did W6R3 and accidentally ran to the next city. Oops. Then had to run/walk home.

Didn't realise you could see everyone's times. Local times this morning between 18.24 and 54.59 so lots of space for slow ones. Average time for that run is 29.18 which makes me feel marginally better about it. Supposed to be aiming for the one on 22nd April but no pressure if you aren't ready since they are every week.

Can I do the junior one instead please. I'd definitely be last, kids are super speedy, but I can cover that distance well enough!

@essa those times are for the crazy young runner folks. I'm not ready to try my local parkrun but the times this morning varied from just over 17 mins from the Uni running club to 45mins from a newbie. I suspect some of the slower ones were running with their children (as some have PB's a good 15 minutes faster). 1/3 of the runners (so about 100) needed to run for more than 30 minutes.

DD is doing her first junior parkrun (2k) tomorrow and I will make a point of wearing unsuitable shoes.

@esssa even

@essa you can have a look at your local park run's website and everyone's results are listed there. 39 sounds pretty good to me.

Argh essay length! Sorry!

Just back from a run. I've kind of abandoned c25k at the moment in favour of run group homework. 6 min run, 2 min walk x4. Debated finding the app run that was closest and doing that instead. Think it'd be somewhere around w5-6.

Haven't downloaded strava yet, fitbit GPS is cooperating so stuck with it for now. Did download runtastic timer and interval so it would tell me when my 6 and 2 minutes were up. It works but only if your screen stays on which is a pain in the bum and eats battery. It may be deleted shortly!

Parkrun still seems daunting at the moment. Even tho I've just done 4k it's that last bit that makes me think I'd be last. If I add the extra km to today's run average pace it would take me 39'03" to do 5k, though with it being the last km I'm sure I'd be a bit slower than that. How long is normal for regular parkrunners? I know getting round is more important than time and we are doing far better than couch potatoes even if it takes 2 hours! It's the mention on running forums of sub 20 minute times that make me feel totally useless

Good to see everyone is still getting out.
Well done on the park run Iwannasnack.

I've not been out this week trying to rest my ankle which is still abit sore but I'm itching to get out hopefully tomorrow I'll manage one

Parkrun done! It was dry so I had no excuse. My official time is 35 mins but I took a bit of a wrong turn at the end so think it should be about 42-43 mins. There was only 3 people after me so I can judge it on that. Tough but I managed it with only 3 mins walking in the middle which I'm pleased with. Would like to do it again but but worried that if those 3 people don't come next time I'll be last! Oh well, I'm beating the people still in bed.

Hmm pouring rain forecast here for the morning so I may chicken out of parkrun this week and try and get out for W6R2 at some point over the weekend. The last run with any walking breaks which is a bit daunting.
I've signed up for race for life in the summer so have to keep going now.
@bazingababy I know what you mean about the slow pace. Got dh to work out how far I'd run on the 20min run and it was 1.6 miles. Pretty sure I normally walk faster than that! We'll get there though.

Mallow I've just done wk6r2 today (I feel chuffed too). Had I not had a trip to the supermarket at the end of today's run in mind I think I might have called it a day after that first run.

For me it seems to be a self-confidence thing, rather than not being physically able to get through it. Laura slipped into the conversation that, from now on, it would be a continuous run after warm up and that has freaked me out a bit.

Rather than repeating days, I find that I add an extra day or 2 rest.

So, I OUGHT to be doing run 3 on Sunday but I am sorely tempted to wait until we're back from a short break on Tuesday.

@Lego I hope you get a chance to get some proper rest this weekend so you can put your running shoes back on.

Hello all,

I'm wondering if anyone else is around week 6?

I'm incredibly proud of myself for getting this far but ten minute runs are proving really tricky. I'm just about managing them but have repeated the first couple of days twice now and am fairly sure I could manage the 15 minutes I'm supposed to do on day three.

Sorry that I haven't read all the posts on here as there are so many to catch up on!