c25k week one day one!

I did w6r2 this morning and found the second run really hard too. It’s lid of encouraging to know that lots of you did as well. I kept going but I was really slow. I think I would have preferred to just do the 20 minute run.
R3 on Friday and Michael said only long runs now - eeek!

Oh I am so thankful for this thread. I had an awful r6w2. I did keep jogging but v slowly but felt awful and like my legs were lead.

I found w5r3 much easier!

So glad I'm not the only one. W6r3 is going to be Fri. Fingers crossed

Excited to have discovered this thread, am on wk5 run 1 which I just completed after a week and a half of not running because of cold / family illness. Worried I'd lost momentum but managed it ok. Will need to see how rest of week goes though. Will be good to keep up with you lot!

So the 25 minute run was actually fine. Feel very motivated now and Michael's kind words kept me going.

Good luck everyone doing this one next.

Yep really struggled with W6R2 for me today too. First ten minutes were okay but the second stint I ended up showing to walking after about 4 minutes and then again another 4 minutes after that.

Not sure how I'll get on with W6R3 but I'll give it a go

Yep I found W6R2 difficult, especially on the second run. someone told me there would be a point where it's harder to stop and start than to keep going.

I'm going to do W6R3 in an hour or so

I found wk6 r2 hard today. I think it's the stopping and starting. Once I've been walking it's a real struggle to run again.

I had to go back to Sarah today, stupid app malarkey, and I did not do my turn yesterday ..somehow I just could not face going out after such a lovely day tootling about the beach and the museum. My fitbit was very pleased with me though, all the daundering about put my step count right up.

but today was w6r2, no repeats, I just went for it, and did okay.

also dh spotted a foldyup treadmill on the local selling pages, so now it is mine.....I did five minutes, after the cross trainer... it feels very odd, so I am going to have to practise with that!

I think if I do that for 10 or 15 minutes on the off days I won't overdo it and by the time I am done with the whole 9 weeks, I can start over on the treadmill and become a real runner.

Michael is fabulous. He believes in you and really encourages you. I feel like he’s my actual personal trainer.

I'm switching trainer for the first time for my week 9 run 2 tomorrow to Michael, I feel like I'm being unfaithful to Jo though!

Btw as soon as you all have a few sessions under your belts consider parkrun 🙂 you can volunteer before you run one when you will see that the participants vary between those who speed around in under 18 minutes to those who plod around in 50+ minutes and everyone else in between 😁

It’s lovely and inclusive and friendly and free 😉

I staggered round my 100th with a stonking hangover looking feeling and smelling like death 😂😂😂 my friends ran with me and other parkrunners congratulated me as they passed and then we went for breakfast.

So much better than staying in bed feeling sorry for myself!

Runners are generally very lovely people 🙂 and if you are doing c25k you are a runner 💕

That's fab swampy

Hi everyone! I’m doing c25k with my neighbours just about to head out on wk1 r3 😁

I actually did it a few years ago and on Saturday I completed my 100th parkrun and in a couple of weeks I am doing my second half marathon!

I love encouraging people to run 🙂

@timetomoveon that's such a nice idea, he will be so proud! You should do a race for life if you have a local one. People literally walk the whole thing v v slowly. Some people run fast. And then everything in between. They stagger where you go so you can choose if you want to be with runners/joggers/walkers. And of course you can start walking then decide you want to jog/start jogging and slow down to a walk. It's more for fun.

Same as the stroke charity one, it says it's a fun run too.

I’m very impressed that you’ve signed up for an actual race though @cold - I’m too nervous to do that yet.

@coldandfrosty it’s just a goal date. I want to go out with my son that morning for a run. He doesn’t know I’ve started running - he’s 11 and loves running and I want to surprise him by running 5k with him :)

@timetomoveon that sounds fab running 5k on birthday, is that a goal date to do it or is it an event? Reading your post made me look for local events to me.

I've just signed up for a 5k in March and Race for life in May! Someone come and remove my phone from me before I sign up for anything else...!

Well done on the weight loss @dementedma and super well done @vgj13

I did w6r1 this morning. Really pleased with myself as I’m away for work this week so I researched a route I could take and did it. Felt really good especially compared to the w5 long run and I even went a little faster in the last 5 mins run. No idea how far I’m going though. I think my walk is definitely as fast as my run though. My aim once I’ve finished the c25k and can run for 30 mins is then to be able to run a 5k by my birthday which is the middle of April.

You can do it @dementedma I didn't really believe I could bit I did, one foot in front of the other for 20 minutes!

did W5R1 again to make sure i really could do it and will tackle R2 on Wednesday. No idea of distance as I walk faster than i "run" so probably not much. I will be happy if I can get up to running 5K wihtout stopping, don't care if it takes me an hour!
And, since starting this in january (and cutting down on booze and eating crap) I have lost half a stone!!

that's fab vjg ...i have to wait till tomorrow evening to do mine, we're out on a early start

dh is interrupting my life! But I do get lunch out so I forgive him!

Well done @vjg13

Did W9 R1 today and inadvertently ran for 33 minutes because I paused it by mistake and then didn't want to 'cheat'! So two more runs to go but I have decided to repeat this last week 3 times to consolidate.

Me too! I really like her, she's genuinely pleased that we're doing it!

Well done Fiddie!
I also did wk5R3 this morning. Despite dreading it for days (and having nightmares about it last night!) it went ok.
I really feel like Jo is may bff now!