c25k week one day one!

Thanks ColdandFrosty, it was the first run that I have really wanted to give up on, onward and upward and must keep faith in the programme!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00027ns

That's the link to the prog about running injuries. Not much mention of knee pain as I had hoped but might help someone else?

@vjg13 wow that's amazing well done. I can't imagine getting that far!

I did w4r2 today. Repeating a week 3 yest was right thing to do as knee managed that ok. Been doing my clams @DonDrapersOldFashioned

Week 8 run 1 done. 28 minutes of running and I felt every one! Definitely my hardest session to date but at least I did it. Was sort of dreading it beforehand so that didn't help.

I did week 3 today, am meant to be w4r2 but repeated a week 3 to go easier on my knee. It's a bit sore now but not agony. Will keep up with my clam shells

Wk4 r3 done and it was hard. I thought being the third time I'd done it it would be easier.

I've noticed that I'm putting weight on! I've never exercised before and I'm eating the same food.

I was hoping to lose some stones.

W5R1 done. Luckily there's been very little snow or ice here, so the pavements are fine.

Does anyone have problems with the Android app randomly stopping half way through a run? Luckily I'm quite good at keeping time in my head/using music so I get my phone out and look if I think however many minutes should have finished by now - lo and behold the app has done a force stop. This is the 3rd run out of the last 4 where it's happened

W4R3 done. Weekend off and some red wine to be drunk. Well done to everyone that has completed runs this week.

@TitsalinaBumSquash I did that one yesterday and was very slow but lovely people on here said not to worry about that.

Did you drink enough water before? That might explain the headache.

I'm doing wk4 r3 tomorrow.

Was an inside health radio prog this week about running injuries

I did W4R2 today and felt so ill whilst running, I felt dizzy and sick and ended up with a cracking headache, the run parts were so slow I think I'll have to do it again int W4R3 is the same.

I managed w1r3 this morning, it was really cold (-9!) and foggy so I was struggling quite a bit. Still a lot of ice on the pavements which didn't help.
I'm really quite proud of myself though, I've done 3 "runs" this week, and 2 days of decent walks with the kids - yesterday I took them for a 3 mile meander along the shore front, took us almost 2 hours but it was lovely. Whereas last week I spent all week holed up in the house doing nothing.

Look further to the end of week six biscuittinclarabel :o

I survived today, and I'll repeat this on sunday, just to get a bit faster/further.

I have also set dh free on the internets to find a bargain treadmill!

Don't let a bad one put you off. Good luck. You will be so proud of yourself.

thanks for the treadmill advice

I am just off to W5R2 on the cross trainer while dh walks the dog! I'll be back in a bit all sweaty and wheezy!

@pigletpie2177 I hadn't realised until w5 that each run in the week wasn't the same which just shows how observant I am! But I certainly noticed when it jumped from runs of 8 mins to 20 mins!! Looked ahead and w6r1 actually looks easier.

@timetomoveon personally I'd keep going too if it was hard but you've done it. But on the other hand, for me this was supposed to take the fear out of running, so if repeating gives you confidence, do it. You don't want to be dreading the runs.

@DonDrapersOldFashioned well done you! - I am slightly cheating by doing mine in the lovely temperate conditions of the gym

Wow @BiscuitTinClarabel well done! It hadn't occurred to me that they would start to get harder within the week - I'd just looked at the first run of each week to see how the increments works 🙈 20 minutes!?

@timetomoveon I think I will only repeat a week if I can't do it by week 3 - if I've managed I will move on.

Definitely a personal choice thing I suppose, though I think I'd have to reset my app to redo them through that and I'm not sure I can bear to!

Just finished w4r3.
I’m halfway round the world and normally go out before work - not going to work today so went an hour later and it was sooooo much hotter. Won’t make that mistake again. I’ll just get up early instead but I still completed it.

I found this week hard - I completed all parts of it but it was definitely hard. Should I repeat the week until it’s easy or carry on and wait til I have a run that I can’t complete?

Woohoo, w5r3 done! Even though had terrified myself by going on the blogs and reading about it. Starting to feel a tiny bit like a runner now. Like others were saying, am not very fast, even with the 20 minute run I'm not close to 4k yet. Nevermind, feel super proud of myself! We've got this!

In other news, I’ve just got in from W3R3. (4 blocks of running). The second block felt difficult but it’s 1 degree out there and that bit of the run started at the bottom of the steepest part of my route (typical), so not a huge surprise!

This Women’s Health article recommends having your treadmill incline at 1.5% to ‘make up for’ the extra work your body does when running on flat surfaces outside (wind resistance, surface changes etc).

It’s easier/gentler for a few reasons on the treadmill,

they have inbuilt shock absorption

the ‘track’ is moving, helping to propel you (unlike the road)

You haven’t got to contend with weather

You haven’t got to contend with changes in camber (dropped kerbs etc)

You haven’t got to negotiate traffic, pedestrians or dogs that can cause sudden stops or changes in direction or just break your rhythm

DH said gym running is kinder for the knees as the treadmills have a little bounce.

Not sure if it's true or not but I'm enjoying it in the gym.

I joined one that costs £7.99 a month so it's a bargain too.

i completely buggered both my ankles the first time i tried, got to week three, and had to hobble home weeping and it took months to stop hurting. I rested and stretched, ibuprofen gelled and hot and colded them .... I never went to the gp as it was never as bad as it was on the day, but I almost went, several times but then I'd do more stretching etc and it would not be so bad
I felt such a ninny for being fat and fifty and ruining my ankles so much I had to dawdle everywhere.

Anyway got a cross trainer last year and did odd days, but have been at it solidly since New Year, and am on week 5 now
I did Wk1/2/3 daily, with no repeats, and just sundays off, but one of my ankles started twanging again, so dh suggested I do the day off in between (what with me not being the actual super fitness guru as I imagine) and that has helped with the twangs.

Also really pacing myself for the more difficult ones....brisk brisk warm up and then very steady for the longer Wk4 runs and this week I have done a very steady W5R1 and a faster one, and it's W5R2 (slow version) tomorrow and I'll repeat that faster on Sunday

I want to migrate from the cross trainer to the treadmill, so I need to know things....all advice welcome

Is it easier/gentler than road running? I am hoping to pick one up from the freebay/gumtree/small ads, any advice or recommendation gratefully received!