c25k week one day one!

I need new music too. I’ve been listening to the same stuff the whole time and I’m getting bored of it!
@Fiddie - I think just try to treat it as another 25 mins run. You can do 25 and 28 is just a little more. Michael told me when I had 5 mins left and so I knew I could make it through the last 5, even if I was going pretty slowly. See how you go - you might surprise yourself. Good luck!

Any tips for wk8 r1? I'm doing it tomorrow but honestly felt that 25 minutes was my absolute limit yesterday.

I definitely need some new music!

Well done MsMighty - I’ve caight up to you and just done w8r2. It was pretty ok - I went way too fast in the first km so then had to do the 2nd much slower but then leveled my time back to 7min/km.
I saw one of my colleagues on his way to work when I was out this morning. I’ve been running v early in the morning so there’s no one else around as I was embarrassed to be seen :(

i have one more W8 to do, it was so warm today I steamed up the window in the shed

I am a human generator :o

Wasn't quite so fast today as sunday, but I had the most appalling neck crick after sleeping awkwardly. I did do extra warm down walking to equal sunday's distance. Not that I am competitive or anything

I am very yikes about W9 though

you are doing really well with your distances timetomoveon

Keep it going everyone!

Well done demented and fiddie

I did w3r2 tonight and found it more difficult even though it's the same as w3r1. I haven't eaten much today though so maybe I'll have to bear that in mind from now. Eating for fuel will be something new, I usually eat out of boredom!

Well done @dementedma, this really works! My legs are very achy now though.

well done fiddie. I'm a week behind you and just did W6R3. i ran for 25 whole minutes! and actually it was easier than the other two runs this week. Am feeling very proud of myself.

Just done wk 7 r3, was hard but I did it. Felt like a very long time though!

Just done w8r1. The first 15 mins felt good but I found the last half harder. The heat index was 33 when I ran though so I think it’s the hottest I’ve run in so far. Almost got to 4K in the 28 mins so will hope to get there by the 3rd run this week.
It actually seems plausible that next week I will be able to run for 30 mins - 2 months ago I didn’t think I could run for 1 minute without stopping!

yes fiddie it was the hardest run yet and I struggled to finish the second set of 10 mins. got the 25 min run tomorrow night so we will see if that feels any easier.

Have only done W1 so far, then stopped for a week because I entered my first ever rowing race yesterday and didn't want sore knees for the event! (3.2km + the same distance rowing to the start)

On to W2 tomorrow

Well done everyone.

Demented I found the 10 minutes run, 3 walking and 10 minutes running real I really hard. I didn't want to start again after the walking.

You can do it though, just keep on keeping on.

Well done coldandfrosty January wasn't long ago, it was definitely worth the effort you've put in!

I've just done week 8 r1. And managed the full 28 min. So delighted. I started in Jan and didn't think I would ever get this far.

@dementedma I found the beginning of week 6 hard as well. I think someone else said that there comes a point where it’s harder to stop and start running again than it is to just keep going. Maybe you’ve got to that point.

demented why not repeat week 5 but faster, then you can go at W6 in a more civilised manner, and repeat if required

it's really foggy here too this morning, I can barely see across the yard to get to the washhouse! :o

I tried to do W8R2 this morning in the worst fog I have ever seen. Had to stop after 15 minutes because I couldn't breathe. Managed to do another 8 mins but then stopped again.

Annoyed that I had to abandon the run but I'll try again. W8R1 was fine so I know I can do 28 minutes...just not today.

did W6R2 today and found it really hard. I'm struggling with W6 after finding the 20 min W5 run not too bad. Feel like I'm getting worse at the moment.

I'm going to give the park run a bash embracetgechaos it sounds like it's a good atmosphere. Don't really fancy going beyond 5k as it starts to get a bit time consuming then. Can't imagine getting to that point anyway!

I did some of couch to 5k a couple of years ago, then did my local parkrun which I found more fun. When I got pregnant I stopped running, baby is now 8 months and I've gained 15kg in the past 2 I'm too unfit to start at parkrun but that will be my end goal for c25k. Got some New shoes today as my old ones were falling apart.

All at once I mean, by not properly .

Bit of a fail on wk7 r2 today. Started off okay but my leg was really hurting so I had to stop after 5 minutes.

I finished off with another 20 minutes on the cross trainer but felt disappointed that I hadn't done it properly.

I started back in jan then got a bug & stopped for weeks. But started again & back on it now & just did w3r3. Signed myself up for a 10k in summer so got to keep at it this time. Lovely to see it working for people that started back in jan!

Thanks timetomoveon I'll bear it in mind for when I'm further on.

Thanks everyone.
Ok, so paramedic (at drs) thinks it just a sprain/aggravated by the increased activity. She did various manipulations & apart from one, none hurt so guessing that means no tear etc. Has advised rest, ice packs, increased pain meds & then to see the musculoskeletal expert next week.
Have bought some codeine/para & ibuprofen & going to rest up now. Will get a ice pack sorted too. She said it could take a couple of weeks.
Hopefully I'll be back in my trainers ASAP.