c25k week one day one!

codandfrosty...not a beginner! How fab! :o

purple hope you get your knee sorted

fiddie I am doing the whole thing on the cross trainer...very iffy ankles and am up to W7 with very very few issues.....I did have to move the footplate forwards a few weeks back as I seemed to be doing something odd, but since then not a jot of bother
I shall be upgrading to the treadmill and repeating it when I am done with the 9 weeks.

@imstickingwiththisone I’m using Runtastic as recommended by someone else (vjg I think) upthread. I only started using it this week as I wanted to have an idea as to how close I would be to the 5k.

@coldandfrosty - yay for you! Not a beginner :) you are a runner now (I know that because Michael Johnson told me and if I am then you are too!)

Well done everyone, I'm wk 7r2 was going to do it today but my leg feels very tight so I'm going to wait until tomorrow.

I did think about trying it on the cross trainer but not sure if that'll be better for my leg or not.

Keep going all the new people, it works!

I've lost near enough 7 stone now.

Last night I went to a jogging group. I said I was doing couch to 5k and was on week 7. They deemed me NOT A BEGINNER and put me in with the 5k run. Which I completed with minimal walking. So proud.

If you have a local jogging group do go along. They were so delightfully welcoming and encouraging. I was last. But it didn't matter at all and I had a jog coach with me. I feel so proud. That's why I can't sleep now am still up on a high

apurplesquirrel to help knees try doing clam shell exercises. They are mentioned up this thread a few times with a link t video. Someone reccomeneddd me them on here and I've had no knee pain since the week after I started. Also I iced my knee a few times a week.

Which app do you use timetomoveon? I went for a very basic one because some of them were over 100mb in size and I'm used to having low memory on my phone. But if I get to the later stages knowing pace and distance covered would be really good to know.

Read a few pages of this thread now and it's got me excited, I hope I can achieve what you all are fingers crossed I can get out tomorrow or I will be mega grumpy

Hope you recover quickly @apurplesquirrel.
@imstickingwiththisone - I started at the very beginning so I’m not sure to be honest.

Just finished w7r3. 3.65km in the 25 mins which is a little bit faster than r2 this week but not close to the 30 min 5k pace. Trying not to fixate on that though - I’m running more than I’ve ever run in my life

Ooh a thread! I've not read it all but jumping in quickly, I think something like this will keep me motivated! I usually say things out loud when I don't want to do it as then I have to follow through...but I do not want to become a running bore!

I jumped in at week 2 R1 on Tuesday and was hoping to run again tonight but my legs are still really tight! Struggling with stairs, hoping it'll shift by tomorrow though so I can keep some momentum.

Was this the same for others? I know I skipped week 1 (foolish me) but I'm so surprised that 90 seconds of running can do this to me

Oh no apurplesquirrel! That sounds really painful. Hope it eases.

My course is on pause 😔 After Monday 's run my knee was painful & has been since. Struggling to walk up stairs, swollen by the evening so am off to see the musculoskeletal expert at my drs next week to see what's going on. Hope it's not serious like a tear. Think it's the MCL 😩

Other day I was listening to the radio and they played Prince's Lets Go Crazy....do not try to match steps to beats with that...I was exhausted!

So in awe of those in the later weeks! Just finished w1r2 and although I was dreading it I really enjoyed it.
Think my music choice is helping as I'm listening to Oasis radio through Spotify and it's so good I want to sing along and flail my arms like Phoebe from Friends!
What is everyone else listening to?

Oh, thank you for the tip! I just have big standard ASICS trainers, they are new and the shop assistant recommended as good ones, but I didn’t get my gait assessed. I’ll have to find a store that will do that, I don’t want to end up with longer term aches and pains.

@Fabulousinmyforties are you wearing the correct trainers for your gait? I used to get this when I ran years ago, switched to different running shoes and the problem went away.

Hello,
I’ve just started the prorgram and now I’m on week4run1. I’ll be doing run2 on Friday.

I’m finding that my shin muscles get sore when I am running, to the point that they become the reason I want to stop running.

Any tips on how to avoid this? I have completed the plan a few years ago and vaguely remembering the same pain then. I don’t think it’s shin splints.

Just did W4 R2, it felt slightly easier than last time so I am glad I didn’t go back to the previous week. Thanks @timetomoveon. Knee feels ok (though legs like jelly).

I finished W7 last night and I'm not sure how I'm going to manage W8. 25 minutes really felt like my limit, I'm not sure how I'm going to stretch to 28 .

Hope everyone is having a good week

W7 seems so far away... I'm impressed.

I like Michael Johnson myself

and well done to all you others, ...it really does work :o

i struggled a bit today, we were away, and I do not do running in public, so I was due to do a run on Monday, but didn't

and I usually go out to the shed before breakfast and we didnt get home til after lunch!

ANyhoo...am done, W7R2, and did the longest distance so far.

I am going back to Jo though, Sarah is not doing it for me anymore!

That was hard. I was going to stop at ten minutes but somehow kept going. I didn't enjoy it much

I'm on wk7 r1 today.

We've come a long way in 7 weeks. Welcome to the newbies, it works!

Thanks @timetomoveon ! I've downloaded the app it looks good. Well done on your run I can't imagine doing it in hot weather to be honest!

Welcome @GoodJobShesCute :)

Just did w7r2. Quite hard this morning but it’s the first run I’ve done at home for nearly 2 weeks and it’s much hotter here than where I’d been away.
I used the Runtastic app (thanks @Violetroselily) and I managed 3.6km in my 25 minutes so I’m definitely not going to make 5k by the end but that will be my next target after I’ve finished.

Can I join I did my first run today! Really enjoyed it (the gorgeous early evening helped) and just nervous now about whether or not I'll actually stick to it. I'm famously fickle!
Think the app is absolutely fantastic I'm so impressed with it.