C25k / couch to 5k - Spring 2019 new starters. All welcome!

Fantastic @NutBiscuit I was the same in Mallorca on W4 - failed miserably due heat but back on track now - well done!!!!

I had a massive failure at W9R1 on Momdsy just gone. Only managed 15 mins of the planned 30, but it was SO HOT.
Tried again yesterday and I did it! Can't believe I can run for 30 min non-stop.

@Electrocute1980 what app do you use for the podcasts? I'm on an Andriod phone and would like to start listening to some but don't know where to start really

W3 R2 done today.. not too bad but suffering now. I stupidly went straight after a kickboxing class ( that had alot of leg work in too) and then walked the dog for an hour so im aching like crazy and my right knee hurts. The Deep Heat is coming out tonight! Will def remember to alternate my boxing and running days in future!

I am feeling very smug for having done W1R3. I had planned to do t tomorrow but was scared by the forecast so went tonight. Do I double up on the smugness and avoid having a G&T tonight.
The run was fine but I was totally ready to stop as 55 seconds each time and just staggered to 60 seconds. Not sure how I'll manage next week. And a fly flew into my eye which hurt much more than I expected.
I'd say that inside thighs are something to do with hip/knee/ankle alignment being out and/or you're landing awkwardly and/or your core/glutes aren't stabilising you so your thighs are having to do a lot of the work. Stretching will help but it is probably more mechanical than that. I have no medical/sports or other qualifications for saying this but have had a lot of physio over the years for random posture problems. I'd forgotten that my inner thighs used to hurt until you mentioned it.

Can I join? I am in Week 1 and suffering a pain on the inside of my thighs that is getting worse. Does anyone know what it might be? I thought the aerobic capacity or cranky knees might get me but this has come out of nowhere. Any ideas of any stretching or strengthening exercises that might help.
Currently feeling motivated and don't want to miss the boat. Thanks all.

No way will I be able to do it in the heat. Plan to get up early to do W3R3 before it's too hot and we lose our park to an event.

Well done to eveeyone managing to run in this heat! I was due to run today but am getting up (very) early tomorrow morning and doing it instead. My head always feels like it’s boiling when I run, I fear in this heat it actually would be!

Well done @sunshinewalk I am at the same place as you - wish me luck!

W6r3 done .... well 24minutes of it - I ran out of shade and couldn't face retracing my steps!!! But considering I was aiming for 20minutes due to the heat I was happy!

W3R1 completed this morning. Feeling extra virtuous as I'd had wine last night and would have liked a lie in, but I'd promised DH that I'd run down and pick his car up from the station so that he could have a drink last night too.

I'm starting to remember how well the programme works - in W1 there's no way I could have run for 3 minutes, but today it was fine. Just hope I continue to feel that way as the runs get longer!

Just done W3R2. So much better than R1, possibly because there was no torrential rain, and I had a puff of my inhaler against hay fever induced wheeziness, which I forgot to do on Tuesday. It was lovely out there this morning.

Thanks Candleabra, think W6R3 going okay made me think this week would be too! Glad I'm not the only one!

@teaandchocolatecake I found w7 really hard too. Well done for today (and yep, the heat doesn't help)

Well done in your progress everyone.

I have just done W7R1 and I really struggled with the heat, I took it slowly but I couldn’t wait for it to be over! I don’t normally check my phone but checked it a couple of times today to see how much longer the torture was going to last! It was the same run as W6R3 which went well so I think it was the heat that made the difference.

However, I told myself I would find the positives in every run and my positive for today is that whilst I was slow and struggling I still persevered and completed it.

Hoping the next one is easier!

Thanks Peanut. That sounds very elegant. I don't go fast enough to need help from my arms. Very much an old lady shuffle. Will try to remember to engage and lengthen core for now. Rest day today. Hooray.

I'm into week 6 now - weirdly found 5/3 okay (amazing!!!!) but 6/1 tough- see how second one is tomorrow. I've shifted to treadmill and actually like it better for now. Every achievement amazes me 😅

W1R2 here and, dare I say it, I enjoyed it.
SoupDragons I always feel doubly smug when I've been out in conditions like that.
Posture tips (note that this is what I've been told to do rather than manage to do) - head up, long neck, eyes looking forward; use your arms to push you along by focusing on having your thumb going from hips to lips; don't let your arms go across your body as that slows you down; make sure you're doing heel to toe rather than thumping your whole foot down; keep your core tall and engaged; lead with your hip flexors; push off with your glutes.
If I did all of the above, I'd be up there with Mo Farah! As it is, I try not to huddle over and shuffle like a 90yr old hunchback and then think about one aspect of it every minute or so. On the rare step or two when it comes together, it feels good and as though I could keep going for miles well a few extra metres

Well done. Just deciding to go and then setting off is a great achievement. Focus on the next run only. I've struggled with every single run (I'm a complete beginner) but have somehow made it to the end of week 7. We can do this!

W3R1 today. In torrential rain. I was soaked through. But if I don't go if its raining I might never be able to go at all. It hurt. My legs hurt. I was a wreck afterwards. Can't imagine I'll manage to get to the end.

Well done everyone, it's so muggy at the moment, it's hard to be motivated. Running scores extra points this week!

Finally completed w7r3, having stepped back a week. The run felt ok today. Feeling a bit better about it all now.

Managed to drag my behind out of bed and was out the hotel door by 6:20, W5R2 done.
It was hard, I am still so very tired - and under-caffeinated, but I managed. I wasn't the only runner in that park, either, as they predict temperatures of up to 35°C today.

Now off to work and a 10 hour day of standing around on a trade show...

W3 for me this week. Amazed ive got this far but now really lacking motivation. :(

I also Kickbox and had 2 consecutive leg day sessions which combined with the runs has killed my legs.
Just not feeling it at the mo

I did W2R2 today 😃 feeling somewhat accomplished!

I was looking at the local summer half marathon event where I live (aspirational I know 😂) and found that there's a 5k version that runs as well...and you can sign up for next summer now. I'm thinking of seeing how C25k goes in a couple of weeks and then maybe sign up to the 5k race. I quite like the idea of maintaining 5k runs after finishing C25k, doing park runs and doing 5k races every now and again 😃. Whether this becomes reality is another matter though!

@Teaandchocolatecake it was actually brilliant, thank you for asking! It's very heavy rain here today and my trainers were audibly squelching by the end but I didn't meet another soul so it was very peaceful :) For anyone who is struggling with boredom on the longer runs, I've discovered podcasts in the last few weeks - omg they pass the time so quickly. I'm loving fearne cotton's happy place podcasts just now!

Any posture tips Peanut?