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

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C25kTrier · 29/03/2019 15:11

Hello to anyone who wants to join me over here Smile

A few of us tagged onto the end of the new year/new you c25k gang but they were already at the end or had finished and so perhaps it is best for us to have a new one to discuss our newbie woes, aches and pains?

I’m at the beginning of week 3. Just been out again today, I should’ve done W3R2 but repeated w3r1 instead as I wasn’t comfortable last time, I think I took it too fast. Plus, it is ruddy boiling here today! It went much better and i’ll move on to w3r2 on Sunday.

Please join me, say hi and let us know where you are on the programme and update us on how you’re finding it.

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C25kTrier · 06/04/2019 16:53

God knows how she burned 415 calls on w1r3 on that middle pic! It isn’t that generous for me Grin

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C25kTrier · 06/04/2019 16:44

Yes, faz. The app I use records your route, tells you how far you went and breaks down your run into warm up/walk/run/cool down sections (the route is mapped out in different colours for each part).

I thought it was the zen labs one but it isn’t Blush. It’s the Fitness22 one on iTunes. Screens look like this (google images)

C25k / couch to 5k - Spring 2019 new starters. All welcome!
C25k / couch to 5k - Spring 2019 new starters. All welcome!
C25k / couch to 5k - Spring 2019 new starters. All welcome!
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Fazackerley · 06/04/2019 16:36

trier do you use an app to measure your distance?

Fazackerley · 06/04/2019 15:43

Wk 6 run 2 done. I'm going to repeat this a couple of times this week as i found it hard and i can feel my motivation slipping!
Dd rang me half way through the first 10 mins run and I didn't realise but that paused the app! So I think I ran more than 10 mins for the first run!

My mouth gets so dry and my breathing isn't great. Managed it though.

jpduck I have my laces fairly loose over the top of my foot as I get pain there sometimes.

miffmufferedmoof · 06/04/2019 11:14

I don’t have any issue with my laces. You do want them laced fairly tightly though.
W4R1 completed. It felt like quite a step up but I managed it.
I wish the weather would warm up a couple of degrees - I’m still shivering my way through the warm up walk however briskly I go!

JPduck · 06/04/2019 08:46

Morning

Just done my last wk3 run

Question for you all - do you have to undo your trainer laces once you've complete a run?
I have to before I drive home!

Could my laces be too tight????

dementedma · 05/04/2019 18:32

Thanks all. Keep at it and repeat weeks where necessary. Good luck!

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C25kTrier · 05/04/2019 16:21

w4r1 done.

I was much faster this time. On my app w4r1 is 4 more mins overall running than w3r3 and I managed to cover an extra 1.2km in total! Same route, so it wasn’t that. I must’ve just been having a good one.

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C25kTrier · 05/04/2019 14:09

Well done curls.

I think the 9 weeks is a guide, definitely doing it at your own pace and repeating single runs or whole weeks if necessary is a good plan. Anything I’ve read on these sorts of plans has said the same thing. Rest days, cross training (stuff other than running) and repeating where necessary are all really important to getting to the end and sticking with the habit afterwards.

I’ll probably take a bit longer than 9weeks. Especially when we get up to the longer runs. Like I said, i’m planning to do 4 a week rather than 3, to build in a repeat every week, but I suspect i’ll need to run a couple of repeats per week when we get up to w7+.

Right. I’m off out to start w4 whilst the weather is good. I don’t think i’ll get the chance over the weekend, so it’s now or never.

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CurlsandCurves · 05/04/2019 14:00

Well done dementedma you’ve done amazing!

Just finished week 2 today and I think this is going to take a lot longer than 9 weeks for me. Just 90 seconds of running is hard after the first 2-3 of them in the run. I’m going to repeat week 2 next week. I’d rather move on when I feel confident I can at least have a good go at it.

Fazackerley · 05/04/2019 07:49

Well done dementedma!

sanityisamyth · 05/04/2019 05:35

That's fantastic @dementedma - well done!!

JPduck · 04/04/2019 21:32

Well done @dementedma 🏆🏆🏆🏆

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C25kTrier · 04/04/2019 21:23

Congratulations Demented Wine

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C25kTrier · 04/04/2019 21:19

That’s it. Week 3 over. I’m glad I duplicated a run, w3 feels like a step up. I feel like I can start w4 pretty confidently now.

I’ll probably do the same for w4. Run four times, repeating one of the runs. It seems to set me up for the next block.

Sometimes I don’t listen to music, most of the time I listen to podcasts. There are loads of ‘music to run to’ type compilation albums available. If I listen to music, I listen to music I like, rather than specifically music that’s the right pace for me. If the track is much too fast or too slow, I do skip it though.

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dementedma · 04/04/2019 21:12

I'm on the other thread but wanted to say I "graduated" tonight and finished Week 9 run 3. i can't believe I am the same person who struggled back in January with Week 1. I am 55, overweight and asthmatic and I can run for over 30 minutes now. You CAN do this. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other until the voice tells you to stop.
i was terrified of the "big" run at Week 5 but actually found Week 6 harder, and also stalled a while at week 8. Keep going everyone!!!

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C25kTrier · 04/04/2019 19:42

Right. Rain is off, so I’m taking advantage and nipping out

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C25kTrier · 04/04/2019 15:28

So frustrating, it’s permanently pouring down here and I feel like I’m coming down with a cold Angry

I’ll have to back to back end of w3 & beginning of w4 tomorrow. Ffs

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JPduck · 03/04/2019 20:06

Wk3 R2 done today. V happy with run, only complaint is my playlist! It worked perfectly for wk1&2 as nice mix of upbeat and chilled music to match walk / Run. Tonight's job is new playlist.
What good songs do you run to?

Cfs83 · 03/04/2019 17:17

Hello! So glad to see this thread. I did c25k last spring and was amazed with how much it improved my general fitness and mood. I would never have believed I was capable of running for 30min continuously yet I completed the programme by June. Unfortunately I fell off the wagon after an injury (nothing to do with the running) and then never quite got back in the zone over winter so am back to (not quite ) square one. I jumped in yesterday with w4r1 and managed ok, I think I guessed right as it was tough to finish but I didn't have to stop. Hips ache pretty badly today but I remember that from last time and it eased off after a couple of weeks.

Anyway, glad to hear of so many others around about the same stage and I can promise you, I had never run for more than a minute or so before doing this and I made it to the end, it's such a good programme!

MsMightyTitanAndHerTroubadours · 03/04/2019 15:50

oh I couldn't bear it trier, never mind work through the settings! She was too awful.

I just have the radio on, and c25k piping up, and I practise my NEaccent if I have SarahMIlican egging me on.

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C25kTrier · 03/04/2019 14:02

MsMighty, you can turn all voice things off on Zen. You can have it giving fullsome encouragement and halfway marker notes, just walk/run commands, or nothing at all (just vibrate for next walk/run section). I opt for the ‘just walk/run’ prompts version and my own music/podcast.

NB, I didn’t end up going out. It started absolutely pouring down and so I’ll either pop out later or go tomorrow. I’ve got an hour long exercise class later, so it’ll probably be tomorrow.

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Lemontwist · 03/04/2019 12:43

Well done @CurlsandCurves. I'm just about to do mine now. Intended to run this morning but the baby wasnt cooperating!

MsMightyTitanAndHerTroubadours · 03/04/2019 12:29

i might dab in and out of here too if it's okay....I already did C25k but on the cross trainer, as previously I have attempted it IRL out in public on real roads and had terrible ankles for MONTHS so the cross trainer has meant no anklybother at all

so I am starting over on the treadmill after a couple of weeks of malingering

I did think I would try a different app, I have the NHS one, and downloaded Zen, but the voice on that was far too keen and I deleted it before she had even got to the end of her sentence.

I like Sarah Millican and Jo Wiley best. Sarah is very encouraging, but Jo really believes I can do it, so I tend to stick with her now.

downcasteyes · 03/04/2019 12:15

They are often horrific in taste terms, but you can get mixes of music at the right number of beats per minute for your heartrate or stride. I don't use music at the moment, but I used to and I think it does help a bit! Information on how to calculate it here:

lifehacker.com/find-the-right-bpm-for-your-perfect-running-playlist-wi-5927390

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