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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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Pennina · 01/04/2019 13:36

Hi! I'm in! I have just completed w1 r1 on nhs app with Laura! I found it pretty hard but I did manage it. I was running extremely slowly only just above a speed walk.

I am in my 50s and overweight and rather unfit. I do however feel seriously happy!

I will persist!

Well done fazarchty on your run!

Fazackerley · 01/04/2019 11:32

I have week 6 run 1 today. I'm already getting myself in a pickle about the concept of running for 25 mins next week. It is purely mental because I did 20 mins on Saturday and then another 6 or 7 mins after a walk break.

I need something really gripping to listen to so I am not constantly thinking of the time. I listen to music atm but I get a bit antsy when a song starts and I'm thinking, oh god, this song is probably only 3 minutes long and I have to run 9 of them Confused

CurlsandCurves · 01/04/2019 11:23

Week 2 run 1 done, wasn’t too bad. I’m learning to go slow in order to get through it.

JPduck how is week 3? I looked ahead and saw it’s 3 min runs which seems a bit daunting, like you said.

Fazackerley · 31/03/2019 10:43

No I don't want to make a big deal out of it, just want it to die quietly

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C25kTrier · 31/03/2019 10:42

Perhaps contact the admin for the Facebook page and ask them to remove your photo?

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Fazackerley · 31/03/2019 10:20

I didn't want my photo taken though. I'm not quite ready to be part of the body positivity movement! I just wanted to quietly go and do the run. Anyway, nothing I can do about it I suppose. I hope they don't make a habit of it.

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C25kTrier · 31/03/2019 10:14

Lol @ Johnson sounding ‘disappointed’ Grin

Faz, try not be disheartened by the photo. You achieved so much more than you thought you could. So you didn’t look like a supermodel whilst doing it? Very few people do. There is a hashtag on Instagram called #Ihavearunnersbody, a sort of body positivity thing started by a female marathon runner. There’s photos (often race photos) of women of all shapes, sizes, colours (including ‘beetroot’), sweating, gurning, cellulite, bad hair and sometimes smiles of pride or pure relief. Worth looking at to remind yourself that even people who regularly run miles and have years of experience still find it challenging and can look ‘iffy’ in photos!

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Fazackerley · 31/03/2019 09:26

Fuck's sake. Someone took a picture of me at the end of the park run and they've put it on their Facebook page. I know they are just trying to be friendly but i look awful, fat , red faced and ridiculous. I'm quite pissed off tbh.

JPduck · 31/03/2019 08:38

Hi and Happy Mother's Day💐💐
I'm just about to start wk3 after repeating wk2. I repeated as I decided i wasn't ready for the jump from 90s run to 3m! Fingers crossed for tomorrow morning.
I'm using nhs app, what other c25k apps are you using?

Mysterian · 30/03/2019 22:07

I did C25K last year. I stopped running due to reasons but am just about to redo it. Is it easier second time around?

One thing on my side is that I know it's possible now. When I did it for the first time, every week I would think I've got no chance of doing the next week's runs, but managed it.

StVincent · 30/03/2019 14:25

That's amazing Fazackerly!!! So proud!

Fazackerley · 30/03/2019 12:29

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Very happy with that

Fazackerley · 30/03/2019 12:15

Yeah, Michael Johnson sounds permanently disappointed.

StVincent · 30/03/2019 11:51

Trying not to scare myself by looking ahead.

I've got Sarah Millican saying "well done flower" as well. Couldn't face some Olympian who has clearly been running 5k since infancy Grin

StVincent · 30/03/2019 11:50

Oh hi! Thanks so much for starting a new thread! I'm planning to start week 3 tomorrow.

When do you all do it? I've realised I cannot for the life of me run early in the morning before work. Instead I've taken to doing it straight after work and sometimes with a rucksack and get dinner food on the way back!

Ohcarrie - my life isn't as busy as yours but I actually started doing it because it only takes half an hour all in. What about in the evening when your DP might be home from work?

Fazackerley · 30/03/2019 11:09

sanity That's exactly how I felt Grin

Doing it at park run was a good idea because you get sort of caught up in it.

sanityisamyth · 30/03/2019 11:03

Just looked ahead to the W5R3. Ohhhhh holy fuck 😱😱😱 there's no way in a million years 😱😱😱 I've just done W3R3 and I'm dreading 5 minutes straight next week 😱😱😱

sanityisamyth · 30/03/2019 11:01

@Fazackerley that's amazing!!! Well done 👏👏👏

sanityisamyth · 30/03/2019 11:00

Just entered a family fun run in Bristol in May. It's only a mile but I'll have my 5 year old DS with me. Something to aim for and actually looking forward to it 👏👏👏

Fazackerley · 30/03/2019 10:51

I am on cloud 9! I never ever thought I'd do it in a million years.

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C25kTrier · 30/03/2019 10:40

Congratulations to you Fazackerley. That’s fantastic! You must be thrilled! Star

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Fazackerley · 30/03/2019 10:36

That's interesting about the Zen app. The NHS one has a 20 min run at the end of week 5 with very little build up. I imagine it puts a few off. Ive looked ahead and by week 7 it's 3 x 25min runs a week Shock

Fazackerley · 30/03/2019 10:18

I did it!!!!! Not only did I run slow jog continuously for 20 mins, i completed the park run! I even had a sprint finish! I'm hoping I managed under 40 mins. I'm so chuffed with myself.

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C25kTrier · 30/03/2019 10:11

Meant to say ohcarrie, the 30 day shred workouts are on you tube so you don’t have to buy them.

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C25kTrier · 30/03/2019 10:08

Yippeee! Hello Grin

I’m using an app by Zen Labs with all the ‘encouragement’ and half way stuff turned off. I don’t find it helps all that much. If i’m having a crap one I find it patronising and the halfway markers are demoralising on days when I feel like death but i’m still only halfway there (ffs). If i’m having a good one I like to lose myself in music/a podcast to distract a bit and they just cause unnecessary interruptions and break my focus.

ohcarrie, your home life sounds busy and tiring without much time to get out alone. If you can get out, it is only 30 mins 3x a week but I understand that it might as well be 3 hours 30x a week if you haven’t got it.

Maybe something like the 30day shred would be better for you? The Jillian Michaels workout? Also around 20-30mins, can do at home, will get you fit as a fiddle and toned (as well as reducing Netflix guilt) but you can do it at home when the kids are in bed. There are 3 levels of workout (beginner/intermed/advanced) so you can move up as you improve. She works on stamina, strength and toning, so it’s a good all rounder and will mean your fitness is great when you are in a position to start c25k.

Faz, 20mins! Shock park run might be a good place to do it though, I agree. Hopefully you’ll be buoyed by the group and won’t notice it as much as if you were running alone, bit like marathon runners who say they don’t feel the last few miles as the atmosphere carries them through it.

Seems like a few of us are on w3. I’m tempted to repeat a few of these w3 runs just to give myself a solid base to move on from. Especially given that in a couple of weeks it leaps up from a few minutes of running to 8min run. Zen labs doesn’t give me a 20min block until w7 fazackerley.

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