More Couch to 5k encouragement!

Just done Week 7 run 3 here and really chuffed with how it's going. I am nearly 50, was very unfit, and can now run for 25 mins at a pace of 10 mins per mile. Woo hoo!

And all these 4km and 5km runs - amazing work everyone!

@mumto2unicorns ah no, running with my 13 year old was such a pleasure. It was great to have a running buddy. I am more impressed with people who do it all by themselves!

I realised I was getting a bit lazy after graduating and kept taking a couple of mins walking break after 15 mins. So on Tuesday I promised myself I wouldn't and I kept going and did 5k in 36:08.

Tonight I went out but it was really warm and wasn't planning on doing too much but managed to do 4K in 30 mins so really impressed with myself.

Just need to keep believing in myself.

@Sexnotgender congrats on your graduation and anyone else that has graduated. Really impressed with everyone that is running with kids. I started this to have a break from mine but then they r a bit younger

Managed 30 minutes tonight, no biblical storms to thwart me! Ran 4km so realistically will need about 37 minutes for 5km. I’ll get there😂

Just finished week 9 run 2 - by myself. Ds ditched me in favour of going out in his bike with a friend!

It was still a bit warm for my liking but as we’ve got storms forecast later I thought I’d better get on with it!

I covered 5.4kms in total on the flattest route that I can possibly find! I think about 4.5kms of that was running so I still need a bit more speed to hit the magic 5kms in 30 minutes!

Really struggling with this weather & migraines. Managed to do 5 mins, 8 mins, 10 mins (W6R1 plus an extra 5 mins running) today after a week or so off. I was well into week 8 a while back but I've slipped. I am just going to keep on getting out there (when it's not stupidly hot and my head is not pounding).

@EmmaStone I'll be interested how your son gets on. My daughter kept me company until about week 4 then it all got a bit much.

Well done @Sexnotgender!

My morning runs have changed to the evening so DH can join us. I was running with DCs (age 10 and 13) but my youngest is not keen and was too slow ( not that I am fast). It was bloody hard going today though. To make matters worse, I accidentally turned off the app after the 3rd run (w4 r2), walked too much, set off for the last 5 min run too fast and really struggled. DH made me keep going though!

We kept passing this guy running... but every time we did, we were on the walking sections, we must have looked really odd all in running gear just walking around 🤣🤣

Attempted my first W9 run this morning. Complete bloody disaster

Started ok, but totally hit a wall at 10 minutes. Tried the wonderful advice of someone on here to think Legs, Lungs or Lazy? Usually it works, but my legs ached and felt like lead, my lungs felt like there was no oxygen, and I just couldn't get my head to make me do it.

So after 18 minutes, I gave up and walked for 5 minutes. Decided to try again, and after less that two minutes, a bastarding fly went straight in my eye. I tried to run with one eye closed, but had to stop again to sort it. Tried again, and just gave up completely after less than one minute. Had a couple of tears, and walked home.

Think I'll take tomorrow off and try again on Saturday. Hopefully there will be more air and I will have slept better.

Thanks princess. I don't really know what I'm doing 😂, but am following in footsteps of a friend of mine who's a PE teacher who did the same with her kids. He's coping, and we're going verrrry slowly, so we'll see. He's so young, he really ought to be doing an hour's exercise a day. He's been doing nowhere near that over lockdown, so this is a way of getting in some of that time. We may spread the last 3 weeks out a bit more, see how he's doing 😀

I’m planning a run tonight 😊

I'm doing C25k with my DS13 at the moment, but I'm being quite mean to him - we do all 3 runs in a week back to back over 3 days, then he gets a day off and we do the next 3 days. It's helped keep him getting up and out the door - it's always much harder on a new week day after a day off.

Today we did W6R3, and are off on holiday tonight, so he gets 2 days off until we're settled in our villa 😁.

He's doing really well, he's not an active child, and is quite clumsy (ASD), but he's so proud of himself, and we're really pleased for him too. DH and I are very active, so hoping this will be his thing that he'll want to continue after graduation - he doesn't need to understand unwritten team rules, he doesn't need to be the best, he can just do it for him ❤️.

W7R3 done at 6am today. I'm afraid the heat this week has knocked my discipline as there are two days in between each of my runs at the moment. I tend to do the same route, and I didn't cover the same distance as the first two runs for this week, so I'm going even slower than I was, which I didn't think was possible!

Well I tried to go for my first post graduation run last night. Husband rescued me from the park after 20 minutes as the worst thunderstorm I’ve seen in years descended on us😱 utterly insane.

Went out tonight & did W7R1. So sweaty! Hugely embarrassing but wondering whether after 2 babies, 25 mins of running is my pelvic floor’s limit. I have had to sprint to the loo the last 2 times I’ve got home!

Mixed it up today & listened to a podcast rather than music. It definitely helped to distract me rather than doing constant mental maths about how many minutes might be left dependent on the number of songs I’ve already listened to! Thanks for that tip, I think I’ll try it again.

I’ve really enjoyed taking the dog out with me for some company. She sort of trots beside me looking at me as if she’s wondering when the proper running will start. Apart from the inevitable stop for a poo pick up, it’s been a nice experience to share it with someone. I think it stops me from giving up when there’s a witness :)

Oh I forgot to Log W5R2 from this morning. It was much better this morning. I plan to do a workout this afternoon as well but it’s just too hot and not that sensible given that I’m very fat! I did notice though that my walking in between us and my bedroom as well so much better which is absolutely massive, as my foot Dragging was getting so much worse.

Was planning a run at lunchtime but we’ve got thunderstorms here so going to hold off until later.

TeamEponine that sounds like a sensible plan. You could keep adding 2-3 minutes every 3 runs to keep the plan going! I'm interested in spending a few weeks trying some running intervals and mixing up the pace a bit to see what works best for me, without trying to go further than 5k, then maybe trying to find a plan to build up to 10k (not really because I want to run 10k but it does help to have a goal).

I've just started running again after a week off. I've got a bit of an injury. It still hurts a bit but I'm just gonna monitor it and carry on steadily.

Man it's hot!! I really do not cope well with the heat! Did 6k this morning and 5k yesterday.

Going to Greece next week... not sure I will managed any runs in 33 degree sunshine??

@UnaOfStormhold Wow, what an amazing view!

I got up and out extra early today to try to avoid the heat, but it still felt like there was no air to breathe. Anyway, I did it. Slow, but week 8 is done. The extra two minutes feels like it may be a very long time in this heat.

Just working on my post c25k plan. Would people mind if I keep hanging out on here post graduation? It makes such a difference having this wonderful group!

I’ve been thinking about why c25k works for me, and I think it is the combination of having a big goal to aim for, but with little structured steps towards it. So, my big goal is to actually be able to run 5k! I’m not too far over 3k at 28 minutes, so I have a way to go. Think it might work to add one minute every other run. I’ll not worry too much about pace for now, just on extending the time I can run for until I hit the 5k goal. Does that sound achievable, or totally bonkers?!

Too hot for running even yesterday evening - managed W9R2 but pace and comfort both suffered from the heat. Beautiful evening though! Think I'll hold off on my graduation run for an extra day and hope it gets cooler.

I did week 8 run 2 this morning. Felt all right although I didn’t like the last few minutes!

I did just over 5k including the warm up and cool down and about 4.2k in 28 minutes. We’re away for a few days now - have brought my things with me so will try and vet another run in this week

Hi everyone, I'm loving doing c25k, really feel so much healthier! I did week 5 run 1 this morning and had a sneaky peek at the rest of the weeks runs, the final run of this week is 20 mins?? Seems a huge jump! It will be interesting to see if it kills me!