The new couch to 5k thread......

Rita and Jack - good luck for Sunday!

Just done w2r3, so downloading w3 for Sunday!

I was cursing Rawb as I ran, him in Northern California, I imagine it sunny and blue skies, perhaps a light breeze blowing in from the ocean. This evening I was running in a cold Midlands rain, and it was pretty miserable. But I did it, and it was much easier than run 1, so I must be progressing

Did my running this morning. I did 3.1 miles in 33
minutes which was 10. something min per mile

Hope I can repeat it on Sunday. Having water helped I think.

good luck jack & rita for your race on sunday - i'm sure with all the support and everyone running together then you'll run the whole way!! cant wait to hear how you get on!!

Yup, sunday it is.

Just done last 'practise' run, 2.2 miles in 27 minutes, which is over 12 mins a mile, bit bad for me but I didn't sleep well so...whatever!

On a plus note as I normally run first thing so I get back before everyone is up this is the first time DH has seen me after a run in weeks (all the daytime runs were when his parents/bro were here so has been abotu 3 weeks) and he is in shock at the difference.
He was shocked that I had gone 27 minutes without stopping, only walked for about 30 seconds to cool down before coming in (it';s bucketing down and yet I was able to have perfectly normal conversation with him without gasping or dying

I need to do more running before Sunday. Hopefully Friday.

Isn't your race on Sunday as well JackBauer?

I agree with the walking and then just keeping walking.

Need to find my race number - this happens every year

Well done Super! I rememebr the feelign after that 20 min run, I felt Invincible

Last training run tomorrow and then race on saturday

I also found out today that it is not int eh same place it has been for the last few years but is actually being held in and around my DH's work, which is very child unfriendly. So I can't take kids, and BIL has nowhere to stay with them, so he can stay at home and go to local park if he must.
Dh is not happy as he has to work around us all running/walking round his work all morning, haha.
#He has sent me the route thouhg, very nice, all seafront and nice flat paths, lovely!

Nappy, I find that if I don't let myself stop and just slow to a very slow jog then I can keep going, once I have walked once then I keep stopping, it's like my brain is going 'fuck it, you've walked once....do it again'

Have now lost 9lb in week 9 of running. very chuffed. Although was more chuffed when I thought I had lost 14 but it turned out the scales were sitting on a button and not working right

Jack - have you sorted your childcare? Could you ask Bil to take them to playground (briefly, warn him about possible escapees!) then meet them at the end and all head of to a pub garden or a cafe for a drink and a snack? That way you and your sister get to enjoy the end and you don't have to just take over at the finish line? Ask Bil to take dc in his car and meet you at pub / cafe?

I did 20 mins today (wk5r3)!! Am so chuffed, I never thought that I'd be able to do it! (I was very very slow by the end, but I didn't stop)... also, am doing less fly-catching so I am hoping that my breathing is automatically correcting itself .

Nappy - I have lost a teeney bit of weight, but I think that it is from feeling quite noble when I get back from a run and then being good food-wise for the rest of the day. It still means that 4 days out of 7 are pretty bad, but it is making a little bit of a difference! Foot wise, Flexitol (or cheap Boots equivalent) works pretty well.

Come and help me decide!

Mine's in St Albans. Feel I will either be good or v bad LOL

Thanks for the pedometer info - I wanted a cheap one, didn't realise it would be free!

Did week 2 run 1 on sunday, not due to run again til tomorrow, but I'm actually itching to go tonight! Think it is out of my hands though as DH not home from work yet and there has just been quite a bit of rain.... oh well, tomorrow it is

Jack - well done on your run this morning - hope you're feeling more confident about Sunday and managed to get your childcare sorted

I would go further TBH greyskull.

And no idea why the time changes super, it confused teh hell out of me!

Hi ladies,
am going out again tonight, will do the same 2 miles as have been doing the last few weeks, BUT do I try to go further and stay out for 25 minutes or do I allow the time to come down?

Hello all

Does anyone know why the podcasts go back to shorter interval runs in wk6 after having built up to a 20 min run in wk5? Someone has added a comment on Rawb's site saying that it is harder to return to intervals, and this is to be expected....is it???!!! Why?!

Am due to do wk5r3 tomorrow and looked ahead to wk 6 and it looks easier?! Am I worrying too much about this? .

Thanks!

Well done all, good one Monty! Don't worry about which week, I repeated previous run a few times when I wasn't feeling brilliant. Doesn't do any harm!

Went out 6am today, did 1 3/4 miles in 20 minutes, lost my watch and pe?dometer so only just worked it out!

Where is your run then Rita?!

Hoorah, just back from my 1st run in a week and new trainers seem to be helping the hurtey knees, can't believe what a difference a bit of cushioning in the soles makes.
I meant to repeat a W3 run but did W2 by mistake and knees still throbbed a bit. Will do W3 in a couple of days and if all is well onwards to W4.
Sorry for the moaning but it saves the RL people from the whingeing!

Jack - don't fret, you can do it. Hope you get childcare sorted so you can enjoy your race without stressing about that. Will you be running again before sunday?

Go for it Zen, the endorphins do feel great don't they

Evening all.
I am cacking it now. My race is on Sunday. I went out on saturday morning at IL's and got a bit lost, plus I kept stopping so am not ready for a run. Plus am stressed about childcare, but will start another thread....

I did running yesterday but it was not one of my better attempts.

(a) couldn't find water bottle and think needed water while running
(b) it got hotter than I thought
(c) probably hadn't eaten enough
(d) it got windy and I found myself trying to run into the wind.
(e) was running on grass to prepare myself for RFL next Sunday and it got really long

Meant to run for about 40 min. Did 25 min and that was less than 2 miles. Want to be better next Sunday - am hoping to be swept along with everyone's enthusiasm

morning, just checking in to logg that I did 2 miles last night, managed to run all of the first mile for the first time and then ran/fast walked alternating the 2nd mile.

am going to be able to go out every other night this week so hope to see more improvement.

can anyone advise, at what point should I increase the distance? DO I just keep trying to improve the time on the 2 mile route?

feel all achey / fluey this morning - can just about stay out of bed long enough to look at emails and MN on the computer so def no running today!

another great site is www.goodrunguide.com

i use gmaps pedometers and keep an eye on where i start and stop so i can work it out later. I also use min per mile so I can see how quickly or otherwise I'm going.

Children have made num lock on and it won't go off so am typing this with function key down so the effrt of doing links is tricky but they are further up in the thread

am considering a run in a bit - everyone else is out and i got back from a wedding a bit ago.

I find if i eat/drink too soon before running i get a stitch. But if I haven't eaten recently enough i get all week and useless.