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

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Nappyzoneisabeetrootrunner · 23/05/2009 18:21

I was waiting for someone else to start it but had to take the plunge to tell you i just did my w5r3. I managed it but am hurting. Started off too quick and was wrecked 5 mins in but slowed it down - kept going and got to about 14 mins in when my ankles started really hurting - i kept on going anyway and was v relieved when raaawb said that was it - i then proceeed to hobble home - the bath is filling as i type and my ankles are painful but still that i did it.

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JackBauer · 04/06/2009 20:17

Well done Nappy!

Was talking to my mum last night saying how the first run always kills me but then it gets better, she said she was always the same, or is it just us?

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Nappyzoneisabeetrootrunner · 04/06/2009 19:28

ok some miracle has also happened and i put it down to 2 things - firstly the miracle... i have just calculated my running speed thingy and i am running 10.23 min miles woo hoo! I did feel as though my pace was quicker tonight and these are the factors:

a: today someone told me to look after my feet as a runner so i have - i have painted my toenails dark berry . They look pretty.

b: secondly i have just realised embarrisingly (sp?) after talking to my neighbour as well that whilst out running in my sexy running trousers i have had them inside out - hence the big flappy pocket at the back thats been flapping about like a flappng tail and the big run of obvious inside out stitching along with the big white size tab. So there you go! top tip - get dressed in the dark and paint your toenails - makes for improved running!!!

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Nappyzoneisabeetrootrunner · 04/06/2009 19:01

ok i ran yey! ankle not so bad so it must be nearly mended (or pain masked with drugs) - anyhows did w6r2 and took it easy. It was suprisingly easy i have to say - well ok the last 2 mins were a bit of a slog but it was goooooooooooooooooooood

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LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 15:01

Here it is.

Must go and pick up DS from school.

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 14:59

The end part used to scare me when they played the extended version (I would hear my mum listening to the Archers when I was in my bedroom).

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 14:58

What is it called - I used to know. Maybe you could have it on a continuous loop?

Have now found it is called Barwick Green. And discovered a person who walked down the aisle to it

AitchTwoOh · 04/06/2009 14:50

the theme tune's good and very rum-ti-tum but over too quickly i fear.

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 14:48

Might depend on what exactly the story line is I suppose (very occasionally listen to the Archers)

AitchTwoOh · 04/06/2009 14:47

yes, i can't help but think that running while listening to the archers on radio four isn't really helping on the pace front.

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 14:44

I am going to do my own music - need to make some inspiring playlists

AitchTwoOh · 04/06/2009 13:42

i'm doing the bupa thing so today did 10mins times 2 with 2 mins walking (although did 12 on the last run as it happens).

it's my PACE, though... ffs it takes me 13 mins to run/walk a mile. (ten mins run, two walk, one run again).

NorkyButNice · 04/06/2009 13:08

I just did a 26 minute run (w7r1 in theory but I've given up on Rawb so am just upping my time to my own music).

The run itself was OK, but as soon as I got home I felt like I was about to be sick - not sure if it was because of being too hot or having not eaten beforehand.

My current pace is 11.27 minutes/mile

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Nappyzoneisabeetrootrunner · 04/06/2009 12:53

i so want to go running - it would be w6r2 tonight - ankle hurty today but i know it wont be if i take ibuprofen so could probably manage it but that would be mad wouldnt it? dont see physio till wed and itching to keep going as rfl is on the 14th !

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canella · 04/06/2009 11:21

good on you lovely rita for going out!! supose it doesnt really matter how fast you go - its the fact that you're running for 30 mins thats the important part! well done!

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 11:18

I don't understand how anyone can be doing 5k in 30 min. Well, getting faster would help but unless I can get jet rockets in my trainers, it isn't going to happen

TrillianAstra · 04/06/2009 11:17

Will try. Just for you. Not today though obviously.

Don't see how I'm going to be running 5k by the end of week 8 either, at current rates that would be a loooooooong run. Am I supposed to get faster?

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 11:15

I didn't think I could do 25 minutes when I did W6R2. Go on - I bet you can do it

TrillianAstra · 04/06/2009 10:51

W6R2 done here. Still don't think I can do R3 for 25 whole minutes without stopping.

Measured and calculated at 11.29 minutes/mile for first bit and 11.47 minutes per mile for the second one. It felt like I was going further than that!

Well done to Rita for doing actual long runs!

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 10:43

Can't work out how far it was though as I ran on grass bits and can't remember exactly which way I went. Seems to have been about 2.5 miles which is about 12.2 min/mile. Am hoping I actually went further

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 10:26

I went

And it should have been a 25 min run (I did the week 6 one again as I like to have an idea of when things are going to happen) but at the end I decided to find out if I could keep going for 30 min. And I could

Also discovered a load of lakes near our house. As we've lived here for over 4 years feel a bit I hadn't found them before

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 10:25

I went

And it should have been a 25 min run (I did the week 6 one again as I like to have an idea of when things are going to happen) but at the end I decided to find out if I could keep going for 30 min. And I could

Also discovered a load of lakes near our house. As we've lived here for over 4 years feel a bit I hadn't found them before

canella · 04/06/2009 08:48

been out for w2r2 this morning - i'm so rubbish with even the slightest incline but on the flat i feel i could go longer than when rahhbert stops me!!

i like to run first thing in the morning mon/weds/fri when my ds's are at KiGa but i'm all on the wrong days this week!! next week will be as bad - i'll have to run in the evenings - might need some motivation from all of you to get out the house!!

i'm going to weigh myself tomorrow - i've been so good with food and all this running - those scales better be kind to me!!

lovelyrita - hope you've been out this morning - will check in later to see if you went!!

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 04/06/2009 07:48

Am going to go running. In about 90 min time

LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 03/06/2009 22:42

DH got back about 9 and then we watched the apprentice.

Will get dressed in running clothes tomorrow and go running. Promise.

JackBauer · 03/06/2009 20:59

I know Huff, but it sounds horrific! Although I haven't lost a pound, which is a bit