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

Hi cyteen, I am still reading the thread but not running at the moment due to injury. Have to abstain for another week and then I am off.

Good running and WHERE IS EVERYBODY ELSE !!!!

Been out again this morning, all good

Hello all I have finally started! Did my w1r1 this morning, it was lovely and I thoroughly enjoyed it. My mood has been lifted

Hello all!

I have been absent from the thread but not from running! I have managed to overcome my knee problem (thanks Lula for recommending a patella band - seems to have really helped) and have done some consistent 30 min runs. My Nikeplus tells me that I have also run 5kms! Yay! Mind you, last night was the first time I have managed to do it without feeling like I was going to spontaneously combust. I have also had to modify my route given that it is dark when I go out during the week...

Now I just need to find a good 5km run to do to feel like I am officially no longer a couch potato.

Hope everyone is going well - hang in there Nappyzone, I had a big break and just started off again where I left off. It was a struggle but I got there in the end.

Am doing another 5k run with lots of people on Sunday 4th October

Need to go running again tomorrow - haven't run since Saturday (and that was a bit shorter than normal)

I ran at the gym yesterday and found it so much easier. was doing it with personal trainer and did intervals and stuff, but I think the treadmill sort of helps you along.

My bro in law did the great north run yesterday in 1hr 40 and asked if i fancied doing it next year - i nearly pmsl!

oops that was me Nappyzone by the way lol!

ok i feel less of a moody cow today but only a bit less - i am not accepting defeat i am going to step back to week 4 and go for it from there with a view to sticking to it and getting there before the new year! I think it will get more difficult with the dark night coming but i will just have to go and invest in a nery ilumino yellow vest . So its not really couch to 5k in so many weeks its like with in a year for me!

maybe drop back a couple of weeks and do two runs from that week and the next week rather than three, and see how that goes?

The problem is, that when you stop even if it is only a week missed, your fitness level drops and I find it takes me a couple of weeks to get back into it again. I figure you have to just keep going out and doing it again and again and it won't be long till your fitness level is up again.

Thats my plan anyway.

Hello all - i went out tonight for first time since 25 august - what really ticks me off is not only do i appear to be becomming shit at this despite recruiting lots of pweople to do the same plan who now gladly run 5k non stop easy peasy (sorry about bad language) but also last 3 times i have been out i come in and am like a snot machine all sneezy and feeling pap rather than invigorated. So tonight once again i turned on week 6 - yes i really am still on week 6 stuck and thought would do run 1 week 6 but actually when came to stoppingi didnt i kept running and when came to 10 min stopping point i kept running to see if i could really progress - anywya i got to about 13 minutes got out as far as needed and ran back a little and started to walk - then if im honest apart from 2 very very short bursts i walked all the way home. I am now wondering if i should start on week 1 run one or just throw my traineres in the cupboard till next week.

Idris, do you know that 5k in 30 mins is classed as relly fast running. I have seen the sports physician and the physio yesterday and whenever I tell them I have been running 5k in 30 mins they all say wow that is really good pace. So here is a pat on the back to all of us who have done it, nearly done it, or will do it .

I have ben advised by physio tpo only run twice a week and space it out really well. He said to do one longer run and one shorter as it gives the cortisol in your knees chance to restore. The sports physician also said to run in daylight as you don't ache as much the day after. Reason being that when you run in the dark you hold your body stiffer as you are more careful where you place your feet. In the daytime, you can see the road so your body is not as tense and the day after you will ache less !! Very interesting stuff !!

I keep on running

Did 5k in under 30 minutes yesterday . Was rather pleased with myself.

Hello. Been to see the sports medicine doctor today and the lump on my shin is nothing to worry about. . My knees on the other hand are very loose and need the 'vmo' muscle building up. Have to see a physio tomorrow.

Is everybody else still running and how is it going ??

Hi cyteen, I run at night and find it quite nice to be out of the house etc. You could do week one with a buggy but I think it would have to be a sporty three wheeler one to be comfortable running with.

I went to the gym today and ran on the treadmill for the first time and it was easier than running on the road

Hello all I'd finally like to start couch to 5k and have a quick question: do you reckon it's possible to do the w1 runs while pushing a buggy? The easiest way for me to fit it all in is by doing some in the daytime when I have DS with me. Has anyone done this, or should I just bite the bullet and go at 6am/8pm?

Hiya shrinkingviolet! I think you started way back when i did - im still stuck on week 6 though admitedly havent been out for oooops 3 weeks but to be fair i have taken on some small delivery/ door kncking evening work that involves walking and i have ran between houses

I ran tonight for the first time in 10 days. Had a problem getting over 12 though, so will try a little bit more each time. Plan to go out three times this next week so we will see.

The weather in Melbourne is getting nicer, yesterday it was 27 degress at 11pm . That is classed as spring !!

Anyhow, welcome back skimummy, I had knee problems and now wear patella bands and have had no pain since, worth giving it a try.

I have been out for a while with a sore knee and, well, life really. Disappointing as I did two 30 min runs and was feeling quite good about it all. Finally went again today and the knee wasn't too bad but had to have a short walk at the 20 minute mark...kept running after so think I did about 30 mins all up but still...feel crap! Maybe I needed a bad run to inspire me to get out more again.

Well done everyone who is starting up. I can remember struggling on my first week and finding it very difficult to believe I could ever run longer than 2 mins!

Hello Violet

Went out for an early morning run today and it was v nice - sun shining and I was vrooming along.

Did my fastest 5km - 30 min and a bit (can't remember quite what the bit was) and average pace under 10min/mile . At the end Paula Radcliffe congratulated me on my fastest mile so far

Waves wildly - I'm coming back to join you all! (Way back on the previous thread I had to give up due to knee problems, but since then I've lost 19 pounds, and decided to try again to see if the weight loss makes a difference).
w1r1 this morning, and it was surprisingly easy, Rawb's music hasn't improved in the past four months though .

Hello all

Having mulled this over for a few weeks, DH and I did W1R1 this evening! God my throat hurt but it wasn't too bad overall.

We both need to lose a few stone - do most people find this a good way of losing weight or do you need to work out on non-running days too, like on a bike or suchlike?

Must say this thread is very inspirational

Hey hello all. I am still off running. Have appointment with sports medicine doctor about my shin thing and just found out my vit d levels are nearly zero !!

Anyhow, you are doing very well and welcome to the newbies, you will be running 5k in no time .

I might just run next week and see how I go !!

Wow -that's brilliant Idris.

i do 5k in about 37 minutes. i'd be happy with 35 right now.