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

Did my 5k this morning - did it in just under 32 min . Am doing a BHF 5k on 4th October and would love to do it in 30 min.

don't lose heart Irish - i thought I was gonna die when I first started. Yes, that throat pain is horrible when you are really gasping.

I've run 5k a few times now but it is still hard for the first couple of k. and hills are difficult. I'm too scared to go over to the 5 to 10k thread. think it's too hardcore for me.

Has anyone got any good suggestions for running tunes or podcasts to download?

Did my first session on this yesterday morning. Downloaded the podcast and found it really helpful.

However, forgot to turn around at the halfway point and head back towards home, so ended up having to do the session twice to get back home in time to get ready for work! (twit!)

Next session tomorrow, will try to get it right this time!

Irish - it was hard for nearly everyone.
Have a read through the thread when you have time, you will find we all struggled!
I did 1 min walk, 1 min run 6 times. I thought I would die by the end.

Now (7 weeks on) I can run 25 minutes. Not particularly fast (though I get a bit better each time), but I can do it

Have faith, it gets easier each time

I have just started this (or I think something very similar - I did 1 min run, 90 secs walk x8 - will look up this routine though and stick to that), were you all OK fitness wise to start? I was nearly crying by the end of mine and really really struggled. Today is run day again and I am dreading it, thinking of excuses already! My muscles were OK, it was mainly my throat hurting, then the inside of my nose. Lots of flashbacks to jogging round the school playing field! Was it hard for anyone else in beginning? Thinking of jogging even the 2 mins is unbearable, does it get easier? Thankyou

I find that singing helps with the breathing! Whenever I'm at gasping stage it seems to help get some oxygen in somehow... There's probably a technical explanation for this?! Whatever works .

Have completed my wk10 (33 mins)...should prob not be on here anymore?! I did 3.3 miles in that time, but now have sore hips and a running bra chaffing injury . On the plus side, I saw a mum from school at the weekend and she said I looked well...I haven't lost much weight so I've either toned up or she was being v kind!

I sang out loud a bit last night

Ok, ran for first time tonight and managed a miniscule 12 mins . My excuse is that I haven't run for 10 days and had a sore leg, which interestingly enough didn't hurt at all !!! Can't blame that then

Well done everybody on their runs, I will hopefully be up to scratch by next week. Ditched Rawb though and keep getting the temptation now to sing out loud

Hooray - finally made it out this evening (had been 13 days since my last run ).

Started off slowly but improved towards the end and when my 30 min were up i suddenly felt inspired to keep going for a bit longer. Legs are reminding me that running more often leaves them feeling less sore though.

Another 25 mins for me last night. A little bit easier...

Am with you on w7 music. I keep meaning to put together my own playlist but haven't had time. Not sure I can face another run with Rawbs soundtrack. It was a great podcast when it was all intervals but time to move on I think!

Forgot to say - omg at the w7 music!! There is a guy laughing in a most sinister way around 8 minutes in. So disconcerting and horrible. Definitely doing my own music from now on!!

I haven't run for ages .

I will make it out during the weekend.

25 minutes

Quite pleased with meself

My trick was to ignore w6r3, which I was supposed to be doing, but do w7r1. Same distance, but a straight run, so Rawb didn't keep interupting me and telling r1 and r2 to stop, when I had to keep going....

Gah! I've just realised, I bored you all with my 5k triumph last week.

I am now obsessed with recording my runs on the nike website. sad or what?

you WILL do it Nappy.

I did 5k last week and it was hard but I did it. I can run 3k fairly easily now and I thought I would never be able to say that.

I am not very speedy by any means. I average 3k in about 23 mins and 5k i did in 38 mins.

ooh Lula - you poor thing with your nasty shin thing. You have my sympathies, I was lucky, mine wasn't as serious as yours but it hurt . . but once I got into the swing of running, it went away. I hope yours heals quickly.

ok so i didnt fire on to the 25 mons but managed the 2x10 ok - pace was a bit better but im still only averaging 3k from when start run and end it (inc the walk in middle) sceptical of getting to 5k

I shall make "doing a playlist" my task for the evening (back to my old tricks, far happier doing the revision timetable than the revision... )

Hadn't realised that (assuming I get through the end of w6) the intervals are over now and it is just straight runs from now on. As super says, I'm finding it really hard with Rawb telling d1 and d2 people to stop, when I have to keep going... and the music is just abysmal.

So I may as well just put together some decent music

Thanks all of you . Am still very very slow so need to work on that. I stuck another 3 min song on my playlist and ran for approx 33 mins today, yay!

Lula - your shin splint thingy sounds painful. Is it going to make it worse if you run on it again?

Zen - I had that trouble with doing the 25 mins (see above!). Have you got your own playlist? I found running to Rawb at this point drove me bonkers because I was trying work out how long there was to go every time he gave a timecheck. Now I think in terms of how many songs there are to go rather than mins.

Rita - well done! I am doing the 30 mins but getting overtaken regularly so think that speed may be an issue! Do you plot your run so that you know you're doing 5k? I am guessing at mine .

Good luck tonight nappy!

OOOOO Im aiming to go out tonight to do w6r2 though if i arent dying at 10 mins might fireon to the straight 25.

Hello

I am LovelyRita btw - was Idris a couple of incarnations ago and have gone back to it

Haven't run since last Tuesday and unlikely to again for a bit although may manage tomorrow as I think DH is likely to be off work due to hideous migraine today .

I think I am a 5k runner. And at about 30 something minutes. Am generally happy that I can generally keep up with ds (5) now which I couldn't before I started this

Hello, yes in Melbourne, but alas only just coming into spring so it varies from sun to wind, rain, hailstorm and certainly not warm !!

Looking forward to the summer though but it does get very hot !!

Zen, have you tried just walking when you can't go any further, then starting to run again after a minute. It sometimes works for me if I think I am going to die !!

Well done ski mummy

I just managed another 25 minutes tonight - the start of week 7. I think it was more of a struggle than w6r3 but I made it a bit further. I was very red (you might even say purple) by the end of it. I think I am going to have to ditch Rawb and make my own playlist. Still waiting for my Nike+ - am starting to wonder whether DH was messing with me when he said he ordered for me!

Glad to hear the leg is not too much trouble Lula. If you are in Melbourne, are you running around the Tan??!!

25 mins attempted - and 18 mins achieved

Will attempt it again on Weds

Great news lula

And well done superduper, I am so in awe of you

Crunchies - Lula's in Oz (Melbourne iirc), hence crazy hours!!

That's good news lula but what on earth were you doing on MN at 4.01am??

. Tests done and it turns out that it is a freaky kind of shin splint, so I can run again in a few days. Had to have an x ray as well as they thought I might have a stress fracture