New Years Resolution couch to 5k thread

have just done wk 3 run 1 of rob
it was fine, i felt good and not tired - i find fewer intervals is less mentally daunting than say wk 1 where you know you have to do 8
this way, once you have done one 3 minute run, you're half finished
i am still worried about future weeks, and not convinced i will stay motivated to progress
i am pretty pleased with what i have done so far though - i mainly wanted to get out and be exercising 3 days a week and i have managed that, so i'm happy

thanks ladylush I should maybe try eating earlier. I haven't really lost any weight since I started which is disappointing - I an size 14 and have just under a stone to go (my dd3 is 18mths). I want to get back to a size 12 and would be happy with that as i have never been any smaller than that! blinkin spare tyre won't budge! My shins are also hurting which means I am wary about running too often.

well i know what i want you to mean wuglet
i will wait and see

ladylush hope you feel better
i was well up for a run tonight but ds1 having some problems getting to sleep atm so had to stay and try to help
felt frustrated but hopefully will get out tomorrow

coupleofkooks - yes I'll keep checking in Got a bad cold now so hope I can still go tonight or tomorrow.

curlydolly - well done for getting to week 7 Have to say, am dreading week 7 as that's when it seems to suddenly get harder. I'm not an expert on weight loss but I have been told that metabolic rate slows after 8pm so perhaps you could try eating your main meal early with the kids, then having a snack when you get home. I would also like to lose some weight but don't want to diet. Want to just eat sensibly. Am still bf so hopefully will lose some when I stop.

Hi all I've been doing the robcasts since new year on and off. I've now got to week 7 which I am v pleased about but now having trouble with these longer runs. I need a pep talk! I just can't seem to keep going for that length of time.
Also I am trying to lose weight- unsuccessfully. I usually have to run in the evening after dp gets back. I don't know whether I ought to eat a meal early with the kids or have a snack and then eat later with dp when I get back (which is what I normally end up doing but fear thats hindering weigt loss) I need energy to run further! Thanks for any tips!

go on rollergirl yo uknow you want to
we could run together
glad to hear you managed to do 10.5 k - gives me a bit of hope I won't totally embarrass myself

welcome all newbies - in dec last year I could only run for a minute without having to stop and gasp for breath, in agony - I was completely unfit in every way,not just running. it is definitely possible. good luck with it all

Hey ladies. Feel like haven't been on here for aaages. RL intervened! Was DD's 4th birthday last friday and her party yesterday. So glad is out of the way! Have been doing quite well on the running front. Ran 10.5k last week with BIL who is an experienced runner and did the london marathon last year. My furthest run before that was 8k and I am sure I only managed as was spurred on by him. Have never run with anyone else before and I didn't think i'd like but it definitely kept my mind off how far/little I had run. Did it in 1.05 which i think is quite good but think I would be slower if doing on my own.

So have booked into the Kingston 10k run in June. BIL still trying to convince me to do the Great North Run. Still undecided.

oh ladylush that's good, are you going to keep checking in?

wuglet hello, i am trying to work out whether the same level of hard for a longer distance is worse or better

I'm not doing robcasts though.

coupleofkooks - I'm at same stage as you. I start week 3 tomorrow or tuesday.

hello, would it be ok if i joined you please? i've been doing the robcasts and just finished wk 2, going to try to do wk 3 run 1 on monday or tues

is there anyone else near the beginning still? i scrolled through and saw people running 7k
wow but [fear]

hiya all
very jealous of all the weightloss stories on here. I've put on weight - some muscle but also more fat cos I eat like a horse now I'm doing more exercise. so am all the more impressed by those of you with willpower
have been avoiding running during the holidays - we've all been ill - but back to it next week - got a 10k race in 2 weeks time that I am going to die doing - no way am i up to that standard yet - gulp

Well done tabitha For some reason I find the walking harder than the jogging It puts more pressure on my shins.

Not sure whether to report in on this thread or the other one - but did my 5K today as I hurt my arm quite badly last Saturday evening and had to postpone to this weekend. Still, did it in 34:33 and am well chuffed as I only started running 12 weeks ago and I too found those first 1 minute runs excrutiating!

Will be collecting the sponsorship and sending to the just giving page this week.

Good luck bratnav - you can do it I will be starting my week 2 on weds/thurs, having completed week 1 last night. For some reason I found it harder last night than the previous two runs. Guess I just have to roll with it.

ladylush, that is exactly why I am not dieting too, I love food and cooking. I do eat quite healthily, but I can't do without occasional treats without feeling miserable

Righto, week 2 run 1 tonight

That's great about the weight loss Cote I'm a 14 (dd is 8 months old) Prior to conceiving her I was a 12/14 and prior to having ds (5 3/4) I was a 10/12. Would happily settle for a true size 12. I don't want to diet as I find I think about food too much when I diet.

Thank you for the pep talk.... I need it.

Claudia - I know what you mean

I'm 39 and was a size 12 before DS (10 months). Since I started running in December, I have lost over a stone and now am slimmer than I was before DD (4.7).

josette - Seriously, we all struggled with weeks 1 & 2 in the beginning. I remember feeling like I would cough up a major organ and die while running the second 2 mins! Now I can run for 25 minutes straight, and I haven't even been following the program all that faithfully. Your resistance will build up very quickly, just get out there and do your runs

Well done Wuglet Must have been a great feeling to complete your sponsored race
Nbee - I sympathise re dental stuff. I need to go and get one of my teeth checked out but keep putting it off as I am scared of the dentist! I really should go while it's still free. Ikwym about running in the dark -it's the reason why I do mine on a treadmill at the gym (as in the week I can only exercise after dd goes to bed and by the time I've eaten dinner it's pretty late). I also think that paying for a gym gives me extra incentive to exercise iyswim - but running outside is much more interesting and of course free

Cote I don't mean this to sound wierd but I am sooooo delighted that you too are not yet running 5k . I'm finding it hard at the moment and all this talk of amazing 7K + runs was making me feel . I was feeling a bit of a failure. Sorry to hear your knees are buggered tho, and that the kids have had chicken pox. Grim.

Hi newbies, the gradual progress of the 0 - 5K schedules is ace. You get pushed to achieve more than you thought possible in a relatively short space of time but it's not impossible iyswim. Mind you i've been doing the bupa plan not the Ullrey - Bupa sounds a bit more gentle?

Running is great exercise nbee, for all the reasons you listed. I too am 40 (and a bit more) so its good for us more mature women too.

Thanks Wuglet - I think I need to hear that some people found week 1 difficult. Running for 1 minute with 90 second walks in between sounds so easy and I felt that if I was having problems doing day 1 then there was no hope for me. I'd like to give it a good bash - I think running would be a good exercise - cheap, can be done (almost) anytime and a good calorie burner as well as being good for my health and fitness.