Starting Couch to 5k next week ( 17th May) and looking for company :)

oops meant wk5run3 on sun.. right i'm off to referee

I'm a bit behind in my runs.. I was supposed to do my wk5run2 last sun but felt exhausted all day so didn't go out. dd14m had been up the previous 2 nights full of ds grotty snotty cold. He's nearly 4 and unfortunately an early riser 6am is a lie in for him so i think the combo lack of sleep did it. We had a residents meeting mon eve then yesterday my period arrived full force so i now feel yukky. Really feel i should give the 20min wk 5 run tonight but don't know if i'm feeling up to it? Struggling a bit this wk.

wohmumwell done! when are you doing your wk5r3?
ohyoubadbadkitten well done must have been Really hard with non running music!
Arrrgh kids fighting over toys.. must dash.. bigwavetoeveryoneelse x

Hi all

I managed week 5 run 1 this morning, didn't think I'd do it, but wasn't too bad.
Not looking forward to w5day 3 though! Glad to hear that it can be done.
I'm another who couldn't run for 60 sec 5 weeks ago, so it really does work . Not shifted much weight though, presume that will come more as I do longer runs, whaddya think?

I knew there must be a thread here somewhere....

day 1 week 1 completed

I really need something decent to listen to. as I said in my other thread, I kept missing the 'walk bit' and only hearing the 'now RUN' bit, which I was already doing. music was horrendous too, (was a Christian one)

off to scan thread....

sybil... it's me ! Tho I've left London now and we've been in Cambs for 18 months. Dd is delightful too.

nobiggy... I also did the half this year - and loved it! So much more enjoyable than the full. I was with my friends who I walked with last night and there were murmurings of another full next year... but I definitely remember saying never again after this year .

Love the sound of the iphone app... hubs has one, maybe he will share? It will solve my problem of juggling an ipod (in my trouser elastic) and mobile phone (just in case!).

Hello all, still running, so I see!

Well done Eliza70, it really does work doesn't it?

Notandidea - Yay! I never doubted you'd manage. You're almost at the end of the programme!

Hiya Sybilfaulty - you're off and running. Don't worry about the neighbours laughing at your monoboob; ignore them, or do what I do and go at the crack of dawn before they are up (no blazing sun either).

My knee is OK, I'm just really irritated that it has interrupted my schedule!! Throughout this programme I thought the real battle would be with my fitness, I didn't think my flippin' joints would start to let me down! Might have to dig my bike out of the shed after all. Week 9 will have to wait.

Ran again this afternoon, looked hopeful for a little rain but blazing sun by the end of the half hour.

Kiwibella - I did the half moon this year, followed Nina's training programme, near enough. I still walk, on a Thursday I start with Robert, then walk the remainder of 3 miles. I'm hoping to get a place for the half next year, the 3 miles a week is just to keep in practice. I have some unformed plan to do the half next year, the full the year after. My chiropodist wants to chop bits off my feet first though.

Onwards, onwards, 90s still tough, but not impossible now. I'm going out early these days, trying to avoid people now school's out!

Not read the whole thread recently but just back from the weekend off and am going to wrk. I ran 25 min - yes I did it.... Due for 28minutes run tomorrrrroooooowwww....

very well done eliza!

Hi everyone, I am on week eight (!!!!) of this. Am totally amazed I have stuck with it and can now run for 28 minutes, considering at week one I could barely do the 90 seconds I am so proud of myself. I started with Raw-bert but downloaded an app for iphone called get running, it uses the same instructions but you can use it in sync with your own music which is far better. I also had knee problems at about week four/five but rested them for 8 days and they got better.

Only disappointment is I have not lost much weight and have only toned up a bit, DP thinks it is because it is only in these latter weeks that I have been doing sustained running.

yep, i do the shockabsorber bra thing too, so very attractive...not!

No running at w/e apathetic I know, but have done leg/bum/tum class today first thing. will try to run in am tho

I am back

Raw - bert, though a bit annoying, was brilliant. Don't think I'd realised quite how long a minute was. Am still puce in face and sweaty as a beast though.

I would have said I was fairly fit with all my swimming but I found that quite hard going. Can anyone tell me it gets a bit easier as you do more of it?

I also don't relish bumping into people I know when I am red and sweaty. Must go out first thing before people up on Wed.

Kiwi, I think we were on an AN thread together in March 2007. Do you have a 3 and half year old? I have, although I had a different name then. I recall too that you lived in E London. I may have got that completely wrong though, so apologies, but if it is you, then how is your DD? Mine is adorable, but very hard work at the moment. I've since had a son (now 20M) and have an older daughter (now 5).

Well done, Fi and Nobiggy, you give me inspiration.

How are you feeling today Mrs D? How is your knee?

MABS, my shock absorber bra did what it said on the tin, but gives me an unfortunate monoboob, like the Queen. Still, better than blacking someone's eye. Or my own.

Right, off to the shower.

Well I am all togged up and ready to go! I feel like a prat though and can't think of anywhere to go which is anonymous. I am going to have to face the derision of the neighbours. Wish me (and Raw - bert) luck!

MrsDepp, I'm having trouble with my knees too . I guess resting is the best thing for them? They particularly hurt when changing between walking / running and when going up / down my stairs

I ran week 2 on Saturday and planned to go out again this morning. I have no idea how to keep this up with dds home over the summer. Hubs is unreliable at being home.

Interesting thoughts about distance nobiggy - I've always fancied running so that's why I'm giving it a go. I didn't achieve it the last time Altho, I did train for the moonwalk (26 miles) two years ago and lost two dress sizes from walking!!! Running feels faster .

Well, I couldn't hold out any longer and went for a run this morning. DD1 (who's nine) came along to show me up encourage me. I just did 20 minutes as I didn't want to overstress my knee, but it has been hurting ever since, so I'm really annoyed that I didn't leave it longer. Grr....Looks like another week of resting.

(DD1 got a stitch though, and I didn't ).

totally relate re the boob thing, 32f, but i just do up the sport bra very tite and hope for the best !

Just got in from w2r3. Did all the runs today, the full 90s. Feeling a bit flat tbh, I want this to be easier.

Logged the run on my iPhone, and although overall it's slow (average 3.97mph over the 30 mins), all the runs are over 4mph, and there's a clear difference in speed between walking and running. It has felt as if there isn't much difference, just more effort.

At that speed, it is more efficient to walk, but it's not the distance, it's the doing!

Well done all you runners. I'm feeling a difference in what I can do other than running, so it must be having a positive effect, even though the run itself is hard.

sybilfaulty hello :-) and welcome. I too am of the huge boobage you'll be fine just give it a go!
MABS wow great going!
I did wk5run2 tonight.. you know the one with the 2 x 8min runs. I managed it but it was hard going towards the end of the 2nd 8min run especially as i had to run with the wind blowing quite strongly in my face for that one.

did 25mins today, will do gym class tomorrow i think

Can I join please?

I swim 1.5 miles twice a week but am still about a stone overweight. All the people who run near me seem to be tiny so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

I have a day away from my DCs today so am off to TK Max for some shorts. Have huge knockers and a huge sports bra (32H). Have old trainers but will only buy new if I keep it up. Do I need anything else?

First run Sunday. Will download Robert to go with me. Terrified.

MABS 20 minutes straight off! Some of us took weeks to get that far!

Aw thanks, Kiwibella. I'm having a tired day today I think. I'll have another go on Saturday, before I head off to The Proms

only day one tho !! thanks for encouragement

bought trainers and ran 20 mins you are a star MABS!!! You will lose that excess weight in no time.

great running nobiggy - as your name says... it's no biggy, take your time and you will get there .

thanks so much so that info, you are all very inspiring ladies.

Mrs Depp, we sound v similar, i around 10st at mo, nearly 5ft 8,all around my tum is the fat, but i was 9 stone a year ago. i desperately want to drop 10lbs ish. Bought trainers today and ran 20 mins on treadmill, t'is a start!