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

Run the second day of week 5- 2 8minute runs but seemed to have amanged it well.Due for the big 20minutes run next time around. I do think this will be a big break and will boost your confidence a lot if you can manage it.Lets see I am a bit apprehensive though.

Wilts - hope you get better soon, maybe a physio could give you advice on running too?

Nobiggy - it really does get easier - I can now run for 5 minutes without stopping (go extremely red but don't stop!), keep with the programme! (and I do get out of breathe and there is no way that I would be able to hold a conversation)

woh - I'm stuck this week too - managed to squeeze week 4, run 2 in between picking up dc but not going to do another one until after weekend. Is it wierd to book a babysitter so I can go for a run (although wouldn't be able to get inside without the neighbours seeing as she is a neighbour)

Running 3 miles in 30 mins is amazing - that really is running not jogging!

Flies still a problem - tried the sunglasses thing but they bounced around a bit and were too annoying - still planning on a full face shield.

Week 2, day 2 complete!

Definitely easier than day 1.

Well done nobiggy, it really will get easier and running round a lake sounds far nicer and easier than the garden( unless you've got a very big one)!

I may be a bit stuck next week - my OH is away with work for 2 weeks so it will be hard to get out unless I go efore the kids wake up, so that means 6.15 am start!

Plus , we've got a fundraising week at work and we've been volunteered to do a 5k run/walk as a team, shame its not in another 6 weeks time!

I haven' t let on that I'm doing C25K so will be planning to walk it!

If anyone fancies sponsoring me , its for a charity called Get Connected and I'll post my just giving link here when it's all sorted.

We should raise a fair amount as there are about 40 of us and we're all being targeted to raise £100 each so any little will help!

Sorry to heart that wilts. Hope you get better.
I cant go out for the last few days due to work commitment. Hoping to run week5 day2 tomorrow.

Haven't read through the thread - sorry - but I did w1r1 on Monday, running in a figure of 8 round the garden (yes, really), tried w1r2 this morning round a lake. This stuff about not being out of breath, is that for real? Because I'm breathing hard almost as soon as I start and gasping by the end of the minute (which is now 55s long btw).

Went to the Dr yesterday, I have damaged the ligaments in my right knee and have also hurt my left knee.

I am on anti- inflammatories for two weeks, then back to see if I will need physio

Dh thinks this is really amusing as he is in training for our half marathon and there is me only week two in and running on a treadmill

I am not sure what to do when this clears up as I am in so much pain,I am loath to risk doing it again.

Well done everyone!

hello again-

I am now running 3.2 miles three times a week. I found a route around our local park and have been doing this. It was hard- and I must admit that once I get about 15 mins in, I really feel like walking but I just get my head down and run on!!

Did it last night in 31 mins.

I cant believe that just 6 weeks ago I struggled to run for 3 mins. Amazing.

wilts - what a nightmare! Hope the graduation went OK. I'm surprised about the knee problems because running on treadmills is supposed to be much kinder to joints, but really hope it gets better soon.
N4NNY - snap, I've had a cold too - I felt rotten all weekend, typical! Not helped by inhaling half a bonfire on Saturday night. Take a break and look after yourself.
wohmum - yay! You did it! You'll have no trouble managing the rest of the week, I'm sure.

Hope the rest of you are managing OK.....

Well, I did run 2 of week 7 this morning, tried Suz's 90s Hip Hop podcast, which was pretty good. I do seem to hit a "wall" between 12 and 18 minutes when I really feel I can't go on. I have spent a lifetime "giving up" whenever I got out of breath or it started to hurt, and it is such a new experience forcing myself past that. By the time I get to 20 minutes or so I'm fine again, but I do need to find some new ways of dealing with that middle section of the run. Do any of you who've done longer runs have any strategies??

I did day 1 of week 2 yesterday, and found the first one pretty hard going. Surprised at how much lomger it felt!
However, I did manage to complete the session so it can't have been that bad!

Day 2 , week 2 tomorrow!

Ive not been able to run since sunday got a stinking cold and now a cough gutted hopefully can get back to it at the weekend

Well done everyone, not faced the fly problem yet, probably as I am yet to run outside

I now can't run until I have been to the Dr, both knees have seized right up and I am having to take ibuprofen just to get some movement

The problem knee thing couldn't have come at a worse time as it is my graduation tomorrow, and I have visions of me not being able to get up the abbey steps when they call my name

loler and mrsdepp re:the flies - this is why most runners and cyclists wear sunglasses (as I eventually discovered!) - nothing to do with the sun!

re: flies in mouth - no idea - I breathed one in on a run and end up puking as a result -

loler - at the flies. I have one stretch of my route which is under trees and I always get a mouthful - nearly inhaled a moth this morning. I'm not sure what the solution is, apart from stopping breathing.

I always put my contacts in before running, after I ran straight through a squishy horse-poo last time I ran blind. Actually, I'm so blind there's always a danger I'll get lost!

Well done getting started on week 4, and Happy Birthday! You've earned an extra-big piece of cake.

I have now started Week 7 (eek!) and almost chickened out of today's run (Monday-itus) but so glad I didn't. Ran to the Suz 90's podcast (thanks for the link hobbittoes), felt like flaking at around half-way, but then "Eye of the Tiger" came on - LOL! Rocky didn't quit, so I couldn't either!

I did the first week 4 today (also my birthday) can't believe that I managed it but feeling a real sense of acheivement! Wishing I hadn't read the week 5 posts! However - when robert told me tonight that i was going to run for 5 minutes I had a little laugh - so it can be done!

Wilts - I also have the neighbour phobia - I run without my glasses on and don't look up, with an ipod on therefore no-one exists apart from me (and the dog - my running mate - the idea being if I die on the way round she can lead them - skippy style to me!)

My main problems currently are fly in eye issues and flies in mouth (3 tonight - don't need the extra calories and they scratch on the way down!) - any tips other than full face mask?

notanidea - no, it's all on the same podcast - he says "day 1, stop running, day 2, you have 3 minutes left" etc. etc.

Of course you can do 20 minutes! As someone said to me on this thread, if you can do the second day, which is two 8-minute runs with just a short walk in the middle, then you can do the 20 minute one. But no, I didn't believe it either.

MrsDepp Do you hae to download three different downloads for week 5? I cant really believe that I can run for 20minutes.
I will choose somewhere flat so it is easy.

me too!

finished week 1 today, and about to start week 2,but will leave it until Wednesday.

keep running ladies!

Hi all,

very rushed but just wanted to pop on and say I've finished week 1 -hurray - and heading into week 2. Hope I manage to find a bit more time to get on here next week. See you.

notanidea - Week 5 is where it ramps up - 5 minute runs on the first day, then 8 minutes, then on the third run it's the big 20 minutes. But, you know what, you'll manage it. If I did, anyone can.

Hey just finished the week 4 runs. Next two weeks are going to be busy so ha ve to see how I will fit the runs.Mrs Depp- week five has 8minute runs isnt it?

mrswill - I'm an early morning runner at the moment, getting up 30 minutes early and leaving dh in charge at home. And I'm not normally a morning person! Sometimes I have to be out by 5am if dh has one of his frequent business trips. But I find it's nice and cool, not many people about, and then it's done for the day and I don't have to fret about fitting it in around school pick-ups, meals etc. I don't eat beforehand, just have a big glass of water before I set off.

I'm not sure how I'll feel when the dark mornings come around, though!

Can't help with the big boobage problem, I'm afraid. Fi's the girl for that!

hobbittoes - thanks for the Suz podcast link - she sounds like she's been sniffing helium, but I quite fancy doing my next 25-minute run to the sounds of the 80s instead of Robert Ullrey's new-age electro-pop.

Hello all,

Sadly even the shock absorber or the one made for running by shock absorber could contain my boobs, my 2 very tight bra combo does a better job, but will look into that royce impact free one FiByTheSea, thanks. Apart from extreme engineering, Im not sure what will stop them from jiggling around. Ive gone down to 32 DD though which Im chuffed about.

Completed wk 3 day 2 yesterday, and am finding it ok. Slightly impatient to get to the 20mins nonstop running, as last time I found the weight dropped off quickly when you crack onto the long stretches of running.

N4nny well done for reaching wk 9, very inspiring!

wohmum Am not sure what app it is, was the cheapest C-5k on there. Its brilliant fair play, it tells you when to run/walk etc. Beats running with phone in hand, trying to work out times etc.

What times are people generally going out and about to do their runs?? Am trying to gear myself up for early morning, but am managing to get out at 5pm or after 7pm when DD goes to bed. Tricky getting meals to fit in too, as running on a full stomach or starving is not good. Roll on wk 3 day 3 tomorrow

hello all

wilts even I was worried regarding the neighbours but it gets better.Anyway why should you cared?

n4nny welldone for your week9 completion

I have done the second run of week 4 - it was actually not bad- I cant believe I could do it. Cant agree more with you mrs depp it is addictive.looking forward for the next run tomorrow.

FiByTheIcySea I am due to do the last run of week two tomorrow, and I hope I feel ready for week 3 like you do!

TheNextMrsDepp - have decided to try a deserted field tomorrow morning, thus avoiding the neighbour issue!

My new sports bra arrived this morning, when I was trying it on Ds2 asked what it was for. I told him it was to stop your boobs jiggling when you run and gave him a demonstration- he said ' but mum it doesn't stop your tummy wobbling does it?'

I am having knee trouble at the moment, so wore a support yesterday, I will see how it goes tomorrow, but suspect a visit to the Gp is on the cards.

I will be quite disappointed if I have to stop the running now I have finally started.