Starting C25K 19/11

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Anyone want to join me? It means we should start 2012 being able to run 5k - now there's an incentive to stick with it.

Aha, DD is the reason I'm doing c25k - it was a desperate way to try and give myself a little energy. I haven't had unbroken sleep for almost 5 years now so it's sort of a way of life.

Hope your tiny person turns into a champion sleeper!

Hope you're feeling better now kick.

Hi - I'm back. After a failed start in December I'm back and have started again AND I have new trainers...

So, last week I ran three times and finished week 1. I'm starting week 2 tomorrow. I'm not thinking about the challenges ahead...

Well done to all who've stayed with the program

Welcome back 5ofus! Now there are 5 of us!

Well still had a headache yesterday but did 40 mins at a steady pace on the elliptical yesterday while dd did tennis.

Today my neck and head still 'fizzy' nerves but used ibuprofen and deep heat and finished week 2. Actually found it quite easy and was disappointed when it finished. May start week 3 tomorrow but will see how I feel at 6 in the morning.

I run painfully slowly only4 mph. I can WALK that fast. Still, I shall keep going and trust that I speed up somewhere along the way

Yay! Welcome back 5ofus. Just take it one run at a time. It's remarkable how well it works.

I did w6r3 today. Dh took dd to gym and I took the opportunity to go for a run in town. It was beautiful. The sun was warm but there were still patches of frost on the ground. I ran along the disused canal and there were so many birds and it was beautiful. I got to watch a blackbird slide and almost fall over on the ice too.

It felt harder today but I think that was just the cold air. I did run faster than w5r3 though which I was pleased about. Faster overall than any of other sessions this week but not as fast as the fastest interval. Looking forward to week 7 on Wednesday.

Hi 5ofus, well done for getting back on the wagon.

I have nothing to report, still coughing, wheezing and sore, full of co-codamol and pissed off. I am so jealous of you guys, and I'm getting left behind now :(

Congrats on finishing week 6 go, that's great!

Thanks all. Courtesy of a late night shopping trip to M&S I now also have new trousers and a new top. Week 2 - Run 1 may be my most stylish outing yet

Weather reckons it'll be 5 degrees by about 10 so I'm planning to go out at about 11.

I'm feeling inspired by your week 6 run 3 Go

Hope everyone else recovers well. I had a couple of colds back to back from just before christmas through to last week. I'm still coughing up ick from time to time. I prescribed myself lots of vit C and bed rest.

I'll report back on how week 2 goes!

Week 2 Run 1 Done

Today was a slightly different route as the crossing of the main road co-incided with one of the 90 second runs.

According to GPS in W1R3 I "ran" 3.48km, in W2R1 it was 3.68km which suggests an increase of 200m if we believe the GPS is accurate - getting closer to 5km.

Wasn't too bad, but runs 4 and 5 were the toughest and I stopped both times about 10 seconds before the end.

How is everyone else doing?

Slept in
No run this morning

Hi all. Bit today as was supposed to be doing W9R3, the final run, and had been psyching myself up for the full 5K but have pulled a muscle in my hip. Now need to try and fit in run tomo and weds are a bloody busy nightmare. Not sure hip'll be up to it tomo tbh. Boo.

Well done 5, you put the rest of us to shame.

Hope your hip is better quickly tidy, that must be unbelievably frustrating. You have mental strength now though, stay positive :) It would be worse to hurt it more severely and then have a rubbish start to your next running chapter.

I'm still out of action. Walked 3 miles today (this is not unusual at all for me, nursery run plus trip to leisure centre) and I was utterly exhausted afterwards. I'm crushingly tired and still coughing. And off my food (this is highly unusual for me, I would eat if I had ebola!). I really want to run so badly but there's no way it's going to to end well if I do so I won't.

w3r1 DONE

just about coped with dragging myself out of bed.

I'm to admit that the 2 1/2 min runs in the schedule are probably the most I've done since enforced running at school!

Omfg I've done it w9r3 completed.

Tidy!!!! Congratulations!!

How does it feel?
What's the new plan now you've finished this one?

Thanks! Feels great. Really wonderful and a real achievement - id never have believed it if you're told me 3 months ago :-)
Plan now is to stick to 3x 30 mins / week for a few weeks or might swap in one run for a Zumba class.
Def gonna have a tonight.

Tidy that is bloody marvellous! Well done you, and enjoy that wine, you most certainly deserve it :)

Thanks bugrit.
I'm gonna stick on this thread hope that's ok? You've all bee. A really support and spur. Thanks .
How will we celebrate when we've all finished!?????
( uh oh here comes the overuse of punctuation it must be wine night )

(not to mention all the errors)

Haha I wondered if we'd get a drunk post tonight!

How shall we celebrate ... more wine, maybe?

tidy Wow! Well done fantastic news!

kickass well done on W3R1 too

My run day is tomorrow for W2R2.

Well done tidy hope the wine was good.

How are we all?

Tomorrow I run again, woo! 10 days off, got as far as week 6 run 2 under my belt. Thinking I'll just have a bash at w6r1 and see how I get on, what do we think?

Hope everyone's ok :)

We think YES bugrit go for it I'm sure you'll make it. Glad you're on the mend. Having a couple of glasses of the good stuff tonight - DS1 and DS2 have gone for a sleepover at Grandma's so only got DD to get me up in the night - I figured there was a 66.7% chance of a better than usual night so I'd have an extra glass....
Onto more serious matters... who's doing the race for life in June? (think its June??)
My IMapMyRun App worked today - I ran 5.6 km! Was bloody hard work though but feels sooooo gooooood after.

Bloody hell tidy, an optional extra 0.6km. You are hardcore.

Like the statistical analysis there. Hope it comes good and you get sleep!

Did w3r2 yesterday, but really struggled. So this morning I did it again & was fine. Yesterday I skipped the warm up as was running late for work, and managed to hit the touch screen when sorting out music, and messed up which bit i was on, so it was a bit of a useless attempt.

Today, I got a lie in then did my 'run' & felt much better. Actually managed a grand total of 2k during the whole work out.