Couch to 5K- join us if you dare, running is highly addictive!!

[cinnamongreyhound]

Another thread for us long termers and a new one for those just starting. Whatever stage you're at come and join us for lots of advice and moral support.

Old thread here

Sorry to hear that gingerpinz, get well soon!

Well done hairtwiddler that's great! And travellingwilbury you'll get there by the end you will be doing lots more running by then :)

Be careful nextphase several of us found w6r1 very hard so don't be too upset if you find it a tricky o e after having done a full 20 mins :)

Good luck Twasbrillig!

I've been this morning, only 30 mins but better than nothing. Will hopefully fit in a longer run at the weekend. Run director at parkrun this week, eeeeeek!!!!

You can Bakingnovice! Cos I just did!!

Thanks cinnamon. Hope things going well with the new dog. Good luck tomorrow...sure you will be great!

Lovely day here...enjoy your runs anyone who is out today!

He's lovely thank you gingerpinz, he's gettin less clingy to me as the days go on and he stays out of the kitchen while I'm cooking now instead of begging which is great. He's pretty good running with me. My cats are slowly getting used to him and he's terrified of them!!

Got my first child free three hours for three months and it is too hot to run!! Will go early tomorrow. Am almost wishing for a bit of drizzle...am I the only person who quite likes running in the rain?!

Have fun those of you running

Watching well done!

And well done to all the other runners. This thread keeps me going. The support is amazing. Week 5 on Sunday!

im back... post run.

first run of week one done. im

Yeah! Go Watching

Cinnamon thats really interesting. Psychologically, it sounds much easier - much shorter runs, and some rests! Will have to see what happens over the weekend.

Scarecrow nope, I'd rather run in the rain than blazing sunshine.

Well done to everyone who is sticking with the program! It really does work - so Baking don't worry, just trust your body, and don't let your mind win the argument, as you really CAN do it!

THere is a strange red glow down here in Kent, it's emitting from my face! I hope you are not local to me coconuts or planes will be crashing from the sky!

W4R3 done, upped it again, walked at 4.5 and plodded at 5mph. Pulled the stupid cord out again in the last run so lost all my data again.

Reading this I am starting to panic, so what's ahead of me for W5, have I got to run for 20 min in one hit! EEK. Just as well I will try it on Sunday, I will have all day to recover.

Well done everyone, my shower awaits. xx

There's some brilliant motivation here. Keep running all, it's good for the soul! Doing this has given me so much belief in myself again. I never thought I would finish the programme and it's officially my last run this weekend. The sense of achievement is sooo great. And it's true, running is addictive.

How did run director go cinnamon?

My regular parkrun had its first birthday party today. It was a very toasty one too. Ran with DD, finished in about 36 mins but I did manage a sprint (ish) finish (absolutely no pain today . We had 251 runners, DS finished 68th. Waiting for our times.

hairtwiddler running is definitely addictive.

I think it went ok thanks pennygallops, had a couple of marshals short but they're not essential ones. I missed a bit out of the pre run speech and told the first timers is was a 5 MILE run . Results were all on the system by 10.30 :)

finished week 2. Can't wait for week 3 to start : I'll be in France on Monday for a few weeks camping with kids so hope to find some nice trails to replace local roads.

Cinnammon really hope today went well. Have been thinking of you

x posted cinnamon. Fantastic. Am so impressed. How often do you have to do it? Guessing you'll want to run too some weeks.

I think park run movement in UK began in my local park and I had an idea I want to run asany different park runs as possible when I get to 5k so will wave at all the directors in case one is you

Bleugh. Had a rubbish run last time I went on Thursday. My legs felt really heavy from the start and by the end of it I was getting pains in my hip flexor and glutes, which is what I damaged in my crash in January. I went for a deep tissue massage yesterday and a good long swim today, so I am really hoping it sorts itself out by next weekend, as I have entered my first triathlon next weekend!

Thanks scarecrow22! There are 7 trained now so no more than every 7 weeks but I volunteer for other tasks too at time. I prefer to run but I feel that without volunteers there would be no run, however I don't feel too guilty as there are lots of others who run and never volunteer. In an ideal world if there are enough volunteers I'd like to volunteer once a month and run the rest :)

phew. it's hot out there! week 5 run 3 done, had to do a fair bit of doubling back to avoid the steep bits. And the stupid pause button must have gone on with 5 minutes to go, luckily I was staring at my watch every 30 seconds so I knew when I was done anyway.

have a good holiday scarecrow, one of the joys of this activity, we can do it anywhere.

hairtwiddler enjoy your last run, how fantastic to get to the end. What do you plan to do next?

by the way, sb posted up thread about pins and needles/numbness in feer during a run. I thought at the time I got that but then wasn't sure. But today it returned in post run shower. Did you work.out what it was? It's unpleasant but not troubling unless it's and early warning sign of some deeper issue....

in FEET

Thanks amiga. I found a 5k improvers programme online so plan to do that... it's for three times a week (with option of a fourth day doing cross trainer but I think not!). The first week is something like:
Day one - run 10mins steady pace, run fast 30 secs, then walk 2mins x6, run 10 mins
Day two - run ten mins to a hill, run up then down hill (only 15 secs up I think) for ten mins, run ten minutes home
Day three - steady 30 min run.

Sounds just about achievable. I plan to try to improve my time to under 30mins if I can but that's a whole 9minutes to knock off my personal best of one attempt!!

Scarecrow, I've had numb feet when running and mentioned it to my lovely physio. She said to check my trainers were not too tight and to stretch my calves after warmup walk. I did both on last run and didn't have a problem. I also briefly stretched my calves leaning against a tree two thirds of way through last run.

It's too hot to run today, and DD isn't 100%. Overtired from sleeping out in tent in the garden last night I think plus maybe a wee tummy bug. I'll probably go out early tomorrow morning. Finally managing to hang out in the garden after very noisy builders from neighbours stopped drilling and playing nasty music.

this is the 5k improvers schedule

thanks hairtwiddler - great to have some advice before hols.

I keep meaning to say to person an treadmill who asked: when I began running years ago I dis it all on a treadmill except a handful (3 or 4) outdoor runs in later stages before first park.run. I ran at 1.5 degrees on treadmill and our local park super flat which with the crowd pull I'm.sure was why park run time so much better than I had expected. 1.5 was a little bit more than recommended so 0.5 or 1 prob fine - just don't do it flat if you plan run outdoors later.

that looks great hairtwiddler I've saved it. If all goes to plan I could start that at the beginning of September. (I'm a bit obsessive about setting goals and having plans in place, so it's good to have something ready and waiting)

Did wk5r1 today. Absolutely loved it. Prefer three lots of 5 mins. Goes really fast. Not even thinking about run 3. Oh no. No thank you!