Couch to 5km - part II (as amazingly our other thread is nearly full!!)

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Sorry to hi-jack your thread misdee but thought we needed a fresh thread as fan-bloody-tasticly we have nearly reached the limit on the other one.

Thanks to Rawb for his podcasts who deffo for me has made it easy and the huge support of others here.

Here is the link incase anyone new would like to join us.

good for you lilibet, its amazing how much better we feel for doing it, isn't it?

Well done Lillibet! I wasn't going to go - I had eaten too much for tea; it was very windy blah blah then I rang my friend and she said she had been running already so it was straight upstairs to get sports bra on and go! I feel so much more energetic afterwards!
I need to get a stopwatch though; I haven't a clue how far I have been. I just look at the kitchen clock when I leave and get back, tonight it was 15 minutes, but nearly all on grass. And it was windy!
Now I must put a £1 in my jar!
£5 in it since beginning of June - cor, I shall my able to afford my designer jeans in no time at this rate!!

Yeah ! Well done Lilibet and Annie (and welcome !).

Lili - I started out at 11 stone but am a midget so to get a 'normal' BMI I need to be 9 stone 2. I am currently 9 stone 10 and was aiming for 9 stone 7 as am naturally quite stocky but will see how we go - if I get to 9 stone 7 I'll be ecstatic and anything more than that....

Managed to get out tonight for a quick run. A friend had left a jacket at our leisure centre and doesn't live nearby so I ran the long way there - picked up the jacket -tied it round my waist and ran home - ditched the jacket in the front garden and kept running. I think my neighbours (who of course, surprisingly for london, were all out and about) thought I was insane.

Hey well done Lilibet and Annie, I like that idea do you give yourself a pund everytime you go for a run.
I could do that, I could also give myself another pound everytime I don't have a fag, day 5 now yu know.
I am out again at the weekend after my week off.

Oh thank the Lord - I managed to run this morning, after two weeks off with an injury. Ran for about 15 mins, with a couple of small stops to stretch my still a bit dodgy calf. Waiting for that endorphin surge - woohoo!

Have decided to go back down the Rawb podcasts to week 6. They say 2 weeks back for every week off - so week 6 should be about right.

Lilibet -I have at least 2 stone to lose, and my ideal target weight would be about 12 stone, which is considerably more than 2 stone of loss. I'm a heifer, I know (for the "just eat less" brigade just in case they are looking) - but I am doing something about it!

Hi Guys,

I've had a tired and busy week, so have only just got out for a run and a gym session today. 3k felt good.

I am currently breaking in my new 'fitflops' - I'll let you know if my bum starts shifting north!

Hello everyone, still not properly back into it after a week in majorca (but that was nearly a mobnth ago!! . Have managed 1 5 mile rune and then a few three milers. Went out on Monday night for 4 1/2 miles and have developed a bad cough and cold, combined with school trips and helping set up for our summer fair, so running taking a bit of a back seat prob until sunday. Flier I have still not managed the art of breathing properly and I think it really slows me down as i have to keep stopping to catch my breath! Sorry cant offer any constructive advice on that one!

Hi there i am out later for my first run as a no smoker. Can't wait to see if it is any easier. We are going to need a new thread soon.

I did 8k, thats 8kilometers, really 8 of them, can't believe it, got home though and I can't do my bloody trousers up.

Well done barbie! I did my first run since last monday tonight, I hate missing that long as i feel that i lose my ability to run very quickly. Still have a horrible cough and cold so just did about 5k, maybe just under and it wasnt too bad, good to get going again. Shame about your trousers!!

Sorry your still feeling a bit crappy, I was proper gutted about the trousers, I think I need to stop eating so much. I am a bit sore this morning, my hip is killing, will have to see how that goes as it can't be good. I wasn't really very quick 55 minutes.

Yeah ! Well done EB (on the distance and lack of smoking!) although bad news about the trousers.

I didn't have a great week last week - didn't get out as much, or run for as long as I'd have liked. So, back on track this week - hoping to do 10K this morning (although on friday evening 5K almost killed me - think its much harder to run in the evenings so respect to those of you that do).

On the weight loss thing - I am amazed, I slipped off my v. strict diet for a couple of days last week as my parents were staying. Didn't go mad but also didn't run as far and the weight has started creeping back on already. Humph.

yeah wheely its a bu*r isnt it, all that effort to get it off and absolutely no effort at all to put it back on again!

Any helpful hints for me?

I'm on week 2 of the Podcasts and I really struggled with the runs. It seems to be about the last 15-20 seconds of the last 2. I managed week 1 but I'm getting quite breathless with week 2. Is there any way I can improve my breathing?

Thanks.

Hi gscrym,

I found the breathing was difficult to start with. I think I was probably going to fast to start with, and after a little while settled into a better pace, the breathing got better at that point.

I'm still working on being able to run without walking. Have done 25 mins but struggling to repeat - I'm thinking that one of my problems is pacing so that I don't get too tired too quickly cos that's the point my breathing goes to pot and I end up in a heap!

Keep going - you'll get the hang of it!

SP xx

thats good to hear about the breathing, I've been struggling with this too and have asked a couple of times for advice here. i'll stick with it, then and look forward to it getting a bit easier.

Thanks for that. I'll try slowing down a bit, although I'm not very fast at the moment.

I'm sure I'd get overtaken by old dears with their zimmer frames - but I'm running not walking and hopefully I'll get quicker one day!

Agree that the breathing does get better. I can remember Rawb saying you should be able to talk whilst you run and me thinking that I found it difficult enough to breathe and run ! Now I have been known to talk on my mobile (breathlessly though) whilst out running.

Well done everyone for keeping up the running !!

Wish me luck - my challenge today is to run the perimeter of Richmond Park which is apparently 7.25 miles - a whole mile more than I've run before. Am not really sure about it tbh !!!

good luck wheely, you are getting good, I can't go out today so will have to wait fot the weekend again, may try and do the big 10 then.

Hello, had a run today, but only managed 10 mins before the calf started really hurting, so walked v fast for 6 mins, then tried to run again and only managed 5 mins.

Dammit - why does the leg feel fine until I start to run?

Go Wheely!

hi there, can I join you? I need some encouragement. I used to run quite a bit but have done nothing since dd born 2 years ago. A friend has persuaded me to run a 10k race with her in October so I have to start somewhere. I am about to go out now for my first session

I treated myself to the Nike sportband. I've just stuck it on charge so in 2 hours, I'm going to set up my stuff and see how I get on.

good luck, are you following the training plan? I just did week one but realised when I got back I'd got confused so started at week 2. I managed it OK. Let me know if having a gadget helps the running!

Will do. I thought seeing as that's my first month done, I thought I'd get one. I'm on week 2 of the podcast, keeping doing each one till it feels easier, then moving on.