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.

We're still here but not had chance to go out again, it's been raining or dh has had a bad toe (seriously!) or we ahve been going out at night.

i'm very disappointed as I was determined about this. I have to be out at 6.45 tomorrow but we have to try and squeeze one in before then.

Still going to be on week one in a month at this rate

Welcome twofalls !

gscrym - how much was the Nike sportsband. I have been dithering over whether to get a good stopwatch for my birhtday or this. Brambles, how are you getting on with yours ?

Lili - stay determined to get out and you will when you can. Good luck !

Well I made it round Richmond Park. Everyone tells me I am mad to road run when I have the Park on my doorstep but its quite boring tbh. Its beautiful but I don't really appreciate beauty when I'm puffing and panting and sweating. However, I have completely buggered up my knee. It started hurting about 20 mins into the run but then felt ok but now its really sore . Won't get out again until Saturday so hopefully resting it until then will sort it out. Also, does anyone else get a sort of clicking in the back of their leg judt above the heel ? Its a really wierd feeling and presumably a ligament or something. Oh, and my toe hurts. Apart from that I'm fine . I really must buy new trainers.....

well i haven't run since last week my left leg, from my hip right down to my knee is hurting and don't know what is best to do - ignore and run anyway or rest up. anyone gone through the same?

I've had various aches/pains since I started Flier. Most I have run through but I guess it depends what it is (Helpful!?). I find its ok if its just a muscle strain - it might hurt a bit at the beginning but then once the muscles are warmed up is ok. On the other hand, am resting my knee as I think knees can be problematic. Why don't you try a bit and see how it feels ?

thanks wheelybug, I guess thats the only thing I can do, really

I get a kind of clicking just above my knee Wheelybug. Tend to notice it more when I'm walking rather than running though - possibly cos I can't hear it over the puffing and panting. Seems to hurt, but only if I haven't got my iPod on so I reckon that's in my head!

Seem to recall something about that being bubbles of air in the cartilege (sp?) popping as the joint flexes. Whether that's a good, bad or totally indifferent thing I don't know!

Wheely, it was £40. If you don't have the nike+ shoes, yoiu need to buy the wee pouch that attachs the sensor to your trainers. That was about £8 from my local running shop. You could probably get the pouch cheaper on ebay. The sportband was the same price on ebay as it was in my local shop.

Thanks Gscrym. I think I'll go for it. It will make me feel really sporty if I have a gadget .

Sparkly - the air bubble theory sounds plausible (as in thats what it might feel like). I don't get it when I run, usually the morning after a run and just when I first get up. Its a really wierd feeling...

Another qu on the nike+ thing - does the armband give you info as you're running ?? Like time, distance ?

Actually googled and I believe it does. Marvellous. Am going to request one - and as I need new trainers I may as well try the Nike+ ones and see how they feel (they've got to better than my 8 year old ones I've been using ). .

loves my nike+ ! I WILL go for a run tomorrow - have had a really busy week at work and my son has had continuous blood glucose monitoring.

The nike+ that links to my ipod was only 19.99 from hmv and I bought the little shoe pouch and arm band from amazon - fab. I'll go and have a look what make in a mo!

Whenever I press the button in the middle of the ipod, it gives me a rundown of how fast I'm going, etc.

If we're getting nike+ thingys, we could set personal challenges - ie, to run 10k or whatever each over the month.

Marware Sportsuit Relay - from amazon - very pleased with it as I didn't have a little hole in my running shoes to put the nike unit in.

Thanks Brambles. Will put it on birthday list (yes, am still a child when it comes to birthdays !).

Ooooh that feels a lot better! Up most of the night with ds2 who was having a lot of hypos. Thought I'd get 'up and at it' anyway and had a lovely 4k run which has invigorated my poor old tired self!!!

Let us now be up and doing
With a heart to any fate
Still achieving, still pursuing
Learn to labour, and to wait!

Wow ! Poetry too Brambles .

Hope DS is ok

question about the ipod and nike+ - will only an ipod work with the nike+ stuff, or will any mp3 player do? I want to get an mp3 player so I can use the podcasts but don't have the cash for an ipod, just a cheapy mp3 player

You buy a wee pouch for your shoes if you don't have the Nike+ ones. It gets strapped to your laces. The attachment for the IPod will only work with the IPod. That kit is £20. I already have a good MP3 player that isn't an IPod so I put the podcasts on that and got the Nike+ Sportband. It has the link thing as a USB thingy that you wear as a watch and you can plug it into a PC once you've done a run and download all the data to your Nike+ site.

I love mine and I've only done two runs with it.

Forgot to say, the sportband is £40 plus however much you pay for the shoe pouch.

thanks gscrym, I saw the pouch on ebay this morning, I think i'll get one - hoping dh will be buying me an mp3 player for my birthday on Monday so if he does I'll be buying the sportband and the pouch.

I just finished my first run of week three and I didn't collapse in a heap or require CPR in the driveway. I was puffing along, praying for Rawb to talk to me though.

having a bad time at the minute, had a really bad cough and cold whihc is still lingering, have not felt like running at all but have pushed myself on a couple of 3 or 4 mile runs a week. Have just done 6 3/4 miles (just under 11k) and it took me 1hr and 20 mins whihc is total pants. I feel like all of my hard work is disappearing and am starting from scratch again!

Well done gscrym !!

Theresa - take care of yourself. Once you're feeling better you'll be back on track. Don't push yourself too much or you'll end up feeling worse.

Hooray - 20 mins this morning and no stabbing calf pains, just the usual twinges from my worn out bod!

Feel much happier and have proper endorphin rush - .

Well done guys! Any aches and make sure you're well warmed up - I have to do lots of knee stuff before I get going.

Loving the nike+, particularly since I calibrated it to my stride.

Went out tonight with my neighbour and we chatted our way past 5k together. Would not have thought it a year ago! The nike + gave us progress reports whenever we needed it and told us how many cals we'd burned at the end.

out of interest - roughly how many cals do you burn on a 5km run?