Loungers on the run: Couch to 5k to marathon and beyond

panda100

Pembily wrote: »

I also signed up to do a 5km run in December :eek: :eek: :eek:

The best thing you can do is sign up for a race, especially if you're just starting off on a running programme. The race will keep you motivated to keep running, even when it's cold and windy outside. I sign up for a race every 2 months, cos otherwise I'd have nothing to aim towards.

It was ideal weather conditions for the Limerick mini marathon this morning. I'm very dissapointed with my time though I got a stitch at the 3km mark and had to walk half a km until it was gone. Fecking stitches!

Michellenman

I'm thinking of doing that jingle bells 10k. Does anyone know if it's just two loops of the 5k one or what?

Hermione*

The Black Oil wrote: »

I managed to squeeze in a run whilst on holiday...only half way through did I realise 'oh yeah, we were warned about rattlesnakes'. Thankfully there were none.

Later on I walked through some of Central Park in New York. Some of the runners in there...talk about toned. :eek:

I'm going to New York next month. Can't wait to go running in the park!

Angelandie

Went for a jog today but the cold air really irritated my nose, and made it very hard for me to breathe, so I wasn't able to keep up my speed and ended up walking more than running.

My nose felt really sore and now that I'm inside I keep sneezing and having to blow my nose. Anyone have any ideas on why this is happening and how to avoid it?

rainbow kirby

It's relatively cold today - the change between the warmth of indoors and the cold of outdoors can irritate your nose a bit. Happens to me all the time during the winter. Still better than poxy summer hayfever. :pac:

brainyneuron

Pembily wrote: »

W1D1 done wasn't as bad as I thought next one is Tuesday morning!

Yay :D:p

The race is great motivation, I must check to see if there's any on around here, seems to be mainly 10K's

Edit: Ooh there's one on the 14th of November http://www.runinthedark.org/ Gives me a month to get to 5K...that's doable!

brainyneuron

W9D1 on Saturday morning, I normally do a 25 minute walk before I jog (to get me to the flat part of the road where I can jog.) But I had a course on Saturday morning so I didn't have time to do the full walk, I ended up doubling and tripling back on myself for the last 10 mins as I hadn't enough road left and to make sure I wasn't too far from home when I finished! The resulting jog was a little bit messy but I got the 30 mins done :D

W9D2 this morning. I have had a cold for the last week and woke up this morning with a really bad cough. Went back to bed for an hour and then went for the jog anyway (stupidity?-probably! ). I didn't push myself too hard though! Needed another pitstop at about 22/23 mins in :rolleyes::rolleyes::o

Think I should probably bring a pack of tissues with me in future!

According to mapmyrun it was just under 4K

lemon_sherbert

W9D2 complete - only one left, it seems crazy! I'm hitting about 4.25 km at the moment in 30 min, so I think I'll just gradually add some distance until I'm hitting 5km, then move onto a 10k program. I can't really get the courage yet to sign up for a race.

brainyneuron

W9D3 done this morning :D:D And with no pitstops thankfully :D:o

Starting back to bootcamp next week i think (Rebel bootcamp in Cork) so the jogging will take a bit of a back seat for a while. Gotta tone up a bit! Will probably see if I can fit in two runs a week

ultra_other

Injured again, both of my calf muscles this time :mad:. Can't even go up the stairs at work, have to use the lift . Need to take a few days rest

Found this

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-241-285--13413-F,00.html

Will try the RICE

ultra_other

brainyneuron wrote: »

W9D3 done this morning :D:D

Well done

Pembily

W1D3 done, it was tough. Didn't mind running in the dark either and the road is super busy so felt quite safe

lemon_sherbert

And that's C25K complete! Gorgeous day for it, though I was splashed by a car halfway through

ArtOfEscape

Congratulations to those gals who have finished this week, and congratulations to those who are just starting!! Yizzer all fantastic!

As for me, I finally got back out and did W7D3 today after *gulp* 12 days off. My calves feel really good and I did some stretching before I went out, so we'll see how I am tomorrow.

Also keeping up Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred, started level two a day or two ago ... ouch! :eek: Hope it'll all be worth it!

southsiderosie

Restarted Couch to 5K this week, paired with a strength training regimen. I have a morning training partner, so I won't be able to make any excuses.

eviltwin

I went out last night for the first time in two weeks. I've been sick and said I would ease myself into it by doing a 10 mins run. I ended up doing 25 so that's W7D1 done. I feel like I am on the homeward stretch now.

ultra_other

lemon_sherbert wrote: »

And that's C25K complete! /QUOTE]

Congratulations lemon_sherbert

allym

Don't think I've written here before but anyways. So after a month off (let myself get far too distracted by things!) I started back at W4D3 which isn't too bad as I was at W5D1 before the break.

This time I'm determined to finish and nothings going to distract me!
I'm thinking of signing up for a 5k so I have to keep going.
I've been looking at the Jingle Bells 5K and I'm just looking for opinions! Is it good for a first time race?

rainbow kirby

Yep, it's a very good choice. About 6 weeks away so you have some time to build up, and it's a good club-run race (run by Donore Harriers) with a decent spread of abilities and a nice spread afterwards in the clubhouse.

lemon_sherbert

First post C25K run went well. Just went up to 33 min, going to add in gradually for a little while, trying to take it easy on the knees. Got followed by a couple of over-friendly dogs, which wasn't so great though.

brainyneuron

lemon_sherbert wrote: »

And that's C25K complete! Gorgeous day for it, though I was splashed by a car halfway through

Woohoo go us! :):D C25K graduates

brainyneuron

Yesterday morning was my first day out jogging after finishing C25K on Wednesday. I did 7min 30 secs jogs and 2 min walks x4 to get me to 30 mins jogging altogether. I covered much more ground than I expected and ended up doing just under 5K (about 4.7) Didn't realise I was that close at the time so I'm delighted with that Going to do the same again tomorrow morning, and see if I can continue to the 5K mark

eviltwin

Just done W7D2 - I'm usually a nighttime runner but decided to get it out of the way early today. It went well, finished it without any hiccups but found the last 10 minutes a bit of a struggle. Glad its over

lemon_sherbert

Had a nice 35 min run today, lovely and quiet because of the rain. Was a little disappointed when I saw it was 4.75 km when I finished - just want to be able to say I've run 5k! But I guess it's not too far off.

lemon_sherbert

How's everyone getting on? I had another nice outing yesterday, though the GPS signal went a bit mad, so I'm not sure how long it was. Finally got the courage up to sign up for a race, so on November 14th I'll be at Run in the Dark! First of many I hope

brainyneuron

lemon_sherbert wrote: »

How's everyone getting on? I had another nice outing yesterday, though the GPS signal went a bit mad, so I'm not sure how long it was. Finally got the courage up to sign up for a race, so on November 14th I'll be at Run in the Dark! First of many I hope

Cool!
I was going to do that too (in Cork) but now I've gotta move up North (got a job woohoo!) so can't do it There is one in Belfast too on the same date so I might be able to do that but it depends on what time I finish work that day. Believe it or not there's actually a 5K on here tonight, if I had known I wouldn't have gone jogging this morning!

brainyneuron

Lovely jog this morning along the canals of Newry! Did 8 min jog, 2 min walk x 4 so jogged 32 mins altogether

Pembily

I started week 3, I ran for 3 whole minutes, TWICE :eek:

ArtOfEscape

W8D1 down. I got all excited when the app told me I'd done 5.04km but I'm pretty sure that counts my warm up / cooldown walks, so that's less exciting. But considering the last session was 3.78km I'm pretty chuffed It's getting closer!

brainyneuron

Went out for another 8 min jog, 2 min walk x 4 yesterday morning. Ended up so close to the 5K mark that I decided to keep going so in the end I did 34 mins jogging instead of 32 but I got to 5K!! Delighted :D