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

^ That's happened me too with the GPS, very frustrating!!

I want to run, but I've hurt my ankle so I'm resting it until it feels better. Hopefully will be sooner rather than later.

Went to Lidl at around 10 this morning. There was loads of stuff left, except for the running socks, they'd been well and truly snapped up! :P

I got a blast of stuff from LIDL yesterday too. Tried out the compression socks yesterday evening (W5D2).......think they helped my legs weren't as sore as Tuesday (still sore though lol). Could all be in my head but either way is good if it helps :-)

W7D3 tonight - I found the first 2 days of this week tough enough so hopefully after a 4 day break ill be energised and ready to give it socks tonight!

Half marathon earlier, took 20 minutes and 10 minutes of my last two but still 10 minutes slower than my best time. I started off last March struggling to run half a mile and followed something similar to c25k . The funny thing is I don't really feel like I've improved, guess it just takes time to gain confidence!

Just back from W7D3 - tough again but kind of got another spurt of energy after 15 mins or so but still had to stop for 2 30 secs walks - I feel I'm making progress though!

Tomorrow is W8D1 :-O myself and my friend are gonna try the actual route for the mini marathon so that should be fun :-P

Thanks! I think its because I'm training for a marathon and I'm like how the hell can I do that twice!

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I am hoping I will be able to jog the whole thing and I've given up caring how long it takes!
Did you get sponsors? I feel weird asking for sponsors for a 5k it seems little but it is charity and it is a big thing for me...

Do people bring ipods to these things, I feel like I will need one to get me through it...

I've jogged 5k a few times so I know I can do it provided I don't get carried away and start off too fast! A bit concerned though because all the running I've done lately has been on grass and mostly on a flat surface.

I feel a bit awkward asking for people to sponsor me even though I've sponsored loads of people over the years. I'm just going to ask my immediate family this time I think!

I'm not going to bother with an iPod because I haven't been using one on runs lately. I've heard they can be banned from some events because people can get distracted and be less aware of their surroundings but I didn't see anything on the website so you should be grand.

Not long to go now!

Starting on wk4 today. Had a poor night's sleep last night so not sure if I will go out today, I will see when I get home from work what the energy levels are like...

Anyway, I finished up on wk3D3 on Saturday and the app I had been using to track my distance and progress messed up on me again. It stopped tracking me after 1.3km. I was raging when I had finished the podcast to see it! I have been going the same route since I started and it had worked fine until the mid of last week. I had been using Samsung Run app.

I might try another app this evening - can anyone recommend a good free app for jogging?

@ Sunny Dayz I use RunDouble and find it good, it's an android App.

I was away last week and brought my running gear with me, had two great runs felt quite proud of myself after each of them.Then I went and took three days rest, I really should have done something in-between... I went out yesterday and couldn't manage a 30min run!! seriously I must have only ran 15mins and walked the rest!

Anyway here it goes another day, I'm off out in a while hopefully I do better.

Looking forward to the 5k on Saturday, I'm bringing my ipod I couldn't get through without it, is there anyone driving to it? I haven't a clue as to where I should park?