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

Oh God, my hamstrings are KILLING me! I obviously didn't warm them up enough, had to stop during one or two of the walking intervals to stretch them out. On the bright side, my stamina is improving and I finished my last run on a hill.

Saw a lady out running with her dog and was like "I wonder if she's one of us?".

W5D3 Complete :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D whoop whoop!

This thread is great!

i started doing the c25k a little while back but lost motivation....soo I've just signed myself up to do a 5km race in April over here in Canada

Highly ambitious of me but reckon I can walk it if I run out of steam! Going to walk the route at the weekend to see what I'm in for!

WesternNight wrote: »

Will jogging do? If not then I've been doing it all wrong!

I've never jogged/run before in my life before starting this. So my "run" is the slowest jog that ever existed in the history of the world (might be a slight exaggeration, but not by much!). But it's faster than my walking speed, and it's challenging, so it counts.

thanks, that's good to hear going to try day 1 tomorrow on the threadmill at the gym. It's not cheating to do it on the threadmill right? After 4 weeks of going to the gym I've finally gotten to the point where my legs aren't killing me when I'm walking fast-ish so I'm feeling ready to go for it now tomorrow! Yesterday managed to do 3minute walking intervals & 1 minute jogging over 15 minutes, was pretty pleased with myself

My legs aren't too bad today! I'll have to look up some pre run stretches. Slept like an absolute baby last night! :D:D

W2D2 complete. Very disappointed with it though. My knees are fine when walking, but I could feel them a small bit while running and I wasn't sure whether to carry on through it or not. It wasn't pain, I could just...feel them, if that makes sense.

I did carry on, though. Slowly and carefully, and it's done. I'm wondering whether I should carry on with it or not, though...or whether I should lose some weight first, because I'm sure that would be kinder to the joints. But I really quite like the running when I'm not worrying about the joints, so maybe I'll have a chat to my GP (or would a personal trainer-type-person be better?) and see what she says.

I'm thinking about getting a Nike plus sensor to keep track of my runs (you put it in your shoe), does anyone use anything like it? I run outside so have no idea of the distance I'm covering or if my speed is too fast or slow so think something like this would be handy.

MrsMcSteamy wrote: »

Started this on monday so tomorrow will be my w1d3, found the first two days ok so far so hopefully I will keep it going.
Done the operation transformation 5k on Saturday, only walked it, at a kinda faster than normal speed for me and I have to say I really enjoyed it.
Hopefully I will stick at it for the nine wks, at least knowing there are others at the beginners stage with me will help to spurn me on as the weeks go on.

I started this as well on Monday, but did a trial one last Friday night just to make sure I wouldn't collapse and die! Looking forward to tomorrow night and (hopefully!) completing Week 1. It is good to know there are so many others out there all trying our best - its another motivation to come on here and post when I've completed a run (well, slow jog/plod!)

Western Night, you sound like my kind of woman. I too jog the slowest jog of the world, but it counts as it's not walking!

I just finished Week one for the second time (we moved so i had to stop for a while) and I feel great!! Only thing is, we moved to a REALLY hilly place so it's like jogging in san francisco. I love starting out, all down hill (although it feels like I'm going to fall over and roll all the way down) but the way back is hell, it's steeep uphill, the oul thighs burn and I too get the burny lung :eek:

I'm so excited to be facing Week 2 though and I downloaded Ulleys podcast - thanks Bluewolf!

I started C25K in January, did up until about Week Six ... and then got bored, because I have the shortest attention span in the world ever. :rolleyes:

BUT I didn't give up! I'm still out running every second night, but instead of running the set distances, I'm just racing against myself now, running the same route each night but aiming to beat my time every time. Which means more running and less walking every time. Basically C25K, but with a bit of competition added in! (Competition against myself. The best kind! )

It's working for me so far at least. My distances and times are still overwhelmingly unimpressive, but at least I'm seeing a good improvement with every single run. And I'm actually loving my runs these days!

Doing the St Patricks Run on March 20th. I'm going to finish in less than 30 minutes. I'm not there yet, but I'll definitely get there. Can't wait.

W1D1 done i'm doing it on the threadmill for now before I start doing it on the road. Really glad that I've been going to the gym for the last few weeks & building up my fitness, think I'd have found it torture today if I was starting from scratch.

My goal is to jog/run the Cork womens mini marathon in September, but hopefully it won't take me til September to be fit enough.

Had an extra long warm up as I had to walk to my polling centre.

Good run today. Slowed down for a little while but I kept the pace up, it's wierd the feeling of circulation my whole body feels prickly Lovely cold shower after too.... Heaven! :):)

Wonder should I start W2 on Sunday or Monday?

Week 6 Day 1 done, so i can enjoy the rest of the weekend.
thanks for the heads up on the mini marathon RK - will definitely be signing up.
Can anyone suggest somewhere i can get a nice light running rainjacket that has pockets for keys and stuff? the one i have is heavy!

I had my last run (W1D3) last night.....Should take the weekend off and start again on monday so my runs will always be mon-wed-fri or could I start W2 this sunday and just keep a day of rest in between?