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February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:07:46 GMT

Hello! Thought it might be nice to check in. I had to take a week off (life got in the way) but I went out for a nice and easy half hour this morning. 13 min/mi pace on average and comfortable the whole way. Nice to feel like it's easy. I'll do another couple runs like this and then get started on increasing my time. Happy running everyone

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:12:27 GMT

W8D3 done On my phone's programme, that's a 30 minute run and graduation! It was a bit tough and I wasn't feeling amazing but I kept it slow and was able to finish without trouble.

I hope everyone is still doing well.

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:59:59 GMT

W8D2 done.

A few changes for this one. First of all, I brought my iPhone instead of my iPod and for some reason, the C25K programme is different (newer) on it. So my run was for 29 minutes today. This also means that I got an accurate read on my pace and distance. My running pace is 12.9 min/mi. I think my comfortable pace is about 12.0 but I add in a few short sections of extra slow to recover on occasion. I'm pretty confident I'll eventually get that to around 10.0 which is my goal pace. The second change, is that I'm wearing some new running gear and I'm not regretting the purchase at all! Especially the new socks have made a world of difference. Gotta love the high tech clothing available these days.

I think I'm going to continue on with the bridge to 10K course. My goal with picking up running again has always been to return to the ease at which I ran in my younger years. About ten years ago, I could comfortably go for a slow hour jog with friends and I'd really love to have that option again. That makes the 10K course perfect- and again, I'll run for time, not distance.

Great job everyone!!

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:19:53 GMT

W8D1 done. It was hard but I'm really happy how it went because I actually feel fit... for once! I was able to jog comfortably and when I found myself getting a bit out of breath, I just slowed down for 50 m or so for a recovery and felt good again. Such a difference than having to push myself all the way. The last couple minutes were difficult but I never felt like I had to stop. This programme really does work. And so does having the support of an online running team.

Good job everyone

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:49:23 GMT

W7D3 done! It was a little bit hard but I still had something left in the last couple of minutes to open up my pace so I guess it was ok. I bought myself a present of some new warm weather running gear.

Congrats on your 5K, Shannon. That's really awesome!!

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:13:16 GMT

W7D2 done!

After my big fail on W7D1, I decided to make sure I slowed down at the start (found my special super slow pace) and it worked really well. At the half-way point, I was really relaxed and breathing easily so it gave me a lot of confidence. With about five minutes to go, I was able to open up my pace just a little and with one minute to go, I was jogging at a respectable pace. Anyway, speed doesn't matter right now but it just shows that I wasn't outside of my comfort this time.

I guess the next big step for me is to get some weight loss going. There's no way I can improve my running until I drop about 5 kg. And my ideal healthy weight involves losing about 10 kg. It's a lot but it should be possible. I eat very poorly right now so even some small changes should make a big difference.

Congrats everyone!

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:22:06 GMT

Good morning.

After a six day hiatus from any exercise, I went out this morning for W7D1 and didn't complete it. About 5 minutes in, two galloping horses went by and caused enough of a distraction and delay that I only ran for another 5-10 minutes. I'll have to give it another go. I think it'd be sensible to backtrack and do some intervals again so I might just make up my own programme for the next couple of weeks.

It's been nice reading about everyone's progress. So many of us are almost finished!

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:19:40 GMT

W6D3 done... kind of.

Only a short update. I've been sick and had to take a few extra days off. Then didn't really get dinner last night so I burned out pretty quickly this morning. Now I'm travelling and need to take another 5-6 days off. Not ideal! Anyway, I'll be back next week.

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:47:14 GMT

W6D2 done. It was hard- I never quite got my head into it. I need to go into work now and think I was distracted. Anyway, it's done.

Congratulations to all of you on your progress. We're all very close to being finished now. Can we start discussing what's next or is it too early?

February 2012 C25K Starters

guest — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:16:42 GMT

W6D1 done! I can't believe I've been running for five weeks. There was such a big energy barrier for getting started but now this feels like something I can keep up. Great programme!

The run was challenging but not too hard. I could probably push myself a little more in terms of pace because I'm still doing about 11 minute miles (woefully slow) but I think it's better that I keep enjoying myself and leave the training runs until I have a base.

The beautiful people were out this morning. The weather is good now so the people who normally stick to their personal gyms and private trainers seem to have emerged with their perfect bodies, perfect husbands/wives and perfect dogs running alongside. Very nice to watch... as they go flying past