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Anyone starting 8k training?

guest — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:53:03 GMT

I finished C25K recently and now I'm starting a bridge to 8k program. Anyone else at a similar point in time?

week 8 of C25K and falling apart! Help!

guest — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:38:32 GMT

I did have the experience of having aches and pains increase as I progressed further into the program. In fact, when I finished, I took a week off from running entirely to give myself some rest. I'm in my mid40s, so my body needed some time to adjust to the activity!

I'm not sure I can help much to figure out the pain other than to say that if it's pain rather than discomfort, that may be a sign to take a break.

The side stitch may be caused by shallow breathing.

In terms of the muscle soreness/discomfort, try incorporating some yoga on off days and/or use a foam roller -- I find that the roller in particular really helps me with muscle soreness. I have one that is 3 feet long, 6 inches in diameter. I use it several times a week on quads, hamstrings, IT band, calves, etc. In particular, I found that I had some really deep muscle soreness in my calves that was causing some pain in my Achilles tendon/PF.

I hope this helps!

Re: Starting Couch to 5K week of June 20th!

guest — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:53:25 GMT

Well, tonight was my last 30 minute run -- so I've completed the program. I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do yet but I think I might take a break for a few days to let some soreness heal, then try settling into a routine before trying to increase any distance. Good luck to those of you still working your way through the program!

Re: Starting Couch to 5K week of June 20th!

guest — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:34:38 GMT

Completed W9D1 on Monday and W9D1 on Friday. I had some business travel sandwiched in this week so that disrupted my schedule. One more run and I've completed the program. Then I need to figure out what to do...I think I will take a week off from running (read that suggestion in Runners World) and focus on some crosstraining, then do a few weeks of 3 days/30 minutes to settle in, then slowly add some time. I would like to add a 4th day of running.

Re: Starting Couch to 5K week of June 20th!

guest — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:57:27 GMT

Congrats!!!

Re: Starting Couch to 5K week of June 20th!

guest — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:53:52 GMT

I finished W8!

Tonight I ran outside. I'm not sure about distance. I suspect I was slower so it was less than on the treadmill. But there were...hills. I think running outside uses some different muscles. But overall it was fun and I was done so quickly.

Only three more runs...

Re: Starting Couch to 5K week of June 20th!

guest — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:42:01 GMT

Padvali, you graduated! Woo hoo!! ::happy dance::

Re: Starting Couch to 5K week of June 20th!

guest — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:19:50 GMT

Tonight I finished W8D2. I did 2.72 miles in the 38 minutes so I'm off on time (obviously since I'm a penguin) but I did manage to run a smidgeon faster tonight. I felt very comfortable during the entire 28 minutes. It's starting to get really fun! I worry less about finishing and spend more time figuring out if I want to a do a faster interval, or slow down a bit, etc. The time goes fairly quickly. The weather should be a little more temperate this weekend (80s and less humid) so I think I'll run outside -- I can't wait!

Only 4 more runs to go and then I 'graduate' -- how amazing!

Happy running everyone!

Re: Hanging in there~

guest — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:12:48 GMT

I was never a runner when I was younger. I thought it was boring. How misguided I was! ;-)

A couple of years ago I was an avid walker but found that I just couldn't get my heart rate up high enough unless I really went nuts on the incline -- which can create some problems for the body. So I decided to try running. I got through the program and LOVED it because it gave me some time to be by myself, meditate, listen to music -- it was a great stress reliever -- but then got busy at work and stopped running. So now I'm back.

This time around, I definitely had to incorporate 2 days rest between runs in the earlier weeks, at a minimum between the 1st and 2nd run of the week. Sometimes between the 2nd and 3rd as well. But now I'm back to one day's rest.

The human body is an amazing thing. Eight weeks ago I could barely run for a minute -- now I can do 28 without a problem!

Re: Starting Couch to 5K week of June 20th!

guest — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:28:34 GMT

Hm, somehow I ended up with a doublepost. I'll have to think of something else to say here...

Has anyone been making plans for post-C25K? I was thinking about doing the Bridge to 10K but I also want to work on my speed. I may use an intermediate training schedule I found in Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running. It seemed to be a little less aggressive than some of the other programs. I feel like I may need to settle into running 30 minutes routinely before getting too ambitious. And I may take a rest week off from running to help with healing, etc. as Barrios suggests.