Week 4 day 2 over.
This week hasn’t been a success so far, but I made it. Boy was I sloooow.
Week 4 done. I pushed it pretty hard on that last minute. One thing is for sure: time for a new bra. A little too much motion in the ocean for that pace.
I started Week 4 today. First of all, what the hell was I so scared of? I got through it and didn’t die! OK, I almost died. I got suprised by the last run. I thought it was over after the 2nd 3 minutes. I pushed the last minute of the 2nd 3 minute run then I was all smiling and thinking is wasn’t that hard, what was all that complaining for? Then Robert says to slow to your walking pace for a 90 second recovery before your last run. Last run? WTF? I did it though. Then I got on the recumbent bike and did 6.5 miles - another 30 minutes of excercise. Who is this person I’m becoming? Monkey never excercised before! I like her!
Good job everybody. To those who are in Weeks 1-3 right now, Week 4 isn’t all that bad. I thought I wouldn’t be able to jump from 90 seconds to 3 minutes. Going from 3 minutes to 5 wasn’t even as hard as that. It’s true that our bodies are adjusting, learning, and adapting to the training. You will be able to do it.
Haha, sometimes I get thrown off by the casts too, Hockey Monkey. I remember on one of the three minute runs he started speaking, and I assumed it was over and was so relieved. But no, it was just him letting me know I still had a minute left! Longest minute ever.
But I’m glad you got through a week 4 day okay! I’m going to give it a shot tonight instead of continuing week3 as I have been doing. Everyone here’s convinced me.
I ended up having to take a week off when my grandmother came to visit. I thought I would be able to run when I was away but couldn’t. I didn’t even get a chance to swim so I thought I’d really be out of it.
I think I’m in week 5, don’t have the papers with me, day 2 which is run 8 walk 5 run 8. I figured I’d give it a shot and if I couldn’t do it drop back to day 1. I ended up being able to do it just fine. Day 3 is 20 minutes straight!
I’ve been trying to get Google maps to tell me how far it is, but there’s a path I take that they don’t have so I have to do a little adding. I think I got around 2 miles in those 21 minutes. I think I should be able to do close to the same distance in the 20 minutes of straight running.
I’m doubling week 1, since I thought it would be a good idea to see if my knee holds up to regular running for short distances before starting longer distances. It hasn’t complained so far, so I’m going to start week 2 next week. I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but I feel like my running pace is a little faster than when I started, and I’m not all that out of breath after finishing anymore. Maybe this is actually doing something to me…
Oh, I remember that VERY CLEARLY. I love him, but he needs to shut his fucking face unless he’s telling me “You can stop now!”
Doing my own is a pain in the ass, but it helps me to have more personally motivating music. Not sure if I’ll bother when every day is different, though. (When we finally start doing long runs I’ll just do up a playlist, but you go back and forth between long runs and chopped up ones for a bit.)
Glad I’m not the only person having that issue!
So far, personally, I’ve had a harder time going to 5 minutes than any of the other jumps. This is the first week where the last run was really hard, to the point that I was worried about getting through it. I did, but it was close.
Ah yes, week 3. You’d think that after the first 2 days of that, I would learn, but on day 3, I STILL fell for it. Ooh, I cussed him out–under my breath, of course, since I was on the treadmill.
Isn’t it amazing how that psychological effect really takes a toll? That the minute your brain gets the idea that we’re about to stop and we don’t, it gets a million times harder?
Did week 3.5 day 2 today… (4 - 3 min runs with 2 min walk between). I did it, with no cheating. If I can get through Friday too, without dying, I’ll give week 4 a shot again next week.
I did week three, day one today. I died. I will go back to week two on Friday.
I’ll bet that none of you know me from a hole in the wall, but I just wanted to say one or two things:
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To those who are going through this, I have a ton of respect for your desire, persistance, and willingness to stick with the program even though it may not be comfortable (discomfort is different from pain!)
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It is ok to have off days. It happens. Dont dispair just because it wasn’t in the cards that day. I’ve been training for a long distance race for 2 months, and the other week I only got 1/2 way through the days planned exercise and had to stop.
But most importantly - I thought it might be nice to tell you all that even to a thread lurker such as myself, I find your willingness to go to great lengths to improve yourself to be inspiring.
Okay. I keep doing week one, everything’s fine. Then the next week, instead of going on to week 2, I…sleep in. And come up with all kinds of excuses after work. And on the weekends.
I have a kid who’s doing cross-country this year. He should be helping me! But he’s 13 and he can outrun me, that is, I can run longer, but he can definitely go faster. So that isn’t working.
I know, I know. Nike slogan.
Ha I knew I wouldnt be the only one to bitch about that. I did Week 3 Day 2 last night and found it easier than Day 1. I think the trick is to put running out of your mind. Like when I was doing my 90 second runs (oh how lovely they seem now) I would be thinking “That must be about 60 seconds, only 30 left, my knee feels a bit tight, am I still running?” But with the 3 minute runs I put all thoughts of running out of my head and just get on with it. Unless I feel a muscle pull or something its proved to be pretty effective. Until of course the music dims, I prepare to slow down and Robert goes “Woo 1 minute left.” Then I run that final minute cursing his name.
I run Monday, Wednesday, Friday but this week my Friday evening is out. So unless I get up early tomorrow morning I may have to skip the last run. I’ll be away for the weekend so running on Saturday pretty much rules out running then.
I did week 4, day 2 today. Wasn’t that bad, but felt like a real, good workout. I still hadn’t lost any weight before this week, or lost the weight I initally put on when I started the program, so I’m going on a serious, for real diet for a few weeks to get the weight off. In addition to the running, I also walk the dogs at least two miles a day (this has always been part of my routine, nothing new). I haven’t been doing the pushups, but I think I’m going to also start incorperating some weights next week.
Congratulations to all who have stuck it out this far. We rock! Also, thanks for the nice words, Silk1976, and welcome to the Dope.
I ended up taking a few days off in the middle of Week 3, since my knees were so sore it was painful just to walk. The daughter and I ran again last night, and most everything was fine. Just a little tightness in the very bottom of the left calf. Knees are a bit tender today, but not worth complaining about. I am going to do Day 4 Week 3 on Friday, so that I’m back on track for M-W-F and since there was such a long break between Day 2 and Day 3 (a full week).
FWIW, also did a restart on the pushups thing yesterday. Since it was so easy, and to get on a weekly schedule, I did the Day 1 and Day 2 sets of Week 1 with a 30 minute break in between.
I finished a couple of weeks ago and of course, kept the 30 mins schedule. I’m not sure about distance, I just want to first don’t be as exhausted after a run, and second increase my time so that I’m not constantly being passed by my peers. I have to keep telling myself that I am probably running longer than they are.
My arm is still a bit messed up from last week. I haven’t been too kind to it either.
For some reason, instead of winding down, the last few minutes I increase my speed.
Gah! Yes, absolutely…at least we’ve got anger to push us through though! And I find it’s not as bad the second day of that week, when I at least know when the ‘helpful encouragement’ is going to be. Still throws me off, but not as badly.
I am, of course, losing no weight at all. My diet is pretty good as is, so I’m probably going to be adding in some sort of weight training as well. I have this problem with trying to throw in everything at once (the kitchen sink approach to exercise), then end up injuring myself and having to stop everything until I recover.
Of course, I have to remotivate at that point, etc… so I’m trying to NOT do that this time through.
Blah, hateses…
Week 4 day 2 is in the can, and as usual day 2 sucked the goat ass. Also I fumbled my water bottle getting it out of my not-a-fanny-pack and dropped it in some dog doo, just for extra spice. I can’t imagine that this time next week I’ll be preparing to run 20 minutes nonstop, but I guess I’ve learned never to say never.