Please tell me how to do this. I want to switch from instant, but don’t have time in the morning to stir stir stir.
It’s grueling, I tell ya, but the sense of accomplishment is almost overwhelming…provided you don’t stop at a drive thru. 
Why not? You got time - I mean, the Chicago Driving Marathon has 40,000 people in it, it’s not like you’re gonna be in a big hurry. What the hell, grab a Big Mac, just get the diet Coke. 
You have to have one of those fuzzy logic rice cookers with a timer. Mine’s from Japan and it plays a little song when it’s done. It was kind of expensive, but since I can’t even make rice in a normal rice cooker (I’m rice impaired) it’s worth it to me.
You just dump in a cup of steel cut oats and about four cups of water, and throw in some raisins or other dried fruit. In the morning you can add cream and sugar and stuff. It isn’t as good as Alton Brown’s stovetop method, but it’s ready when you roll out of bed. I hate regular oatmeal, but I love the steel cut stuff.
Well, I was running 6 mph and walking 4.2 mph (treadmill), so it’s a bit more than that. But really, I just hate running. I was trying to like it, really, and if it was going to make me loose weight (or even not GAIN weight) I could stick with it, but if not, then there are other exercises that do help me meet those goals that I don’t loathe.
But I think some people really thrive on running, and that’s fabulous. I’m just not one of them. I’m totally rooting (sp?) for the rest of you! Go SDMB C25K!
I totally screwed myself I think. I skipped a week when my grandmother was in town, but did ok on week 5 day 2. Then I skipped yet another week after I hurt myself last week trying day 3. So I decided that I should be able to do a 20 minute run. Nope, couldn’t do it. I ran for 10 minutes then couldn’t continue. So I walked for 2 minutes, ran for a couple of more, then would walk for a minute then run then walk another minute. In the end I went for the usual 21 minutes and went a tad farther then normal. I don’t know if I should try the 20 minutes again or not.
I am a bit tired though, I went swimming yesterday morning, then ran in the afternoon, then tried to swim again this morning. Plus it was colder yesterday, in the upper 50s, which didn’t do well on my lungs. Hopefully I can get back into some sort of shape after not doing anything for almost the last year.
Week 5 day 2 was a piece of cake.
Damn, now I want a piece of cake. 
I can understand that. I’m loving it this time around, but there are definitely exercises I think are a bore or self-torture. Fly! Be free! But be sure to cheerlead whenever you get the chance.
I’ve come into this thread a bit late but I’ll have a go. I’m not a total couch potato, but I’m about 10% overweight and my doctor thinks I need more exercise. Besides, I’ve never run 5k before.
I just finished the first run. It was fairly painless. A special thanks to svrider, for the link to the podcasts - much easier than repeatedly looking at your watch.
Only 8 2/3 weeks to go!
…and now my legs are stiffening up.
It’s a bit odd. I’ve been doing some nightly running on the spot for over a year, and I go dancing once or twice a week. But it seems that running uses different muscles.
It’s good that I’ve got one day’s rest before the next run.
Since I started Week 5 by doing day 2, I just repeated day 2 on Monday. So that means tonight I’m running for 20 minutes! :eek: I’ll let you all know how it goes. Has anyone else tried 20 minutes yet, besides Ichini Sanshigo, who’s practically a graduate already?
Welcome! The first two weeks are the worst, as far as leg pains go. I no longer require as much rest in between and even though the program says to have a day of rest between, I’ve done two days back to back without trouble. I only do that if I’ve got something coming up that will screw up my schedule, though.
This morning’s run was in the rain. I dislike running in the rain more than words can say.
It sounds like you’re already ahead of <ahem> some of us.
Welcome, Captain Klutz!
Ugh, Ichini Sanshigo won’t be graduating this week, I think. My shins and my knees have been killing me . I finally got an ice pack, and that has helped, but I think I better chill the rest of this week. I may feel up to trying Day 2 on Thursday, but somehow, I doubt it.
Week 3, Day 2 redux this morning, no injuries this time. I stepped up the pace a bit and felt good. moi did well too. We’re up to $18 in sushi money as of this morning. (We put 50 cents each in for each run/pushups/yoga session)
That does seem like it would be really unpleasant; what with the drops getting in your face and the cold and puddles making everything slippery. At least you finished though! That’s some pretty impressive willpower. So good job!
I finished W4D2 with much less problem than the first day; tonight I’ll try the third one, and based on how that goes zoom right into the fifth. I hope I make it!
So, I was supposed to do week 5 this week, but I got sick last week (continuing into this week, super yuck) so I didn’t finish week 4 and haven’t started week 5. Now, I’ve got some weird bruise thing on my left foot (on the ball of the foot, I think, right behind the big toe) and it hurts A LOT. I’m going to try to do the last lingering day of week 4, probably friday, and start week 5 next week.
This puts me a week behind, which makes me twitchy, like I’m gearing up to quit or something. I’m trying not too, but hey, I’ve failed before. And I’m extra grumpy.
I do have an actual question, however… How do the week 5 podcasts work? Y’all are talking as though there are different schedules for each day. If that’s the case, how does it work on the podcast? I’m pretty sure I just have one cast for week 5, just like the first 4 weeks.
I can’t answer your podcast question but I did want to say that postponing a week is not the same as quitting. If you have an injury, you need to recover or else you will be hurting for a long time. Seriously, if it takes you 12 weeks or 15 weeks, so what. The point is you are out there running, doing good things for your body.
I’m trying to remember that and actually, ya’ know, incorporate it into my world view … and, frankly, restarting again will go a long way to help. I dunno, I’m fighting all that internal crap that you know does you no good, but still manages to occasionally overwhelm.
Bah, I’m Queen of the Whiny People today. Right now my goal is to restart Friday (barring further foot complications). If I can manage to do that and not talk myself out of it, I’ll be back on track, regardless of how long its taking me to do the program.
Thanks for the reassurance, that certainly helps!
It’s just one. He gives all the start/stop times during the podcast. It works pretty well because all three days align fairly well, so he’s not having to talk all the time.
All three days start at the same time, and day 3 ends one minute before days 1 and 2.
Tomorrow is day 3’s 20 minute run. Eek!
Ok, cool.
Thanks!
And, also, Good Luck!
Well, the other graduates have. 
I didn’t think I would be able to do it, but I’m now jogging/running for 30 mins. It helped a lot to have my own playlist to listen to. I can see the podcasts being easy for the first few weeks with constant stops, but I’ve always preferred listening to my own mix (which needs a regular maintenance check).
I’m supposed to run today, but I’m not sure if I will. Let’s see, I didn’t run for 3 days straight, then did double training and ran on Monday, then did a weight lifting class yesterday and was hurting the rest of the day. I’m still sore today, but less than yesterday… and not in my shins or calves or knees.