I’m a bit off C25K proper, but did go for a 2 mile run last night (time: 24:51) and felt fantastic. I slowed my pace a bit (Meat Loaf’s “Dead Ringer for Love” seems to have just the right tempo for a good, steady jog) and at the end of the distance, felt like I could have gone further. My quad felt good, the weather was nice and cool, and my legs had that wonderful worked out feeling for the rest of the night.
My next 5K on the 26th. I ought to be in better shape to run the whole distance this time.
I took a short walk yesterday. My walking is pain-free now, but this morning I kind of felt that things were a little “off” so I’m going to give it a rest for a few more days. But I am *much *improved.
I’m supposed to do Week 3 day 3 tomorrow but my knees are swollen. I did Day 2 on swollen knees and they didn’t hurt while I was jogging. They don’t hurt now, really, they’re just huge. Should I not run? Or should I just elevate and ice them down?
I finished Week 6 Day 2 this morning. Today was the last day of walking intervals in this program; from here on out it’s solid running. 25 minutes straight on Sunday! Eep!
Weight loss report: I am now fitting into shorts that I grew out of over the winter.
Okay, guys - I’ve started physical training for my poor sad stress fracture and found out that I am all fucked up from my waist on down (well, probably on up too, but he wasn’t testing that.) I am a shambling horror. If I were a horse they would take me out and shoot me. I do everything wrong.
So, I’m allowed to run again, but essentially back at square 1 - my trainer gave me a 10 week program very similar to C25K, and I’m allowed to start this week. It’s incredibly discouraging after all the work I did, so maybe it will help to post progress in this thread - that’s a lot of what kept me running when I did it originally.
Also, those therapists act really nice, but they are not. They are mean sumbitches. My legs hurt.
I think you’ll find most therapists mellow some when they find you’re highly motivated and won’t slack off. Granted, some things they need to do (deep massage, for instance) will still hurt and it’s not something you can do on yourself properly but they’re used to riding herd on people who won’t do a thing on their own.
My knees go in, my hips go out, my feet go some other funny way… nothing to be done about my feet, but he wants me to work on a lot of my leg muscles and on my balance. He told me that my knee would have probably been next to crap out on me, the way I shamble.
I did a run outside yesterday since it’s been beautiful and cool out here in VA. I don’t really time the runs that much when I’m outside so I just go until I can’t stand it and then walk until I can breath again and rinse lather and repeat.
Running outside is nice for the breeze and fresh air but man, it’s harder than the treadmill!
I finished Week 4, Day 3 today and am feeling pretty good. I had a tough time with it on Monday & especially Wednesday, but I backed off the pace a bit today and felt almost terrific. Good enough to keep running up a steep hill after the final bell sounded at the end of the last 5-minute run.
I was discouraged a bit after Wednesday, though I never deviated from the written plan. I am totally the opposite after today’s run. Ready to have my $@# kicked on Monday, Wednesday & Friday of week 5.
Actually, I did this program awhile ago, and was up to running for about 4-5 miles at a time, then hurt my knee, basically from trying to do too much, too fast - and knees take for-freaking-ever to heal, so I’m out of running shape. I’ve been doing other cardio, so I’m not starting completely from scratch, but I really miss running. The elliptical is so boring!
I’m re-starting with week 1, day 1 today, and force myself to go more slowly this time so I don’t re-injure myself.
Yeah, there were a bunch of spam posts with nothing but links to selling watches and stuff. I’m guessing they are easier to delete than to disable the links. We are talking 10s of links, not just a couple.
I did Week 5, Day 1 today, and it was actually too easy. I’m wondering if that’s because I’m running slower, or in better shape, or if that’s how the workout was designed. Anyhow, as I arrived back at the house my wife convinced me to go out for another run/walk session with her, after which I laid on the carpet sucking wind for a while. I really pushed the limit a bit, and I hope it doesn’t have a negative effect on the rest of my week.
I still have no idea if I can make the jump to 20 minutes straight on Friday. Would anyone who has done Week 5, Day 3 care to share their experiences?
It wasn’t horrible. It seemed like a big leap, but it wasn’t. I let myself walk a little through song transitions if I felt the need to - and I think I did that once (at this point I’m making my own playlist because its a straight run).
In some ways the longer runs have been easier. The eight minute intervals were the hardest for me - I’d just get my second wind and then be walking. But once I hit the second wind point - I really didn’t need to walk.
ETA: Just remember to pace yourself. If you start faster than you can manage, you’ll end up needing to walk. I keep remember the post earlier in this thread “little old ladies in walkers may be passing me - but I’m running.” I’m not out to WIN a 5k, I’m out to run a 5k (or at least build up decent endurance and cardio fitness).
I had to take a few weeks off due to my hip acting all screwy thanks to a softball injury. I started again today, from day one. One thing I noticed- my legs hurt less when I did the running sections.
I was pretty worried about W5D3 before I did it. It does seem like a really big jump, considering that the longest interval prior to that day is 8 minutes (I think). But actually it wasn’t too bad at all. I feel like the program really prepared me for it. When I realized that I was 10 minutes in, halfway done, I knew that I was going to be able to finish it, because I was still feeling pretty good. It was a challenge, but definitely not impossible, or even excessively strenuous.
I do recommend keeping your pace pretty slow at first. If you still feel good towards the end, you can pick it up a little bit, but personally I don’t think I could have finished it if I’d tried to start out fast. I actually run into this on most of my runs now (I’m just starting week 7, which is all 25-minute runs) because I’m conditioned to the point that I usually feel pretty good and like I can run more quickly, when I’m starting out the run. But if I run as quickly as I feel like I can at the start, then I can’t finish the run.
I’m still pretty overweight and coming from having been completely sedentary and out of shape before doing this program, though, so maybe it’s different for people who are more fit.
