This is a thread for reporting our post C25K progress, for motivating and supporting other runners in the various programs (or without a program) that build on the 5k fitness, so we don’t muddle the focus of the C25K thread. If it dies, it dies, if it thrives, hooray!
If you came here from the C25K thread, you probably already read these next few paragraphs, skip to the part in bold.
I think these threads are great motivators. I keep a log of my miles and times using logyourrun, which I got for the shoe log aspect of it, but I like the more personal and interactive journally aspect of the SDMB community thread.
There have been questions about starting a different thread for post C25K program people, to not diffuse the focus of this thread or perhaps inadvertently discourage people just starting out–when running two minutes straight is hard, it can be frustrating to read someone talking about their “easy run” being a 25 minute 5k and how they just did a 6 mile run. (Or it can be inspiring, it all depends on your mood at the time.)
I’m still such a running newbie, a lot of the programs and jargon are still confusing, and I like the focus in this thread: to be motivating and supportive and stick to the Couch to 5k program.
So this other thread is for the next step, to keep challenging ourselves and get faster and fitter (if that’s our goal) and just to retain that running ability and motivation. For me, having a little program to stick to really helps. I’ve been trying to be a “real” runner for a long time, off and on and never really stuck with it, never really building enough endurance to run a whole 5k straight through, then slacking off and not running at all for a while, then starting from square 1. I’d really like it to stick this time and I think it will, as this is as running fit as I have ever been and sustained for the last couple months. I love seeing the mileage pile up.
I finished the C25K program just before we went traveling for a month. We still managed to squeeze in some runs about twice a week. When we came back we increased our time and mileage from the 30 minute runs to be ready for a 4th of July 5 mile event, and I started the cool running Beginner 5k program’s pretraining and am now in week 5 of the program.
**This is just a guideline for posting, post whatever/however you want, but I’m borrowing/“being inspired” some of this from another forum because it’s a format that works pretty well in keeping track of what’s what. But it’s boring if a thread is just a dry formatted log, so discussion of the different training programs, shoe hype, tracking software, whatever, should be welcome. **
**What training program are you using? **
Cool Running Beginner 5k
**What week/day are you on? **
Week 5, Day 3
**Are you repeating a week? **
Nope
**How do you feel? **
Excellent. It’s getting cooler, so running definitely feels better, and Sunday’s 6miler was as long as I have ever run in one go.
**Will you move on to the next week? **
Looking forward to it.
Any other comments?**
I love speedwork. I hate hills.
For the ease of Copy & Paste addicts like me:
**What training program are you using?
What week/day are you on?
Are you repeating a week?
How do you feel?
Will you move on to the next week?
Any other comments?**
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