C25K Grad/5K Race
I completed the Couch to 5K running program today with an official 5K race! The course was brutal. Very hilly without a flat stretch in the whole course. And the one hill was about a 60 degree angle and I had to do that TWICE.
Official results: Time - 43:36. Placed 23 of 40 in my age group I'm so freakin' happy and proud of myself I just want to cry. When I started C25K I couldn't even run for 60 seconds. I've never been athletic and I've never run before in my life. But I persevered and I kept pushing myself and...wowza....today was such an accomplishment! :cloud9: |
Awesome!!!!! My first is coming up Sept.12 and I am on wk 8 of c25k and feeling doubtful that I will finish without walk breaks.
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Wow that is great!!!! I am still on the couch. I keep thinking I want to start training when the weather gets a little less humid around here. What age group were you in? When did you begin running? What was your fitness level prior to beginning the couch 2 5k program?
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Awesome!!! I'm going to be starting this soon, I've started before but stopped because I got pregnant. Now I am so nervous about it, and not sure why. It's nice to see that it can be done! Congrats!
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Rochester, I am SO proud of you!!! Going through C25K myself while you have has been an AWESOME little experience! I'm so glad that you ran this race and totally kicked butt!!! :D :carrot:
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Congratulations!!!!!!!! That's awesome and seems like a really good time to me. I am on W5 and about to do day 3 tomorrow the full 20min run...scared of that one.
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You have done SOOOO well. I am trying to run at the moment and I can't imagine actually being able to ever run 5K. I hope you have done a whole heap of happy dancing. It shouldn't be a problem for you to do loads of happy dancing as you are the definition of fit now! |
Awesome!!
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Well done!! I completed the C25K without having an official race - it would have been nice.
But my first proper race was a 10K - that's your next goal!! And yes, you CAN do it. If you can run 5K, you can do 10! You're fab! |
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I didn't start running till I hit my first goal. I subsequently only lost about 3 lbs but dropped a size from a US 6 to a US 4. My fitness level was ZERO. Get some decent running shoes and a good sports bra and get out there and run - you won't regret it I promise - the C25K rocks!! |
Way to go Rochester!! We are proud of you!!
I am still struggling with Week 4 but I promess myself that I will finish the program no matter how long it takes me... Caribbean Girl |
That is awesome! My wife and me did our first one today!!!
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Best of luck to everyone who is hitting the road and planning races! Running is AMAZING! :D
Thanks for all the inspiring comments! :hug: By the way, hills do torturous things to the thigh muscles. I haven't hurt this much the day after since Week 1 of C25K! ;) Yowza. @Diana - I agree...and I can't wait to hear about your first 5K. Quote:
I started the Couch to 5K running plan on June 1. (It took me 12 weeks to complete instead of 9 weeks because I had to repeat a few weeks...partly for fitness reasons, partly for other reasons.) I competed in the 40-49 age group. Thank goodness not all the runners were the skinny teenagers who can run a 6 minute mile :eek: or I would have felt like a total loser. :) |
You did it!!! I am so excited for you, WTG Rochester!!!
Had you trained on hills at all? Yesterday I tried hills and they totally kicked my ummmm, thigh muscles. ;) |
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