I have no update. Still stuck on week 6 and beginning to wonder if I'm going to ever get off it. The asthma seems better but now I have some heel pain. I hope it's not the new $hoe$; I'll be mad if they make my foot hurt! Last night I just said forget it and took a complete rest night since I don't think I've had one for a couple of weeks (ooops). No walking, no attempt at running, I just loaded the dishwasher and then settled on the couch for a couple of hours of junk TV. Now I'm up at the crack-o-dawn because I have to be at work by 7 this morning. bleah.
Windchime, DH and I took about 1.5 weeks to finish w6. We were busy and sometimes I did it by myself in the in between time. I went one night by myself and could only go 15 minutes rather than 20 because it was too hot and humid. I wouldn't focus so much on working the program too rigidly--I like to think of the program as more of a guideline. We've had a few do-overs or wait until tomorrows on this journey. Rest is good for the body!
I planned on doing a 4 mile wog this morning. FAIL
I missed my turn around point and ended up doing 5.1 instead!!!! It was extremely slow but who cares I did it in under 75 minutes with quite a bit of walking the last half. I ended up with some weird cramp right underneath my shoulder blade. I've never had that happen before.
I have been totally psyching myself out for the 25 minute run on W6D3 so I kept putting it off (I haven't run now since Wednesday). So I decided to get back on the treadmill today and see how far I got. Maybe repeat W6D2 to get back into the swing of things?
Anyway, I couldn't find my ipod with my C25K app on it but hey, I can time myself for 2 ten minute runs, right? Not rocket science So I borrowed my son's ipod and set off.
Trouble is, much is HIS music is NOT music to my ears so I sort of had to fumble through the artist lists while running (and not falling off and breaking my neck LOL) to find stuff that I liked and before you know it....I'd been running for more than 15 mintues already! So I figured what the he**, let's give it a go and...
I completed Week 6!! I must say, the last few minutes WERE he** but I DID IT!! All 25 minutes!!
Windchime, I'm stuck as well! I've had a few false starts and yesterday I really thougt the universe was laughing at me, but I absolutely REFUSE to give up so it can laugh as much as it wants!
By the way, saw the thread about the levi's... Would love to see a pic just sayin'...
LM, HOT new profile pic! I love your hair! It's tempting me to cut mine... My DH would throw a fit though!
Zinke, wow! Way to keep going! I'm so inspired!!Still having shoulder trouble?
Momof5K once you hit that 15 min mark it's psychologically hard to just stop, knowing you are more than halfway!
I just got finished with my run. I started out saying I was only going to do one mile since I wasn't really in the mood. Then I talked myself into just going as far as I could and turning around to come home. I ran til I was ready to collapse and then talked myself into finishing the 5k. It wasn't my fastest time ever but I definitely ran more of it today than I have in the past. Overall it was a WIN.
I'm still struggling with asthma big-time. I don't know what it is but something about the air is making my chest hurt. I am back on the inhaler. So I've increased my walking route to roughly a 5k distance but I am doing it at a brisk walk, not trying to jog at all. I'm just worried that I'm going to get a mile or more from home and then not be able to breathe. It's to the point now where I take my cellphone and inhaler with me, and make sure that my son is in town so that he can come and get me if I need to call him (I haven't yet, not since that first time last week).
So, sad to say, I'm not running at all right now. If the next few days aren't better, I'm going back to the doctor. It might be the heat; it's close to 100f here today and it feels humid or something, which is odd--it's not usually humid in this part of the state at all.
You should NOT feel like a failure. This must be your body's way of telling you something and listening to that message is far more important than sticking with "the program".
You did great...and are keeping up the exercise as best you can. Way to go!
Hey! I have been documenting my c25k on the 20something thread, but that thread sort of died. I started the c25k program in May and the only week I repeated was week one. My biggest stuggle with the program is all the hills in my neigborhood, but I feel as if I have finally conquered even those. So now I am in week 7. I have been using Ulrey's podcasts, but since the intervals are over, I just timed out songs on my shuffle so it will be exactly 25 minutes. I run so much better now! I have signed up for my first 5k in Augustm and I cannot wait!
W7D2 today. I added a street into my run that I have not ran on before. I know I need to add length to my run, I it added about 1/4 mile. It is nice and flat! I need to calculate a new route before I start my 28 minute runs so I don't get home before the jog should be over. If nothing else, I can run up and down the last street as many times as I need to to get to the 28.
I've been doing C5K for a little over a month now, I did W4D2 yesterday (I do it on Monday, Wednesday, Fridays). I was amazed to be able to get through those 5 minute jogs. I'm slow (my jogs are 4.2 MPH) but I'm getting through 'em!
Good job to everyone, especially the new chicks who have joined us in the last few days.
I got up early this morning and was out on my 5k walk by 8 AM. It's a good thing I started out early; it's now a little after 9 and it's almost 80 degrees. It's supposed to be 97 again today, which is great for iced tea in the back yard, not so great for walking! I didn't have any breathing trouble today so that's good, but I was feeling pretty wiped out by the end of the walk.
I was worried that my weight loss would slow/stop because of this but I seem to be chugging along at my normal slow and steady pace.
Windchime, PLEASE don't feel like you failed! I agree that this is your body's way of telling you something and you need to listen to it. The heat can be a REAL bear! I have huge issues with it (that and the humidity) and it's hard to find a time now to do it where I don't feel like my lungs are about to collapse. You have not failed unless you just completely stop and never go back to it again. You can *always* start over or find a place in the program that you feel comfortable with to go back to and start from there once you are having less issues.
Oh and did you get the book yet? I hope it reached you all right!
I did complete W7D1 *finally*. It took 3 tries and I had to do it at 5am because all other tries were in the evening and it was WAY too hot/humid.
Windchime, PLEASE don't feel like you failed! I agree that this is your body's way of telling you something and you need to listen to it......
Oh and did you get the book yet? I hope it reached you all right!
I did complete W7D1 *finally*. It took 3 tries and I had to do it at 5am because all other tries were in the evening and it was WAY too hot/humid.
No, the book hasn't arrived yet but I am checking the mail daily because I am looking forward to getting a package from you! And I agree that I need to listen to my body but it's just SO FRUSTRATING. I had "asthma" and "fat" connected in my mind and I'm 35 pounds lighter than before, but the asthma is back!?? Apparently I had drawn a faulty conclusion and there isn't as strong a connection as I thought.
How long is W7 D1? Isn't it something scary like 25 mins?
So I attempted Week 7 Day 1 today and it kicked my a$$.
I am not sure why as it is the same length as W6D3 that I did an survived but today was the first time in the whole program that I didn't do the run as I was supposed to
My question is about stamina..the building and maintaining of it. I ask because I am trying to figure out why today's run was so different than my last.
Was it because it had been nearly a week since my last run? Does stamina "drop" that quickly...with 6 days between runs? Or was it the two glasses of wine I had during and after dinner? Was it the fact that it was 11:30 at night before I started? Or was it simply that my heart wasn't in it today (cause it wasn't...I was dreading this run and didn't give it my all)
Any thoughts?
I don't feel too badly about today though because even when I stopped running during ther 25 minute run interval, I did not slow the speed of the treadmill...I just switched to a fast walk at the same pace (I am a very slow runner ) so I still covered a lot of ground tonight.
It could be any and all of those things. Certainly taking almost a week off between runs and then running tired, and after drinking, probably wasn't the best idea.
Sometimes I have a good run when it seems so easy and I feel like I could have run twice as far when I stop. And sometimes the same run can half kill me.
So I borrowed my son's ipod and set off.
) so I still covered a lot of ground tonight.
