I am on week 4 of the program. I will second the sentiment that the transition from week 3 to 4 is super hard. I had to jump back down to week 3 for a week. After this it took me three tries to actually finish the week 4 workout completely. I've now done it completely twice, also once where I pooped out with 1 min 20 left on the last interval. I think I've got it it pretty down. I'm going to do it 2 more times then move on to week 5. I'm really starting to feel like a runner and don't think the transition to week 5 will be as bad.
Between injuring my hip muscle (see post last week) and working my son's cub scout day camp (and coming home a sweating mess after being in the 100 degree heat all day so not up for much more than walking the dog when I get home), my running program is on a break.
After camp yesterday I took the kids to our local pool which has indoor/outdoor facilities and envied the runners on the track as they lapped around - someday that will be ME up there doing a 1/10 a mile in 45 seconds (yeah, one guy did three miles that fast!).
Great job everyone - keep going! I'll catch up
Oh boy. Signed up for a 5k run at the end of July today, so it's official. A lot of work to do between now and then!
Did W8D1. Had to take a break in the middle, probably more of a mental thing than physical one. I lost track of what I was doing, so just jogged as much as I could at 4.3 to 4.7 and walked some till I got to 5k total. Not exactly the program, but felt like I at least finished something.
I find that I kinda peter out at like 22 minutes, need to take a break. Get mad and then finish strong. How exactly do you get mentally tough enough to not quit in the middle? That's my problem.
ohhh, i'm so glad i happened upon this thread. i'd never heard of c25k and i've been wanting to improve my running endurance. i can only run a 12 minute mile -- or at least that's how i did the last time i attempted, which was a little over 10 lbs ago. i'm going to test this out asap!
So today I did W2D3, and it was a lot easier to get through than W2D2! I did bring just a little bit of water with me today, and just had a mouthful when my throat got really dry, and it helped a TON!
I did w4d1 today. My shins are still giving me a hard time. The good thing is that the more I do this, the longer I go before the muscles tighten into cement blocks.
I finished w4d2 yesterday and actually found it easier on me. My shin muscles did not cramp into the cement blocks!!! They did get a little tight, but not until the last run.
I am getting ready to go out and do w4d3...I'll let you know how it goes.
I am going through this faster than recomended, I feel like I am ready to keep moving.
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I love seeing all the activity on this thread. I wish the C25K thread was this busy when I completed it this winter. My new favorite running blog is called Ben Does Life. He started running when he was somewhere around 350 lbs I believe and has lost 120ish pounds. When I watch the video on his blog, it makes me tear up every time. It is so inspirational. He is doing a tour this summer complete with free 5K runs, or walks, or skipping, whatever, not races. It sounds fun and I hope I can go.
