foreverfaye, who is better than you?!?!? Way to go, I'm so excited you did it!! And yes, we are runners. We run now!! Even if it's only 90 seconds at a time, it's still running!!
Awesome, silverfire!! I'm so glad you did it and felt good. And yes....I run crooked too!! I think I'm so excited to see my feet/legs running that I lose all control!!!
I am going to be a runner! I am signing up for a women's walk/run in May, AND I have convinced some friends to join the color run that is coming to our neck of the woods in September (date isn't official yet though) SO EXCITED I hope that by September I will really be a runner!!
Woohoo Silverfire! I'll be doing the Color Run in Montreal in August and I can't wait! It looks like so much fun! Then I'll run my first real 5k in September.
I did W1D2 yesterday, with the jogging stroller and it was sooooo much harder than without (duh!). I don't have a choice though if I want to run 3x a week!
C25K was literally one of the best things I have ever done. I did it last year and in 7 weeks, I was able to jog for 35 minutes straight. I LOVED it. I did not love being all sweaty and feel my legs burning, but I loved the awesome feeling of accomplishment and the lovely feeling of being physically tired because you HAVE EXCERCISED.
I then hurt my knee and as the winter came, I fell off the wagoon, so I want to start again this spring. Meanwhile, as there is still way too much snow here, I am doing "30 minutes shred" to get fit. Maybe I will be able to start from week 2 or 3, but if I am not, I will just go from week 1. NO rush. That is also the best advice I can give you about C25K: do not rush. You can always just log losely. This way you will build up your stamina gradually and will not become hating the excercise that is too strenuous for you. I also need to repeat this to myself a lot, as I tend to push myself too hard and even hurt myself. NO WAY TO GO. Yo, you already ARE a runner!!!!
Thanks, Ronja!! Your post was so helpful, I hope you can get back in it soon.
I feel kind of foolish saying I run when it's only 3.8mph and walking at 3.0mph but it feels good to me so I am going with it. I won't win any races that is for sure!
Slow and steady, that's all I am doing. I don't want to hurt myself plus I am so freakin' impressed with myself right now that I don't have to show off to myself!!!
That's totally my attitude as well, elvislover. A tortoise would likely fall asleep waiting for me to catch up with it, but I sure am pleased with myself!
I'm really really slow as well. There are people who can walk faster than I "run". But I don't care. Right now, I'm working on being able to run 5k without stopping. Once I can do that, I'll work on getting some speed. My goal is to run my 5k in under 40 minutes in September.
Week 1 is DONE! I'm so proud of myself and I just love the post-run feeling! I'm ready to start Week 2 this weekend. The weather forecast isn't good for next week so far, I hope it won't be too bad so I can go out!
I finish week 2 tomorrow so I plan on getting up early to get it done first thing. I'm so excited!
I was googling a lot about C25K as I was concerned I was too slow and maybe wasting my time. I confirmed, it's not a waste of time!! My body is learning at a good pace for me and hopefully I can turn it into something bigger and better.
I try not to get ahead of myself but I peeked at the schedule, wooooo nelly, we are going to be working our tails off in a few weeks more than we are now (even if it's at a slow pace!!).
You guys are amazing, I've always wanted to do C25K and you guys have inspired me to try. I thought I should wait till I got to onederland, but I'm going to try day one and see how it goes.
Week 3 Day 1 is done. Nice and sneaky how that 3 minute run got thrown in there twice! But I did it!! Just kept telling myself I can walk if/when I need to. But I did it twice!! Hello miracle of the day!
Woohoo elvislover! I'll admit that week 3 is scaring me, with those 3 minutes jogs!
I did W2D2 today and it went pretty well, except when I had to jog on a hill. I had the jogging stroller and it was just too difficult so I had to walk it. Everything else went well though. I'm looking forward to D3!
You are doing awesome, Angelic Fruitcake!! I can't imagine a hill plus a stroller?! I'm a wimp and took the easy treadmill way out.
I didn't know it was 3 minutes until the timer was about halfway through and I looked at it like, what?!? I didn't read today's description before I started, it's probably a good thing as I had no time to be scared for the first one! It was the 2nd one that almost did me in but I pushed through!
I just did a Leslie Sansone video for 30 minutes. I must be out of my mind today.
