halbaradkenafin Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Tried this about a year ago and dropped off it due to too much work going on after a month or so. Going to pick it up again, probably starting at the gym while it's cold and then back to running in the park (handily right next to the gym and me), eventual goal is Great North Run next year, hopefully this year if I'm able to boost my fitness enough.
Iain.Faulkner Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Congrats on starting the C25K, you might want to look at the Bridge To 10k as your next step after the 5k finishes ... very similar, interval training building up to a 10k target. I'm not really enjoying the treadmill if I'm honest. I find it boring. I much preferred the road running I did for my C25K. Having moved areas, I only really have the local park to run in and that isn't really that safe after dark ... a teenage girl recently got beaten to the floor and had her trainers stolen !!! So, I'm stuck at the gym until the lighter nights get here Thanks for the tip :-) Definitely something I'll need to look at once I've finished the C25K. I'm doing the NHS C25K, but I've also got the Zombie one which I think will do up to 10k, but i'll definitely take a look at the one you've suggested. Can't say I blame you for running in the Gym under those circumstances, I'd be exactly the same. This year though finances are a bit tighter for me, so the Gym membership has had to go so it's road running all the way this year!
Sam_Brown Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I hate my body and it's inconsistent responses to me running. Did 5k on XMAS day and did it in 34 minutes. Did another one last night and it took me almost 39... Ran home the other night which is only 2k and my back and ankle were pretty bad by the end of it but then no issues yesterday doing 5k... I don't get it. I've just signed up for 10k in Milton Keynes in March (my first race) so the fact my body seems to be so inconsistent really worries me. At the moment I feel like I'm just as likely to get a PB as I am to break down after 5k due to a messed up ankle. Anyone else have this sort of issue?
witch Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I hate my body and it's inconsistent responses to me running. Did 5k on XMAS day and did it in 34 minutes. Did another one last night and it took me almost 39... Ran home the other night which is only 2k and my back and ankle were pretty bad by the end of it but then no issues yesterday doing 5k... I don't get it. I've just signed up for 10k in Milton Keynes in March (my first race) so the fact my body seems to be so inconsistent really worries me. At the moment I feel like I'm just as likely to get a PB as I am to break down after 5k due to a messed up ankle. Anyone else have this sort of issue? I don't run anymore but when I did this was always happening to me. I asked around and lots of people - and a personal trainer and a doctor - said that it is very normal for speeds and fitness to vary. Just like some days you are hungrier than others, or tireder or whatever. Some people find they vary far more than others. It used to really upset me that one day I could do a 5K in 33 mins and the next time it would be 40 and a real slog. I just accepted it in the end and the variations did get a bit smaller. My advice is to run a bit slower and see if you can get it more consistent time-wise and injury wise. Just finishing a 10k is the aim at first 1
HarryMonkey Posted January 12, 2015 Author Posted January 12, 2015 Congrats on signing up for the MK 10k. I did the 5k last year ... finished in 29:59 which really pleased me. I was aiming to do the 10 in March this year but unfortunately, family commitments in Cornwall have put a stop to that. It was quite a challenging run for me in the 5k where most, if not all, of my training had been along a flat disused railway line in Newport Pagnell, so I was totally unprepared for the hills, some of which are the ramps up and down to subways and bridges and they kind of knocked me for six a bit so make sure you're prepared for this as the 10k will be no different, just more of them!
ICTLady Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 C25K graduate from last January here - still running though I was a bit up and down last year with some niggly injuries (get yourself fitted for proper shoes as early as you can afford it!). I run parkrun now most Saturdays (new PB 28:59 on New Years' Day ) and did my first 10k for many years on 4th Jan. Signed up for the Great South Run in October and hoping to do a half marathon if I can fit the training runs in between work and my family. Definitely a committed runner now - it's one of the only new years resolutions I've ever undertaken which has actually stuck and permanently changed my lifestyle for the better. Good luck to anyone getting started 2
Iain.Faulkner Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Started week 2 last night, can't say it felt that much different to the week 1 runs (now it's 90 seconds running, two minutes walking). Fingers crossed ot being able to get the next two runs in as planned on Tuesday/Thursday.
ICTLady Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 How's it going, @Iain.Faulkner? Hope you are still enjoying it I just wanted to add a few comments about what to do after C25K. I found myself a bit lost for a few months, not sure how often to run, whether to increase my distance, or get faster - and getting injured, again. Here are the things that made a huge difference to me, hopefully may be useful to any other newbie runners in the same situation: (1) Join an online running community, if you haven't already. There are loads out there. UKRunChat, The Running Bug and Run Mummy Run (women's group) are some of the ones I follow. (2) Find some people to run with - ideally a local running group suitable for beginners. I go out with a free club run by our local independent running gear shop. The sessions are run by coaches and they've introduced me to the basics of speed work, improving my technique, getting my pace up and hugely improving my confidence. Running clubs can be scary but most of the big ones have a group for beginners, and most are very cheap. If you can't find a suitable group, see what you can do to find people to run with. Colleagues, parents at your kids' school, neighbours, or members of that running community (see (1)) who happen to live near you. (3) parkrun - love it! A timed 5k every Saturday, the chance to follow your progress over time. And a brilliant way to get to know other local runners (see (2)). Volunteering is the absolute best way to get to know everyone. From these three things, I now have a little network of other local runners who I am friends with on FB. We meet through the running group or at parkrun - or both. Some live a little further away and we occasionally travel to one another's parkruns and have a coffee afterwards. They give the heads-up on good local races, and when you turn up to run your race, there's a group of familiar faces, people to run with or to cheer you on (if they're fast and finish before you!), people to have a cuppa with afterwards. I have people I can call on when I want to do a long run and don't fancy doing it on my own. And once you know 1-2 people, they will introduce you to their friends so your local network starts to grow. It was by doing this that I started to feel like a proper runner. I met up with a woman from my online group, we ran together at parkrun, she said she was entering a local race and did I fancy it? I was nervous about going but then after a tough run with my group, I felt confident that I'd improved enough to enter. Just being around other people who run, especially when they're better and more experienced, shows you how to improve and establish yourself as a runner. I still run on my own more often than not but I love having people I can talk running with. 2
Iain.Faulkner Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 How's it going, @Iain.Faulkner? Hope you are still enjoying it I just wanted to add a few comments about what to do after C25K. I found myself a bit lost for a few months, not sure how often to run, whether to increase my distance, or get faster - and getting injured, again. Here are the things that made a huge difference to me, hopefully may be useful to any other newbie runners in the same situation: (1) Join an online running community, if you haven't already. There are loads out there. UKRunChat, The Running Bug and Run Mummy Run (women's group) are some of the ones I follow. (2) Find some people to run with - ideally a local running group suitable for beginners. I go out with a free club run by our local independent running gear shop. The sessions are run by coaches and they've introduced me to the basics of speed work, improving my technique, getting my pace up and hugely improving my confidence. Running clubs can be scary but most of the big ones have a group for beginners, and most are very cheap. If you can't find a suitable group, see what you can do to find people to run with. Colleagues, parents at your kids' school, neighbours, or members of that running community (see (1)) who happen to live near you. (3) parkrun - love it! A timed 5k every Saturday, the chance to follow your progress over time. And a brilliant way to get to know other local runners (see (2)). Volunteering is the absolute best way to get to know everyone. From these three things, I now have a little network of other local runners who I am friends with on FB. We meet through the running group or at parkrun - or both. Some live a little further away and we occasionally travel to one another's parkruns and have a coffee afterwards. They give the heads-up on good local races, and when you turn up to run your race, there's a group of familiar faces, people to run with or to cheer you on (if they're fast and finish before you!), people to have a cuppa with afterwards. I have people I can call on when I want to do a long run and don't fancy doing it on my own. And once you know 1-2 people, they will introduce you to their friends so your local network starts to grow. It was by doing this that I started to feel like a proper runner. I met up with a woman from my online group, we ran together at parkrun, she said she was entering a local race and did I fancy it? I was nervous about going but then after a tough run with my group, I felt confident that I'd improved enough to enter. Just being around other people who run, especially when they're better and more experienced, shows you how to improve and establish yourself as a runner. I still run on my own more often than not but I love having people I can talk running with. Thanks for this @ICTLady :-) I am still enjoying the C25K...due to do week 3 run 3 tonight (the snow and ice have put me back a few days, but I've still got time to get to 10k in time for the Manchester 10k at the beginning of May). Thanks for all the advice, I would actually really like to do the park runs, a good friend of mine is a Park Run coordinator and he raves about it, so I know how good they are...I struggle to get there though as I play golf on a Saturday :-) My week is mentally crazy as well, so although I can see the benefits of joining a running club, it's just not something I can do at the moment as I simply don't have the time to dedicate myself to doing something at the same time every week, same with the forums really, I already contribute to a number of forums...like here, Weight Watchers etc etc and I find that I don't have the time to properly devote myself to it and as such I lose the obvious benefits that they can provide. I am hoping the weather improves soon though so I can try and get a bit of routine into my runs (I don't actually mind running in the cold, it's the ice I don't want to run on), although looking ahead on the C25K...the next few weeks look like they start to get a lot tougher :-s
HarryMonkey Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 The next few weeks do start to get tougher, however, they get there gradually so it's nothing that you can't do, working up to it gradually so you barely notice between the end of one week and the beginning of the next. I followed that up with the Bridge to 10k program which I've had to restart as I injured my Achilles. I too am looking forward to the lighter nights as I find treadmill running really boring although the gym is handy for doing 10k on the bike after my 5k run 1
Iain.Faulkner Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I actually like running the dark, so the lighter nights will mean I run later at night :-s although, rationally, I know people pay no attention to me...I'm very paranoid about being watched and looking like an idiot when I'm running (years of being massively overweight have made me very paranoid about how I look).
HarryMonkey Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 I don't mind running in the dark and was happy to do so when I was in MK, since moving though, my local park is not somewhere I would like to run after dark ... a 15yo girl was bundled to the floor by two adults and had her trainers stolen off her feet recently so it's not the place I would want to be after dark.
Patrick Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I know this thread is only about the C25K, but does anyone want a general fitness thread? Running, weightlifting, swimming, MMA training etc..
elsiegee40 Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I know this thread is only about the C25K, but does anyone want a general fitness thread? Running, weightlifting, swimming, MMA training etc.. Don't wait to be invited. Start one
hardtailstar Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I know this thread is only about the C25K, but does anyone want a general fitness thread? Running, weightlifting, swimming, MMA training etc.. I'd enter into that but itll easily go off. Maybe seperate threads for different sports?
Iain.Faulkner Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Got out for Week 4 run 2 last night, ended up running for a total of 34 minutes (stop start walking/running) as I misjudged my distances and the program finished further away from home than normal. But in that time I ran 5km :-) pretty pleased with myself, didn't expect to be running 5km at this point in the program....just need to be able run for longer periods of time and do less walking as I build up over the next 4 weeks :-)
the_wuigi Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Checkout Horizon Documentary The Truth About Exercise
Iain.Faulkner Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 So I've reached the end of week 6 (finally) only 3 more weeks to go on the plan. Week 6 run 3 was 5 minutes walk, 25 minutes run, 5 minutes walk and in that time I ran 5.6km which I'm really quite pleased with. During the 25 minute run, I was running a nice steady pace of around 5:45 per km as well and it was very consistent, it certainly gives me hope of achieving my goal of running 10km in under 1 hour :-) My thoughts are now turning towards building my running up to the 10km mark (as I'm doing the Manchester Run in May)....does anyone have a bridge to 10k app they can recommend? Thanks Iain
HarryMonkey Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 I've used these two, both are just MP3s, there is a set of podcasts as well that I got from iTunes. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1tqm59u6zwwld4p/AAD3QmUwSC3A5_VX6cDb6gY_a?dl=0 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bridge-to-10k/id358545527?mt=8 Unfortunately none of these are done by Laura so there's no words of encouragement, just tracks/podcasts relevant to the time for each week with "run now" "walk now" messages at the respective times. I have a wallchart somewhere as a pdf that I can post when I find it. 1
Iain.Faulkner Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Week 7 run 1 last night, didn't want to go out as I was feeling rubbish but forced myself out anyway. Did the 25 minutes running the program asks you to do and was feeling pretty good, so I upped it... (i know this is probably going against what you're supposed to do, but did it anyway)...and ran the 5 minute cool down walk as well :-) Ended up with a 30 minute run, so it was a 40 minute exercise (including warm up and warm down) covering 6.3km with an average pace of 6 minutes 28 seconds. However, and here's the most exciting part, I did a full 5km run in that time with a run time of 28 minutes 56 seconds :-) Well on target to get my 1 hour 10k time in May, just need to up the distances and time out running :-) Think I'm going to abandon C25k at this point and push on alone.
Patrick Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Just remember, over longer distances your pace may drop off. For example, I swim a mile in 30 minutes, but I can't do 2 miles in an hour. Running has less resistance obviously so pace over distance may be completely different. Sounds like your doing really well and are on top of your routine! 1
Sam_Brown Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Week 7 run 1 last night, didn't want to go out as I was feeling rubbish but forced myself out anyway. Did the 25 minutes running the program asks you to do and was feeling pretty good, so I upped it... (i know this is probably going against what you're supposed to do, but did it anyway)...and ran the 5 minute cool down walk as well :-) Ended up with a 30 minute run, so it was a 40 minute exercise (including warm up and warm down) covering 6.3km with an average pace of 6 minutes 28 seconds. However, and here's the most exciting part, I did a full 5km run in that time with a run time of 28 minutes 56 seconds :-) Well on target to get my 1 hour 10k time in May, just need to up the distances and time out running :-) Think I'm going to abandon C25k at this point and push on alone. This is what happened to me. Did the program for the first few weeks and found that I'd out grown it before the end. 28 minutes for 5k is bloody good. I've been running for a while and I can't break 30 minutes (although funnily enough I can do 10k now) yet so for you to do that on your first time is very good. 1
ICTLady Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Well done, @Iain.Faulkner, sounds like you're going to be a speedy runner. @Sam_Brown, what helped me to improve my speeds was doing speed drills with my running club - sprint intervals and some tempo runs. Also using my watch to pace myself round parkrun. 1
HarryMonkey Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 Nice one Iain, sounds like it's working well for you. It's important though not to let your enthusiasm get the better of you and end up overdoing it. That way lies injury and a long lay off. 1
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