Couch to 5k Running

belfastgirl23

Hi fellow newbies

I'd hoped to do my second run of week 2 today but I got a new gym programme yesterday and a sort of personal training session and I ache all over today! Introduced to the joys of The Plank and to a particularly new and torturous type of lunge I will go tomorrow morning though, hoping my aching legs will have settled enough by then.

The gym instructor also said I should start paying attention to my heartrate. Took my resting HR this morning and it's around 60 which seems ok for a 40 year old tubby person Is anyone else trying this?

And penpop I am off to google 5k runs in my area

PepPop

Hi belfastgirl23 - oooh the plank! Makes me ache just remembering it :eek: Have you tried the one where you prop yourself against a wall as if you're sitting in a chair. OUCH! Good luck with finding a 5K.

belfastgirl23

PepPop wrote: »

Hi belfastgirl23 - oooh the plank! Makes me ache just remembering it :eek: Have you tried the one where you prop yourself against a wall as if you're sitting in a chair. OUCH! Good luck with finding a 5K.

Found one (I think) for April although of course there's no info up about it yet but it's happened the last few years so hopefully will be ok Hopefully the plan will get me there in time - I have a feeling I might end up doing some of the weeks twice

Your exercise sounds even worse than mine btw!

becky_rtw

Hello

On the 5k runs there are free ones all around the country every Saturday, see more here:
https://www.parkrun.com

Enjoy!

PepPop

Thanks Becky - I'm checking out the park run site just now.

belfastgirl23

Nothing in Belfast alas don't know if I'd be fit for it yet anyway.

Managed to do my 2/2 run - 90 secs on and 90secs off for 20 minutes run/walking a total of 2.3km. It was knackering though. And my heartrate was all over the place. A little old man in the gym stopped me to congratulate me for seeing it though so I obviously looked like I was working hard!! Think I will try to do my 3/2 run on Sunday.

I've only peeped at the week three stuff but man it scares the life out of me :eek: Still faint heart and all that...

Hope everyone else is doing ok

peppop just realised you're doing SW as well :hello:

PepPop

Well I've completed my first week :j:j:j

On to week 2. I actually start running this week (or should I say jogging :rolleyes:) Keep you posted assuming I can still breathe at the end of it .

Belfastgirl23 - I'm on the Weight Loss thread but I'm just trying to eat healthily rather than use any definate diet. How are you getting on?

belfastgirl23

Getting on well, 2lbs down this morning in my 'unofficial' Monday WI although I've been trying really hard

Managed my 3/2 run this morning - I was feeling a bit tired - did quite an intense workout on Saturday and still recovering - so I went a bit slower for the running parts of the programme. I also just had a peep and I'm aghast at the next step but hey ho, faint heart never won fair lady I have to run 3 minutes in a row which will definitely be a challenge. The only thing I did realise today was that slowing down definitely makes it feel more manageable, so if I go down to 7k an hour I might have a chance at the three minutes. In any case I will hopefully try it out on Thursday.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

juno

I'm so jealous

It's far too icy round here to run outside, and I don;t have a cushy treadmill.

wendyphant

I still have this blinking chest infection so not started yet but did go for a 1 1/2 mile walk in the snow pulling a 3 yr old on a sleigh so am trying to stay mobile x