Couch to 5k Running - Part Two

becky_rtw

Yeah on Sunday - my second! :eek:

(when I started I couldnt run to the end of the street so no matter how rubbish you think you are now there's always hope for everyone - if I can do it you can )

CompletelyLost

Wow, good luck with that Becky I hope you run well.

I have just got back from wk1 run2! I didn't intentionally run faster, but I seemed to get about 200m further than first time around - I know this because I run around the same green every time.

Anyway, that's that done with for another two days Saw a couple of other joggers out and about... some of them are so fast and they all run non-stop. I cant' wait for it to start feeling easier!

teachergirl

Thanks for the encouragement becky_rtw and the best of luck for your marathon!
I must admit I've started looking at other runners with their I-Pods on and wondered if any of them were people I am speaking to on here:D ( I hate to say it but especially if they are going really slowly but determinedly.)
lets hope we will all get to the 9 week stage.:j

Drea

I've been looking at people wondering if they are doing the Couch to 5k programme if they stop to walk :rotfl:

Good luck with the marathon becky

I did my Week 2, Run 2 today and really struggled I'm surprised I managed to finish it and was so thankful when an April shower came on and cooled me down a bit! I must have looked a wreck to everyone else :rotfl:

It's funny some days the running feels okay but others (like today) it's so much more difficult...

CompletelyLost

I'm too scared to look at the week 2 run... 60 second run, 90 secs walk is hard enough right now.

bertiebots

Well done to everyone today:j


I am looking after 5 kids (ok so 3 are mine lol!)tomorrow so wont have time to do my week 2, run#2 till friday. But I am going to walk to the park with them all..(the same one I run to!) and I am going to do it as quickly as possible:D
Becky I am very impressed! I had a dream of running the london marathon when I was a teen , but life took over and I stopped running by the time I left school. Now I am nearly 37 and just starting again:o....I wonder if there is still hope:rotfl:.
I hope you dont mind me asking all but whats the age of my fellow couch spuds??;)


...Drea, I think until our fitness levels increase this is going to be a bit of a roller coaster ride;). No pain -no gain (I hate that saying but it is SO true:eek:)

bertiebots

CompletelyLost wrote: »

I'm too scared to look at the week 2 run... 60 second run, 90 secs walk is hard enough right now.

I actually found the 90 second run easier and with a 2 minute walk in between gives you loads of time to recover..but I was glowing by the time I got home:rotfl:felt like I had left the heating on full blast when I walked through my front door;).
It really isnt too terrible:)

Drea

bertiebots, I'm just a young thang at the ripe old age of 23

Mumto2

Bertiebots, I'm 38. Have never run in my life (except school sports day). Even my maiden name was Walker!!!

teachergirl

Feeling really ancient now. I'm 46:o.
Well done for asking bertiebots...I've often wondered myself. You sound just like me.Often thought I would love to run the marathon even though I hated running at school. I think I liked the idea rather than the reality. Then life got in the way. Earlier this year I decided if I did not make an effort soon then it really might become too late.:)
So keep going everyone.