Couch to 5k Running - Part Three

Kiwisaver_2

Well done everyone, you're all doing really well.

I did my second run of week 2 on Saturday and in the process I nearly trampled a puppy and two small children to death. The puppy was clearly fascinated by the lightening speed of my bright shiny trainers :rotfl: and the two small children following in its wake, narrowly escaped with their lives as I did my best Olive Oyl footwork to remain standing on my own two feet. I could see the father watching aghast at the impending car crash about to unfold :eek:

Planning to do the third run tomorrow.

pink_princess

Well done Kiwi and Iamasa

My cold lifted a bit today so I ran the twenty minute run again with Dd and OH. They both completed it as well. I'm very proud.

We will start week six on Wednesday.

Kiwisaver_2

pink_princess wrote: »

I'm very proud.

And so you should be, I think I'd be doing a few cartwheels at the end too!! :rotfl:

I've just done my third run of week two - it seemed much harder today than before and I was a bit concerned as I was very overheated at the end. Not sure now whether to do week 2 again; although I am sure it must be natural to have some performance anxieties and fear of failing when moving up through the levels.

Eyeore

Hello everyone - you are all doing so well! Brilliant and well done to you all, hurrah!

Back from hols so did my 1st run of wk 1 again today, with the podcast and on the treadmill, seemed to go ok so will carry on and see how it goes.

pink_princess

Well done Eyeore, I hope you had a lovely holiday :beer:

Kiwi I would try to move on to week 3 and see how you do. I think you will be surprised :A

We are about to go and do week 6 run 1 but it seems strange to run less than the time before. I might regret saying that afterwards though :rotfl:

Kiwisaver_2

pink_princess wrote: »

Kiwi I would try to move on to week 3 and see how you do. I think you will be surprised

Yeah thanks for the encouragement, I have thought about it a lot today and decided I have nothing to lose. I would be disappointed if I didn't give it a go and keep thinking of that old expression that says it's better to try and fail, than not to try at all!

Hope you enjoy your run.

Eyeore

Go for it Kiwi!

Just catching up with posts, some have had me howling with laughter! :rotfl:

Pink I hope you are feeling better now and hope you run today goes well.

I shall be running again tomorrow.......

pink_princess

The run went well, really stepped the pace up today. Well from snails pace to what would be most people's jog

I hope you both have a good run, we'll run again on Saturday.

Kiwisaver_2

Wow, who knew that three minutes was such a long time? :rotfl:

I quite liked that whole routine though; it was such a great feeling after the first three minute run, to think that I only had to do that one more time and the rest would be easy.

The weather was atrocious with cold howling wind and rain, so I arrived home soaked to the skin and steaming like a race horse. The bad weather was probably a blessing or I might have self combusted!

pink_princess

Well done kiwi, I thought the 1 minute runs seemed to last ages:rotfl: