Couch to 5k Running - Part Three

Eyeore

Well wk4 run 1 completed last night and my legs are still aching! Not looking forward to runs 2 and 3! Am hoping it gets a little easier.

I too feel like I run at quite a slow pace but Laura does say not to overdo it so I say I am following orders!!:rotfl:

CupOfChai

Week 6 run 2 done. I'm pretty nervous about run 3 (25 minutes straight? What? How?), but I managed this when it happened on week 5 so I'm going to have a good go at it.

Kiwisaver_2

Pootle_3 wrote: »

I have started having dreams about running

The runs are always easy and I run for ages and ages

Not like real life

Am I normal?

I can't even run in my dreams, so you're doing well.

CupOfChai wrote: »

Week 6 run 2 done. I'm pretty nervous about run 3 (25 minutes straight? What? How?), but I managed this when it happened on week 5 so I'm going to have a good go at it.

Best of luck with that. It's a very scary thought for me too, having just done Week 4 Run 2 I honestly can't actually see how I will manage that 20 minute run by the end of next week :eek:

CupOfChai

I felt like that then too Kiwisaver, I found week 4 really difficult and never would have thought I'd be able to do the 20 minutes at the end of week 5. Just take it at a steady pace and try to have faith that you can and will do it.

1940sGal

Pootle_3 wrote: »

I have started having dreams about running

The runs are always easy and I run for ages and ages

Not like real life

Am I normal?

:rotfl: I thought I was the only one!

Well I used to have them anyway. When I could barely run for a minute I would dream that I could just run and run and run and never get tired or out of breath.

Now I can run far I don't have them

Pootle_3

1940sGal wrote: »

:rotfl: I thought I was the only one!

Well I used to have them anyway. When I could barely run for a minute I would dream that I could just run and run and run and never get tired or out of breath.

Now I can run far I don't have them

Hopefully they are a good sign and I will also be able to run far.

Just need to sort out my weak point, which is my head telling me I can't run for long, which then makes my legs feel weak.

1940sGal

Pootle_3 wrote: »

Hopefully they are a good sign and I will also be able to run far.

Just need to sort out my weak point, which is my head telling me I can't run for long, which then makes my legs feel weak.

Yep that's the biggest hurdle to get over. If I'm honest I get it everytime I run and I saw something on pinterest which said the same:

Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.

I have days where I let that part of my brain win and I stop even though 5 minutes later I think I could have gone on. Definitely all about being in the right frame of mind, though I'm sure I don't need to tell anyone here that.

Eyeore

Well from having been quite determined over the last couple of weeks I have now got a stress fracture in my left foot! I think it is the shock for my poor unfit body!

So I have to dip out for a couple of weeks so just wanted to wish everyone all the best, keep up the good work!

iammumtoone

I seem to have abandoned the NHS plan now I have got up to 20mins. I didn't fancy making the jump to 25 so today did 23mins (that was enough!) will do that 3 times then 26/27 before I go up to 30mins. It will add in an extra week but I would prefer that. The last three minutes were tough.

iammumtoone

Eyeore wrote: »

Well from having been quite determined over the last couple of weeks I have now got a stress fracture in my left foot! I think it is the shock for my poor unfit body!

So I have to dip out for a couple of weeks so just wanted to wish everyone all the best, keep up the good work!

Sorry to hear that but make sure you are fully recovered before you start again. Sending you best wishes for a speedy recovery.