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Syman

thanks for all the hint, tips and advice. I have downloaded a C25K app. Will now try to work out when i can run/walk to fit in with work and kids commitments. to start off it will probably only be weekend.

hopefully i can motivate myself to do it. (which i think is the hardest part of all)

Lomcevak

thanks for all the hint, tips and advice. I have downloaded a C25K app. Will now try to work out when i can run/walk to fit in with work and kids commitments. to start off it will probably only be weekend.

The apps are good for planning, but personally i'd leave it at home when you get out, at least at the beginning - it's very important to start easy and listen to how you feel, do only as much as you feel like. There's no use in an app nagging you to do 90s jog or an extra couple of intervals if you only feel like 45s. You either end up overdoing it and feeling stiff and sore, or feeling like you've "failed" to complete the training programme. Neither is good for motivation

The other thing that's really important is decent shoes; worth finding a specialist running shop (not a high-street box-shifter). No need to spend a fortune, tell them you're a beginner on a budget and they'll have something suitable (and if they still try and sell you a £90 pair then walk out!)

hopefully i can motivate myself to do it. (which i think is the hardest part of all)

I think your signature applies here too

cnoelj

Lomcevak wrote: »

The other thing that's really important is decent shoes; worth finding a specialist running shop (not a high-street box-shifter). No need to spend a fortune, tell them you're a beginner on a budget and they'll have something suitable (and if they still try and sell you a £90 pair then walk out!)

Some good points about shoes there Lomecevak and shoes is really the only thing in running you really need to make an investment in. No need to spend a fortune but good to get it right. A good specialist running shop will analyse your running gait free of charge and recommend appropriate shoes for you. and yes if it comes to anything like £90 you are paying for bells and whistles. The night club is the place for fashion and all I am looking for from my running shoes is comfort and as much freedom as possible from injury.

pablakeman

I paid £50 for my running shoes in Sports Direct and they are the best I have had. They are Karrimor and they had a running specialist in store and they fit really well.

Haven't been out for a run now for a few days, finding it difficult with my university finals coming up. I know running would actually be good for me but my library is a 2 mile walk away and I go there everyday, and I find that after a day studying I haven't got the energy to run. Aiming to go out for a short run tomorrow morning before getting to the library. My half marathon isn't until October so I have a few weeks now anyway just to go on short runs and not worry about improvement quite yet.

Lizling

Lomcevak wrote: »

The apps are good for planning, but personally i'd leave it at home when you get out, at least at the beginning - it's very important to start easy and listen to how you feel, do only as much as you feel like. There's no use in an app nagging you to do 90s jog or an extra couple of intervals if you only feel like 45s. You either end up overdoing it and feeling stiff and sore, or feeling like you've "failed" to complete the training programme. Neither is good for motivation

Obviously everyone's motivated differently, but actually I think the apps are really useful at the very beginning because most complete beginners aren't very good judges of how hard they should push themselves. Either they stop and walk when it first gets difficult, when really they could have pushed on to the end of the interval, or they try to do too much too soon (especially if they're fit but not used to the particular stresses of running) and end up getting injured.

If you only feel like doing 45 seconds, then just slow down, right to the point jogging on the spot if that's what you need to do, but keep jogging and complete the 90 seconds. Running's largely psychological. If you start thinking that it'd be ok to stop early, stopping early is exactly what you'll do. If you decide you're going to hang in there until you hear the beep, that is also what you'll do.

There was something going around on Facebook recently that said "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.' There's a fair bit of truth in that, and to finish C25k you'll need to be able to keep winning that argument for half an hour, so best to start practising early.


All the best to everyone starting out on C25k I hope you all love it!

Indie_Kid

Lomcevak wrote: »

The other thing that's really important is decent shoes; worth finding a specialist running shop (not a high-street box-shifter). No need to spend a fortune, tell them you're a beginner on a budget and they'll have something suitable (and if they still try and sell you a £90 pair then walk out!)

Any decent shop won't sell you the most expensive pair. Sweatshop are decent when it comes to shoes. Most I've spent is about £89. First pair was about £65.

You can pick up running clothes for a few quid or so. Whilst I wouldn't touch their running shoes, Karimoor are decent when it comes to running clothes on a budget.

Managed 28 minutes this morning. Wanted to do an hour; but my ankle was hurting and I've got a 10 mile race on Sunday.

Lizling

pablakeman wrote: »

I paid £50 for my running shoes in Sports Direct and they are the best I have had. They are Karrimor and they had a running specialist in store and they fit really well.

You're very lucky to have found something that suits you in Sports Direct. Last time I was in there the footwear 'specialist' said "What's a trail shoe?" :rotfl: (For those here that are new to running, it is, as you have probably guessed, a shoe for running on trails. Not complicated or particularly niche.)

He also tried to sell me Karrimors despite the fact that they're an extremely bad fit on me (a couple of cm too wide and practically fall off, they slop around so much on my heel.)

I went to Runners World instead and got a pair that really do fit for£30.

barbarawright

Lizling wrote: »

Obviously everyone's motivated differently, but actually I think the apps are really useful at the very beginning because most complete beginners aren't very good judges of how hard they should push themselves. Either they stop and walk when it first gets difficult, when really they could have pushed on to the end of the interval, or they try to do too much too soon (especially if they're fit but not used to the particular stresses of running) and end up getting injured.

If you only feel like doing 45 seconds, then just slow down, right to the point jogging on the spot if that's what you need to do, but keep jogging and complete the 90 seconds. Running's largely psychological. If you start thinking that it'd be ok to stop early, stopping early is exactly what you'll do. If you decide you're going to hang in there until you hear the beep, that is also what you'll do.

There was something going around on Facebook recently that said "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.' There's a fair bit of truth in that, and to finish C25k you'll need to be able to keep winning that argument for half an hour, so best to start practising early.


All the best to everyone starting out on C25k I hope you all love it!

I absolutely agree with this. If I'd relied on what I *wanted* to do at first, I've never have got past running for 30 seconds at a time :rotfl:. You do have to push yourself, even if only 'to the next lamp-post'

Indie_Kid

Lizling wrote: »

You're very lucky to have found something that suits you in Sports Direct. Last time I was in there the footwear 'specialist' said "What's a trail shoe?" :rotfl: (For those here that are new to running, it is, as you have probably guessed, a shoe for running on trails. Not complicated or particularly niche.)

He also tried to sell me Karrimors despite the fact that they're an extremely bad fit on me (a couple of cm too wide and practically fall off, they slop around so much on my heel.)

I went to Runners World instead and got a pair that really do fit for£30.

I've never bothered with Sports Direct for running shoes. Although, I think they're one of the few places that sell running shoes small enough for me.:o

fufu_banterwaite

I did 10 miles Saturday and 25 miles on Sunday, has seriously made me realise I may have taken on more than I can chew with this ultramarathon!

However I’d also run 20miles during the week on top of the 35 I did over the weekend – so my legs were quite heavy to start with and I went out for a few beers Friday and Saturday night.

I think maybe next week I will revert to the 25 minutes running and 5 minutes walking technique that apparently pretty much all ultramarathon runners use.