Got started with one of the things I want to do this year and did my first #CouchTo5K run/walk.
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It took a little longer to complete “Week 2” of #CouchTo5K because of life things getting in the way, so those runs were more spread out. I’ve just completed the first run of “Week 3” now though!
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
Walk - 180 seconds
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 secondsThe last run felt the most difficult but honestly didn’t feel that bad. So much so that I was finished a little earlier in regards to distance on my usual route for this run, so I added another 180 second walk followed by another 90 second run at the end.
Feeling good!
@jamie Nicely done!
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@jamie Nicely done!
@WTL Thanks!
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It took a little longer to complete “Week 2” of #CouchTo5K because of life things getting in the way, so those runs were more spread out. I’ve just completed the first run of “Week 3” now though!
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
Walk - 180 seconds
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 secondsThe last run felt the most difficult but honestly didn’t feel that bad. So much so that I was finished a little earlier in regards to distance on my usual route for this run, so I added another 180 second walk followed by another 90 second run at the end.
Feeling good!
Well that felt much harder. Started “Week 4” of #CouchTo5K today!
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Walk - 2.5 minutes
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutesDidn’t help that the majority of my last two runs were uphill.
I did it though!
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Well that felt much harder. Started “Week 4” of #CouchTo5K today!
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Walk - 2.5 minutes
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutesDidn’t help that the majority of my last two runs were uphill.
I did it though!
@jamie Well done!
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Well that felt much harder. Started “Week 4” of #CouchTo5K today!
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Walk - 2.5 minutes
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutesDidn’t help that the majority of my last two runs were uphill.
I did it though!
@jamie Yeah I remember there being a point in the C25K program where the difficulty ramped up quite a bit. Keep it up though!
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@jamie Yeah I remember there being a point in the C25K program where the difficulty ramped up quite a bit. Keep it up though!
@therealahall Yeah already looked ahead at next week. The last one out of the three is just a 20 minute run.
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@therealahall Yeah already looked ahead at next week. The last one out of the three is just a 20 minute run.
@jamie Oof. It’s like that how to draw an owl meme. Draw a circle, now draw an owl.
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@jamie Oof. It’s like that how to draw an owl meme. Draw a circle, now draw an owl.
@therealahall Yeah exactly!
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Well that felt much harder. Started “Week 4” of #CouchTo5K today!
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Walk - 2.5 minutes
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutesDidn’t help that the majority of my last two runs were uphill.
I did it though!
Week 5 Run 2. Hardest run yet but I pushed through and did it!
Run - 8 minutes
Walk - 5 minutes
Run - 8 minutes -
Week 5 Run 2. Hardest run yet but I pushed through and did it!
Run - 8 minutes
Walk - 5 minutes
Run - 8 minutes@jamie congrats!
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@jamie congrats!
@alex Thanks!
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Week 5 Run 2. Hardest run yet but I pushed through and did it!
Run - 8 minutes
Walk - 5 minutes
Run - 8 minutesWell if that’s not a sign that my running since the start of the year is doing some good, I don’t know what is.
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@jamie Heck yeah get it
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@jamie Heck yeah get it
@therealahall @jamie and wait until you reach under 60! That will be fun
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@therealahall @jamie and wait until you reach under 60! That will be fun
@alex @therealahall What happens under 60?
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@jamie Nice to see the change!
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@alex @therealahall What happens under 60?
@jamie @therealahall time slows down.
Not really but you will be feeling cold all the time
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@jamie @therealahall time slows down.
Not really but you will be feeling cold all the time
@alex @therealahall Oh I welcome that then. I prefer feeling cold to hot.
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Well, I had my first setback on my #CouchTo5K.
Today was supposed to be Week 5 Run 3, which is a 20 minute run. In the first couple of minutes I felt a lot of tightness and pain in my right calf (cramp maybe), so I slowed down to a walk. I was going to pack it in, but it loosened up again so I pushed on and started over. I had to take a couple of walk breaks in the middle, so I think I’m going to keep trying this session again every 2/3 days until I can nail it.
Still decent today though. Probably did about 18 minutes of running in total, with about 4 minutes of walking, so not all bad. It’s really stepped up a gear this week so just got to keep pushing myself!
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Well, I had my first setback on my #CouchTo5K.
Today was supposed to be Week 5 Run 3, which is a 20 minute run. In the first couple of minutes I felt a lot of tightness and pain in my right calf (cramp maybe), so I slowed down to a walk. I was going to pack it in, but it loosened up again so I pushed on and started over. I had to take a couple of walk breaks in the middle, so I think I’m going to keep trying this session again every 2/3 days until I can nail it.
Still decent today though. Probably did about 18 minutes of running in total, with about 4 minutes of walking, so not all bad. It’s really stepped up a gear this week so just got to keep pushing myself!
@jamie that’s still great progress.
