just updating - wasn't looking forward to this. Did w 3 r4 on Saturday , as had missed a week for various reasons (sometimes life, family, work, relatives etc take over). Anyway , did w4 r1 today and it was not too bad (they say pain has no memory - I'm sure you other mothers will have sen told that after childbirth!!). Like others, during the 5 min run, when Laura chipped in, I was expecting her to tell me to slow down to a walk, but she was only telling me I was half way through the 5 mins! I was on the golf course, so had to keep changing direction to avoid the golfers (who lets them on when I want to run on the flat bits?) , so there were a few uphill bits where I was almost going backwards, I was so slow. Anyway, done it. You graduates must giggle at the struggles of us beginners (in a nice way of course) . I have taken 6 weeks to get to this stage, but it is amazing to me that I can actually do this - however pathetic it might seem to real athletes. So, everyone else, at the beginning or approaching midway through this programme - good luck, Keep going . AND I have just been able to buy and fit into size 16 knickers!!!
w4r1 : just updating - wasn't looking forward to... - Couch to 5K
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Yay for knickers!
'Real' runners laughing at people just starting out is like 'real' drivers laughing at the poor little learners as they stall on roundabouts: just not fair!
Keep at it, and good luck.
Brilliant! We will know for next time during the first 5 minutes what Laura will say! It doesn't matter how bad it feels during a run - it's how you feel afterwards when you know you've achieved it! We CAN do this 
Yes WE CAN !!! Where are you on the programme, panda runner? My dog is getting fit too!
I did w4r1 this morning
Hope to do next run Wednesday but have to pick up son from airport so it may or may not happen .
Mine won't be until Thursday evening now - unless my week changes! Saturday for r3. I have to work each week out individually! I do a fitness class on Tuesday which has really helped Has your son been away somewhere nice?
Well done...I did run2 of week4 yesterday...like you really pleased at the progress...Happy running!
Fab! How have you found w4?
All of "us graduates" were not so very long along complete novices. The only thing I ran was meetings. Even Mo had to start somewhere! I have nothing but respect for every single person who starts this programme and for all of us who have stuck with it. I remember my first ever run about 11 weeks ago where I thought I would collapse and need the NHS to call an ambulance as a result of their stupid programme... I thought it was the most ridiculous idea in the world that I could be a runner. My knees hurt, I couldn't breath, I was so slow it was embarrassing, etc, etc... Now I'm training for a 10K race at the end of July!
Well done for getting through this run! Pace can be worked on later... the important bit is "running motion" for the time period - not distance... Although people hitting golf balls your way might speed you up from time to time!
Keep it up!
And just wait until you meet Julie in Week 8...
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