Week 9

[Ruby0265]

Hi, thought I'd have a go st writing on here.

I am on week 9 of C25Kbut I pushed myself and managed to run for 35 minutes.

I'm very proud of myself but I still find it so hard, I want to stop all the time. Does anyone else feel like this?

[moonmar Graduate]

I do stop all the time - and it because I am going too fast! I am told slowing down a tad helps.

[Biscuit0107 Graduate]

I'm only on week4 but everytime I struggle I slow down a little and keep running... It's really tempting to try to be speedy but that doesn't help endurance....

[OldWheezer]

Haha yes every time I go out.

[bulgarianlily Graduate]

Which bit of you wants to stop? I am told that breaking this down into a series of questions helps. How you doing feet? Knees, you can do a bit more, right? Lungs, you going ok? The biggest revelation of doing C25K was for me how much of it was a mental game. Now I have learnt that my body, if left in peace from my mind's negativity, can perfectly well do amazing things when asked to.

I compare it to 'being hungry'. Often for me I think that my body is starving and needs a snack. If fact if I examine it closely, I usually find the problem is I need a little drink and I am bored! I am looking at food to solve the boredom. Same with running, unless I am interested in something around me, or otherwise occupying my brain, my mind looks for problems and a minor and normal ache in my legs becomes major. Music helps immensely for me, I have found lots of tracks I like and having it on shuffle means I wonder what will come next! I put a few 'jokers' in the pack as well, crazy frog versions of things, it makes me laugh.

If you do find that there is a big physcial problem, then maybe you need to look at what speed you are doing and slow down?

[Ruby0265 Graduate in reply to bulgarianlily]

Thanks. I'm not going that fast, quite slow really. I speed up going down hill and on the last bit near home.

I'm enjoying the challenge but it is hard. But although physically it's hard, mentally I keep telling myself I have to keep going. Because if I stop I'll be annoyed. So I keep going and I so happy at the end of the run that I have.

My feet hurt quite a bit so I've just bought new shoes and I'm going to try them later.

[bulgarianlily Graduate in reply to Ruby0265]

For a woman I have spent my life indifferent to shoes, the fashion for them I mean. As long as I had a pair of comfy sandels in the summer and something that kept the cold out in winter I was happy. Oh, how many aspects of life C25K can change. I am now getting totally geeky about running shoes. I am happy to contemplate paying amounts for them that would have been anathema to me three months ago. There should be a warning somewhere, C25K can change your character.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to bulgarianlily]

So agree... who would have thought it... more excited about a new pair of running leggings for France, now, than a sassy summer dress!