60 seconds??? It felt like four bloomin' hours.... I couldn't do one single 60 seconds burst, I think 45 was my max before my lungs and heart gave out. Lol
Is there a couch to 5k in 5 years programme? I might be able to do that.
I've just showered, now watching c..p on tv with a big, stupid grin on my face.
I didn't realise how much everything moves when you're shuffling along like a beached whale with asthma. Bum, lower back(seriously?) Even thighs and bingo wings. "Cool" was not how I looked.
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I ended up doing week one twice! I also made myself walk two miles almost every day, it does get better! And take your time! If it takes you 5 years, you are still doing better than the person on the couch. Someone on here recommended book on tape, I have enjoyed doing that much better than music, and I only allow myself to listen to it while I am doing my c25k runs, no the off day walks
I wish there had been a Couch to 5K in 5 years programme when I started last December. I couldn't do those week 1 1-minute intervals, it took me 3 weeks just to get through week 1. Believe me, from someone who took months to get to the end of the C25K 9-week plan, stay with it, trust the programme & you'll get there in the end. For me the real breakthrough was when the lovely Laura (I used the podcasts) said that there was 5 minutes running to go in one of the later running intervals and I thought "thanks, that's OK". The mantra stuck on my fridge to urge me on is "I don't want to do it, I want to have done it". It's a great feeling when you've done it, isn't it ... it took a while but I think I've at last become addicted to that feeling.
I know what you mean. I'd been dreading the moment when I'd have to put on my running shoes and get off my butt. I hated struggling throughout those 60 second bursts but once I'd stumbled in, showered and was chilling on the sofa... I was grinning!!! Go figure. Lol
How do you get your photo on your profile pic by the way?
Click on the down arrow by your user name at the top of the screen, select profile, select edit profile, look for round circle on the left - it's got an upload button in it. Sounds complicated but it isn't. I've used my photo but folks use all sorts of images. I know that grin, I had it when I'd finished my own run this afternoon. GO GO GO, you know you want to!!
The fact you're now watching cr@p on TV with a big stupid grin on your face makes it all worthwhile! You probably feel incredibly relaxed and relieved that you did it. That will be the effect of the endorphines that get released in your brain when you exercise. They are like the body's natural pain killers, and are quite similar to morphine! Remember that feeling with the big stupid grin the next time you go out - it will give you something to look forward to. Eventually you'll get to enjoy the running itself - honest you will!
Omg you sound exactly like I felt on my first run and I felt like I would never improve. Thanks night I have just completed week seven and was still a bit of a struggle but i did it x x keep going, you can do it x
Well done. I started last week and can't believe I did 90 sec of running today. The progress with each run and just doing it gives a huge sense of achievement. Husband and kids still in shock, as am I!!
Lol good for you. You've started and I know that's a big, big step. My first 60 seconds were very similar, probably more brisk shuffles than what most would recognise as running but you get to the end and feel so good for doing it, it does get easier and even more enjoyable.
It doesn't matter how long it takes. If you don't complete a run then you repeat it until your body is capable of doing it, then move on. Run/jog as slow as you need to.
Keep us posted.
Yay you did it, you actually kicked the sofa and did it. That is fab, you didn't lurk, you didn't become part of the sofa, you got up and only blew the blooming doors off. Stupid grin is one of the best faces to have. Well done you on walking the talk and running the walk.
YOU DID IT! It's such an amazing feeling isn't it? I remember feeling exactly the same: a weird mixture of 'I'm never going to do this' and 'OMG I'm actually doing this!'. Keep going, you're doing so well! xx
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Very first day - did anyone else find it as hard as I did?
W9R3 - I did it! 
I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!
First run, I did it!!
