SPRING FEVER QUEST...MAY... Week 1...

[Oldfloss]

Hello and welcome to this month’s Quest.

Are you feeling it... ? Those urges... to just get the running shoes on and get outside

Please feel free to join in if you have graduated. We will be running these Quests every month, updating weekly, so don’t worry you can join in any time after Graduation, it doesn’t matter when it is even if it is just for the last week.

Also please join if you have graduated and are on the IC, We have found reading and supporting other runners when we are on the IC helps to keep motivation up and helps to still feel part of this community so if you are on the IC put your name down, we will support you all they way back to your first run.

Here is the explanation of what the Quest is.

What the quest is:-

The quest last for a calendar month

You can join any time within that time.

The main aim of the quest is to help you find a focus or goal that you would like to achieve by the end of the Quest period.

We ask that you are a Graduate .

The main reason we ask this is that while you are doing the program your plan is very structured, so we wouldn't want the Quest to interfere with that.

Most popular goals are:-

To run three times a week

To slowly increase distance

To train for a specific race

To add In Stretch and strength exercises

As you can see they are personal to yourself and it's totally your own choice.

Every week I will pin a new post where all the members of the Quest can talk about how things are going.

Our advice to you, is to make your goals achievable, as it is very easy to get discouraged if you aim too high. It is better to aim a little lower and feel great at the end of the Quest and add some more in for the next Quest. Motivation is at its best when you feel a sense of achievement through something you are trying to do.

Please don’t forget that all the forums are here for your benefit. They are set up to help with questions and queries as your progress on your running journey. Feel free to join any or all. You will find different levels of help on each forum, so well worth a look around.

We have the Bridge to 10K - this forum is for runners who need a little bit more technical advice than that, offered on the C25K.

healthunlocked.com/bridgeto10k

We have the Marathon Running and Race support.

Again this is another step up in the type of advice that is offered and it is there if you should ever need it.

healthunlocked.com/marathon...

We have the Strength and Flex forum, which is set up to help you with the NHS stretches and Strength workouts. Squats, lunges and the like are all in these programs.

healthunlocked.com/strength...

We also have the Active 10 which used to be called walking for health. It is a great forum for sharing your walks on your days off or if you are on the Injury Couch.

healthunlocked.com/active10

Please feel free to have a look round all the forums but also keep in mind we need your help for new runners, so you can support and encourage them on the C25K forum as they learn to run, so they can come and join us on these Quests once they have graduated.

Happy running to you all

I can’t wait to see what your Quests are going to be!

Oldfloss, Realfoodieclub, Millsie-J & Roseabi. X.

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[Buddy34 Graduate]

I've still stuck to running 3 times a week I new I would as I put all the effort in to get there with the help of c25k and all the great support on here . So to anyone just starting or thinking about it just do it the plan is amazing 😊😊😊

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Sounding so positive! Well done!

[HealthfulHemulen Graduate]

I have just graduated on Tuesday. My aim this month is to continue running 3x wk, with at least two of those runs being for 30 min. I'd like to get to at least one Park run too.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to HealthfulHemulen]

Brilliant.. lots of consolidation of other runs too maybe? Shorter , 30 minutes and longer runs also... those are the ones that continue building everything up!

[DiscoRunner Graduate]

It’s my 6 month anniversary of starting c25k on 9 May - so I want to celebrate that with a nice hour long slow run.

Other than that it’s keep up the running 3 times a week - 2x30 & 1 long run. That long run has been 50 minutes, and I’ll definitely do that but will try to make two runs this month one hour long.

Apparently on 18th May it’s international Japanese Slow Jogging day - so that will *have* to be celebrated by me!!🤣🐌🐢

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to DiscoRunner]

Great stuff.. the longer runs are superb... my long run day is Sunday and I often run for up to two hours...just pootling along! It is the lovely relaxed long, slow runs that continue the building up of our stamina, strength and the running legs

[DiscoRunner Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Ooh - maybe I should try an hour & 20 - a stretch from my longest but not too long Very inspiring!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to DiscoRunner]

Let the legs find their happy pace and just run... I call the runs...my 'see where I get to' runs..

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to DiscoRunner]

6 months of running bet we never thought we would be saying that I was 6 months in the 18th of april . Well done 😊😊

[DiscoRunner Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

I know! So much still amazed me - can’t believe how far I’ve progressed in such a short time. Feels so good! 😊

[LiisaM Graduate]

Well, I've had a spot of not running, but the weather is grand so I hope to run three times this week at a minimum.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to LiisaM]

That sounds like a great plan Making the most of the weather is important

[ButtercupKid Graduate]

I finally bit the bullet and admitted that actually I don’t like running shock horror ! C25k has been brilliant for me because it has shown me that I can trust my body and work with it, and I’ve really enjoyed feeling fitter and don’t want to lose that. So my Quest this month is to keep up the Strength and Flex podcasts every second day and go for a walk every day - and if I feel like a bit of a jog here and there, so much the better !

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

Bravo!!!!

You have and are doing absolutely amazingly!

You know what you are feeling and have made the decision. The idea of strength and flex is excellent...I am finding it very useful indeed...are you on the Strength and Flex forum? I bob in now and then to keep me on track...

As for walking... I have relied on that this last couple of weeks... and again, Active 10 is a great forum too.. for keeping us focused...

Please, do not leave us completely; you are an inspiration to so, so many, I shall miss your input greatly.... and if you do a gentle jogette now and then, your post will be very, very welcome

Flossx

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Not going anywhere (except out walking !) I have the feeling that I may try running again once I’ve shifted some more Ethel 😂 I did dip into the S&F forum but it seemed overrun by competitive body builder types when I was there, which is so NOT me that I went away again !

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

Now you know I'm there... come again They are friendly and fun.. I posted my workout today.. sorting my studio out..ha ha...

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

That sounds very cool ! I’ll give the forum another try x

[Elisabeth3 Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

Come to the S&F. There is a Personal Marker challenge, check pinned posts. I am not a body builder

[Hidden]

Hi All,

As I’m a pain for doing too much too soon, my quest is to cut back! I’m recovering from knee troubles (caught it early so not spent much time on the IC) but as I have my first 10k race in November, I’ve got time to take the B210K slow.

With this in mind, I’ll be focusing on Strength & Flex more in May.

• 2 runs per week (down from 3)

• 30 minute RPM workout

• Body Balance or Barre on ‘rest days’

Limiting myself with running is going to be hard as I love it and I’d choose that over anything else any day but I’m starting to realise that just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should! *Speaking about myself after graduating C25K and then 3 weeks later, started increasing a run by 1k each week.*

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Great stuff... slow and steady works, and it is tricky to make sure the rest of us keeps up with our newly forming running legs

Building up slowly is the thing and it is hard... I found working towards my HM hard...having to train according to the plan!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

I completed my 3 parkruns in a row to end April 😀 and will start May with a 4th.

It’s time to close out 10k... running plan is going to 5.5 miles next week and 6 the week after... Unless it adapts to speed sessions. If it does, I will turn adaptation off for the next couple of weeks to hit the goal. I think I’ll run one short to allow me to turn the 6 into 6.25 when it comes. When I succeed in running 10k I’ll celebrate by booking Alderley Edge Bypass 10k for the start of July.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

All sounding really positive!

[emmat7]

My plan was this week to run 3 times with my stuff in the boot of the car so I did it before getting home either in a lunch break or just on the way home in somewhere different yet quite near home so I changed in Asda after going weekly shop and did before I got home it felt fab 3x 30 mins on beaches or hilly places with blue bells. Next I’m doing one of the 3 runs 5 mins longer I’m not quite ready for park run as I’m enjoying my pace right now ! And don’t want to feel too despondent .

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to emmat7]

Sounds great....mixing the runs up is so useful too. 30 minute runs are great... different routes too, and then some shorter, slightly speedier runs and those lovely long, slow runs that build everything up... stamina, strength and eventually distance and even speed.

[Anniemurph Graduate]

Hi Floss! Late but still here - may I join please?

I need to start building up towards my autumn HMs so this is where it starts

My goals are:

- to run twice a week

- to be running 7k without even thinking about it

- to go to the gym once and ideally twice a week

It will be a bit tricky as I am away for a lot of this month but I will keep trying!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Anniemurph]

Hey you!

I think this is a great place to be... and glad you're here

Great goals and should be doable? It is tricky... I am in the same boat... but as long as we try!!! We will get there

[Allstartsnow Graduate]

Just graduated C25k and my goals are to continue running 3 - 4 x pw and gradually increase distance, I don’t think I’ll ever be a ‘fast’ runner and I’m not concerned about speed. A further goal is to make the transition from treadmill (did all but 2 of my runs on one) to running outside. I have found that quite hard as it’s a very different feel on the legs/knees but I’m determined to make it. I live in the countryside so my runs are along fields edges or through woods, usually very muddy! but it is beautiful scenery which makes it worth it.

I look forward to hearing how everyone progresses with their own personal goals and hope to make some serious headway with mine 😃