I gave up but won’t be beaten

[Thegaz2002]

My daughter was born beginning of February. Getting up to do night feeds and then trying to go running before work to continue the plan just wasn’t going to happen. Nothing could drag me out of bed so I gave up on the C25K plan at week 6.

Knowing that I’m already signed up to do the Great South Run this October I know I need to get off my back side and put some real training in now.

This morning I decided not to start the plan again but just go for a run and see how far I could get. So out the door at 5.55am walked the 1st minute as a warm up then ran 5k non stop before walking the last minute as a warm down.

Can’t really believe it. Total of 5.2k in just under 37 minutes. Over the moon is an understatement 😁 and just shows you can achieve anything if you want it enough.

[davelinks Graduate]

Really!? well done!

The only thing with that though is doing too much too soon, take care..

[Thegaz2002 in reply to davelinks]

See how I feel in 2 days time when I try and run it again lol

[davelinks Graduate in reply to Thegaz2002]

Increasing running mileage or time too quickly is the leading cause of running injuries in recreational runners. Use the 10 percent rule (increase mileage by no more than 10 percent per week) to help prevent overuse injuries while allowing the body to adapt to training levels.

[backintime Graduate]

If you're going to run 5K like that, I would suggest a slightly longer warm up than a minute and a longer warm down too.

It's great that you can run 5K but you need to take care of your body before and after if you want to carry on being able to do it

[DiscoRunner Graduate]

That is hugely impressive but I’m with the others on the Injury risks. I read too many takes of woe of people ending up in the Injury Couch doing too much too soon. The 1 min warm up was too short as well. Enthusiasm is great but it can be our undoing! Do a little search on here for injuries as a cautionary note. Take care!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Cool... well done.

I’m with the above on the warmup... read this inews.co.uk/news/health/war...

I’m also with them on the too much too soon thing... I’d go short now for a couple of runs and then work up slowly with the 10% rule from there.

[GoogleMe Graduate]

I think we've all done the odd 'stupid' thing and sometimes have got away with it (as a one off) and feel elated (I know I have).

C25K (or at least the version of the programme this forum is about) is about health, so the aim is 30 minutes continuous running on a regular basis. It doesn't just build up slowly for the unfit and unconfident, it builds up slowly for the boom and busters who go hard... and then end up staying home because it's not sustainable, either in terms of lifestyle or because they get injured.

If you want to be running the Great South Run, you need not to be injured, and you've got plenty of time.

This run was something you needed to get out of your system, out of understandable anxiety about the impact of a baby on your life (and perhaps not a long period of time available for each session) not 'real training'. You've reassured yourself, you've pulled off your stunt, time to think now. You may or may not want to go back to the programme itself, but I am relieved to hear you have taken some of it on board by having non-running days, but look after yourself and do those 5 minutes walks at the beginning and end eh?