W4R2 - I feel a bit reluctant to keep going on about it...

[Lesaspie]

... but I will, a little bit. Today I found running hard, but in a different way to just the physical effort. It was tiring, somehow, as if I have a cold on the way. Anxiety and an irrational fear of the future had me almost unable to move from my chair for two hours, until I remembered that running is a way to feel better and that I would feel even worse if I did not try at least. Also... rather stupidly I looked at the plan for Week 5! Aaaah! This can't happen so quickly! I am not ready. But I have said that every time. Maybe stay with Week 4 a bit longer....

I did it though, and my legs feel heavy, slight ache just below the left knee, and my chest feels... dry? Drinking lots of water to fully hydrate.

Laura's voice in my ear finally, after a long five minutes, was very welcome. I wonder who she is.... NO I am not falling in love

But I did it. Phew. This programme is very good indeed.

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Great that you recognised how going for a run would make you feel better.

Don't worry about wk5 , all your running up until now has prepared you for it.

I agree with you Laura is great I also used her for c25k. 😊

[Zebadee1 Graduate]

Well done for getting out and doing your run. That's the toughest part. I always feel so much better after a run .

I also found that that when I really struggled to get out, commiting to a run on here would make me do it. Can't be letting these lovely people down 😊

[Jalapenolover101 Graduate]

Well done for going out and doing it 👏🤚

As with most things, the thought of ‘it’ is much worse than the actual doing ‘it’ . Don’t worry about what’s ahead, what’s the worst that can happen? Even if you end up with a practice run, it’s still a run, miles in the legs and more of an achievement than not going at all 😊

I’m another Laura fan too 😁

[mom24uk Graduate]

Well done on getting yourself out there and doing it.👏

[Alast]

Another member of the Laura Fan Club here, I couldn't have got to where I am today (W5 R1) without her (to paraphrase Reginald Perrin's boss CJ!). First of all hearty congratulations for getting yourself out there & doing it when you didn't think that you could, a brilliant effort there and your efforts were repaid because you completed the run, well done! Now a bit of advice for you: Step away from the C25K schedule, avert your eyes from what's coming next and if you inadvertently find out, don't worry about it! This is something I have learned that works, after reading the advice on here time & time again. The course is designed so that every run you do prepares you for the next one. I used to look at what was ahead of me thinking it would help my preparation, it didn't it just psyched me out into thinking that I wouldn't be able to do it, and guess what happened, I proved myself right and stopped C25K in December having had loads of practice runs in different weeks. Since then I have started again from scratch and have only had one practice run, at the start of Week 4 (but then I knew what was coming, I'd been there before). I am consciously trying to trust the programme, and hope to carry on as I did today, wait until Laura tells me what I have in store when I start that day, and trust Laura because I know she wouldn't ask me to do anything that she didn't think I was capable of. Try it if you can and see how you get on, it may not work for you, but so far it seems to work for me.

[Phdgranny Graduate]

Well done, I too did w4R2 today, different time of day and I found it hard, let’s follow each other next week and crack that week 5 watershed!!

[T2runner Graduate]

If you want to feel good, get to the end of week 5, that is one hell of a rush. Keep going you can do this.

[Wenderwoo Graduate]

Well done for pushing yourself - I bet you feel great now. Don’t worry about W5, we’ve all been there and been nervous about it. Take each run as it comes, and take it slowly, and I’m sure you’ll be fine 👍😁

[Roxdog Graduate]

Congratulations. I admire the way you are following the plan in a considered way and are being careful about looking after yourself.

[Nilsam Graduate]

So pleased you are continuing to persevere. Keep going. We are right with you ( as well as Laura). 🏃‍♂️👀👍