...OMG having a nightmare moment here right now lol 
... i don't know how i am going to do it again tomorrow ... or the 'monday three minutes'... i don't want to bow out of the programme NO NO NO ... i want to stay here and smash it YES YES YES... i want that graduate badge so bad lol.... but i remember how i was pushing and pushing, and it being nothing short of gruelling and exhausting on runs so far....and i just don't know how i will do it???.... if i do the three minutes thing, it will really help me have more confidence cos i really, really truly don't believe i can do that one lol... that's not negative.... i am just being realistic... there is a difference, right? if it's possible for my body to do it i will do it, cos my mind is set when i am running 'i love running. i can smash this. i love running' haha. with my snail like pace dragging my carcass along underneath my mind... lol... but really... the day before a run kills my thoughts... i don't wanna be heart broken tomorrow... <3 but then i have thought all this before... and smashed it!!!... so who knows? i keep telling myself ''your fitness will definitely gradually improve'' ....(it's what my friend told me)...i'm not even having any pain. 
none at all so far. its just the exhaustion that makes me think my legs just won't take more... golly knows, i work flat out on this programme.lol. TRUTH! i couldn't try any harder. i wish i could reply like others do . that's my wish. lol i wish i relished it. lol. i wish...i wish...i wish... 
you're all brilliant and i am not at all envious, i just want the same for me as well OMG i am laughing at myself cos i am in such a state here now.
w2r3 tomorrow... day before blues... apologies! - Couch to 5K
w2r3 tomorrow... day before blues... apologies!
Hi, you’ve already proved to yourself that you can do this run, you’ve done if before!💪
Just take it steadily and make sure you’re properly hydrated💦 well before then. Even when it’s cold we all need hydration although we might not think so🙂
Good luck!
thanks david x
i just wish the day before were one of anticipation and enjoyment rather than one of ... i am not allowed to use the word that needs to go here but...that anyhow! lol
i've done this run before *twice* but it still nearly did me in!
Relax and read this post about mental approach healthunlocked.com/couchto5...
You need some self belief and then the world is your oyster.
i have but will read it again. i totally believe in myself, i am a tough girl upstairs, i have had to be, but i am not confident in the limitations of my body, legs in particular, when i remember how i felt during and after the running up until now. that's the situation x thank you for replying
i just re read it, yes it is very inspiring. i will print it out ... thanks iannoda x
this is the last 'jelly scared' post i am going to allow myself to write on here for fear it influences someone else or makes it worse for me... but i did need to write this one for iannoda to remind me to read the pinned post on negative-----positive. it was synchronicity. it's good stuff, the pinned post. always read in moments of doubt.
It's OK to be apprehensive. Sometimes people here will call these things which try to distract us from our runs "gremlins". Some will chastise them. Some will mentally attack them with the broom or throw them in the canal.
With this coming run you know what's to be done because you've done it twice before.
You know you can do it because you've already done it.
you are good to me and yes, i did already do it twice, clever ol' me!
you're right about it's ok to be apprehensive. it's like that 'it's ok not to feel ok' thing i keep hearing on the news. it takes the pressure and guilt away from what is, after all, a natural phenomenon...
You have just answered your own question 😁
Question : How an I going to do it !
Answer : if it's possible for my body to do it , I will do it 😁
And of course if you trust the program and have completed previous runs then your body WILL be ready 😁
yeah... i do trust the programme (but is it used to dealing with people as unfit as i am ?) actually i may not be as unfit as i thought having done weeks 1 and tomorrow godwilling week 2...
There ya go again , answering your own questions 🤣🤣🤣
you remind me of a friend i have in RL... thanks for your help!
Haha is that good ? 😁
Don't forget , thousands of people have been there before (including myself)
We all ( well, mostly) had the same fears , worries or doubts!
I had never run in my life untill I was 63 ! 😁
yes it's great
that's amazing about 63...amazing. wowzers. what an example to us all.
Thing is , I'm no different from the rest .
Just keep hydrated , keep taking at least one rest day , do the warm ups and then the stretches, keep going out of the door and keep it slow .
Then let the program do it's magic 😁
right-ho!
yeah, answering my own questions, how awesome am i ! lol
Yeah, not only can you run, you can also answer your own questions 😁👍
i know. what an amazing being i am 
Of course it's meant for people as unfit as you or the me who tried back in March.
When I first did W1R3 I made the mistake of climbing a short set of steps in a graveyard in one of the runs. It very nearly did me in. I remember running downhill the final minute with cold sweats and palpitations, feeling sick and with a stitch. That's how unfit I was!
I then came down with a tummy bug a couple of days later, and abandoned the programme.
oh you poor thing x
were you fitter the next time you picked up the programme?
Yes, I picked it up again in April. I got as far as the run you're going to do tomorrow (W2R3). I was fine with it, but I got terrible stomach cramps afterwards.
There were two reasons for this: the medication I was taking at the time (Roaccutane, which doesn't mix with exercise well) and my own lack of adequate hydration.
I completed the course of pills in May and left it a few weeks for the effects to wear off, then got really bad red spider mite bites on both my legs in early June which needed two different antibiotics to fix.
When that was all cleared up in late June I did a soft start of doing four runs from week 1 spread over three weeks, and continued on running mostly every other day from then on. I found this forum at the end of week 3.
what rotten luck (((nowster))) so you were fitter when you started proper? i am beginning to think i am the most unfit person ever... yet i have just about scraped thru weeks 1 and 2 (if i do w2r3 tomorrow ok)...
I was more careful when I started again in June. I was a tiny bit fitter, yes, but because of the three months in between it wasn't by much.
did you do any exercise in those months? i started walking for half an hour a day for several months before starting this programme... but that's all...
Not really. I had done some gardening and the very occasional short walk.
ok cool. thanks x
You’ll be fine.
Stay focused, relaxed and enjoy. Go slow and steady. Slower if needs be.
🙂🙂
thanks for the positive message x
i am semi-sure that if go much slower i'll grind to a halt !
We all have doubts! I still sometimes think 'am I going to be able to do this" - a year on! These gremlins creep in sometimes.
What's really good actually is that you are obviously very excited about doing the programme and that excitement will get you through!
You're not hurting, but just finding it to be a challenge, which it is. Challenges are good though aren't they? Makes life more interesting!
Good luck!
a lovely reassuring post. many thanks for your kindness x
i am excited about it. i am really geared up for it. i want to graduate, but even more, i want to enjoy running x
Yay! You will enjoy it soon! The key to enjoying it is, I find, to try and relax. Keep your shoulders down, breathe steadily, it will all start to fall into place! Running is amazing and you are on your way!
you are sweet and i am super excited. cos one day ...
here i go then... it takes place tomorrow morning... deep breath... i have no idea what is going to happen... lol...will post tomorrow after my run... x
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