Did W3R3 last night, and I I found it fairly tough, but doable.
It has felt tougher on each run in W3. On checking my stats it seems I keep upping my speed, even though I am conscious of it to keep my heartbeat down. Being tall (6'4) I have a naturally big stride, even when walking. Trying to do small short jogging steps and trying to hit mid foot feels unnatural to me. so looking at W4, 3/5/3/5 seems daunting..... lol.
A question for those that use a watch do you record your time from the very start, from the 5min warmup walk. Or from the start of the first run sequence? I have been recording everything, not sure if that's the proper way or if it even matters
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I feel like I could possibly continue with how I have been going, without going any faster or trying to slow a bit . For 5 minutes though I don't know. My only aches I get atm are my top front leg muscles.
I did attempt this last year, but I naturally land on my heel and I got shin splints so gave up. Another video on here suggested landing on a flatter foot. So I have been trying to do that.
Also trying to get a breathing rhythm going is not easy. You mentioned 1234 which I was actually using last night, 12 in 34 out, on all four steps, but I start to panic breath when it gets too hard lol.
Ire have to do some music next run, I had been doing it in silence, apart from Laura on the app. I think some motivational EDM music might help
Okay...well... pop across to the Strength and Flex forum ..some great exercise suggestions there for all of your running body ..core strength work particularly useful.
But, changing running style can be tricky...Rounding your ankles , aiming for mid strike trying to land lightly ..I call it kissing the ground with your feet...could help?
We never think about these things when we start this, but you will find your happy pace, I feel sure .
As some one said to me, when I began in 2015...no-one said it would be easy, but it will be so, worth it!
Thanks, I have now joined that forum and found a link to this nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/1... I didnt even know about S&F so I'm a bit behind missing 3 weeks. I're give it a good read and get working on it.
I reckon once you've graduated Colville Road to the scores and back again would be a nice run! The ghosts will just make you run a bit faster, although probably some of the locals may do that also 😂
Yeah it would be. I should think most of the North Denes/South beach runs are nice to do. BUT atm I am quite content running round the block, which is roughly 1km laps. 😁
I suppose I wont have my wallet on me when I run, so will feel a bit better if I do go North side. 😀
The last run seqment in W1R1, I thought I was going to collapse. My breathing was all over the place and with struggling I was leaning forward etc. My breathing now is still not perfect, but I run more upright and try to hit a slower breathing rhythm. I have lost about 4.5kgs since I started (combined with trying to eat better), so perhaps RE is due to a combination of things? W4R1 tonight, will see how that goes lol.
Welcome to the forum Mikey-Lowestoft I only record my running time not the warm up and cool down, though, I wouldn't get too hung up on the stats at this stage.
This is essential reading for anyone starting C25K or returning after a break and includes hydration, reducing impact, stretching after a run and strengthening exercises all of which will help.
Thanks Drun. I think I will continue to record everything, and then just runs after W9, whenever I get there lol.Yes that link I have looked at, so much to read and digest and think about. The chap on the race track shows about foot strike, which I mentioned above, trying to land flatter, rather than how I used to heel strike to reduce injury.
Hey Alan.Yes I can see some sense in that, probably harder to get into a groove early on stopping and started so quickly.
On W3R3 I did the last run on the app, but after the 3min cool down walk, I ran again. Then my watch said HB185 so I stopped lol.
My HB is deff getting a lower avg than when I started (might be how I've changed how I run), which in turn does make the run, although still hard, more manageable.
Don't watch your supposed HB whilst running!!🤣 Pay attention to your body instead. If you're breathing hard, that's OK unless it's TOO hard in which case back off. If you experience pain in your chest at any point stop. If I paid attention to what my watch said I'd never make it up the hills 🤣
Firstly, well done on your running, and I wish I was doing your diatdnces! Now, my suggestion is incredibly simple. Leave ALL your tech at home and only use a watch to checking times running and walking. Getting hung-up on stats etc is not what running is about. Being out there without a care in the world is so much more important.Please, ditch the tech [even if just for a few runs to see how it goes] and concentrate on the TIME spent running and not your distance/cadence/stride length etc.
Try it and see how it goes... you may hate being away from tech, but it is very good for us at times not to be monitored and 'told' what to do by some machine.
Whatever you do, please do let us know and have a great summer of running.
Thanks. I've got a feeling the next 1, 2 or 3 weeks I will be repeating the weeks on the app.So I might give that a try, guess it could feel quite liberating 😀. I don't check my watch during the run anyway (although I have a audio HB update every minute), I only look at things when I'm home and its uploaded. Some of the stats I have no idea what they mean anyway🤣
I will certainly update how things go. The friendly support and help on here is really nice to read. Encouragement to keep going really helps more than some perhaps realise.
Def turn off that audio! These things are nowhere near accurate enough, and you don't really know at this stage what your max HR is (unless you've done a lab stress test?) So it's nonsense anyway 👍🏻😉
Everything during C25K.Only runs themselves, once I’ve finished it.
I’m only 5’5” and currently practicing taking shorter steps for my brisk walks in preparation for trying my hand (feet?) at ‘jeffing’; it is hard, but keep at it.
Well done for getting to wk4. I wouldn't worry about speed until finishing C25K. I'm certainly not going to. It's about teaching your body to run for half-an hour - you're just giving yourself more to worry about. Slow down and enjoy it and you're more likely to stick with it.
Last time I did part of the c25k I remember reading lots of advise to slow down, to the point that you can talk when running. I used to tell the dog it's time to run again, just so I didn't feel crazy talking to myself 🤣. The above videos helped too.
I record everything and that made me realise there was little difference in speed between my brisk walk and running/jogging slow enough to talk. The best nugget of information read here was that "running is having both legs off the ground". Speed doesn't matter.
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so looking at W4, 3/5/3/5 seems daunting..... lol.
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