It's my first week!! Wish me luck...

[abigayl]

Hi there. I started c25k a week ago, doing the first run in my living room on the spot. found it fairly easy. decided to try it outside a couple of days later and realised that the first one didn't count at all. the whole way through i was thinking 'whose idea was this again?' ha. but felt brililant when i managed to complete it. even if i did resemble a large tomato.

i am 29, 17 stones and have lost and gained the same four stones a couple of times now. i'm not doing this to lose weight, although hopefully that will be a happy side effect. i just suddenly felt the need to be fitter. i don't know where it came from. in fact i think everyone i know is flabbergasted that i am doing this. ha. but i really feel the need to be able to run... odd right?

i did week 1 run 2 today. i thought it may be easier than last time but it really wasn't. i recovered faster i think, but i can't see me moving onto week 2 after just one more run at this pace. i wanted this one to feel quite comfortable before i moved onto the next one.

i know that you can extend weeks but how many people actually do this? is it worth doing this run 4 or 5 times? i don't want to attempt week 2 and put myself off by falling flat on my face (perhaps literally...)

anyways. just wanted to say howdy to you all run three in two days.

wish me luck!!

abz xx

[TJFlute]

Well, welcome and good luck for run 3!

You can repeat week 1 as many times as you want to. I think most people have a gut instinct when they are ready for the next challenge and move onto the next week. It isn't a race, and every time you run you are getting fitter and strengthening muscles you didn't even know you had!

[abigayl in reply to TJFlute]

the amount i wheeze away i certainly hope so!!

what i found strange was that the first 2 runs were really awful, i wasn't sure whether i would make it half way through even, and then from then on it got easier, until the last two, ha. there was swearing when she told me i had two left to go. i'd added one in somewhere and though there was only one

[sfb350 Graduate]

You could always give week 2 a try - you might be surprised how much you've improved. The worst that can happen is you find you're not ready and then revert to week 1.

Good on you for starting - stick with it, it is well worth the effort.

[bizzyb Graduate]

I always moved on to the next week with the idea that if I found it too hard I could drop back to the week before, that way if I was really ready for the next week I found I could do it, and if not I could drop back. As it turned out I have moved through from each week to the next, I'm not sure I would have believed I could do that if I hadn't tried it out each time

[NatG]

I just wanted to say well done on w1r2 - we're quite similar as I'm a similar age and weight to you and also completed w1r2 today. We can do it!! Will keep an eye out to see how you are getting on Good luck!!

[abigayl in reply to NatG]

thanks nat. i was thinking the same thing sending the luck right back to you