I just did my first day of week two in my plan. DAMN It was hard. I have to tell you in the second rep I wanted to be done, I wanted to throw in the towel, but by the third I was so short on oxygen I didn’t care any more. I pushed through. I was thinking when I was done, I was beating myself up for not being able to handle 2 min of running. But then I thought about last week, when I could only handle one. I have doubled my ability. Nothing to be singing to the heavens about, but something to be proud of. I think we forget that sometimes, we got so worried about where we are we forget where we are going. We forget that every little step gets us closer and I would rather slowly get there than turn my back. Thursday is my next run. Wish me luck, or just oxygen in my lungs!
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 "When I first started running, I could barely go 3 blocks without almost passing out. Now I run about 15 miles a week and have done numerous 5K's and other organized runs. I love it. "
How I did it: I started out with small runs, VERY short, like half a mile or something and would just run until I felt like I couldnt anymore. I just kept adding on time, and eventually I got to a mile, then two miles, etc. I am still adding up time. The furthest I have gone is 5 miles (in one run). Lessons & tips: PACE! If I start feeling like I am going to need to stop, I just slow down. Resources: runnersworld.com
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I think it may take more than 8 weeks, I have such a hard time with jogging/running. I just cannot breathe but I am training myself to handle it. I found an 8 week plan online that seems so far to be working (I just finished week one and sadly there was a huge difference from day one to the last day oh I am so unhealthy.)
Week One:
do your warm up walk
Speed walk 6 min
Jog 1 Min
Repeat three times
Do cool down walk
Three Sessions in week one.
Week Two:
Do your warm up walk
Speed walk for 5 min
Jog for 2 min
Repeat three times
Do cool down walk
3Sessions in week two
Week Three:
Warm up walk
Speed walk for 3 min
Jog for 4 min
Repeat 4 times
Do cool down
4 sessions in week three
Week Four:
Warm up
Speed Walk for 2 Min
Jog for 5 min
Repeat four times
Cool Down
4 sessions in week four
Week Five:
Warm up
Speed walk 2 min
Jog for 8 min
Repeat 3 times
Cool down
4 sessions in week five
Week Six:
Speed walk 2 Min
Jog for 9 min
Repeat 3 times
Cool down
4 Sessions in week six
Week Seven:
Warm up
Speed walk 1 min
Jog for 11 Min
Repeat 3 times
Cool down
4 sessions in week seven.
Week 8
Warm up
Speed walk for 5 min
Jog for 20 min
Speed walk for 5 min
cool down
4 sessions in week 8
Now you should be able to do 30 min solid aim for 4 times a week.
prufock is working.
Starts today. I’ll be doing run 5/walk 3/run 5/walk 3/run 5 today, with a 5-minute warm-up walk. Five-minute runs are actually pretty tough at the level I’m at, and doing three of them is going to be HARD. Luckily, a three-minute break between each is pretty generous. I can do this.
Each day increases this week, whereas the previous week had the same schedule each day. Day 2 is run 8/walk 5/run 8, and day 3 is run 20 (about 2 miles or 3.2 km). Gonna be rough. I’m not going to push it though, I’ll take a break if necessary. I’ll try to get to 10 mins, have a little break if necessary, then do another 10.
Hard to believe I’m almost halfway there!
I got up and didn’t feel like “running” today. Yet I did go out for a little trot and a lot of fast walking. Tomorrow will be better. It has to be better, because I work all weekend and I know running is not going to work out until Monday evening/Tuesday morning. I do think I will try to walk on my work days.
I only run when I think people won’t see me. I’m considering a bicycle ride later, though. I don’t look so funny doing that.
coffee, 43 Things, facebook, yogurt, vitamins, and brushing my teeth…I did my little sprint-walk-trot thing this morning. Only one neighbor was out. She didn’t recognize me. It must be the new haircut…and I would be the last person she would suspect of running. It was good!
starrystarz699 is zen
I hate running. I’m not athletic, i have no endurance, I get cramps all the time and my mind gets bored. However I love those sexy toned legs runners have and wouldn’t mind tonning up. The most important reason why I have to do this is because I take a PE baccalaureat (a final in french schools) in my senior year and I’ll most likely pick running.
prufock is working.
I’ve finished week 2, which consisted of 90 second run/120 second walk for 6 reps. Week 3 starts today. 90 s run/90 s walk/180 s run/180 s walk for 2 reps.
Laughably short. But I haven’t moved my body in this way for many years. So I did a little walk-run thing. I learned that if I go full force, that cuts down on endurance (but it was kind of fun.) So I did some of that trotting that I see women in the neighborhood do. It was okay, and I could do it for longer. Now I feel marvellous.
I guess it is Couch-to-5K for me. I never thought I would try to run. Never. But the weather seems right and there is this amusing temptation that is hitting me. I’m researching that Couch-to-5K today and hoping to try it out tomorrow.
prufock is working.
Yeah, only 10 months later, I’ve finally started on the Couch-to-5K plan. Did my first day pretty well. I don’t actually have a watch to time my intervals, but I just count in my head. I think I’m counting slower than seconds, so I’m actually running longer than prescribed, but that’s okay.
Going for my second run this evening after work!
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