I've just done week 5 run 3 and I am SO impressed with myself!
But golly it was hard!
Running for 20 whole minutes without stopping, having only run for a maximum of 8 minutes previously.
I have to confess that I went v e r y s l o w l y and Dot was miles ahead but I did it - even if I did feel like death afterwards! Mr Locket and Fred had come to the park while Dot and I ran up the farm track beside it and they were both a bit concerned at how beetroot-faced and exhausted I was.
I'm still feeling a bit done-in an hour and a half later - but it is a happy kind of exhaustion - accompanied by a lovely glass of ice cold wine - just to take the edge off the pain in my legs of course ;o)
The first two runs in week 6 don't feel like they will be a problem at all now as they involve much shorter running times but I know it starts to get serious from run 3 onwards. I'm looking forward to being able to run listening to my own music or the radio but at the moment I still need Laura's encouragement and time-keeping!
I had a great time in London on Friday and Saturday and ate myself silly! I've carried on being naughty today but go back on the diet tomorrow morning but I think I will miss Slimming World this week and see if I can lose the extra pounds before the following meeting.
Sunday 25 March 2012
Thursday 22 March 2012
Week 5
Well I'm part way through week 5 and having thought that I would never be able to run for 8 minutes without stopping I can happily report that I can indeed do that and actually quite enjoyed this evening's run. Whether I will be able to make the massive jump up to 20 minutes on Sunday is another question altogether! It just seems inconceivable. But I keep telling myself that other people have managed it so therefore I can too.
I'm rather pleased with myself as I went out for this evening's run and then went straight on to the gym where I did 45 minutes on the bike, treadmill, cross trainer and rowing machine - and I managed to increase my time on the cross trainer - also known as the torture machine - to 5 minutes then a further 3 at the end of the session. Doing the C25K has definitely had a dramatic effect on my stamina and willingness to keep on trying even when I think I'm too tired.
Diet-wise things aren't so great. I thought I'd been quite good last week especially with all the running but I stayed the same on the scales so things have gone dramatically downhill since weigh in. I had LOTS of cake at work yesterday as well as some chocolates and today I have had more cake which was particularly delicious. This weekend is completely written off as I am going to London with some friends and my sister to go to the Country Living show and one of the things I'm looking forward to most about the trip is being able to eat whatever and whenever I like! I know for a fact that I am going to go completely off the rails but that is rather an exciting prospect :o)
I'm rather pleased with myself as I went out for this evening's run and then went straight on to the gym where I did 45 minutes on the bike, treadmill, cross trainer and rowing machine - and I managed to increase my time on the cross trainer - also known as the torture machine - to 5 minutes then a further 3 at the end of the session. Doing the C25K has definitely had a dramatic effect on my stamina and willingness to keep on trying even when I think I'm too tired.
Diet-wise things aren't so great. I thought I'd been quite good last week especially with all the running but I stayed the same on the scales so things have gone dramatically downhill since weigh in. I had LOTS of cake at work yesterday as well as some chocolates and today I have had more cake which was particularly delicious. This weekend is completely written off as I am going to London with some friends and my sister to go to the Country Living show and one of the things I'm looking forward to most about the trip is being able to eat whatever and whenever I like! I know for a fact that I am going to go completely off the rails but that is rather an exciting prospect :o)
Sunday 18 March 2012
Week 4
Flipping Heck! The change from week 3 to week 4 was immense!
Week 3 had seemed so easy - only running for 9 minutes, the same as week 2, but in week 4 you suddenly go up to running for 16 minutes with very short walks in between.
It was hard! But I have done it, managing to go up to 5 minutes running without stopping.
Dot and I ran on Monday and Thursday night and then the whole family came out last night which was really fun. Fred was amazing and ran the whole thing without even seeming to get out of breath at all but Daisy had a problem with her shoes so she and Mr Locket walked.
It's quite funny when Dot and I go running because I am so slow and she is so fast so we end up running quite a long distance apart with Dot turning and running back to meet me every now and then.
Week 5 has 3 different runs and will culminate in running for 20 minutes without stopping which I am dreading. But they say that 1000s of people have started running using the C25K programme so it must work - I can't be the fattest and most unfit person ever to try it (although I'm not far off!) so I'm sure I will cope.
We have been watching ITV's Biggest Loser and I was really impressed in the final this week when the contestants all came back after a further 16 weeks of dieting and exercising on their own. The stroppiest, grumpiest contestant had lost over 7 stone and looked amazing - and she put it down to running each day. So I thought to myself, if she can do it (with a fairly negative attitude) then so can I!
Week 3 had seemed so easy - only running for 9 minutes, the same as week 2, but in week 4 you suddenly go up to running for 16 minutes with very short walks in between.
It was hard! But I have done it, managing to go up to 5 minutes running without stopping.
Dot and I ran on Monday and Thursday night and then the whole family came out last night which was really fun. Fred was amazing and ran the whole thing without even seeming to get out of breath at all but Daisy had a problem with her shoes so she and Mr Locket walked.
It's quite funny when Dot and I go running because I am so slow and she is so fast so we end up running quite a long distance apart with Dot turning and running back to meet me every now and then.
Week 5 has 3 different runs and will culminate in running for 20 minutes without stopping which I am dreading. But they say that 1000s of people have started running using the C25K programme so it must work - I can't be the fattest and most unfit person ever to try it (although I'm not far off!) so I'm sure I will cope.
We have been watching ITV's Biggest Loser and I was really impressed in the final this week when the contestants all came back after a further 16 weeks of dieting and exercising on their own. The stroppiest, grumpiest contestant had lost over 7 stone and looked amazing - and she put it down to running each day. So I thought to myself, if she can do it (with a fairly negative attitude) then so can I!
Monday 12 March 2012
Monday 12th March
Dot and I ran our second and third week 3 runs on Wednesday and Saturday night and week 3 definitely seemed easier than weeks 1 and 2 - so I'm hoping the same will apply to week 4 when I go out tonight.
I also managed to go to the gym on Thursday evening and I was really pleased that I was able to do even longer on the cross-trainer than normal (4 minutes).
Diet-wise things have gone totally downhill since Thursday. I had lost 1.5lbs last week but I am sure I have put that back on and more. Hey ho. I obviously need to go out running more often!
I also managed to go to the gym on Thursday evening and I was really pleased that I was able to do even longer on the cross-trainer than normal (4 minutes).
Diet-wise things have gone totally downhill since Thursday. I had lost 1.5lbs last week but I am sure I have put that back on and more. Hey ho. I obviously need to go out running more often!
Monday 5 March 2012
Week 3
Actually, scrap that. I'm too old to be saying yay! - but think something equally enthusiastic, just more mature ;o)
I'm so delighted!
I have managed to go up to week 3 today and run for 3 whole minutes at a time - twice!
I really thought I was going to struggle to run for a longer amount of time because I was finding 90 seconds quite tough but it wasn't as bad as I was expecting and what made this evening's run even nicer was that Daisy came along too and ran most of it beside me so we could chat - I'm always miles behind Dot :o)
Dot and I hadn't managed a run last week and I hadn't been to the gym either but we did our third week 2 run on Saturday and then our first week 3 today.
On week 3 you don't run for any longer in total - only 9 minutes like week 2 but it actually seems easier because you only run 4 times instead of 6 because of the two 3 minute sessions.
Anyway, I'm really chuffed that I managed it and I am a little less daunted now about moving up to 5 minutes next week.
I'm at work for the next four days but I am hoping to go to the gym on Thursday evening and to fit in another run before the weekend. The diet is still not going very well - I keep being tempted to eat things I should be avoiding and drink too much wine but hopefully I have been a bit better this week and may have lost something - I'll find out tomorrow.
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