UndeadJamieGot started with one of the things I want to do this year and did my first #CouchTo5K run/walk. I’m definitely very unfit as that was quite difficult. 😅
Glad I did it though!
Very chilly this morning and tricky with some icy paths, but got my second #CouchTo5K run done!
Didn’t have any gloves so my hands were frozen by the end. Got some on order now! 😄
3rd run and “Week 1” done! 💪
All of the 3 runs I’ve done so far have been 60 seconds of running with 90 seconds of fast paced walking inbetween. Today felt the easiest for me. Guess I’m ready for the next stage. 🏃♂️
It took a little longer to complete “Week 2” of #CouchTo5K because of life things getting in the way, so those runs were more spread out. I’ve just completed the first run of “Week 3” now though!
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
Walk - 180 seconds
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
The last run felt the most difficult but honestly didn’t feel that bad. So much so that I was finished a little earlier in regards to distance on my usual route for this run, so I added another 180 second walk followed by another 90 second run at the end.
Feeling good! 💪
Well that felt much harder. Started “Week 4” of #CouchTo5K today!
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Walk - 2.5 minutes
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Didn’t help that the majority of my last two runs were uphill. 😩
I did it though! 💪
Week 5 Run 2. Hardest run yet but I pushed through and did it! 💪
Run - 8 minutes
Walk - 5 minutes
Run - 8 minutes
Well if that’s not a sign that my running since the start of the year is doing some good, I don’t know what is. 💪
Well, I had my first setback on my #CouchTo5K.
Today was supposed to be Week 5 Run 3, which is a 20 minute run. In the first couple of minutes I felt a lot of tightness and pain in my right calf (cramp maybe), so I slowed down to a walk. I was going to pack it in, but it loosened up again so I pushed on and started over. I had to take a couple of walk breaks in the middle, so I think I’m going to keep trying this session again every 2/3 days until I can nail it.
Still decent today though. Probably did about 18 minutes of running in total, with about 4 minutes of walking, so not all bad. It’s really stepped up a gear this week so just got to keep pushing myself!
Harry@jamie Just double checking, are you stretching after your runs? As a rule of thumb I set aside at best 30 mins (at worst, 15 mins) of time for stretching afterwards- really cuts down on soreness, less chances of injury and speeds up recovery
Aaron@therealahall @jamie Slow, gentle and methodical stretching is very underrated tbh. Easiest way to imagine it is think of your muscles as being like blue tack. That same elasticity idea of pulling it too quick will snap/tear it, but warming it up, moulding/stretching gently and it’ll stretch out nicely.
@harrybo @therealahall Never thought of it like that. Fair point. I’ll give it a go tomorrow. 👍