Couch to 5K - Week of 18 – 24 November

Hi everyone,

this is our sixth week in the Couch to 5K program. This is designed to be a 9 week program, but you can repeat weeks (as I will be doing) until you are comfortable moving on. However, you are not supposed to skip weeks.

It has been strongly suggested by trainers and runners alike to NOT run on consecutive days.

More information can be found here: Cool Running :: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan

Attached are the first thru sixth weeks in detail

Anyone is free to join, no matter where we are!!

This is the place to check in and support with each other and see how it is going.

What week are you doing?

How is it going for you? Is it too difficult / too easy?

Any comments??

Good luck everyone!

I know, I'm going today at 2, I'll be working it with all the blue hairs!

Ok, I'm here. I haven't voted....I don't know whats wrong with me. I feel like I'm just going to fade away from running. My diet sucks. I'm sure that I consumed 4000 calories yesterday AND today. Not to mention thanksgivings coming up. WTF?!?!?!?!? I haven't actually worked out since last wednesday, and I'm supposed to meet with the trainer tomorrow. I was also supposed to start low carbing it yesterday, the Peanut Butter cups put a screeching halt on that one.

Ok I'm just blabbering on now.....

ok, i've been consuming wayyyyyy too many cals myself lately. know what is keeping the scale from creeping up much? yup, exercising...

you can do it. im going to be doing my 'thang' (runalking) today about 330ish...

we can do this!

i went to the y at 8am today (ilove vacation!) and did week 5 workout 2. Basically 2 8min runs with a 5 min walk. Not too bad! I think im ready to hit that 20 min run now

sure was nice not having to get up at 4am to get to the ymca. So far today i have been doing a Ton of housework. 4 women make ALOT of laundry. Wait...isnt this surposed to be vvacation! at least the vacuum burns calories. I better get well rewarded for this!

Ok, I think I'm doing week 2, workout 1 (again) tomorrow. I'll at least try it!

To answer your questions about the 20 minutes, it was tough. I would start to feel there was no way I would make it and then in a minute it would pass. I ran just as hard as I could without being out of breath. Probably though it is not as bad as you think it will be-What's the worst that can happen-take a short break and then get back to work!

So far today i have been doing a Ton of housework. 4 women make ALOT of laundry. Wait...isnt this surposed to be vvacation! at least the vacuum burns calories. I better get well rewarded for this!

Daddy, I'm sure you'll get rewarded!!!

Thats why I take thanksgiving week off for vacation, so I can clean my house for my rockin xmas eve party. First, my fam comes over and exchanges gifts, then they leave and his fam comes over and gets drunk...Its hysterical. But since I only clean once a year, it actually does take a whole week to clean. I sweat more cleaning than I do at the gym, so it must be burning some calories. I'll have to wear my HRM tomorrow to see how many!

i am doing my rualking this afternoon. i forgot i had my turkey trot on thursday and didnt want to do M/W/TH/F, so i'm doing T/TH/Sa.

JM - how did you week 2 go?

I didn't get a chance to do it losing....housework prep for holidays. Uggghhhhh

i did it. max was about 4.1 minimum was 3.6 so it was nice.

i really did so much better with my music. instead of 90 seconds running, i did 120, so a little stronger since i am rualking ...

glad today was better for you, losing!

trystelle- congrats on doing so well with your run!!!

I did week 2 day 2 today and it was ok- do people wait to move on until the week they are doing is "easy" or do you move on if you can do the week without too much strain??

i think when you are comfy doing it ... i wouldnt necessarily wait until it became "easy" ... you want to challenge yourself somewhat and if the next week is too much, go back a week or modify the week somehow ...

nothing here is written in stone

Ok i did the 20min jog last night! wooo hooo. Me ! Ran for 20 mins. I have a picture of it i may post later. but i t felt good to know i could make it!

It wasnt all THAT bad either.

Well im running out the door. Check in later.

Congrats Daddy, thats sooo awesome. Did you think a month ago that you'd be running for 20 minutes???????

Nope i surely didnt.

I lifted weights today and swam. CRAZY woman was back in the hotub yesterday.

Still got her clothes on and pinned together. This time she was walking laps in the hot tub!

How big is this hot tub? How can she walk laps in it? Theres this woman at my gym the does laps around all the nautilus macines. The treadmills are right behind it, so I don't know why she's doing laps...Weird.