Couch to 5-K Running program
Has anyone tried this? I would like to be able to do more than just a minute at a time of running/jogging. I think this may be the solution.. thoughts?
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I have tried it. I think Andy recommended it to me way back when we were doing the Downingtown 5k. It did work well; though I never got good enough to RuN the 5k; but that was my own fault. Dr. B's exercise person recommended I alternate running and walking around my block since that's something convenient and cheap to do. Started where I walked the loop for warmup then walked 10 houses, full out run 2 houses, until I was walking 3 and running 5 sort of thing; didn't want me to just run the block; it was the alternating that works better. Gotta say it did. Gave me more energy and started the weight loss again after a stall. It confused my system just enough I guess. You are always capable of more than you give yourself credit for....Go for it Lis, you Kin do it!
Jackie J. 
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Lisa - I used it. There are tons of training schedules out there. I liked C25K. I repeated weeks when it didn't go so well. The best thing for you to do is register for a race because then you will have to be ready to do it and it will push you. Good Luck!
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Lisa,
I haven't tried coolrunning specifically, but I have done the Nike coaching programs, and can say that they do really work well if you're motivated to follow them. (www.nikeplus.com) I bought a nike+ and a little clippie thing to wear it on my shoe, and it works with my iPod and monitors and tracks workouts, including pace, time, distances, etc. You can download playlists designed for specific training (including voice-over coaching over the music, if you want), as well. i've seen a HUGE difference in my running by using those tools.
I started out just walking a 1-mile route, then walking it a bit faster each day. Then reconfigured the route to a mile and a half and did the same thing, then a 2-mile variation. Figured out the 3-mile variation (for the 5K days). Then I started jogging segments of the walk - 2 - 3 segments per walk, and every couple of days, I jogged each segment just a bit farther. Then I worked up to connecting 2 of the segments, then connecting the 3 main segments, so I start out walking (fast) as the warmup, then run the center section of the workout, then walk the last as a cooldown. By knowing the 3 different distance variations on the same path, I can tailor my workout day pretty precisely. All that's for running outside on a path, which I'm finding is really different than running on the treadmill or on a circular track (which I dislike, btw).
I had planned to do the Brandon Boger Memorial Run on Nov 7th (5K) as my first official race, but now that I'm sick, that's kinda up in the air. We'll have to see how the chest is feeling around that point. Having not been to the gym since Saturday, I also don't know how THAT is going to feel when i do get back to it. Yuck. We'll just have to see. If I don't do that one, it won't be until spring with the way my show schedule looks.
You CAN do this, Lisa! And you're going about it the right way with having a specific race to work toward, because that gives you the goal and the training plan to put together. My guess is that once you get into it, you'll love the way it makes your thighs, butt, and legs feel - very long and lean and strong!
Karen
I haven't tried coolrunning specifically, but I have done the Nike coaching programs, and can say that they do really work well if you're motivated to follow them. (www.nikeplus.com) I bought a nike+ and a little clippie thing to wear it on my shoe, and it works with my iPod and monitors and tracks workouts, including pace, time, distances, etc. You can download playlists designed for specific training (including voice-over coaching over the music, if you want), as well. i've seen a HUGE difference in my running by using those tools.
I started out just walking a 1-mile route, then walking it a bit faster each day. Then reconfigured the route to a mile and a half and did the same thing, then a 2-mile variation. Figured out the 3-mile variation (for the 5K days). Then I started jogging segments of the walk - 2 - 3 segments per walk, and every couple of days, I jogged each segment just a bit farther. Then I worked up to connecting 2 of the segments, then connecting the 3 main segments, so I start out walking (fast) as the warmup, then run the center section of the workout, then walk the last as a cooldown. By knowing the 3 different distance variations on the same path, I can tailor my workout day pretty precisely. All that's for running outside on a path, which I'm finding is really different than running on the treadmill or on a circular track (which I dislike, btw).
I had planned to do the Brandon Boger Memorial Run on Nov 7th (5K) as my first official race, but now that I'm sick, that's kinda up in the air. We'll have to see how the chest is feeling around that point. Having not been to the gym since Saturday, I also don't know how THAT is going to feel when i do get back to it. Yuck. We'll just have to see. If I don't do that one, it won't be until spring with the way my show schedule looks.
You CAN do this, Lisa! And you're going about it the right way with having a specific race to work toward, because that gives you the goal and the training plan to put together. My guess is that once you get into it, you'll love the way it makes your thighs, butt, and legs feel - very long and lean and strong!
Karen
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