c25k Edit: and another link added
A couple weeks ago I found out about c25k, or couch to 5k. I had been meaning to try it but in my usual lazy fashion I didn’t.
Until now. Just did the first part of week 1, alternating running and jogging for 60 and 90 seconds respectively. Not really a massive workout but for a lazy git like me it is more than enough to get the heart going.
Along with the program I am using Podrunner: Intervals which is a set of mixes of some form of electronic/house music with different BPMs for the different parts. Not my ideal music by a long shot but it seems to suit running (wonder how running to Patient Zero’s Rocketballs would work…)
Last time I went for a run, my lungs burned. This time, it is my ankles that hurt. Pain is going down now though. I think it is due to me being on my toes for the running which is something my body is not used to.
Want to get the fivefingers as soon as I can, ditch the trainers that are dying on me.
Damn I feel good.
Nice going! Mind, body, soul, as they say…
Cheers! Hopefully I can keep this up.
Did session 2 of week 1 this morning. Got more grief from my ankles than the first time and my right calf muscles ache.
Session 3 on Thursday, hopefully I won’t die.
This sounds quite interesting and seems like a good way to ease in to running. Part of me is tempted but running is a bit to high impact for my hip joint.
Good luck with it
You don’t need to go full tilt at the running parts. I imagine enough to get your heart rate up would do the trick but it would be longer before doing the 5k.
I suggest gentle jogging, just above walking speed. If your hip flares up, drop back to walking immediately.