Ariel Detonation Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hey everyone! I have just started running to help improve my endurance for roller derby, and thought I would use this post as somewhere to record my progress, as well as keeping me accountable. After a friend told me about a local park run, I "ran" my first 5k on Saturday (with zero training - what was I thinking?) and finished it in 45:32. It was such an amazing feeling to cross the finish line that I knew had to start training to actually run an entire 5k. When I got home I started looking for couch to 5k training apps, and this is the one that looked best for my needs. On Monday morning I did W1D1 light jogging in a field next to my house, and according to map my walk I did 3.5k in 31 minutes. Yesterday (Tuesday) morning I did W1D2 I ramped it up to running for the 60 second intervals and managed to cover 4.5k! in the 31 minutes. In the evening I joined a few of my friends for my second session of "Bridge Club" which is circuit training over a foot bridge with steps and ramps that crosses a dual carriageway. I only walked a small portion of one circuit and ran/jogged the rest (a massive improvement on my first session). Today and tomorrow are my rest days, Friday I'll be doing W1D3 and on Saturday I'll be doing the park run 5k again with an interval timer set to 60 seconds run/jog and 90 seconds walk to echo Week 1 C25K. I'll be posting my progress on this thread as it happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TrishE Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Roller Derby!! How awesome is that! Anyway welcome welcome Im glad you found this program and its working for you! I hope you keep us posted on your progress. Youve had an amazing start already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyAnn Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Awesome Ariel, Sounds like you are doing great! Roller Derby would be awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Detonation Posted May 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I love playing roller derby, its the first sport that I have ever felt at home playing! To be fair, its the first time I've ever been done anything active since high school some 15 years ago! Today I completed W1D3, I found it more difficult than the first two days, but I managed 4.5k again! Tomorrow I'll be doing my next park run 5k and am hoping to complete it in sub-40 minutes this time. I'll post up tomorrow with my results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TrishE Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Detonation Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Today was my 2nd 5k park run, and while I didn't hit my sub-40 minute goal, I did shave off 3 minutes and 30 seconds from last week for a finish time of 42:02! I used an interval timer to match the intervals from Week 1, the beginning was really easy and I was actually running, but the last ~1k my feet were feeling tingley and I was feeling tired. I did manage to jog each of my high intensity intervals, but it was a slow pace. I just kept repeating my mantra of "keep it up to be a better jammer". I think that my phone's GPS is acting up... MapMyWalk seems to think that I did 6.78k :/ I'm hopefully getting a new phone this week and fingers crossed it'll be a bit more accurate Tomorrow is 3 hours of Roller Derby training and Monday I'll be onto Week 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Detonation Posted May 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Today I ran Week1 Day2 and it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. My first set of intervals I started at a slow jogging pace, and found that I could push to a run for the following intervals! MapMyFitness says that I did 4.4k. As a bonus yesterday, at Roller Derby I go a PB on my laps - 27 3/4 laps in 5 minutes! My next goal is 28 laps. I'm loving the fitness that is coming from running and am actually starting to enjoy running and look forward to going out each morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TrishE Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Congrats!! what a great journey for you already Running is very addicting for just that reason. Keep up all the amazing work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Detonation Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Yesterday I completed W2D2, it was a toughie as it was very windy and I was running uphill and into the wind for my last 2 sets, but I did it! As it had rained hard through the night, I decided not to run in the field by my house, but to go through the village I live in. After the run my left knee was acting up (an old injury that plays up every now and again) and it think that was because I was running on pavement instead of grass and dirt paths. In the evening I joined my friends for Bridge Club, but was only able to complete 1/2 of the sets before my knee was really hurting. I sat out the rest while everyone else finished, and when I got home I RICEd my knee (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation). Its eased up a bit this morning, but I'll continue to RICE it today and tomorrow (my rest days) and hopefully it'll be better by Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Detonation Posted May 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Week 2 completed!! My knee was feeling significantly better today, so I put on a knee support and went out to the field to run my sets. Since it was still niggling a bit I did take it easy with the pace. It started twinging again on my way home (I have to climb over a gate to get out of the field and that set it off). I RICEd it as soon as I got in and its felt better since. Tomorrow is the weekly park run 5k. I've set up my interval timer for 90 second and 120 second intervals and I'm aiming for a sub-40 minute time since I didn't meet that target last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyAnn Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Awesome Ariel. You are doing amazing. Thanks for keeping us posted. You can start a Journal in the Accountability Forum. Way to go !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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