C25K

I'm turning 40 this year and I'm suddenly feeling a bit middle aged.  So I'm using a free C25K podcast to build myself up to running 5K again.  Or should I say jogging.  I'm not an athlete and I'm horribly out of shape, but I have (pre children) run two half marathons, so I know that it's entirely possible.  My new year's resolution is not to compete in a race necessarily, but simply to get fitter, stronger and a little less wobbly in the thigh department.  This week I went for my second run with a friend outside at -14C wearing hubby's yaktrax to stop any spectacular slidey ice wipeouts.  So far so good!

Comments

[Nina]

Snap! On the turning 40 this year and wibbly bits, but as of yet I still can't seem to find the time to trim them down.....just yet. Thoooough - my youngest starts school in September so no more excuses for me.

Good luck with everything though -14 'phew' I can barely manage around 5 degrees.

take care,

Nina xxx

[Vintage Squirrel]

You are obviously determined to do this if you are prepared to run in -14C ... I'm sure you'll be running like the wind come the better weather!

[Sew Create It - Jane]

Wow I'm impressed...-14 and on ice! If you can jog in those conditions then you can't be stopped :o)

[Emma]

Another snap here. All hats off to you with the trainers and their use. I'm such an appalling lazy bones. Minus 14. Really? That is some serious stroicism.

[dottycookie]

-14, berlimey. I couldn't run before I had children or before I turned 40 so you're 2 up on me already. I can, however, JustDance on the Wii with the best of them. Bring it on!

[domesticali]

Hats off to you! I was determined to hit 40 without the extra poundage I had been carrying - it was a really good incentive. Not sure I'm up for running though - I am hideously unfit.

[Petit Filoux]

-14, wow, you wouldn't see me out in those temperatures!! That thing you put on your trainers looks rather nifty!

[elizabeth]

good for you! That's awesome! Good luck with the ice, haha!

[UK lass in US]

Now you've made me feel guilty for complaining about running in the 80 plus weather we've been having...

By 'running', I do mean a fair amount of walking, too. My local pool is closed for refurbishment. I think I should probably keep to just swimming when it reopens...

[lucylocket]

I'm joining you Lina! I have been out for my first two week 1 runs and found the second easier than the first which was encouraging. It's still bleep hard work - I have NEVER been fit so I have 40 years of sedentary living to change! But I think, with the structure of the podcasts, I might actually stand a chance of being able to run - if I can get over how much my shins hurt!!

Lucy xx

[Lina]

Bravo Lucy! Well done. I suffer from shin splints too - I found it better to run on the grass for a while (although there's none here a the moment). Once you get used to it you can start to gradually run on the road or pavement!

[Lina]

I'd rather run in the cold to be honest.(although preferably not at -14C) I find running in heat pretty unbearable, I turn purple and wheezy in hot weather when I run!

[French Knots]

I took up running between child 1 and child 2 and was a bit fitter for the only time in my life. After the first few months of agony I nearly enjoyed it!
If you can do it in -14 you are certainly going to stick at it.

[lucylocket]

Thanks Lina - Mr Locket keeps telling me to run on the grass too but I like to actually GET somewhere rather than running round a field. I'll have to give it a try though and see if it makes it better. My shins weren't quite so painful after my last run. Lucy x