Hi I'm not quite a newbie...have been lurking for a while getting such inspiration from your posts I am in week 5 and up til now I haven't been finding it tooooo hard but this week has been a different matter. Run 1 of week 5 wasn't that bad, it felt a gentle increase from week 4 but run 2 was so so hard. I don't think the time of day helped...early evening and the temperatures hadn't really dropped. My breathing was messy (so conscious of it whilst running past a packed pub garden ) I have not been looking forward to the 20 mins in run 3. So I thought I'd repeat the 2x 8 mins and it was so much easier this time round. It was slightly cooler out there tonight plus a change of route helped Couldn't stop smiling I now feel that just maybe...I might actually achieve the 20 mins.
Reading your posts over the last 5 weeks has helped so much so thanks guys.
Good for you! I just finished week 8! Can't believe that, but I remember worrying about the 20 minute run, but you can do it! Just keep doing what the lovely voice, ( I've named her Fiona), tells you to do. This is a remarkable place for inspiration! I know I couldn't have done this without all the wonderful people here! Keep running!!!
No I haven't yet attempted it. I have repeated run 2 of week 5 a few times to psyche myself up. I told myself that I would just tag a bit more on to the last 8 mins each time but i hit a psychological barrier as once I'm told to stop running I feel I can't go on anymore lol.
I plan to run the 20 mins on Friday. Seem to remember that's when you have yours isn't it? How are you feeling about it? Good luck with yours
Yea mines Friday. I'm feeling abit more confident of doing it now, where if I got asked after them 3 5 minute runs on Monday I wouldn't have been lol. Think I underestimated that run, but today I set a play list on my phone so I knew I had to run to just four songs it helped me a lot, so I'm gunna split Fridays run into 5 songs n see what happens. All the best hope we both can conquer it, I'll let you know Friday how it goes
I never thought of choosing tracks of a certain length to get me through. I just select shuffle on my playlist and off I go. That sounds a good idea though to have a set amount to get through...might give that a go.
I've just done it was a great feeling at the end.
This morning when I woke up it was so hot it put me off doing it then clouds come over and I thought to myself its now or never, as soon as I left the house I got into the running mood and just went for it, at the end I walked for about 200 yards and just carried on running lol. I think putting the songs to a playlist so I know where I was helped me, cus as soon as the last song come on I thought this is it
Yay absolutely well done you! Aren't we great! I managed it too like yourself I set out early as I knew it was going to just get hotter the longer i left it. It really wasn't too bad either. I definitely was building it up in my mind more than I needed to.
Feels so good doesn't it. I don't think I've stopped smiling yet. Just couldn't do it without the music. Kelly Clarkson's - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger was the track that did it for me this morn lol.
I really feel the 30 mins is achievable now.
Well I think we've earnt our rest days eh and good luck with week 6!
Yeaaa well done It's scorching hot here now so glad I got it done,
Still can't believe it, when I first started I was shattered after 1 minute of running lol.
Yep I'm going to enjoy these two days off then crack on with week 6.
It was definatly more of a mind game, when I was in week 2 and looked at what I'd be doing each week and come across this one I thought no way is that going to happen I'm struggling to do 3 mins running let alone 20 mins but this app is brilliant and I wouldn't have been able to do it with out it, it's worth every single penny I paid for it thank you so much to the people who created it.
The music really helps aswell and the woman voice over spurrs me on big time
“Suddenly, I was part of something. I was part of the running community. The more open I was about my running, the more open others were about theirs. I found out that runners love to talk about running.”
I am in week 5 and up til now I haven't been finding it tooooo hard but this week has been a different matter. Run 1 of week 5 wasn't that bad, it felt a gentle increase from week 4 but run 2 was so so hard. I don't think the time of day helped...early evening and the temperatures hadn't really dropped. My breathing was messy (so conscious of it whilst running past a packed pub garden 
) I have not been looking forward to the 20 mins in run 3. So I thought I'd repeat the 2x 8 mins and it was so much easier this time round. It was slightly cooler out there tonight plus a change of route helped 
Couldn't stop smiling