https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 12:08:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1616211 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:05:47 +0000 yerpie110 1616211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Thanks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1616194 Tue, 06 May 2014 11:59:08 +0000 mrbee 1616194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: there's a lock icon in the app... if you click that, the screen shouldn't lock any more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1616186 Tue, 06 May 2014 11:55:59 +0000 yerpie110 1616186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Thanks!! Just got back, not too bad :) The app seems wonky to me - I only hear the pleasant computer lady when the screen is on, so I missed my cues a bunch of times, and ended up having to keep manually checking my phone every so often to stay on track. Does that happen to you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1615370 Tue, 06 May 2014 08:13:16 +0000 mrbee 1615370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: good luck today!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1611631 Sun, 04 May 2014 11:11:34 +0000 yerpie110 1611631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm starting this week!! I'm excited. Hope I can keep it up! Ill be running Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I know it's not supposed to be back-to-back, but it's the only days I can fit it in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1610523 Sat, 03 May 2014 08:38:45 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1610523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been meaning to start C25K for the last few weeks. I did it two years ago and loved it.<br /> Maybe this is an excuse to buy a jogging stroller haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1610512 Sat, 03 May 2014 08:16:11 +0000 Synchronicity 1610512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It really is time for me to dust off my running shoes again. I'm going to start this week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1610509 Sat, 03 May 2014 08:13:12 +0000 mrbee 1610509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our next Couch 2 5k run will be on Monday! If anyone wants to join us, it would be fun to do it together!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608738 Fri, 02 May 2014 12:02:09 +0000 pmerr 1608738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay! I did one 2 summers ago, and need to do it again this summer. I just used a free app and then at the end of the summer ran a (very slow) 5k. (It took 45 min :meh: ) I hope I can stick the boy in a stroller for a half hour a day and get a little exercise in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608716 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:56:58 +0000 PurplePumps 1608716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: yesss... he's a blessing and a curse. Honestly, he's part of my motivation to go cause otherwise I wouldn't really take him out and I know he loves it, but then he can't leave anyone or anything drive by alone! I want to go without him but I'd feel bad for him, especially since he KNOWs when I have the "right" clothes on to go out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608576 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:26:39 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 1608576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: that's awesome! I did this once and never never was a runner before. You can do it if I can! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608568 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:23:36 +0000 Grace 1608568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on week 5, which I'm going to be stuck on for a while. It's warm up 5, run 5, walk 3, run 5, walk 3, run 5, cool down 5. 5 minutes is soooooooooo long!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608551 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:17:40 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1608551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it after #1 was born and it was really good. We always joked that I wanted to hurt the pleasant British lady trying to egg me on "just 30 more seconds!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608540 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:15:43 +0000 reverie 1608540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been doing this for a while but it takes me longer than a week to advance now. My program is a bit different, I'm on week 5 in mine which is walk 5, run 5, walk 3, run 6, walk 3, run 5, walk 5 -- I don't think I'll be running 3 miles consecutively for a while, but I'd like to hit a mile soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608538 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:13:14 +0000 mamimami 1608538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: It has been good! The first couple of weeks were super easy but when you get to like 8-10 minute runs, that's when I struggled a little. I have really learned to pace myself and to play that mental game that is SO important in running. I seriously go so slowly I wouldn't be surprised to see snails creeping past me, but I think speed will come with time. I am registering for a 5K for late this month!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608530 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:11:43 +0000 sorrycharlie 1608530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: right? my dog tries to bite people's bike tires when they go by!! ugh. I feel so guilty going to the bike path without him, but gosh it may be better for my sanity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608498 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:04:04 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1608498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it and it worked, could urn for 30 minutes by the end of it, and I could barely do 60 seconds when I started!! I want to do it again but I'm not cleared for exercise yet - hopefully I will be by next week or the one after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608497 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:03:38 +0000 mrbee 1608497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamimami: I'd love to hear more! How has it been? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608496 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:03:22 +0000 PurplePumps 1608496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just started this and finished week 3... kind of. I'm still struggling with it, especially with my misbehaving dog. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608486 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:01:16 +0000 mamimami 1608486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay!! I am in my final week now! If I can do it, anyone can. I really used to loathe running but now I look forward to it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608479 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:59:53 +0000 daniellemybelle 1608479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: LOL - "pleasant computer lady."</p> <p>I have done C25K before using a different app, but it played my own music &amp; then would tell me when to run &amp; walk. I really liked it &amp; I was able to run/jog more than I ever have been, but I never ended up completing it. I had to do multiple weeks twice, but I am not in great shape! </p> <p>I want to try again, but with being back to work part-time, all my time with LO feels so precious... Maybe if I could muster the energy after she goes to bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608455 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:55:30 +0000 mrbee 1608455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: You can interpret the word "jog" pretty liberally, I think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608437 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:52:23 +0000 Smurfette 1608437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would but I don't think I can run a 5K up and down my hallway and I am house trapped during the week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608431 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:51:01 +0000 sorrycharlie 1608431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>count me in! this will be my motivation. I've been meaning to start it forever..but when I actually contemplate having to leash up the dog, drag the stroller to the street, I chicken out. plus I'm not really supposed to run with my knee buuuuut that's not really RUNNING-running, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-started-the-couch-to-5k-program-today#post-1608428 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:50:04 +0000 mrbee 1608428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just finished Day One of Couch to 5K! It was easier than I thought it would be.</p> <p>First, we bought this app for 2 bucks:<br /> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/couch-to-5k/id448474423?mt=8" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/couch-to-5k/id448474423?mt=8</a></p> <p>A pleasant computer lady then walked us through the workout. Basically Day One was as follows: "A brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes." Then we did a five-minute cooldown walk, for a total of 30 minutes. It wasn't too bad!</p> <p>We plan to do it Monday/Wednesday/Friday during a work break. Supposedly by Week 9, we'll be able to do "a brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes)." We shall see.</p> <p>Anyone want to do the Couch to 5k program with us? </p>