Well that was a pleasant surprise!

[highlyeccentric]

Having last week attained the dubious heights of 'able to complete the week 1 workout on two consecutive occasions', after much struggle and fail along the way, I am pleasantly surprised to report that week 2's allocated workout was comfortably within my capacity!

Shock. I might even manage that three times in a week.

Comments

[rmc28]

:-)

Hope it is so!

[highlyeccentric]

This is astonishing! I think this is what's called improving fitness!

... improving fitness is not normally something I've done on PURPOSE. I used to cycle a lot, but I started cycling a lap of my small town every day when I was twelve, and since I moved out of home I've only cycled enough to notice how *unfit* I am. Any fluctuations in my fitness have been due to practical concerns (walking commute, waitressing on my feet all day, etc versus office-type life).

[liv]

Yay, well done on taking Week 2 in your stride. Sometimes the jumps that the programme makes don't quite match the jumps in fitness that a person's body can make, though considering the wide range of variation in humans C25K is pretty good.

[highlyeccentric]

I think I probably needed a 'week zero' before week 1, the week 1 standard was quite some way beyond me when I started. And the big kicker for me is in the aerobic intensity - my exercise of choice prior to this has always been cycling (more oomph less puff). Stamina I have, and moderate strength, it's the ability to accelerate that is lacking. So I guess the week 2 transition plays to my strengths - do the same thing, only for a bit longer!

Plus I don't have GPS tracking, or a reliable estimate of distance, so I have absolutely no idea if I'm running as far as the program estimates one ought.