NSFW The Exercise Thread

My 14 year old decided she wants to start running so I’ve been roped into exercising. Wednesday we did 1.75 miles. Today we did 1.25 miles then the baby got super grumpy so we had to stop. We’re doing couch to 5k. The 11 year old is joining us (he’s my natural runner and can do a 7 min mile without trying). They are both in much better shape than I am.
I could never do couch to 5k when I tried. Shit killed me.
 
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What? It’s for our of shape people though. How bad off were you when you started?
Yeah, I know. It just didn't work for me.
I know different things work for different people but when I started running last year I set goals like running for a half hour without stopping regardless of distance or speed. Just don't stop. And I worked my way up from there.
This is sorta what worked for me. I don't think I ever timed anything, but just trying to run (slowly) at my own pace.
 
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Yeah, I know. It just didn't work for me.

This is sorta what worked for me. I don't think I ever timed anything, but just trying to run (slowly) at my own pace.
I started on a treadmill. I knew a 5k would probably take me between 30 and 40 minutes so I started at 30 minutes at 4.5 mph which was a slow jog for me. Started expanding the time until I got up to 40 minutes without stopping then worked on speed.
 
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creeping up on 10k then i gotta start working on that pace
 
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