Calling all current and aspiring RUNNERS!

Just finished Week 2 Day 1 of C25K...it's a start!!

I don't have a great story like you but I really like to run. I'm thinking about trying for a half marathon next year.

I've been running for about 3-4 yrs and have done anything from a 5k to a marathon. Half marathons are my favorite. I recently started working with a coach to help me reach some of my current running goals. Feel free to add me!

I sarted run in feb. I have run 5 10k's and am currently training for my first half marathon on 15 Dec. i run 4-6 miles 5 days a week and one long run a week. My longest distance is 11 miles. I am up for a friend request.

I am just now starting the c25k program, I still have 80 lbs to lose and hoping that starting to run will help in the loss. I have to repeat several weeks before I graduate to the next week. But I am trying!! Ivy

I run! Love doing it. I never did any events. Feel free to add me, seeing everyone logging their running exercises will give me a push to get going too.

Add me if you see fit, I run quite a bit (about to hit 2,200 miles for the year).

I love to race half marathons, 5Ks are way too painful, 10Ks are like 5Ks but twice a long. Marathons are a whole 'nother problem, still trying to decide whether or not I like them...

I just ran my third half marathon yesterday. I've got another in April and I'm going to start training in January for a full marathon in May. Feel free to add me :-)

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I have run since I was 20 years old. But I have not been able to run for the past two years, due to a knee injury. I am recovering and slowly redeeming my abilities and piling up the miles.
Never been much of a racer, but I have done them. We lived in Boston one year, and ran the marathon without a number, as many people do. What an experience! Crowds line the course the entire way, and the cheering can be deafening, particularly at the mid-way point of the race, as you pass by Wellesley College. The entire student body comes out to cheer, it seems.
The start of the race is rather humorous. The gun goes off and everyone starts to move forward slowly. (The people without numbers line up behind those with numbers.) At first, progress is halting and gradual, as the crush of runners tries to move forward onto the relatively narrow road. Then the speed picks up, and, just about the time you get up to your stride, you have to pee, as does everyone else, because your blood starts moving, and you have been too nervous to really pee before.
So, the crowd moves about four-five blocks up the road, and, all of a sudden, it disperses, as people head off to the bushes, to do what they have been trying to do all morning. Then they all file back on to the course and head down the road.
I haven't seen this in other marathons I have watched. But, it certainly happened there, the year that I ran.

Wow, your story is very inspirational, and really helps me to see that I have no excuses. Congratulations on your achievements!!

In Feb. 2010, I started running using the Couch to 5K Program. When I first started, I could barely make it through a 60 second interval of running. I completed my first 5K in May 2010. I kept building up from there, going a little longer and a little farther each week, and like you, I was quickly hooked and just wanted to keep going. I ran my first 10K in Oct. 2010. And then, I completed my first half marathon on 1/23/2011.

My 2011 New Years resolution was to complete at least one running event per month for the whole year. I exceeded that by completing six 5Ks, four 10Ks, and FIVE half marathons in 2011!! I truly had no intentions of stopping, but have been dealing with some injuries this year...tendonitis in both feet and ankles, and some sciatic pain due to a herniated disc in my lumbar. But even through that I have managed to do two 5Ks, a 10K, a 15K and two half marathons this year. I am currently working on getting back on track with my training and building back up again, as I am currently registered for half marathons in January, February, and March 2013, so I guess I better get moving again...lol!! I am hoping to repeat my 2011 New Years Resolution for 2013, with at least one event per month.

After having to cut back on my running this year, and even have periods where I could not run, I can now say that I LOVE to run...this was not always true, but it has grown on me and I found that I missed it when I could not do it. I love being outdoors and enjoying the freedom and stress relief that it brings to my life. It is also about setting a goal and then achieving it, and I like the feeling of accomplishment that brings.

I now feel like I am starting over again, and have even gone back to doing the Couch to 5K program in order to build back up. But I now know that I can do it and I know that I will get back to where I was. Feel free to add me.

I'm on week 6 of a 12-week C25K program right now, signed up for my first 5K in February of next year. I never used to like running, because I was too heavy and tried to do too much, too quickly. Around this time last year, I started the same C25K program and got discouraged because I wasn't progressing as fast as I thought I should've been (i.e., having to repeat days and stuff). 30 pounds and a new sports bra later, and I feel like a "legitimate" runner. I'm not sure I could manage more than 4 or 5 minutes at a stretch right now, without stopping to walk for a minute, but I do enjoy running and I'm excited to see how I improve because 6 weeks ago I know I couldn't run for four minutes if I wanted to. When I got my new bra, I was looking forward to my next workout with all the excitement and anticipation that a kid has for summer vacation or Christmas. I think that was mostly a desire to be absolutely certain that I didn't just waste $60 on an undergarment, since the store probably wouldn't let me "test drive" the bra by running around for 30 minutes before I bought it. Even now, though, having had the bra for a couple of weeks, I look forward to running days.

I'm thinking of adding some bodyweight strength training to my weekly regimen; next time I have some money lying around, there are some apps I want to buy. 100pushups, 200situps, 200squats and 150dips, specifically. Those are 6-week programs that, like C25K, promise to take you from wherever you are now to doing the aforementioned number of each of those exercises in a row. They have websites, too.

I just ran my first half marathon yesterday! Add me if you wish. I love having runner friends!

ETA: I did 1 duathlon (12 mile bike ride and 3.1 mile run), a 5K, Warrior Dash and now the half marathon. I was a sprinter in high school and am still new to distance running.

Also becareful and be sure to get your rest days in so you don't get injured.

Hi - I love running too and usually run 4 - 5 times per week for between 8 and 18kms. Please feel free to add me if you like

I'm a beginner runner as well - I can only do about 2.5km of straight running and then alternating running with walking.

I have my first 5km scheduled for February 13, 2013 and my first 10km May 26!

Can we please make this a group to keep better track of everyone's progress?

Thanks!

I'm a beginner, currently running a couple miles 4-5 times a week. I just signed up for my first 5k race!