W7d2 I'm still not great at it but I will keep plugging along.

Congratulations everyone! Especially those that got to week5 day 3 and did it! I know how good it feels to get that behind you! I feel like I can do anything now! I just completed week 6 day 3 yesterday and it was hard but felt great! I've come to realize that I don't run because I like to run, I run because I love the feeling when I'm done

I'm still very slow, but I'm excited to finish this program and start it over running at a faster pace! Everyone says speed will come naturally, but I haven't picked up my pace at all, so I believe if I start over and push to go faster that will help me. I hope anyway! I'd love to do a 5K in under 40 minutes!

Hey everyone!

What a busy week so far! Had to skip my 2 mile run on Tuesday because I was just super sore from weight lifting. I am still sore, but loving the feeling of my body repairing itself. I am picking it up a notch, and shifting into half marathon training. Hoping to do the Shelby Farms Greenline Half Marathon in October. I think I can do it. May have to walk/run combo it, but what ever. Looking at my first marathon in May of next year up in Fargo, ND.

I am shifting down to make sure that I don't injure myself, which means more walk/run combos. Yay!

But anyway, got my 3rd 5K next Friday. Cant' wait. Then the running club's fun 5K/cook out, then the running expo, followed by training in July. Busy, busy, busy. On top of that, I got shifted to nights.

Well that is all for now! Keep up the good work all!

Becca

Don't feel bad. I just took it up at 48. I don't get any push back from my spouse because he's used to me taking up new things pretty regularly. I just like having new challenges, and running is one of the biggest since I've hated it all my life. Sounds like you're doing great!

Just did Week 5, Day 2. 11 minute mile during the jogging parts.
W5D3 scares me a bit. Not sure I'll be able to slow down enough to do 20 minutes in a row.

Getting push back from my wife over concerns that I'll do myself more harm than good by running.
"Who takes up running at 51 years old?"

Apparently, I do.

W3D3 down and done!

W6D2 done... two 10 minute segments - that's the first time in my life I have ever run for that long! I also finally brought my pace down to under 12 minutes/mile, woo!

I don't even want to think about 20 minutes straight on Tuesday!

Did week 7 day 2 yesterday Weather is taking a dive, cold and rainy. plus I'm leaving for vacation. I don't know if I'll get to run this coming week very much, I hope a week off doesn't set me back too far, I'm so close! . Hoping I can find some time or a location to leave the family for a bit to run!

Just finished W4D3. I'm signed up for a 5K in a month and that's a really hilly route, so I did the first couple miles of that. Some of the hills are steep and it was brutal, but I finished, and my overall pace was very close to what I had done on flatter routes days 1 and 2 this week. Nervous about Week 5. I did the C25K last year so I know I can do it again, but last year I was doing that on the track at the high school and this year I'm out on the roads so it's going to be harder.

Just finished W5D3. Switching to mornings has helped tremendously. Not very fast, but I am completing it.

Just finished W5D3 too! We are awesome!!! It wasn't that bad until the very end. I did the first mile at 10min, but had to slow down a bit for the second. Still being lapped by all the university kids on the track, but at least I'm moving!