week 9 day 1 completed! 1.88 miles ran. Only two more runs until I complete C25K. I think that I am going to start the program over afer this to work on improving my speed

Week Five, Day Three is DONE! I was a little scared, but I did it. Slowly, avg pace 5.1mph, but I did it. When the voice told me to slow down to an easy pace, I had a giant grin on my face, and I started to laugh. I wanted to yell out to anybopdy and everybody to share that I just did it, but I didn't think people would be appreciative of that on a quiet residential street at 8am. Super happy.

CAN I GET A WHAT WHAT!!!!!!!

Corny I know but I am so excited to announce that I am officially a C25k graduate!!!!!

I finished W9D3 this morning and feel great with how I did. It has taken me 12 weeks to finish what should have been a 9 week program. But I redid week 2 & 3 and had a foot injury that hit me after W9D1..

What a great journey this has been, rough and tough but totally manageable if you give it the chance.

High 5 right back at you Baldielove13!!

It really is an amazing feeling to be done.. I am not at the 3.1 either but we will get there soon!

CAN I GET A WHAT WHAT!!!!!!!

Corny I know but I am so excited to announce that I am officially a C25k graduate!!!!!

I finished W9D3 this morning and feel great with how I did. It has taken me 12 weeks to finish what should have been a 9 week program. But I redid week 2 & 3 and had a foot injury that hit me after W9D1..

What a great journey this has been, rough and tough but totally manageable if you give it the chance.

Congrats!!! :-)

Week 4 Day 1 done this morning!!! I was nervous about 2-5 minute runs, but I went very slow. My run started off with my whole body and mind protesting. Telling me I was tired, weak, and there was no way I could do a 5 minute run. My legs felt tired during the warm up, and my body and mind kept telling me I couldn't well into the first 90 second run. But I pushed through and by the time the first 90 second run was over I knew I could go more. SO I kept doing what the app said to do and it felt great when I did finish the whole day! Looking forward to my next run as I know I can do it! Just a few short weeks ago I couldn't run more than 45 seconds. Now I am up to 5 minutes! Happy dance! ;-)

Me too Chantels1! I can't believe that a month ago the thought of running a minute and a half felt like the worst thing in the world. I just ran five minutes without stopping....twice....in one run. The three minute runs felt like nothing. Best feeling EVER! Looking forward to W4D2 on Friday!

Today was my last "practice" run before my 5K on Saturday and it was a struggle. I got my 3.4 miles in but my pace was 10-15 seconds slower per mile than my last couple of runs. I am hoping that it is just a blip on the radar and that I will kick some serious tail on Saturday.

Any tips, hints or suggestions on how to prepare for the race on Saturday? I have been running early mornings (5:30'ish) and the race starts at 8:30. I normally don't eat or drink anything before my morning workouts so I was thinking about just something light an hour or so before the race to give me a little burst of energy. Maybe a piece of toast with peanut butter and a banana or something like that. The race is a two hour drive from home so I am making the trip down there on Friday night and staying with a friend that will also be running the 5K.

This is my first post in the group... i have read several post and they have been so encouraging and helpful. Last night i did W1D1 and was worried all day yesterday almost talked myself out of doing it several times. But I have never been able to run do to heavy weight and strain on knees. I have been concurring mountains this year so wanted to add running a 5K to it. So i talked my teen daughter into doing this with me. I concurred my first day!!!! i will not lie it wasn't easy but i think nothing a little more stretching of my calves won't help (and i did stretch very good before thanks to the advice on here!) I am looking forward to friday night. My DD has a friend staying all night and they are both going to run with me.... it was a great time for us to talk and laugh... she said that went fast and i liked it... WIN!!!!

I was kind of sick this week so Tuesday when I was supposed to do c210k W10D3, I only got through 1 (slow) mile, but I decided to move on today anyway and do W11D1 today. It felt wonderful. I ran 4 miles today! I used to hate running, and when I started c25k, even the 1 minute intervals were kind of tough, and now I'm running for 4 miles and loving it!

I'll be doing my first 5k on Sept 29 (the day after I move :grumble: ), and I'll look for a 10k to do around Thanksgiving-ish. Then I'm going to do half-marathon training. I want my first half-marathon to be the Disney princess half in Disney World in Feb 2015, and if I can get the money together, I want my first full marathon to be the Paris marathon in April 2016 or 2017. Go big or go home! :laugh: I hope to do a full marathon before I turn 30 (I turn 30 in Dec of 2017).

Those of you just starting or early in the program, keep your head up! It gets better. You may not end up loving running like I do, and that's fine. Running may not be your thing; it doesn't have to be, but don't give up too soon. Try to get through at least week 7 before deciding to quit. If you do quit, find something else to do. It's still important to exercise, just find something that sparks your interest even if it doesn't happen to be running. :flowerforyou: