Oh yeah. I'm Varda. I live in Atlanta, GA.

I started Couch to 5k in December 2012, finished in February 2013 at the age of 40.
The first 5k I ran, I pushed two children in a double stroller and finished in about 40 minutes.
I did a 10k in June, 1:08:something. I'm training for a 1/2 in October.

I'm Danny. I have been running since June 29. I graduate my C25K program next Thursday. I am set to do my first couple of 5k's next month, one local run and then the ZOMBIE RUN! I am super excited to run for many reasons!

Hi all! I am Amy. I am married to my running coach lol

I have been running for a little over a year. I have ran several 5ks, 1 10k and 1 half. Currently have 4 races (3 halfs and 1 10 miler) lined up starting Sept 14th. I have a 5k Aug 31 but at this point I am not counting that one! I am disobeying doctor orders until race season is over (late Oct). Then i will be down for at least a couple of months and starting back at square one when I am released to exercise again.
Glad i found this group!

Hello! Ann here. I started running at the beginning of 2012 - went from not being able to run for more than 30 seconds at a time to running my first 5K on July 4th 2012. I've since run a half dozen 5Ks and am training to run the Disneyland 10K in 2 weeks! I was pretty nervous about the long run training, but they've actually been fun and really, really rewarding. I also signed up to run my first half marathon in January - the Disneyland Tinkerbell 1/2 Marathon! So starting in September I'll begin the half marathon training. SCARY and exciting!

I'm Suanne and I live in Colorado. I'm training for my first marathon, as unofficial as it may be. No one sane runs on December 30th here, it's usually either ice or blizzard at that time of year. My family is going to cheer me on and have little stops along the way for warmups (hot chocolate handoffs, mostly). I hope to eventually get into ultras, though not in the dead of winter.

Hi, I am Melissa and I have been running for about a year and a half. I have run several 5k's, a 5 miler, a 10k, a half and a 25K trail run. I am training for my first full. I will be running Philly in November. I will also be running another 10K in October and a Half in November (two weeks before my full). The half will be the same one I ran last year and I am hoping to make that an annual tradition! I will be running my full with a MFP friend that I haven't met in person yet and I am really excited. I have several running friends on here, but would always like more. I am really looking for more friends who are training for their first full as well. Would be helpful to encourage each other. I am struggling with fitting in all of the runs during the week with my busy schedule, but am refocusing this week!

HI! I'm John. I hated running my whole life. November 2011 I decided to give it another shot. I was hooked. I've loved it ever since. Since then I've run 2 halfs, 2 10ks, a handful of 5ks and a couple of mud runs. Halfs are my favorite distance. I had intended to do a full in February but I sprained my ankle really badly three days before my last half and had to take several months off and just got back to easing into running 12 weeks ago. It's taking a long time to get back to where I was but I'm registered for another half in February. I'll work on a full sometime after that.

Hi everyone I'm Laura. I live in Minnesota. I started C25K in May then started the Hal Higdon 5K-to-10K novice program. Am set to "graduate" from that in a week and am trying to figure out what to do next. I like to have a schedule to follow.

I'm probably going to need to treadmill run for most of the winter, which I am not excited about. I can handle the cold, but not so much the snow/ice and darkness.

I've found the runners on MFP to be an awesome group of people. Looking forward to meeting more of them through this group.

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Hey everyone!
My name is Ashley. I'm 22 years old. I've dabbled with running in the past, but I just started getting serious about it this year. I'm running a half in November. That will be my first race and I'm so excited!
I'd love some friends who are serious about running to motivate me, feel free to add me!

I'm getting back to running after taking a long break after a surgery. I'm in South Dakota so my training will be moving indoors in a couple months. I've run 6 half marathons and 3 full marathons. (3 Goofy Challenges) I'm a busy person who tends to let life get in the way of my training. Trying hard to stay on track and could always use extra running buddies who know what it's like trying to juggle life with training!