Couch to 5 k run!!

I'm on w3d3! I love it so far. What you need to do is just get out and do it. I'm notorious for the "oh I will start on Monday because it's a new week" thing. Well let me tell you, "Monday" never came for me. Atleast, not until I said screw it, and started c25k on a Thursday. It is tough, but it is a manageable tough. I like to go in the mornings (not always possible with my 14 month old), but I love that it is cooler, especially in the summer time and the weather being so hot during the day.

Seriously, just get up and do it. Gotta force yourself the first few times, but after a couple weeks it will be second nature

Good luck!

I heard the expression 'A year from now you will wish you had started today.'

You know what? A year ago I started C25K, and I will be doing a 6km fun run next week.

Woo hoo! Good for you! I love that quote

I just started the second week of it. It feels great! If you need any motivation or just a friend feel free to add me. Anyone for that fact. I'm always looking for new friends

Beware! C25k is like a gateway drug. I did it 2 years ago. It really helped me to change my life completely. I had to spend 2 weeks working up to being able to run for 1 minute, before i could even start the program! I could feel the fat on the back of my cankles jiggle!
Within 18 months I completed my first full marathon. Obviously there was a gradual build up to it!
Now I play with my kids more. I fit into normal shop clothes. I have more energy to do stuff. My marriage is better. Ive made a lot of friends who live a healthy life. I've helped my friends and family live a more healthy life. I run. I lift. I live.

Being an inspiration to others is pretty amazing. And when you inspire others, you can't give up.

So, by doing this who will you be inspiring?

Another couch to 5k here. I haven't run ANYWHERE in years. My son has convinced me to do the Norwich 5K Parkrun tomorrow. Although for me it will be mostly a 5K walk. Any other 5Ker's feel free to add , especially if you are just starting.

I just started this program yesterday! I definitely felt like I was going to die, and I was disappointed to see it was only 127 calories. BUT, I loved reading all the success stories and it definitely motivated me to keep with it! I just want to be able to lose weight, be able to run for longer than 5 minutes, and be able to think/pray or do anything except for feel like I am dying while running. I hope that it will bring about weight loss and just a generally healthier lifestyle.

Thanks for the positivity & encouragement!

Did you drink your gummi berry juice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW2NuxOC8fU

I started it yesterday! Going to go for day 2 tomorrow! I downloaded the app on my Iphone and I LOVE it! When I finished, it uploaded my work out info into MFP! AWESOME!!!!!! Good luck!

Beware! C25k is like a gateway drug.

OMG this!!!! My husband finally started me run/walking in August. I HATE running. I can bicycle and ride the cross country ski machine until I'm a horrible sweaty mess, but as soon as I do anything where both feet are off the ground simultaneously, I tank. My heart and lungs just can't keep up.

UNTIL NOW!!

Hubbie got me run/walking super slow (like 15 minutes per mile... I could actually walk faster!). I was doing this twice a week in addition to my three cardio days, which were 30 mins on the ski machine. Well, that was taking way too much time, so I decided my "goal" was to be able to jog 30 minutes so I could replace one ski day with a jog day. Honestly, it seemed pretty impossible. I heard all the chatter about this "c25k," and when I looked into it I discovered that the runs worked up to 30 minutes... perfect!!!

I was already run/walking for awhile by then, so I decided to jump in at week 4. I think I started on a Wednesday, replacing my M-W-F ski sessions with three c25k sessions per week. It was pretty brutal, I will admit. Still huffing and puffing and trying to remember to go slow (all the while with hubbie chatting along conversationally beside me - disgusting!!).

Then something happened. I took a girl's vacation with my sister during week 7, but decided to stick with my jogs, if nothing else healthy was going to happen that week. I was running in 40 degree weather (being used to 70's at home), and remembering to go slow. The runs were oddly okay, even though it was 25 minutes each without stopping!!! I even had one run with an average pace less than 10 mins/mile! Clearly something to do with the cool weather, or over eating, or something.

Nope. Got home, started week 8 with hubbie, and found every now and again I could talk while jogging. Un-freaking-believable. Started week nine on Monday... my first official 30 minute run!! Next one is after work tonight. Pace is back in the mid-10's per mile, but that wasn't my goal. Will run for my cardio this week and next, then try to get back to some skiing.

Oh, the "gateway drug" part? Well, I just signed up for my first half marathon today It's not until next September, so I have time. Hubbie wants to run a marathon, so I figure I'll do a half with him.

Squeeeee!!!!

I'm starting this too. Next week. My knee is kaput this week