Hi Suzanne! Welcome to the group, always great to have new people joining.

Hey everyone! I'm Jen. I live in Dallas and I just moved here from Boston 7 months ago.

I've been an on-and-off runner for years. I have a number of 5Ks under my belt (including my first 5K mud run this past weekend which was...interesting) but I have never attempted anything more. The longest distance I've run on my own is 4 miles, and I only did it once. I had a goal of running a 10K in 2013 but I didn't do it, mostly because I was too chicken. Chicken no more!

I signed up for my first 10K today. It's in 6.5 weeks on May 24th. Naturally I am FREAKING OUT but I'm sure it will be fine. I would love to run the whole thing, but my mail goal is just to finish. I'm going to start some kind of a 6 week program on Monday. I downloaded the Bridge to 10K app but I'm not sure if I'll use that. Any advice?

Hello everyone, I'm jumping the gun a bit, have four more runs of C25K, but there was a question on running bras that popped into my newsfeed and I can't comment unless I'm in the group

I'm in Northern Europe and 35 years old, want to work on the full 5K distance and then move on to 10K. Running is only the second form of exercise that I hoist myself off the sofa for on a regular basis, regardless of how I feel in that moment, and while I have a lot to learn still, I feel like there's no stress; I can take my time and improve in my own way. And yes, so far I run by myself, but I'd love to participate in an official race this year. Also, a session or two with a coach wouldn't be too shabby. Glad to be here!

Hi folks! I just started running this April with the C25K app and found that I REALLY LOVE running! I would have never in my life thought I would say that, and I still don't know what possessed me to start, but I am so glad that I did. I ran my first official 5K on June 1st with a time of 36:04, a personal best So now I have been officially bitten by the running bug and I am moving onward and upward to doing a 10K. I completed W9 of the C210K (just picked up where C25K ended) last week and am moving on to W10D1 today.

First 10K is scheduled for August 16th :happy:

Hi folks! I just started running this April with the C25K app and found that I REALLY LOVE running! I would have never in my life thought I would say that, and I still don't know what possessed me to start, but I am so glad that I did. I ran my first official 5K on June 1st with a time of 36:04, a personal best So now I have been officially bitten by the running bug and I am moving onward and upward to doing a 10K. I completed W9 of the C210K (just picked up where C25K ended) last week and am moving on to W10D1 today.

First 10K is scheduled for August 16th :happy:

Welcome to the group!!

Hi, I'm Dave from Philadelphia, PA.

I started C25K in May, and registered for a 5K in August. Once I started to see that, yes, it was possible for me to be able to jog for an extended period of time, I stopped following the program, and decided to test myself. I decided to just go as long as I could without having to stop, trying to go a little further each time. I can now do 5K in about 30 minutes.

I am going to start training for a 10K (using Zen Lab's 10K app) for three reasons: 1) In the short term, if my workout is more difficult than the actual race I have to do, then the actual race should be easy, 2) To improve my time on the 5K, and 3) In the long term I do want to eventually do a 10K, and when that gets easy, start training for a half marathon.

Welcome to the group!!

Hello All!!

I ran up to 5 miles several years ago and stopped because I was having trouble with my ankle. Since then I have gone to physical therapy and my ankle is much stronger. I have been running for about 3 weeks now. Met some ladies who enjoy running and meet regularly. Now I am working to keep up with them. : )

Hi everyone,

I finished the c25k app a month ago and ran 2 5ks afterwards. I'm now doing the Zen lab c210k.

Happy to get any advice on running safely. Also when do you start really enjoying it? So far I have a love hate relationship with running. Its a efficient way to burn calories and I enjoy finishing a race but I dont enjoy actually running lol.

I've been running just over a year now. I can't say I enjoy it, but I don't HATE it anymore. :laugh:

There are days when I look forward to running and days when I dread it. I ALWAYS feel better for it afterward though!

:flowerforyou: Hi All,

I'm excited to have found this group! (I'm not sure how I have never noticed before with Varda on my FL!) Anywho, I live in Downeast Maine, about 30 minutes from Acadia National Park/Bar Harbor. I started running in March 2013 using Zen labs Free C25K app and thought I would die. :frown: My husband assured me, and why would he lie to me?, if I followed the program and trusted the process, I would be a runner at the end. It was his idea to start C25K as he had been running when we met and... well, life....

I started in sweat pants and a sweatshirt... and the Nikes I'd gotten for Christmas, because they were pretty. I trained the entire program in that get-up.... WHY? Ugh. For Mother's Day my husband bought be some proper running gear -- pants, running bra, FitBit and a sweat wicking shirt....... (I think he was shocked I had stuck with it, and was rewarding me for my efforts!)

My first race was a personal vendetta against heart disease and heart defects, and when I was finished (33:54) I knew I had done my part! My goddaughter had open heart surgery at 18 months, and we raise money and do the HeartWalk every year. I shamelessly used my desire to RUN the HeartWALK as a ploy to get more donations :bigsmile: Worked, didn't it? Yup. :happy:

By then, I was hooked. I set my sights on a sub-30 5K and off I went. I ran all summer.....my husband came, too. He was, after all, the reason we started. Slowly, he faded off... under the guise that someone had to be with our then 1 year old.... Granted, my son was NOT a fan of the stroller and screamed most of the time, but, if we are being honest, my husband hated running. He has since come clean.... He is NOT a fan. He admitted he "thought [I'd] quit", and, when I took to it like a fish to water, he wan't sure how to break the news to me that he didn't want to continue. Here's a tip ---- I was happy to hear it! I don't want to drag someone along that hates it. I'd rather head off, at my pace (which is about a min/mile faster than his) and do my thing.

Fast Forward..... End of Summer 2013 -- achieved my sub-30 (standing PR 29:11:noway: ) in an awesome race with an awesome friend who was visiting from Texas and wanted a race we could do together.

Since then I have come to know the love of distance vs. speed. I didn't use a program to increase distance. I consistently ran 3-4 miles when I ran and I was happy with that. One day, in late June, I pushed it to 4.5 miles ...cuz I could. Four days later I did 5 miles... cuz I wanted it. Four days after that I did 6.2 miles............ Because there was NO DOUBT in my mind I could do it. No doubt. And, I did in 1:07:44. Yesterday I did 5.96 miles (I know, I know....) in 1:01:09. I committed myself to run for an hour... When the car was just up ahead I kept going til I got there (hence the extra 1:09) but, I gave myself permission to stop there. I knew it was shy of 6 miles.

Holy word vomit... Anyway, I love running. I love people who run. I love the open road. I love the sweat, the tears, and the aches and pains. I love it all! And, I love this group already

Welcome Carla!

Hi, I'm Andy from the South of England, started running in Aug as I needed to do something to remain active other than stroll with the dog.... The dog now has to run with me and she loves it. That aside I graduated my c25k in October with the Great South Run 5k which I completed with a PB 28:35 I have run the last few weeks with out a goal which has been nice so this week I signed up for a 10k so training starts on Monday which is exciting...

Yep welcome new people! I guess I missed these with the forum feckery! And I've now realised I haven't done an intro either... maybe another day for me.

For those around, don't be afraid to join the Daily Check in thread, though it says 10+ it's more a check in and chat then anything else. We don't care if its your long run or a short run

Hi, I'm Lenny from the Minneapolis area. I've been a runner since May 9th...yep, all of 11 days. So what am I doing here, in the Bridge to 10k group? Well, the day I started, May 9th, was also the day I completed my first 5k. Up to that point I had never been a runner. I hated running for running's sake. Two months prior, however, I had bought a fitbit and really got into fitness walking, working up to a 15min pace.

This was a low-key run/walk that started and ended at a brewery, with beer as the reward, not a t-shirt. My intent was to walk it, but one guy in our group challenged me to run it with him. Not one to back down, I accepted the challenge. I started out at way too fast of a pace and he reeled me back in. I found it very difficult to run that slow, but I relented, dropped back behind him so he could set the pace, and 37 minutes later, we crossed the finish line (which was the door to the brewery!).

I was stoked! ME? Finish a 5k? NO way! But I did it. In 37 minutes I went from hating running to loving running.

Since then I've run at least 5k every other day, bought a pair of Brooks Glycerin's from the local running store, signed up for a second 5k on Memorial day, and have tentatively planned a 10k in mid-July.

My 5k times have steadily been improving since then and I'm aiming for a 10 min pace at Monday's race. I've been reading up on various training plans and after this race, I've got a plan picked out to get me to 10k by mid-July. I hope to pick up some tips and encouragement from this group in my quest to get there.

I can't wait for work to be over so I can get out and run tonight!

Hi, I'm Dee!

I've been active in the c25k group, but since I graduated last week, I decided to come over here as I start trying to run longer distances. I live in southern California. I can run all winter long outdoors, but summer is sometimes a problem. I did one 5k last year, I went with my mom and we spent most of the time walking. It took us over an hour. I signed up for a 5k in June, and my goal is to run the entire thing. So far my longest nonstop run was 2 miles in 33:15, so now I'm doing a 10k running program to get the full distance.

I've always liked running but could never do it. The c25k got me stated on the path to running, and I look forward to never stopping!

Welcome @KRPolo I've seen you over in the C25K group. You'll find this one is most active in the daily check in thread