I am Mike I like to run a lot. I did cross country last year in high school but did not have time to do it this year. I am looking to continue getting better running and be part of a group who motivates me and helps me stay accountable to run more often and continuing to get faster. I would like to run a marathon some day.

Hi all! I'm Emily from NC. I ran my first marathon this past summer, and have completed another in October. I use a 16 week training program and just keep starting over. My 3rd 26.2 will be February. I am super consistant with my running, but tend to get lazy with any other workouts and keeping up with good eating.

I love hearing everyone's running journey and enjoy meeting more running friends. My friends and family thank you as well because they all get sick of hearing all my running stories.

Hi, I'm Becca. I'm a new runner and training for a 5k mud Girl run in October. I have been lifting weights since 2017 and love to go on hikes.

Hi, I'm Jeff. I just joined this site and group today. I have in the past run both 5k's and 10k's but nothing recent. I am now out of shape and need to get motivated to get back out there and start running again and improving my health. I joined here for some support. I am married and have two adult children and 6 cats in our home. I am a mental health therapist and love to read

Hi I am new to the group. I am restarting my running after experiencing some health setbacks. I can say now I’m very healthy and have lost 85 lbs. I have been walking a lot over the years putting up to 25 miles. Currently I have decided to train for running a 10K in October. I’m using the app 10K runner by fitness 22. I’m on week 7 and I’m loving it. This week I am going to be up to 20 minutes of running. After I have my run I continue to walk until I met 10 miles. Running a 10K has always been on my bucket list. My hopes are that I can work up to an half marathon. I’m looking to get ideas about everything running.

Hi everyone, I'm SaVanna. I'm trying to lose a bunch of weight while training for my 4th 5K in October. I'm using Garmin Coach at the moment to train. Feel free to add me as a friend!

Hi everybody!

I'm Carson. I used to post here as CarsonRuns when I lived in Baltimore (I looked for an old intro thread and couldn't find one). I was here when Stan (the originator of this group/challenge, whom I ran with a couple of times) was around.

At the time, I was pretty active around here, posting in the Long Distance Runners forum. I even spent a stint as an MFP Moderator, but the politics of "policing" the membership didn't appeal to me at all, so I bailed on that.

I used to run a lot. I averaged around 50 miles per week and ran 5 marathons, my fastest a 3:10 at Baltimore in 2013 at age 45. Not long after that, a bunch of ish went down and I eventually moved from Baltimore to Southern California, stopped running, started surfing and got remarried. I dropped off of MFP around 2016 or so. I gained weight (up to 152 from my racing weight of 123) during this time because the food was just so damn good in Encinitas.

Life happened again around the beginning of this year and my wife and moved to the RTP area in North Carolina. Since there are no waves here, I decided I should start running again after a solid 4 year break. I'm already down 7 pounds and up to ~25 miles per week. I hold no illusion of regaining my old form since I'm 8 years removed from my marathon PR, but I feel like I might have another one in me.

It's good to be back.

Hi, I’m Arianna!

Growing up, I was always very active. From running around playing tag or soccer with my friends, to gymnastics, and eventually running 5k twice a week in high school and weight lifting 3x a week. However, life got in the way and I had little time left to dedicate to running/weight lifting or any sports, really. Every so often I would pick it back up for a month or so, but then it would fall off with the constraints of daily life.

Where I live, we’ve never fully came out of lockdown since the start of COVID. I work from home, graduated from college from home, home schooled my child on top of everything else… so as you can imagine, not much daily activity. I finally decided to hire a personal trainer to hold me accountable and help me get back to training! It’s been a month and I’m already starting to feel really good and wanting to do more. Most of my cardio is just walking/hiking on the treadmill, but I’m feeling ready to start getting back into running!!

I’m so glad to have found this group 😊

Hi, my name is Amanda and I'm from Ohio. I've ran off & on I guess my whole life but I've never been an actual runner and don't actually consider myself one now. I'm pursuing because I love it, but by no means would I consider myself a runner - I don't feel I'm worthy of that title just yet.

I started running as my own form of therapy after my mom passed away in 2017. I was pretty consistent for about 2 years, losing 100 lbs in the process. However, the last 2 years have been hard between shoulder surgery, losing my son, then losing my granddaughter, having Covid 2x... so I'm really just now able to get back to running the way I used to but actually so much better. I'm leaner, I'm faster, I'm more consistent, I'm more disciplined.

I'm sort of training for my first half marathon. I want to run a few 10Ks first and then I'll know that I'm ready to really start a training program.

Hey @CatchMom11 and @kevin99507 you can hop over to our current monthly thread and post your runs and keep up with various topics, advice, and gripes. It is at https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10876797/november-2022-monthly-running-challenge#latest