I just finished D1 last night! Went surprisingly smooth compared to what I was expecting. I felt like I struggled with the 3 minute run considerably on W3D1, and yesterday it just seemed like a warm up. It was nice to realize that, indeed, my body is changing.

Also, this isn't my first time doing C25K - the last time I attempted, I quit after W4 because I thought it was too difficult. I remember dying at the end of each session, haha, and yesterday was nothing like that at all! I was elated. c: I think part of the reason was because A) I slowed down, almost a bit comically (I felt like I was crawling by the end, but I was still technically doing a jogging motion??), and I was running outside instead of around a tiny indoor track. It's always nice to have new distractions, whether it be your surroundings, the people around you, or whatever (for example, it's a lot easier to say "I'm going to run to that tree" rather than "God I have to run another minute").

I did notice that it WAS right around the 4 min. mark of my 5 min runs when I began to burn out. Hoping to push past that tomorrow...

I did w4d2 yesterday on the treadmill. The gym felt so hot. I am going to do w4d3 tomorrow and hope to get near a fan. I also had my first side stitch yesterday, which put a damper on my run.

I did w4d3 today. I think I am going to try to do w5d1 on tuesday, but if i do not make it through i am going to repeat w4d3.

I managed W4D1 fine but then really stalled on W4D2. I did leave a big gap between runs rather than the one day gap and I think I lost a bit of my stamina during that break. I thalassaemia trait so find it difficult to get the stamina up but I'm going back to do W3 over again in the hope it kickstarts my stamina. I really don't want to give up and I was devastated that I stopped halfway through the second 3 minute run on W4D2, I felt like total failure but I couldn't feel my arms and I was lightheaded and dizzy so I stopped before I collapsed!

Do you all take water with you when you run? It's not particularly hot here right now and a lot of the time I'm running in the rain, which keeps me cool, but I think I might have managed a bit more of W4D2 if I had water with me. I haven't taken it so far as the podcast (NHS) doesn't say to have it with you.

Just did D1 this morning. Temp was only 70 degrees but 97% humidity. Whew, I did a fair amount of sweating! Run segments 2 & 3 were on a long slow uphill and were tough. Run segment 4 was downhill and a nice change. Overall I felt good, especially looking back on it! I'm thinking (hoping) humidity won't be so much of a factor Wednesday.

I grew up in the DFW area and know what many of you are going through. When I lived in TX I used to run after dark by the streetlights. It was still plenty hot, but I was able to do it. You that are running in these hot areas please be careful.

Good luck to all!

I'm running W4D3 tomorrow morning. I started C25k when my son was 5 weeks old; I've repeated a couple weeks and had to take 2 weeks off because one of my knees was bothering me. With 50 or so extra pounds on my 5'11'' frame, that comes as no surprise to me!

I too am surprised that I am able to run 5 minutes non-stop, as I have not done this before in my 31 years on this planet! I think I may also repeat week 4. I'll see after tomorrow's run.

goodigirl2, we're on the same schedule! (: finished W4D3 yesterday, and even jogged into my cooldown for a few extra minutes - proving myself that the 8 min run on D2 will be nothing! D3, however... yikes. mentally preparing myself for that one hardcore. d:

Just did day 2. It was tougher than day 1. I think it was the heat. But I pushed through!

Ready to start Week 4 on Monday. Bring it on!!:happy: