niftylibrarian

Just got started on this! Love the tickers!

Thanks to all! I am not sure I will ever go on to a 10K...for now I want to build my speed. My next goal is to reduce my time, eventually running one in about 30 minutes.

Oh honey I feel you with that! I felt the same way (well still do to be honest). I am mostly embarassed but how crazy bright red my face gets. I honestly worry sometimes that people will stop to make sure I'm okay. I have just had to push through it and attempt to convince myself it does't matter. I even bought some real…

I can attest to the good shoes too! I traded in my old cross-trainer, almost hiking type shoes for some really light running sneakers ( I only wear Kalso Earth due to some foot problems) and it made a BIG difference. I too repeated week 4 a couple times but just finished the program on Tuesday and will run an official 5K…

Thank you all for the many suggestions and advice! I am not a seasoned runner (at all) but I did decide to go ahead and do 5K yesterday very early in the morning. I needed to prove to myself that I could do it and that Tuesday's run wasn't a fluke! I did it (slowly) and made it in just under 35:00. I am tired today but not…

Yes, yes, and yes! Sign up, girl! You will be so ready by October!

I love my fitbit one and read an article recently that said it measured calorie burn more accurately than other products on the market so that made me feel great about it!

I can only reiterate what others have said but I am in the middle of week 7. I am BLOWN AWAY that I can run for 20 minutes straight! I never dreamed that I would EVER get to this point. I cried after day 1 I felt so awful! It is coming along though and I have real 5K scheduled in just 2 weeks...right after completing the…