I just had a look at your blog.  Pretty impressive.  I'll be following your journey to fitness.  Hopefully it will inspire mine.  Good luck.

hey all, nice to meet you! i started last week, let my work get the best of me, and started again last saturday. are y'all running 3 days a week? the week 1 program isn't killing me so i'm tempted to bump it up a notch. except that this is the first time i've ever really enjoyed running, and solely because it's NOT killing me. so maybe i stay put and follow the program posted by the experts.

so glad to meet more newbies!

@and-she-ran - that meet-up is a great idea! thanks for the inspriration.

sarahp

Thanks, And-she-ran

I've check out a few of the latest blogs of yours. Wow, such nice writing . I'll read the rest when I have time.

Thanks for your encouragement, I know how you feel about people looking.

A small trick I learnt recently (which allowed me to go to the HASH club without any trepidation) was to look at a loved one and note how I felt. Then do the same for a complete stranger and an enemy.

Then look at a complete stranger with the same attitude/feelings you have when looking at a loved one and an enemy, the same way as a stranger.

It's weird but I don't worry about how I look as much when I'm out running. Isn't the brain odd?

I've been running around a neighbouring street (they don't know me there and won't see me on a regular basis) and in a tarmac five-a-side football enclosure. I think I may need to use the technique again before I hit the public park. There are't many runners there, mostly dog walkers and couples.

Although I'm not running much. I've just realised I've been out three days out of four! Maybe I need a little rest and wait until Saturday

W1D1 half programme down, looking forward to W1D2 half programme! Next week maybe W1D1 in its entirety

I've just downloaded RunDouble, a free app for my HTC Android Phone. Fingers crossed it works ok!

Is it too late for me to join in? I just did Day 1 today. Feeling a bit disappointed & proud. I've been putting this off & putting it off. But, I started today. While I could not do all of the 8 1 minutes runs, I'd say I did 7 of them. I had to take a break for 1 of them & then admittely walked the last 15 seconds of 1. So I give myself credit for 7 of them.

Which C25K do you all use?

I have the one from Apple called Get Running.

Couldn't wait for W1D2 to arrive (although I've still to complete W1D1 properly) and My alarm failed to go off. Luckily there was still time to do a run.

I wasn't keen though. I just wanted to be an instant success. Reading and-she-ran's blog made it sound like there was going to be pain and suffering everyday and I wasn't sure I was up to that.

Nevertheless I had a new app on my HTC Wildfire Android to test out.

RunDouble: The free version get's you to week two and logs your route via GPS and allow you to progress to other post-5k programmes.  £0.99 for the upgrade it seems.

But I found that my little five aside football court is too small to register properly, so after two laps I hit the street (just around a block to give the GPS a chance). I'll see what happens Monday with my times after a proper routed and GPS track.

The GOOD NEWS

I completed the 8 intervals!!! The music and voice cues helped me to focus soley on my form, lifting my feet from the floor towards my butt as quickly as possible.

Here are the numbers.

1.12 miles: Pace (ex warmup/warmdown) 16:32m/mile: Fastest interval 12:21m/mile: Longest interval 0.08 miles.

I hope I can get a full W1D2 done on Monday now.

Keep it up everybody and BTW these apps are great, just like a little personal trainer. The app I used is loud enough to be heard hand-held on my Wildfire and the little map of my track shows the warmup/down, walking and running interval in different colours.