I love the last sentence too! AWESOME! I am getting ready to do my very first 5K tomorrow. EEEEK! So excited and scared all at the same time.

Keep up the good work everyone!

Jennarena

Welcome to all the new folk, and congratulations everyone on your achievements so far! I got W4D1 done today... I managed to do it all without taking any breaks/rests, but I had to significantly decrease my pace.  I would rather slow down than stop entirely!

I've noticed that my metabolism is totally ramped up... I'm ravenous! Anyone else experiencing this?

Week 2, day 1 - I didn't think I'd be able to do the 90 second run, but I did it!  Great way to start the week!

Canadian Jen

Week 3 Day 1 done.  It was harder than I'd anticipated, but I did it.  My knees hurt that first 90 second jog, but by the 3 minute they were ok. Whew!  Glad it's done and I know what to expect the next two times out.

This week was not a good week for me. I am on week 2. The runs werent hard for me i was a little more out of breath than i was the first week, but it wasnt bad. I just wasn't motivated at all to run this week. I was supposed to run tues thurs and sat. I ran on tues then had no motivation on thurs so I ran on fri. and i think taking those 2 days off made it harder on my joints also it was like 20 mph winds. My whole run back on fri was against the wind. So because I ran on fri I was going to do my last run on sun which I didn't end up running. I was going to run the 3rd run today, but I just havent had the motivation. The weather here is just horrible. I want to run in the morning, but its just too cold like in the 40's or colder. It hasnt gotten higher than 55 in the past week and we have had horrible winds. So even if i wait until the middle of the day when the temp is the highest there are still 25 mph winds. Today some of the winds have gotten to 35 mph. I am not running in that. So i just figure i am going to redo week 2 starting tomorrow, hopefully the wind dies down i dont think it is supposed to though. I refuse to run on a treadmill also. Anyone have any advice to help with my motivation when the weather is bad and also getting up to run in the morning.

I finished W2D1 today. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I think my body is finally getting used to all the movement. I don't feel as achey anymore after runs. I do still get shin splints and have not found a way to prevent them. However, I only get them on my right leg.  I also think I found a good pace.

running is good for health keep running ,if you want a sound health.