I have found that if I set specific goals for myself it is attainable. I just need a deadline to work for. I am tired of being fat and out of shape. My short term fitness goal is to go snow boarding when we go to WY. To visit my in-laws this Christmas without being so sore that I can not walk the next day. my long term goal is to walk in Aeropostle and buy a pair of white or khaki shorts and a cute cami and look great in them on my 30th birthday!(May 16) I have wanted to wear white shorts like my friends for the last 4 summers and have not had the body or confidence to actually wear them outside of the dressing room. I know those are two shallow reasons and I should probably just say that I want to be healthy for my kids, which I do, but it is 6 am and I have been up all night reading the first two Grey books so I might be a little keyed up... Lol

I think you should definitely do your run.i did mine after completing W4D2. You don't have to run the whole time. I feel a little hypocritical saying this because before mine run I had determined that I was going to run the whole time. I just ended up running when I could and walking when I couldn't (hills). There are going to be plenty of people who are walking. Just do it so you have a base time and set small goals for yourself after that. You can do it!

Thanks, Maureen0131!  Making some new friends is the best part of this running experience.  Now when we see each other in the halls, we say "Hey runner!"  Great feeling.  I didn't hear about that run in Lakewood? I'll ask my team about it.

Thanks so much!  I've been in recovery mode (ok, lazy mode!) this week, but I'm going run this weekend. Weather in Cleveland is supposed to be sunny and above freezing.  Yay!

LOL!  Jeb6294, you're hilarious!  :-)

Leighton and I went for a "training " run for our race next weekend (gulp).  I went to the place I did my first C25k day.  It's a square fireld with 3 baseball backstops and a path around the outside. My goal that first day was to run the length of the backstops and walk the rest 4 times. It felt like the hardest thing in the world.  Today I ran 36 min , not fast but I didn't stop. definately didn't brake any records today  but still felt good to see how really far I have come, and to have my little cheerleader yelling "go Mom go!" every time I came by, after she ran her mile that is :-)

good run to everyone this weekend!!!!

W9D1.......Wooooo Hoooooo!!!  I just ran 3 miles!!  That has been my goal for several years now, and I finally did it.  I can't believe it.  I tried C25K many moons ago, but I quit about halfway through.  One of the reasons I quit was that I was running by time and not distance.  I could see that I wouldn't be anywhere near a 3-mile run by the end of the nine weeks. So this time I went for distance.  I wasn't sure I was going to make it, especially around weeks 7 & 8, but surprisingly enough, today wasn't that bad.  It was actually a tad easier than the last couple of weeks have been.  I am more excited about today's run than I think I will be when I finish the C25K program!

Got out this morning in the frost, thought I was going to be cold but was surprisingly comfortable, hot even.   My Gps decided not to work so I can only guess from past runs how far I went and I think It was my best time too  grrrrrrrrrr.

Woohooo Loony2ns on your 3 mi!!!     I still look at the map whenever it says I ran that far to see if it was a mistake :-)

Welcome Dezjeli!!   Good luck on your race !!!   I'll be running my first one on the 18th and crossing that off my bucket list as well.  Will be waiting to hear how it went! I am also 48 (shshshshshshshsh) but I have never ran before trying this.