I did it!!  W9D3 is DONE.  I didn't do so badly on time, either, even though my legs felt like they were pushing through mud the entire way. 

To amuse myself, I like to come up with silly rhymes while I'm running.  So here is today's:

My nose is cold, my toes are numb,

Whoever said that running’s fun?

The temp must be ‘bout 10 below,

I’m sure I’ll catch my death of cold.

It’s dark right now, and misty too,

With fog as thick as split pea soup,

To think that I’m out here instead

Of snuggling in my nice, warm bed.

My lungs they burn, my chest it pounds,

My joints are creaking, what a sound!

My face is sweaty and it’s red,

Was that a raindrop on my head?

Two laps to go, I’m almost through,

The fog has gone, the dark clouds too,

The sun is warm, the sky is blue,

And did I say I’m almost through?

It’s over now, my workout’s done,

I’ve finished yet another run!

I’ve feeling in my hands and feet,

It doesn’t hurt so much to breathe…

I feel great!  I really do!

I really love to run, it’s true!

I just can’t wait to get outside,

To hit the road and find my stride!

If you've read my past posts, you know that I don't actually find running all that fun.  However, I'm hoping that if I keep telling myself that it is, and keep working at it, then perhaps one of these days I will believe it. 

Good luck, everyone!  I'll keep checking in to see how y'all are doing!

THAT IS THE BEST POEM EVER!!!! I can't believe you really came up with that while you were running!!!  I am very impressed!!

edit: And congratulations on finishing!!!! Good job!!! Hopefully we will all be joining you soon as C25k Alumni!

I absolutely laughed out loud when I read your comment about the squirrel! My husband asked me what I wad laughing about and had a good chuckle when I told him.

AlmightyD... run your race. I haven't run since last Tuesday because of my ankle. I am running a cross country 5K on Saturday. My goal is just to finish. Don't worry about your time. Just do what you can and celebrate your completion. I finished towards the front with 34 minutes. If you finish in 45 you will have plenty of company. There were people who finished in 57 minutes. Just run your race!  You can do it! Just remember how far you've come. I can't wait to hear how it goes!

sy5temfire, seeing as how I am from Cincinnati when I'm not in Afghanistan I probably shouldn't be aiding someone from Pittsburgh, but you're new here so I'll let it go this time .  This is a website I found once upon a time with treadmill conversions:  http://www.hillrunner.com/training/tmillchart.php

My second 5K is coming up on Sat. I am nervous! I have been having a lot of aches and pains. Tonight I couldn't run after my first mile. My left knee was killing me... The race is cross country so I am extra worried about rough terrain. Wish me luck!

Good luck of your 5k tomorrow Nicolette!!

Congratulations on finishing, Jeb! And 3.25 miles! wow!! Any plans for whats next?

As for me, I'm still on break from running. My last run (W8D1) was one week ago today, but it feels like so much longer. I never thought I would be saying this... but I really miss running!! I've been looking up info about Plantar Fasciitis and I'm pretty certain that is what it is, so I have been icing my foot and I found a taping method that really seems to help. I'm not going to start running again until I see the Podiatrist, though, because I don't want to risk hurting anything even more.

Apparently the SGT found another loop that is right at 2 miles.  I was thinking about sticking with the same schedule as before but maybe try doing 2 miles with a faster pace on days 1 and 2 and then doing a long run around "the loop" on day 3 with my usual walk on the in between days.  I'm definitely going to keep doing something...I feel great and I didn't do all this just for the sake of finishing it.

We went over to shoot some archery at the prison today so I was able to upload my Nike+ stuff.  My distance was pretty close to what I thought it was but the thing I was also really happy about was that my pace was the same as all my previous runs and it was pretty consistent over the entire run.  In fact, my last mile was actually my fastest by 3 seconds/mile.  Now that I know I can run the distance, I'm hoping I can improve my pace with shorter faster runs.

Congrats on your weightloss! That is awesome. What did you say you were doing?