Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the new posters!

My schedule has been crazy lately and I haven't had much time for getting online.  When I've had a chance to try to come here, I've experienced a lot of trouble with this site, with page loading times so long I was tempted to heave my computer through the nearest window.  (Obviously, I need to learn to be a runner for stress relief.  Lol.)  Other times I just got system error messages and no page loaded at all.  Anyone else having those issues? 

Tomorrow, unless the snow starts too early for me to get out to the trail, I'll be doing the week 1 workout for the 13th time.    How pitiful is that?  Doesn't matter.  I'm actually enjoying it.  I'm finally really starting to feel like there's progress.  I'm definitely recovering my breath faster now after each jogging interval and am going a smidge faster for both the walking and the jogging segments.  And my shins hurt less.  Obviously I needed to put in some time doing some conditioning before I actually do the C25K program. I'm totally okay with that.  I'm determined that THIS time will be different and that I won't just "white knuckle" my way through the program hating every minute of it.

I'm glad to see so many people posting here.  I was trying to respond to everyone's posts earlier but I don't have time to do that this time.  It would be great to see this thread take off and see folks responding to and interacting with each other.  It seems like the original poster never made it back to check on her thread so it's not like there's anyone here who's "in charge" of it.  I think we should go ahead and make it our own if we want to. 

Good luck to everyone doing a workout in the next few days.  Stay warm!

Oh, and Aspen8, yes I have been having problems with this site too, lots of errors.  Hopefully it will get resolved soon. 

Well, Week 1 is done. Whew! I feel AMAZING just for having completed it. I shall not feel defeated if I have to repeat this week (or any week) more than once. I definitely notice some changes in my body that I like...and some I don't like, such as sore ankles and muscles, which I think is to be expected.

OMG W4D1 kicked my bootie!  I got half way through it then had to walk most of the last two running sessions.  My lungs felt like they were closing up.  I just coulnt take deap enough breaths, even when walking I couldnt quite get there.  I have pretty bad asthma, well I used to untill I went on a plant based whole food diet.  It felt like it was coming back.  I'm sure it has to do with the cold I had yesterday. Yes, just yesterday.  Normally a cold could knock me out for a few days to a week, but this was gone in less then 24 hours.  I felt great today to run, but apparently my lungs were telling me otherwise.  Super bummed about that because I felt like I was doing so great with the progression and was really looking forward to completing today.  I knew it wouldnt be easy, but I at least wanted to complete all the running.  Anyway, we will see how Wednesday and Friday go, hopefully it was just my cold and those days will go better.

Hope everyone is staying healthy!

Stacy

I'm doing W4D1 tomorrow and am really worried/intimidated.  Three minutes is still killer for me, so we'll see how 5 minutes goes.  I will give it my best, but like runswithcarrots and BeautifulMonster I may have to modify it until I can do week 4 the right way.  On the treadmill, I walk at 3.5 and run at 6, and I really hate to modify that, but if I need to slow down at this point, maybe I should.  I want to trust the program and my ability to do it!  Will post how is goes!

I am starting the couch to 10k program.  I have run 5ks before, but I have not run a 5k and run the whole thing.  I thought by starting the couch to 10k program It will help me accomplish this.  I have started the couch to 5k before, but I have never finished the program.  I am hoping by posting here it will help me keep myself accountable!

It is so good to see so many people here starting the program.  I finished by C25K on Sunday and my first 5K will be March 16th.  I will be running every other day till that day.  I hope I can keep it up and my speed will come along.  Everyone here seems to be doing a great job!!! Keep up the good work!!!

Angie

November 2011 I broke my leg in a pretty bad manner. As I started physical therapy I noticed that I was really out of shape. To the point where I was delusional in how in shape I thought I was!!! I realized then that I had never been a "skinny" adult. I had let myself go for the sake of taking care of my kids and family. I decided to change that and start taking care of myself. Beginning in November of 2012 I started doing a cycle class up to three times a week. I almost walked out of that first class!!! Getting through the holidays was tough but I managed to at least keep the scale from going up. At the beginning of this year I decided that my goal is now to finish my first ever 5K. I started looking for one and saw that there is the Bunny Rock on my 35th birthday no less!!! With butterflies in my stomach I signed up. I must have hovered over that "accept" button for about 5 minutes!!! Since the 5k is so close I went to the gym and wanted to see how well I did just running. This was the first time I have ever climbed onto a treadmill. As I was running I realized that I was actually doing it!! The minutes were going by and I was still running. I couldn't believe it.I stopped a lot but my longest run was for 7 minutes straight!! Simply amazing.  I looked at the time and saw that I had gone 2.5 miles in 40 minutes!!! I literally cried. I couldn't believe it.I must have looked like a crazy person to the other people in the gym.  A year ago i was in crutches and barely able to make it across the parking lot, and here I had just walked/ran/jogged 2.5 miles.

Since that day I have started the C25K. I am on W4D2 and am really looking forward to completing this 5k in under 30 mins!!