Just finished up Wk4D3. It was surprisingly easy today. The first 3 minute run was a little stiff like usual but after that I just zoned and kept going. I am still very nervous about wk5d3....I just can't imaging being able to run 20 minutes by next friday...I will go for it though but I can honestly see myself needing at least two tries for that one. Hopefully we can get some more reports in so we can bump this thread to the first page!

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W4D3, it was warmer then it has been and I didn't drink my glasses of water pre-run that I normally do. I got busy do other things and got out of my routine.

"It never hurts to help a friend". Can you name the show

Run went fine, I felt tight all over, not necessarily tired. Do run further then W4D2 .

Looking forward to W5, but may start on Sunday instead of Monday. My schedule now gets back to being hectic.

thought I better update myself on the graph.

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I finished week 4. I struggled a little bit on the 2nd run of the week, but I didn't get good rest before waking up in the morning (work has been VERY hectic lately with a lot of long hours - and after that, I've been trying to still make time at home which has kept me up late every night...waking at 5:30 isn't so easy when you're up until midnight or later). I'm excited about week 5. I am not sure how I'll handle the 20 minute run on day 3, but I'm at least looking forward to trying.

I found a 5K I want to run, it's not until February though - which I guess gives me more time (I might even be able to finish OHR by then) but it's further out than I really wanted.

blueberry567 - so you're in Tempe I'm in Tucson....nice to see someone fairly close. I thought I recognized that name from your other post, now I know why.

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Yes, Blueberry! Keep going! You can do it!

RDSammons, I know what you mean about getting up early. I teach high school and I usually get up between 5 and 5:30 myself. What's OHR?

Lisa, wow, you're an inspiration. 20 minutes? Congratulations!

I'm pretty awful at this, but I realized today that I'm getting less awful, so that's gotta count for something, right? I did w3d2 again today, and I will confess that usually I leave off that last 1 1/2 minutes of running because in my mind, doing the two 3 minute sessions has to be the most important part, right? Today I gave myself the option to do it, and part of me wanted to do it, so the rest of me caved. I did it and got through it.

I'm seeing progress. It's slow progress, but Rome wasn't built in a day, right? (I'm SUCH a type A. Not mastering this right away is killing me! LOL) I have to remind myself that in the beginning, running a solid minute was hard, and now I do that without a problem.

ChrissyMarie~
Slow and steady wins the race~

I am finding it does get easier. I never would have believed that especially being 60lbs overweight and doing this in the summer! Trust me, it does get easier, this program works!

Today, I decided to challenge myself. I mapped a 3 mile route and timed myself. These were my results:

20 minute jog
3 min walk
13 minute jog
2 minutes walk

Yep, 38 minutes~so again, if I can do it, nice and slow--so can you!