SayHelloToFrogs - YIIIIPPPPPPPEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great news on Dylan....and you got your run in, awesome!.....now go sleep for about a million hours you deserve it!

Sayhellotofrogs!!!!!!!  Excellent excellent news!!! Now you can both get back on track!  Congrats being able to do a week 7 run....those babies are HARD without any additional stress or fatigue!  You ROCK!

I've been looking at the Nike, but don't have the Nike shoes. Does anyone have anything similar to record pace? Or has anyone had luck with the Nike+ with other shoes?

I ran W3D3 this morning, and it was another good run.  Now I'm starting to worry about the next week, as usual.  5 minutes???  I'll just give it a shot on Monday a.m., and hope for the best.

I'm running slowly, but I'm running. 

Hi Maria, thanks for the heart rate monitor info.....I read on a website that Nike had kind of done a recall on the wrist monitor for their + unit - you should call up Nike on their 800 number and stomp your feet and demand a new one even without the receipt. you own it, it failed, they should replace it! does your Rs200 support the foot pod? Mara

SayHelloToFrogs - You and your son INSPIRE me to keep going!  (hugs)

Finished week 6, day 3 run of 25 minutes and it was HARD... but I did it!  When my body catches up to my brain i'm gonna be lethal.

Week 7 Down for me !!!!

SO I did my week 7 day 3 run this am supposed to be 25 mins or 2.5 miles. I decided to switch from time to distance today but had a hard time finding a good route in my neighborhood that was 2.5 miles. So I did 2.7 miles in 33 minutes, which is 12.22 minute mile pace, wish it was a little faster but I was so stoked that I ran for 33 minutes without stopping. So from now on I'm doing distance since I have a 5 K in two weeks.

BUT, I'm now a little bummed. My run went well and my back/butt muscle didn't hurt at all while running. But since then it has just gotten worse and worse all day. i took 1000mg of naproxen and that didnt help any. So called my dr and he told me to stop running for 2-3 days. I have been doing the stretches he told me, ice/heat and that didnt help any yet. Hopefully all I need is the weekend to rest and dont have to rest much longer I'm worried about resting too much and not getting to do a little more distance before my 5K on July 4.

sayhellotofrogs: The stretches are pretty simple. He told me to do them everyday not just on days I run. They are to loosen up my hips and upper legs, he siad that the problem was actually in my hips and not really in my back.

Quad stretch - using a resistance band lay on your belly loop the band around your foot and pull your foot in towards your bottom until you feel a good stretch. Do 2X for 30sec

Hamstring - using a resistance band lay on your back loop the band around your foot, with your knee slightly bent pull your leg uo over your head (gently don't go to far) until you feel a good stretch in you hamstring. 2x 30 sec

Hips/Hams/Quads - on your knees in a lunge position, one knee on floor out in front of you other at 90 degrees, with your body upright lean forward and feel the stretch in the front of one leg and in your hips. swithch legs do each leg 2X for 30sec.

Ally,

You were wondering about other people and where they were physically when they started. I'm 41 (male) and was a pretty decent high school athlete, etc. Stayed pretty active through my early to mid-20's, then basically did nothing physical for the past 10-12 years.

The Couch25K has been perfect for me. Like you said, it's tough enough to be a challenge. I'm beginning Week 5 tonight (sometime LATE tonight) and that 20-minute run at the end of the week is certainly a little daunting. Right now, though, I'm focusing on those 8-minute runs that are coming sooner. I'm really starting to believe in the program. Honestly, a month ago the thought of running 5 minutes in a row sounded impossible!

Stay the course!