Well, just finished W1D2 and it is only 0630!!  It was a little harder than D1, but worked through it and just slowed the running down a little.  Figured out that I desperately need gloves and something to cover my ears!  Gets a little chilly when that wind kicks up!  Nice to do this for myself without the kids!  I have been thinking about what Aubrey said yesterday---I need to do this for myself too!!

My husband and I are signing up for a 5K on 11/28.  I will be only finishing week 4, but figure I can run/walk it and not push to run the whole thing.  It is just something to look forward to!!

Hope everyone gets in their runs today and thanks for the encouragement to keep going!  It helps to read how others are doing too!!!

By the way, just got my seasonal flu shot yesterday too and my are is still hurting this morning!!

So happy to have finished week 1, thank you guys for keeping me focused. It has been great reading everyones comments knowing that we are all going through this together. I admire those of you who are up at 4:30am to do the session, what great commitment, you deserve to succeed.

I got up at the reasonable time of 6:15 even though it is my day off. I thought it would be better to stick to the routine.Gone were the blue skies of the previous mornings but that was expected as last night it was Bonfire Night (Remember, remember the 5th of November, gun powder, treason & plot) and it is always dull & cloudy the next day. I changed my route this morning and found it a little bit harder. I think that was because the new route was a rectangle, 2 short straight runs and 2 long straight runs whereas the D1 & D2 runs had pleanty of twists & turns through the town,

I now have 2 rest days and I am looking forward to W2.

Morn'n ya'll

Ok so I got up at 5 and went for a slow run, Biscuit immediately ran out of my truck and was running in circles.  He didn’t run away he always stayed near me but not close enough for me to catch him.   Sighhhhhh.  I stood by my car and thought what am I gonna do?  But he came close enough for me to step on the leash and I caught him.  That little episode brought my heart rate up!

I was tired this morning and thought oh lets skip it.  But yesterday was my off day and during the early morning I was wishing I had at least walked.  SOOOO I got up got dressed and away I went. Proud of myself for that.  I will do it again tomorrow so I can officially start W2.

Cheers

Well I finished Week 1 this morning at about 3:30 and it went much better then the first two days. I've also been glad to notice more progress with the distance over the last week as I have gone from 1.88 miles on day one to 2.12 on day two and now 2.30 for the third run. I am interested in seeing how running for longer periods of time affects my distance. I am curious to see if I make it further or if I dont make it as far because I might be out of breath.

Hey Susan - Hang in there.  You're not alone.  I'm gonna be a slow, struggling runner too.  I finished W1D3 today and it was ugly.  (Mostly because I forgot to heed the paygirl's "no chinese" rule - I forgot!  Ugh!  paygirl you are so wise!!!!)  I'm actually afraid of Week 2, but I'm not giving up.  I've got a hike tomorrow with some co-workers who also happen to be working on their own C25K plans.  Normally I'd do W2D1 on Sunday, but I think I'll move that to Monday.  I have a feeling I'm going to be wicked sore on Sunday.

I'm so glad I finally got back on here.  I wasn't able to sign in all weekend.

So, off now to start W2D1 in the morning.  I'm so excited because this doesn't seem so undoable.  My Saturday workout wasn't so bad at all.   I felt good and didn't have any pain at all!!!  YEAH!!  It wasn't a breeze for me but I got through it w/o a huge struggle.

Hi there!  My name is Kim and I am 33 years old and am starting this week the couch to 5K plan.  I want to do a 5K on January 1, 2010.  Today will be my first workout, so will let you know how it goes!