Melissa - Welcome aboard. Glad to have you start the thread. The more the merrier.

Pactwink - Congrats on going the distance. You may actually be a little too fast for some of us.

But we won't hold that against you.

Today is a walking day for me. Tomorrow is a rest day! Woohoo!

I am attempting 7.2 miles again on Saturday. It will be the second time that I have ever run that far.

At the perfect Penquin pace, it will take me 1.75 hrs plus my warm-up and stretching.

It will be 8.2 miles before it is all done.

Just talking about it is exciting. I'm getting psyched! You guys are such good listeners.

Hey Penguins!

I just finished W1D2 last night.  I was walking about 2.5 miles an hour and running between 3 and 3.5 miles an hour.  According to my figures, I averaged 19mm!  True Penguinness all the way!  But I did it and it will only get better from here.   I will be running all week next week outside, which could be interesting.  I do my runs on the treadmill, but Mom and Dad don't have a treadmill at home.  Maybe I'll see if my 3 and 5 y.o niece and nephew want to run with me.  They live in the woods on a gravel road.  Okay, now running outside sounds really fun!

Have a great weekend,

Waddle on,

pam

Pam,

You're on the mend. 19mm is what I call progress. Keep it up

and you will be running all the way.

Jasmine,

I have been battling speed also since I started in June. I started running at the same speed I was walking.

I am now starting to break out into  sub16 mm. I think I will get faster as I lose more weight.

Hang in there! You've accomplished so much.

Pact,

People run at different speeds. Quite an obvious statement.

The way I see it, running fast is fine if you don't get injured. These pages are filled with stories

of people that thought they could run faster and hurt themselves. IMHO-a person should run

at the pace with which they are comfortable. Most of us are still building endurance and distance.

Some increase in speed will come as the body is strengthened through endurance. More speed can be achieved through

weight loss. Finally, speed can be increased by training for it-drills, hills, etc.

If you can tak while you are running, you are running fast enough.

I got an early start this morning. Up at 5 am. Warmed up for a mile, stretched, and ran 3.6 miles.

The 5k part was accomplished in 49:41 mm. That even included walking for 2 minutes at mile 2.

I have been battling sinus problems. I was wanting to run 8 miles. Just not in the cards today.

You have an excellent time for a Penguin, and I believe you are improving every week.  In week 4, I was at 20mm, and you are at 16-17mm.  Now, at 2 wks post-C25K, I'm at ~16-17mm.  So I bet by your C25K graduation that you will be sub-14mm.  We are going at the pace that our body can handle.  As we tone and build endurance, we will continue to get better as long as we keep on runnin'.  Eventually we both will reach 12mm and then go on to do sub-30 minute 5K's.

I am going to run a 2 miler tomorrow; there was a 5 miler but I didn't think I was up to it.  I ran 2.2 miles this morning and felt great but I am still 16.4 or so mm.

You all are doing great!