Congratulations to everyone who completed the 5K today.

I did it too..and just like you, Karen, I have 2 weeks to go in  the C25K program.. I walked a little in the middle, but ran a lot at the beginning and a little at the end. My time was really slow (58 minutes) but I listened to everyone who said, do not worry about your time..build your endurance..So I kept telling myself that.

Thank you to all for words of encouragement because I would not have done it if it weren't for all the great postings..

Special thank you to Jess, Kendra anf Karen and everyone else for your words of encouragement.

Karen, great job and also so glad to hear that one of your sons ran with you. My daughter ran with me and that was wonderful..She's a bit older, an adult and it was great to do it with her..She has beeen inspiring me all through training.

Congratulations, Aprillilly!!  You did it!  You should feel so proud that you got out there and did it!  You finished a 5K going strong.  I hope you had a wonderful rest of your thanksgiving.

Kendra

Aprillilly, you did an awesome job.

Pearson, great photo.

I'm so proud of everyone.

We've all come a long way.

Wow, fatladyrunning, you did a great job. You ran for five  miles without walking. That is impressive!

Stellar job!

Well- I am glad to see that everyone seems to have accomplished their thanksgiving goal with varying degrees of success----------------

especially glad to see FatLadyRunning do so well & to see Jess post such a good time in her 5K-also glad to see that though some of us struggled- nobody really crashed and burned

but---,Maybe fair to remind ourselves- thursday wasn't really a "transformative experience'- in the greater scheme of things it was just one more day of running- in a new lifetime of running.

the most important thing-is to KEEP running

so-when is your NEXT run?-how FAR?- WHERE are you going to Run?- how fast?

my next run-is sunday--off road(as always)--- very strenuous 5K course--- HUGE hill

tuesday- flat trail- will run5K---PLUS 10%-so about 3-1/2 miles- I will actually run 3.2 miles-and then 3 minutes beyond that as I am trying to seamlessly transition into building up to the 10K distance.

starting to snow right now-so I guess I am going to have to buy an outer shell today or tommorrow as we are at the  time of the year,at last, where I can't continue running in long sleeve tshirts alone- need some semblance of rain/snow proof upper layer.

got to go walk my 13 month old Lab- and then climb up on a customers roof this morning,

Best wishes all,

stephen

Congratulations to everyone who trotted yesterday!

I just came in from finishing W8D3. I'm a bit of a slow poke, so I only covered 2.2 miles, but it's 2.2 that I couldn't do 8 weeks ago, so I'm trying to not beat myself up over it.

In other news, though my weight has stayed constant, today I put on my skinniest pants. The ones that haven't fit in over 5 years. Go me.

Shell

Today I did my Thanksgiving 5K.  It was a small (120 runners) event, timed with a chip.  Weather was cold and clear, perfect for a winter run.  At the start, everyone else sprinted ahead, while I proceeded to run at my own best pace.  I did the first mile in 14:30, hit mile 2 at 30:00 (my best 2 mi time to date), and powered thru the last 1.1 miles to complete the race in 46:36 - a 15:02 pace. WhooHoo!  I don't think I could have run much faster, because my heart rate ranged from 160-173 (near my max) for the whole race.  This was a 5:12 min improvement since my last race 5 weeks ago.

Aprillily- I just want you to know that the first 5K I did at the beginning of training was at 62:42, far behind the last finisher.  So I think its great that you were able to finish under one hour.  Just think - you ran almost one hour!!  As long as you keep at it, you will do better.  For us Penguins, we make a lot of improvement with our initial training.

For those of you who had ~5 mile runs this week, and completed them near one hour - that is so awesome.  I did my first 5 mi long run earlier this week - but I took it nice and sloo-ww (ie. 18mm pace or 90 mins).  That was one long run.  I have a long way to go to get under one hour.

Jo Anne

Thank you sooooo much for the encouraging words. I will remember them. When I checked the race results, I came in last. If you look at it another way, however, I came in 2nd in my age/sex range...but there were only 2 of us in the above 60 age/female bracket.. I am excited to try to beat my time next time and Jo Anne, looking at your numbers, I see that it is possible..

And your weight loss results are so inspiring too.

Karen, I love your picture. You look fabulous.