Congratulations, Mike!  That weight loss is really great, and your times are also great.  It definitely helps to have friends to run with to support you.  If you're by yourself, there's only you to keep you from walking - when you're with others, you don't want to be the chump walking

Check back in, and let us know how the 5k goes.  I've got one on Saturday, hoping for under 30 minutes, but that will REALLY be pushing it.

My wife just did W1D2, and it's kind of funny to watch her struggling as much as I did, and knowing I can actually run for 30 minutes now, while she's working her butt off for 60 seconds of it.  It's really incredible what a difference 27 training runs can do.

Great job everyone. I am up to 31 minutes of running, just not 3 miles yet. Tomm I plan to reach 2.5 and then next week the three miles. Still a mind war in my head but I just keep pushing. My goal is to achieve the 3 miles and then continue with it till the new year. I might start the 10k. I figure if I push myself farther I might get better speed!

I did watch the biggest losers last night, wow what an accomplishment they reached.

Today is an off day, which I need since my legs get so tired.

Goodluck and take care!

D

Actually, I lied. We're not training for the 10K, we're training for the 8K first. We're moving fairly slowly in our runs, so starting out with 2miles per run seems more fitting for us. Whoops!

But then in January, we start training for the 10K. I hope y'all are still going! I felt discouraged for a few days, but I'm feeling better today after a good run last night.

Libby & Shell- Congratulation Girls!  You are runners! It is so great that you have been able to make it all the way thru! Isn't it a wonderful feeling?  I look forward to hearing from you as you progress  beyond C25K.

Well I did it. My normal running days are M W F but due to circumstances beyond my control I had to run Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. I ran 3.1 miles yersterday and my legs were killing me afterwards. There was a bootcamp class there who cheered me on so that helped. They said I could join them after the run but after 3.1 miles I decided just to head home.

My next goal is the Peachtree Road Race here in Atlanta which is a 10k. I really love the C25K program and will be helping others with it soon. All my friends want to do it now.

I started on 10/5/2009 and graduated on 12/3/2009.

Giggity.

Thanks!

Mike

I believe I did it in just under 38 minutes. My running buddies and I decided to do distance rather than time for the whole program. So for this week I ran 3 miles each day instead of running for 30 minutes. I'm averaging 37 to 39 minutes for the 3 mile run. I think going forward my base run will be 3 miles and each week I'll add a lap onto the end. The Peachtree Road Race is huge but its always been a dream of mine to run it. As of this morning I tipped the scales at 291. I was close to 400 pounds at the beginning of the year. Running is an amazing workout.

Thanks for the feedback!

Mike

Aprillilly,  Great to hear a report from you.  So sorry to hear about your knee.   Perhaps you can stick to walking more till it feels better.  Not good to try and increase when it is hurting.   Be sure and keep your pace slow to reduce the impact.  This shall heal and you'll be able to continue.  Remember how important it is to listen to your body and go at its pace.  Your doing awesome!

I just finished a 4 mile run for the first time.  My 10 k training workout for this week was 3, 3, and 4 miles.   I am happy to report that I was able to complete the 4rth mile right on pace and not slow down.  I hope to be running a 10 k in about 8 weeks with my son.

Jess

Mike... I have started a thread titled,  "finished C25k training doing  Hal Higdons Novice 10K"  and would love to have people from here join if they want to go on to 10k.  You don't have to use that program to join the thread...  I was going to use it but found it wasn't the best for me.   I've been running 3 miles 3 times a week for several weeks now.  Hal Higdon's novice 10K starts with running 2 to 2 1/2 miles the first couple weeks.  I found a program that I think will work well for me.  It is called "Spark yourself to a 10K"   You can find it by googling that.  I started on week 3.  This week I ran 3, 3, and 4.   Running 3 times a week is about all I can manage.  I also play tennis leagues and am in a hiking club so do those for cross training.  Than there is that necessary "work" that I need to do several days a week,  LOL!  Anyway I think no matter which program you chose you end up tweaking it a bit to fit your needs and schedule.  

Anyone wanting to lose weight I recommend sparkpeople.com      It is a free weight loss community with all kinds of support teams and weight loss info.   I still have about 40 lbs I need to lose.

keep the spark!

Jess