@wearewebb...Welcome!  There are many on this thread that have been so encouraging to me...glad you are here, and we can conquer this together!  I did my first workout yesterday, and I thought I was gonna die!  I felt pretty good the rest of the day, but this morning, I could really feel it.  I'm SO sore!  I got up and made myself walk this morning for 20 minutes.  I want to get to tomorrow's workout, but I'm really worried that since I'm so sore, the second day will be harder than the first!  I guess we'll see!

As far as podcasts....I have browsed for some Christian music as well, and haven't come up with anything.  I've downloaded from two different places.  Do a google search on Carli Fierce, and Nicole Blum.  Carli has two podcasts, one is hiphop, and one is old-school rock.  I did the rock one yesterday.  It's not music that I listen to all the time, but I did recognize the songs, and enjoyed them.  I REALLY like her vocal cues.  She is calm, and encouraging.  Her website is pretty informational about fitness/weight loss.  Nicole has a blog and her podcasts are hip hop too, but I haven't used them yet, as I just started this yesterday.  Thought maybe these could work for ya until you find exactly what you want.  There is a podcast out there with vocal cues only and no music.  It says that you can put your own music to the vocal cues, but I haven't tried to do it.  Not real confident that I'm "computer-savy" enough, lol.  Good Luck!

If you have a FB account...go on over there and "Like" the page!  Just another way for us all to keep in touch, and maybe find some more folks to join us!  The page is called C25K Start 2/28/2011.

I didn't get to start yesterday but I made up for it today along with a Callanetics Evo CD first. I'm tired but feeling good. I had to skip the 4th run but tacked it on at the end so I don't feel like I cheated too much. lol

I didn't find much in the way of Christian music to listen to for this activity either. I don't think there's a whole lot of Christian music that is "running material" so I stepped back in to the 80's a bit. There's a lot of good stuff from that era. Of course, I'm biased because I'm a class of '83 myself.

If it hasn't already been done, maybe we can share music titles to run by. My personal favorite today was Cold As Ice by Foreigner.

Oh, btw,  I did the C25k in my sauna suit. Don't worry...plenty of water.

I hope everyone is having a good day. Since today was a no running day for me I decided to take a kickbxing class this morning at the gym. I am going to be soooo sore tomorrow but right now I feel great. I signed up for a 5k (well it's actually a 6k which I thought was a little random, it's a little more than a 1/2 mile longer than a 5k) but nonetheless I registered anyway. I love reading everyone's posts you are all doing so great I am going to check out the facebook page too. Have great a day!

Nice work Val for getting in Day 2!

As far as your heartrate, your increased speed is for just a short period of time (30-60 sec) (also known as interval training) which is actually a good thing. Now you won't be able to maintain this for long periods of time (hence the short bouts), but it is good to increase your heart rate for short periods such as the interval training we are doing for the C25K. This is what helps to get the condition you need.

Granted performing your workout two days in a row, does not give your body a chance to "repair" itself. That's why they say to take a day off in between, or do a different workout using different muscle groups (running for your lower body) so you could do an upper body workout, yoga or stretching the next day to give your legs a rest. But you'll be resting tomorrow so be sure to do some light stretching of your hamstrings, quadriceps, and calf muscles even if you are a little sore, it will difinitely help!

Again congratulations on getting through Day 2 with your busy schedule : )

Sue

Thanks running4four....by the way, are we supposed to be posting to the FB account instead of this one?  Now that there is more than  one choice I'm confused!!  (Doesn't take much, does it?!?)

Hello everyone,

This is my 3rd time doing the C25K program. I'm hoping this will give me some motivation to stick with it. I'm training for the race for the cure on Mother's Day. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone better. I completed my 1st day today. It was tough, but it'll get easier.

I hope everyone doesn't migrate to Facebook...I will miss each and every one of you if you leave here....

K8lu - welcome to the group!

Beth - I feel the same way about feeling out of shape! But hey - you are up and moving now, and feeling it means IT'S WORKING IT!!!!! good for you!!!!

running4four - just work through the soreness! Pain is different than soreness...so as long as it's not "pain"....

amlaboy - I am class of 83 too! Glad there's someone my age here ! ha ha

AshleyRS - half marathon...good for you guys! I don't think I can shoot that high...best regards to you all!!! (icky ice and snow!!! bad, bad snow!!!)

unikay - I love kickboxing too...been a few years since I've done it. I have a Jillian Michaels DVD and she incorporates some...did some Tae Bo with Billy Banks. and also went to a martial arts place to do cardio kickboxing.

Valarie - ok, so I'm not a doctor or a nurse, but I AM a nursing student <not to mention was in the public health field for 10 years>....ha ha....so  can you expect me to be quiet? ha ha... I will say that you need to listen to your body and not worry about doing 4.5. There is a target training rate where you get optimal  effects from the workout, if that's what you want. In case you didn't know about target heart rate, I've found this link for you in case you want to look at it:

http://www.cchs.net/health/health-info/docs/0900/0984.asp?index=5508

I wouldn't feel bad about running at 4.0 at all. When I started on the treadmill, that's where I started. Everyone has a different idea and different goals. My personal opinion is that I wanted to do "couch to 5K", not "couch to 6.0 on the treadmill". I decided to work on distance first and get to 5k and run it, then work on improving speed. So, in case you feel the same way, just know you aren't the only one.  And I agree with Sue about giving your legs a day off. It would realy stink if you tried so hard to keep the schedule, but ended up sidelined because of an injury.

kalicat - welcome to the group! Mother's Day - that's a great idea!!!!

Hi all...

Saw this post and read through some of the 6(!) pages...sounds like we all have the same goal in mind!  Can I join??

I restarted C25K on Friday and will finish W1 tomorrow evening.   I did it a few years ago with great success but life and an injury got in the way.  I am doing it primarily for health and fitness but a friend talked me into running in the Komen Race for the Cure 5K on April 9.  Now we have something to work for.  She's just starting as well.

My high school reunion is this fall and I want to wow my classmates...I graduated at over 200 pounds so they have never seen me healthy before.

I teach 8th grade math and we are entering our "stress" season...the next two months are state testing...I noticed on Friday, after a particularly stressful day, that going out for C25K relieved the stress....that, in itself, will be a lifesaver for me!

Cathie