HI Betsy, Jen, Christie, Kris and everyone else! My name is Nakita, 32, single (and ready to mingle  ) and living in Atlanta, GA.  

I completed W2D2 today and it was MUCH easier than W2D1. I think its because I worked out Friday -Monday with no days off. So today was much easier with the day in between. I am still not walking and running  all that fast but my main goal is to complete the workouts. Also added some weights today so overall it was a good workout. I'm going on vacation next week, but I have decided to keep up with the training and get the workouts in no matter what. I am mainly doing this to meet a personal goal, because I'm defintiely not a runner and until now its seemed like an unattainable goal (whoever said that in one of the previous posts, I DEFINITELY feel you on that one). Weight loss is also a goal. I have roughly 40-50 lbs to los, but I'm more concerned about how I look and feel than what the scale says.

Anyway,  thanks for the support so far. We can do it! 

W2D1 down. Phew -- it was kind of hard. I lost steam (was going uphill) on the last 90 sec. run and had to cut it short by a few seconds. But yes -- like you said -- yes, we can!

did you know you can't even say cr_p here? is that even a cuss word?

I'm looking forward as well to tomorrow's run to get w2 in the books and over with.

After this week is over, who is going to run for time and who is going to run for distance? I'm going to run for distance.

I think I'm running for distance, the time will come, plus at 39 I don't forsee 8 min miles racking up anytime soon?:8}

I just finished W3 D1!! What a difference between 90 seconds and 3 minutes of running, but I did it!  During the first 3 min running segment, I started thinking "man, 3 minutes is a long time", but just as I was thinking that, the alarm sounded and it was time to walk again.  

I am so glad I have this board to post on, it definitely keeps me motivated to keep moving forward with the program. I am feeling good about this b/c I am starting to see actual improvement in my body, I'm getting leg muscle definition, and my waistbands are a little looser on all of my pants - pretty awesome side effect of running.

RE: the question of whether we are running for time or distance, at this point I am running for time.  Once I can make myself run for 30 minutes straight, then I will focus on making sure I am going the full 3.1 miles at a time.  It's less intimidating for me that way.

I am so psyched to be in week 3, at the end of this week I will be 1/3 of the way done with the program!  Keep up the good work everyone!

Hi IB! Wow, we seem to be on exactly the same schedule, I've just finished W3D1. When I say 'just' finished, I mean the endorphine rush hasn't even worn off yet! It's weird to think that someone on the other side of the world is doing exactly the same running program at exactly the same time as me

I found it surprisingly easy, especially as W2D3 was just hellish. Today though, I was running round that park with a big grin on my face. Looking forward to my next run now, roll on Saturday morning!

Hey Disco, where are you?  That is funny that we are on the same schedule.  I started on a Thursday, I thought I would be the only one doing a Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday schedule, it works for me, so I'm sticking to it.  Isn't it great running for longer and longer intervals?

JP - Thanks for the encouragement! This site is so great for keeping each other motivated. 

I forgot to mention that I took my son to the park yesterday, one of his favorite things to do is run the bases on the baseball diamond (5 year olds have so much energy).  He always wants me to do it with him, but I am usually winded after one trip around.  Yesterday I ran the bases twice and didn't even feel a little winded, progress!