Great to see everyone jumping on board !

Started today! I am literally starting from the couch -38, overweight, and  no reasonable amount of exercise has been done in a very long time. Before the end of the warm up walk I felt the creaks in my body - left achilles, right knee. I was worried how I would fair, as it very easy for me to make excuses. Managed well for the first 3 run intervals, had to remind myself not to hunch forward on the 4th interval, and was really winded by the 7th. I walked through the last run - and I wouldn't call my "runs" impressive - knees were higher and pace faster than my walk, but far from anything resembling a run. Have to start somewhere! Aches were gone as muscles warmed up and I stretched after. Need to find my Ipod case - hands were pretty sweaty by the end, and may go earlier next time - too hot by 8:30!

Keep the updates coming! Great job everyone!!!!

-Jennifer

I will start it with you guys too. I used this program months ago and it was a lot of fun with the podcast. I have a lot of hills to climb up and down. Wish me luck.

I'm not familiar with Suz' podcast.  I did Robert's before but just couldn't get in the groove... Would love some fresh music to try as opposed to clock watching on the treadmill.  Thanks!

I have completed W1D1 and W1D2.  I started and was amazed on how quickly it ended.  it was great!   My next run day is thrusday.

As for shin splints- I have a solution that worked for me.    I got this tip directly from Jeff Galloway .  I met him at a Sports store in Lakeland (FitNiche) last year and he talked about his running method.  I asked about how to stop shin splints and he said "Shorten your stride".  I did and have not had that problem since then!!

So I'd started a few weeks ago and was stuck on week 2. Planned on today being W2D2 but selected week 3 podcast by mistake (still dark at 5AM and no glasses!) but kept with it. I can't believe I ran 3 minutes at a time! When he said "this is your final run" I was quite surprised. I did it! Stretched  a lot afterwards and hope to be able to do day 3 on Friday. Fingers crossed.

WEEK 1 DAY 2 COMPLETED!!!!   WOW,DAY 2 WASN'T AS BAD AS DAY 1..MAYBE BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY..THE 1 MIN RUNS SEEMED SHORT TODAY AND AFTER I COMPLETED THE ENTIRE RUN I FELT AS THOUGH I COULD DO IT AGAIN..I WANTED TO SO BAD BECAUSE I HAD ALL THIS ENERGY FLOWING,BUT I DIDN'T BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO INJURY MYSELF BY TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH TOO SOON...I CHANGED MY PODCAST MUSIC TO SUZ,WHICH IS MUCH MORE MY STYLE OF MUSIC,THAT'S PROBABLY WHY  I WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN...I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO FRIDAYS RUN AND HEADING INTO THE NEXT WEEK ...I HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THIS AS MUCH AS I AM..I AM FEELING SO PROUD OF MYSELF AND TO THINK THAT SOON I CAN CALL MYSELF A RUNNER...HAPPY RUNNING EVERYONE ....

TO KATE MAC...I SENT U A MESSAGE ON THE WEB SITE FOR SUZ'S PODCAST...HAD TO SEND 2 MESSAGES....IT'S .ORG   NOT    .COM....LET ME KNOW HOW U LIKE...HAPPY RUNNING 

Thanks everyone for the great advice on shin splints.  I did go to a running store for my shoes, about 3 times, so it should not be the shoes.  I will try the shorter stride suggestion, I will let you know how it works today!

I'm running W1D2 today in the treadmill because my neighborhood is all hills, I don't think I can tackle those just yet. 

Where are the Suz podcasts?  Anyone?

Happy Running!

YC