Hi!  I'd like to join your group of encouragement!  I started C25K last October and completed week 7.  However, I got really sick and was unable to finish the program.  So here I am again and would like your support.

I did W1D1 last night.  Last year, I had major shin splint problems and was so sore the first week.  Today I feel great and feel like it went well last night.

Last year, I joined a group just like this and it really was a great encouragement and kept me accountable.  I hope that this group can do the same.  =)

Hi Laurie!

About me:  I'm 45, 5'9, 242 lbs, female from NE Texas.  I work fulltime, have 2 grown kiddos and 1 new granddaughter, am married - just celebrated 23 years on Oct 12....that was the day I began C25K!

After reading the posts on this thread, I can see I am the slowest beginner here.  I am doing a "pre-C25k".  After my first session of C25k Monday night, I can see I need to work up to it.  So, tonight I will be walking and adding in 15-30 seconds of jogging ever 2 minutes.  I want to start slow.  I don't want to have any injuries, shin splints, etc.  Slow and steady wins the race.

I would like to run a 5k next fall.  That may seem like a long time to some, but that's my goal.  There is a 5k in Texarkana Texas that my daughter ran when she was in High School - The Quadrangle.  I get the flyer in the mail each year and have thought I'd like to run it .... so next year I will !

I want to run for so many reasons....but mainly because I've just always wanted to.