Jack - the hubby is not a runner but he has a life long fitness habit.  He will be 60 in Sept and we have about 40 years of his exercise logs.  His favorite thing is hiking and walking.  He logged over 2300 miles last year alone.  Do I sound like I'm bragging....I am a little.  I'm very proud of him.  If I would have stayed so dedicated all these years this getting into shape and healthy would sure be easier now.  Another cool thing is that he is so supportive of my efforts and he takes all kinds of folks hiking and is happy to go at their pace so they can enjoy it. 

MamaB

That's great!!!     I am 64 and all of my runs are by myself.       I think I live in the running wasteland of the south.   My wife supports me, but she is more worried about my running than enthusiastic.

Many many years ago, in my first running career, I lived in tidewater Va.    I had dozens of places to run and a number of groups of fellow runners to share the road with.   The day I set my own Half Marathon record (1:36) I ran step for step (until the last 200 yards) with a fellow I had probably logged over 200 miles with over the previous year.  I really miss those times and the shared training runs (and the 32 inch waist). Now I get to share my running triummphs, trials and tribulations with the fine folks here on Active Communinty.

Maybe some day we will have an AC 5k where a lot of us could get together and share a run.  I'd chip in for the T shirts!

greetings from the foggy san joaquin valley!  allllllllrighty then - we're off and running (so to speak...) hubby (51) and i (43) just did W1D1 yesterday and it was not near as scary as i thought...  in fact, we ENJOYED it!  very, very excited - it's hard not to overdo and do W1D2 tonite!  but it says to REST so we will

have a great day everyone - stay warm and safe!  lisa anne

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I'm not sure where everyone is, but so much of the country is getting hit with some serious weather. I'm sure someone out there can relate to my weather woes. I'm in Colorado and honestly cannot remember when it was so cold. The overnight low tonight is -21. I decided not to brave the icy streets today to go to the gym today, so I'm doing a workout with the hubby tonight in the basement. Tomorrow I'll go to the gym and can't wait for slightly warmer temperatures for an outdoor run on Friday.

Anyhow, I think the feeling that I must be inside is making me cranky. Can anyone relate?

I just recently discovered the Robert Ullrey C25K podcasts, also.  I had not been able to get into some other podcasts but have been diligently working at my own pace.  SO, today I jumped right into the Week 6 day 2 podcast and was fairly easily able to complete it without having to walk any.  I was thrilled.  I had actually meant to play the week 4 but since it was on an old "iPod shuffle" I couldn't see which one and didn't hear the beginning because I was getting set up, etc.  Anyway, I did great and really loved the music, etc.  So I highly recommend his podcasts.  The music was more in sync with my particular stride so it worked really nice for me.   Waddle on, friends.      I am so proud to call myself a runner, penguin or otherwise.  and I logged 91 miles for January!!  WOOOHOOO!

I am 52 years old and started running in 2007 to lose weight, so far I have lost 60 pounds.

I am currently training for my 4th full marathon, the Southern Indiana Classic in April and I just signed up for the Chicago Marathon.

The Chicago Marathon will be my 5th marathon and my 1st World Major.

I have started a blog to document my journey from overweight, out of shape, couch potato to marathon runner.

I would appreciate any and all comments to my blog and please check out my sponsors as they make my blog possible.

http://fitatfifty-art.blogspot.com/

Thanks

Art

Hi Art,
I'll check out your site and add you to my blogroll on my site.   I've been writing my blog for a year now, and have lost 20 pounds so far from running.