I started out on the treadmill on April 23,03 at 30 minutes and and a speed of 1.5. I have been experimenting at different ways to up the intensity of the workout. Today I did the same 30 at 1.5 but at every 5 minute mark I bumped the speed up to 2.5 but just one minute and then back down to 1.5. At the end of 30 minutes I had done .91 miles. That is up from my starting point of .75 miles. My next goal is to do one mile in the 30 minute time frame. I am getting SOOOOOO into this!

That is so great! I bet it's incredibly motivating to see the progress you've made in such a short time. Way to go!

you're doing great!!! before you know it, you'll be trekking with the pros!!!

Great job, Karefree! Soon you'll be doing 5K's and not even looking back!

Hey congratulations!!!

That is so great!! Keep up the amazing work!

That is awesome!

I am moving on May 24th into an apartment, and there is an exercise room, pool, tennis court and basketball court there. I am so excited to start running on the treadmill - I love running, I'm just too shy to run outside in front of people LOL.

yay kare! keep it up! One step at a time and you can do it

I started out BARELY making it a mile - in about 45 minutes, having to pant and hold onto my husband the whole way - but now I can do a Leslie Sansone 4 mile walk without a problem - and completed a 6 mile breast cancer walk last October!

You can do it!!

Thanks you guys! Maybe one day I will be able to do those 6 milers with you, Beth Anne! I did the same routine today on the treadmill. Hubby and I have been taking a little walk in the evening also. It does feel good to be seeing progress.

i've been doing the same thing, bumping up my mile time. i just started the treadmill this week. i fell like i am getting such a great workout!!

Holly, I am new to the treadmill also. Is it must me or do you find a mile on the treadmill is different from a mile outside? It isn't because I have it on an incline or anything but the treadmill mile seems totally harder to me than a mile outside on a track. I would think a mile would be a mile.....

Karefree...I took a friend with me to the gym the other day. He is an outside runner and had never been on a treadmill before. He HATED it! He said it was ten times as much work as running outside! Now, this is from a guy who can take months off from running and then go run 2 1/2 miles in the blazing heat without a second thought. I don't know what it is...maybe the repetitiveness of it? When you run on a treadmill, the motions are very repetitive...using the same muscles...if you run outside, you have to adjust ever-so-slightly to the terrain.

but i see it as the opposite! i'm not ready to run outside yet -- the treadmill is much easier, and keeps me going at a constant pace. =)