O.M.G. Satruday morning I met up with a new group of people. I ran for the first time in my Vibram FiveFingers. You are SUPPOSED to start off slow (1/4 to 1/2 a mile to start) but I (of course) didn't listen and did about 2.5 miles and then walked the last .5 mile. HOLY MOLY!! My calves are SO SORE. I could barely move off the couch yesterday. Today, they are SLIGHTLY better. Lol! I am a moron. I can't wait until my calves are better and I can do it again!

So, I am not running today. I will probably go to my Zumba class tomorrow night. Maybe I can run on Wednesday. I will definitely run on Thursday.

Tonight I'm going back to run again. I know how long I did on Friday and I'll try to go just as far if not further.

Better run tonight. 1.7 miles in about 21 minutes. A very slow pace, but distance is more important right now than speed. Hopefully I'll be able to make it the same distance if not more on Wednesday.

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Second run went great.. was able to increase my distance in the time alotted and felt like I could do more. Very excited to be doing this program. Cut a couple seconds off of my mile times from Day 1 which was encouraging.

Skipping today. Sick. But I was interested that I got my HR all the way up to the mid 160s without feeling tired. I used to tank in the 140s.

Being sick is the worst.. I was feeling great and then all of a sudden this morning the congestion/runny nose cold hit me like a brick wall. I'm hoping my medicine kicks in by the time I get home so I can get my run in tonight. I'm on a tight schedule and don't want to miss any days.

Poo on being sick! :(

This afternoon I posted a link on facebook about a 5K run me and friend are doing in December. It started an avalanche and now like 10 friends and friends of friends are going to do the run. It is giving me more motivation to get out there and get serious about the training.

I'm going to run tonight :) I'll post how I did. Maybe I'll make 2 miles and I don't care how long it takes.

Arghh... Really not feeling well, and I'm RARELY sick. This virus went through my whole family and nabbed me last.... not even going to try to exercise through it. I need rest.

Sorry about that Uber. Get some rest and you will be kicking butt running very soon!

Tonight was my best run since I've been back (and I've only been back running for about a week now). I managed to slowly jog 2.3 miles :) I have until Thanksgiving to work my way up to running 4 miles and I think I'm on track to do it!

I hear you Uber.. sorry to hear that you are under the weather.. I was miserable yesterday and skipped my run and workout. Luckily a good night's sleep has me feeling a heck of a lot better. Going to get my run in this evening. Will post later. :)

I wish I had some kind of tracking device for my running. On a good day I can do about 6-7k, but that involves lots of mini-walking breaks for 30 seconds-2 minutes at a time.

Some people I've spoken to about running consider it a total failure if they have to walk at all, but I figure it's better to power on and keep going even if you are walking.

I'm right there with you, uber and excited. I've been battling a snot thing all week and haven't been able to run and it sux. :(

Absolutely! The C25K program is really a run/walk program where you gradually do more running than walking. Running 6 or 7K with walking is pretty darn good!

I tried C25k but I got bored with it and went off on my own, actually! The best part about running is watching yourself improve exponentially when you get started. Now it's just "that thing I do after work" and I've leveled out.

Matt I can't believe you lost 253 pounds. That's like twice as much as I weigh now!

Hey Krampus!

This time around I'm not following the C25K either. I did it last year and ended up running several races and then I took the entire summer off from running. I lost nearly all of the endurance. I was quite happy on Wednesday to run 2.3 miles!

Tonight I'm going to try to run a 5K distance. It might take 40 minutes, but that is okay. I jog really really slow...

Thanks for the nice words about my weight loss. I started the weight loss this time in 2007 and I've kept at it over the years through lots of ups and downs. Being on 3FCs has really helped me to stay focused and be accountable :)