bjeweled - I'm with you on this...I love to be active (I can't say I love to run as I've never really been a runner) but I can't wait until I can run that 3.1 miles! Mainly because my entire family (cousins and all) live within 1 or so of my house (we live in a very rural area) anyway it will give me such pride for them to see me running by their houses everyday...without stopping....maybe that's bad but that's my goal to show my family that I lost weight because I tried. My entire family with the exception of 1 aunt are all overweight.

Do any of you ever get this way? Do you feel bad about it or does it motivate you?

I don't know but it's kinda my way of saying..."who's the fat one now!" (Sorry that sounds mean so I should explain...I was always the skinny one...too skinny I couldn't gain weight....they all made fun of me for it....then when I started to gain weight they all made fun of me for that b/c haha I wasn't skinny anymore....well I'm gonna show them. I can't wait until summer when I'm the only one comfortable in shorts and a tank in public!)

okay rant over.

heather and others you should not be doing the program on consecutive days. at least put one day in between. per the instructions. i dont want u to hurt yrself

Thanks for the great advice bjeweled...I haven't even started yet. I will be starting on Monday and hopefully doing 3 days a week Mon/Wed/Fri but we'll have to see how it goes there may be more than one day in between

ETA: Sorry I just relized bjeweled you probably didn't mean this for me....my name is Heather also....sorry.

brie- Thanks girl! I was just reading that. I guess maybe I am pushing too hard. You're always looking out for me!

i got yr back girl! and heather #2 lol i got yr back too.

i know that until your bones and muscles get stronger you HAVE to take days in between. the first time i did it i didnt take enough rest in between and i had to stop due to horrible shinsplints.

finished week 1 day 3 today. I'm so tired. and sore. But its not from C25K I think
it's a combo of all the stuff I'm doing at the gym and the weights I did yesterday!! I can barely lift the remote
today was the hardest day for me I really did struggle. But I pushed myself and i got through it!
Hope everyone else is doing well!

Taking the day off! (Per request of my girl Brie.)

And speaking of Heather's .....wheres HWGA?

Week 6 Day 2 DONE! It was hard... a 10 min run, 3 min walk, and 10 more min running. And my music just wasn't doing it for me today. The last 10 minutes I kept watching the clock. "10 minutes... that's like 2 5's I can do this! Eight minutes is like a 5 and a 3.. if I just push I can make it... Two 3s! ...I made it halfway!" etc etc I kept breaking the time down into chunks in my head. But honestly? The last minute was the hardest. Very scared of my next run because I think it's just long runs from here on out. I'm wondering if I'll EVER see the "runner's high" people keep talking about. Shouldn't I be getting it by now?

I love it! :]
I started then stopped and now I've started again. The podcasts help so much.

I did W1/D2 yesterday... Still really liking it. Had a question though... For you ladies doing c25k on the treadmill like me, how fast/what level do you do for the run and for the walk?

I'm doing it treadmill style as well! I'm too embarresed to run in public.

I walk at 5.5mph and run between 7 and 8. I kind of build up to 8.

Maddie do you mean 5.5 KMP? because 5.5 MPH is like running for me! lol

jahjah, i haven't a clue! It could easily be km, I'll ask at the gym monday!

I'm worried about shin splints. Any had them? How do you avoid them? I was getting a bit of pain down the front of my shins running yesterday, worried me a bit.

C25K W1/D3 donnnnnne! Did it right after 30DS L1/D1 tho... Man am I a sweaty mess right now LOL