Hey everyone!

Andi, you crack me up! Hahaha. Maybe the bootcamp fiance gets a kick out of people ogling her fiance. Who knows?

I just did W1D3, and I liked it so well, I kinda want to do it a 4th time before moving on. Would that be wrong? I was on the dreadmill, but that didn't phase me one bit. In fact, it was kinda fun seeing my rate and HR. I did the walking at 3.5 and the runs at 5.

Keep up the good work everyone!

Quick poll - do people want to keep using this thread or have seperate weekly ones?

Amarie she is probably used to it as they are both former TBL contestants. Unfortunately I just found out hubby won't be home in time for me to go tonight so I will have to wait until next Tuesday to oogle.

I will probably do 4 days on Week 1 as well. I don't think there is anything wrong with that as you are bettering yourself. I have been doing walking at 3.2 and runs at 4.6 You are doing awesome!

As for the thread, I think one thread is fine as there is a bit of interaction, but no enough where we would get lost.

I did day 2 today! I feel great. Except, I wore sweats that I haven't worn in forever and I had to hold them up when I was running!! Time for new sweats!! I will either to day 3 Sat. (hopefully) or Monday!

I was just looking ahead, I am starting Week 5 on Saturday. I am taking 2 days rest from the end of week 4.
I think I need the extra day before I start the next week as my knees sometimes protest. Other than that I try to run every other day.

I am pretty excited because the next 2 weeks mark the end of the walking breaks. By the end of week 6, it's all running..we are going to be runners, isn't that cool?

caitbeans ~ you are losing inches! Yeah!! Congrats on having to buy new sweats! Sorry to hear you had to run and hold the old ones up. I am going to be doing Day 3 tonight probably and then start Week 2 on Monday.

MotherMavis ~ Wow!! Almost to the running solid! That is awesome! I hear ya on the knees protesting. You are doing great!

ok, I did it. I went ahead and did a 4th week 1 workout. I must say it was a bit harder, but not sure if it was the workout or my state of mind. we'll just say I needed the workout. ;-) But the time did go lots quicker.

rhonda, I know EXACTLY what you mean. I love that feeling.

♥betsy

Hi everyone! I love reading everyone's posts about C25K! I started it on January 2, and I'm now at the end of week 7 which is 25 minutes straight running. I did weeks 1-6 straight through, and didn't repeat any workouts, but I am taking my time with weeks 7-9. I find that running for 25 minutes is still kinda hard, so I ran one time 25 minutes straight, then my next session I ran for 15, walked 5, ran 10, walked 5. Then next time, another 25 minutes, and so on. For me, it's still kinda hard to run for that long, so I figure if I just break it up and continue at it, it will get easier. I'm gonna try to move on to week 8 soon which is 28 minutes running, and then week 9 is 30. I'm pretty sure I can do it, it just takes time. So, if you guys repeat workouts, I say go for it! Sometimes only 3 workouts isn't enough to feel comfortable running for that amount of time, so why not break it up and just do it as you can? I have to say, c25K has totally changed my body - I haven't lost that many pounds, but I've gone done 2, almost 3 pant sizes since I started in January. C25K is awesome!

W1D3 - OK, today was not so shiny. It's not that I got out of breath or anything, but I couldnt really get into the flow of things and also felt quite exhausted afterwards. There were reasons for this - wonky treadmill, packed gym, sore muscles from yesterday, less than ideal eating... ugh, no wonder! Plus, my next-treadmill neighbor was running so, erm, vigorously that it felt like running in earthquake-like conditions... :dizzy:

I did manage to go up to a whopping 6.0mph for my last running interval though (thus approximating maybe half the speed of said runner - that guy was insaaaane, I tell ya!)

Anyway, looking forward to starting W2 on Monday! :D

@NoVaVTFan, wow, your results so far sound great! :carrot: Way to go - and good approach to take as much time as your body needs to adapt. Can't wait to get into the higher numbers! :)

I completed W1D3 today!! It felt so good! I didn't feel like I was going to die on the treadmill! I ended up doing 3.5 MPH walks and 5-5.5 MPH jogs. The first 2 days I was doing 3.2 and 4.5.

Hi All -

I just decided to start C25K today so I hope you don't mind my jumping in :-) I wasn't so sure I'd make it through the last interval but I did it! I'm excited about this! I've really been serious about exercise since the first of the year, doing about an hour of cardio 4-6 days a week but I think this is going to add a whole different dimension for me. Yay!

where do I get the pod cast that was mentioned in this thread?

There are a few different places you can download the podcast.

http://www.djsteveboy.com/intervals.html

http://www.steverunner.com/

http://jogtunesindie.com/

You can also download podcasts from iTunes.

I did w1d3 today. My treadmill only has one display and it rotates between speed, time, distance, fat calories, and calories. It takes about 18-19 seconds to scan through them. I am tired of trying to watch the clock so I am just going to run for as long as I can and then recover and keep doing that. I've been figuring out my average speed so as long as I continue to improve I'm just going to keep doing things my way for a while. If I start to even out without any progress I'll probably find a comparable week and jump in then.

Hi all!

So I guess I took 3 rest days between week 1 and 2 - not what I had intended. Yesterday turned into a comedy of errors about me trying to get my run in, so in the end I put it off to today. So Week 2 will be Mon Wed Friday! Hows everyone else doing?

Hey zinke - how about a kitchen timer? My friend used one on her treadmill and said it worked really well!