Wow, such inspirational stories from so many! Congratulations everyone!

I tackled a big road block for myself... I've been scared to leave the dreadmill...but, this morning I did W2D2 OUTDOORS! I was so scared to be outside for people to laugh at the fat one, but instead, I was greeted by SO MANY MORE hellos, good mornings, nods, and smiles than I ever do while taking my walks on the same path. I loved it! I can't wait to run outdoors again, and, aside from weather issues I don't ever want to go back to the dreadmill. And yippee for me, I actually had to pass people (of course they were walking) but this is a first. Usually I'm the one hearing "passing on your left!"

If anyone is scared to run outdoors, don't be. Just go do it. I will say that yesterday I did a lot of weight training on my quads and hamstrings, did 25 minutes of mid-level resistance on an eliptical, and then a very long relaxing stretch of all my leg muscles. I think it helped. I had no soreness and none of the "it's so much harder to move my legs outdoors" symptoms.

I'm on cloud 9.

I started the C25K program today!! I it went well - I made it the whole way through the W1D1 workout. I did it at a local paved trail. I don't think this is something I want to do on a treadmill. I am really excited about the prospect of running my first 5k.

AWESOME!!! Stick with it. Congratulations on completing the entire W1D1 workout!

Congratulations Loving Me! So glad you were able to get past your outside running hurdle.

Welcome to the new C25ker's - you can do it!

My DH and I completed W9D3 on Friday. Whoohooo! What a sense of accomplishment. We are hoping to complete our first 5K on May 15.

Soooo, I found my first 5k It is in 6 wks so I should be able to run the whole thing. I am so happy that I found this program, I am really falling in love with running.

I am SCARED!!!!! (but in a good way )

LM!!!!! I got chills reading your post!!!! You are so unbelievably awesome! I can't wait to hear about you FINISHING THE 5K!!! Just wonderful!

I'm happy to read about your accomplishments, it's inspiring.
Today I did W1D1... my first day...
I tried in the past this program, but I made it just to week 4, then I got lazy...
I hope this time around it will be better and I'll finish it.
Great to read your posts, it will help me.

I'm excited to report that I ran 37 straight minutes today.

Well done Uber, that's brilliant!
I had a bad workout yesterday. Think I pulled my achilles a little when running on saturday and it was complaining yesterday. Went for my step class at lunchtime and although my heart rate was ok I just found it SO hard, was really tired.
Got one of my long workouts today and really don't think it's going to be a good one as I'm still tired, although my leg feels a bit better.
Not sure what to do about the running, whether to try to do my full time at a slower pace or do some intervals or something.
Guess I'll see how I feel when I'm there...

I'm happy to say that although I was really tired this morning and it was a struggle, I managed the goal I've been working towards of running 5k non-stop on the treadmill. I did it in 39mins 19secs I think it was.
There was a man on the treadmill next to me running at 14k an hour which made my 7.6k look like a stroll in the park, but I did it
I think however I may have been pushing myself too hard this last week as my left calf and right hamstring are complaining daily at the moment. I really don't want to stop running for a few days as I'm scared it will be harder the next time I do run, but I'm also worried if I don't take care I'm going to make things worse.
Will see how I feel tomorrow morning I guess and decide whether to go to my step class or not. I really think I need to go for my swim on Friday which I've swapped for running the last two weeks.

Hi all! I thought I'd shoot out a quick hello... I have been getting back into jogging lately and just found this program (thanks to a friend) and am excited to see my progress. I was even more excited to see this support forum. I used to turn to 3FC all the time and after falling off the wagon am looking forward to coming back. Yesterday I did W1D1... looking forward to day 2!

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I did intervals tonight. 5 minutes at 4.5mph 8 minutes building from 4.5 to 5.0 and 5 minutes building from 4.5 to 5.0.

Tomorrow, I'm headed outside.

w1d2 done

I can't wait to be like you girls, to run 30 min it's a dream .

Thanks for the congrats Uber

Are you finding doing intervals is helping you improve do you think? Do you still feel you've had a good workout running for a shorter time than your normal runs?
I've done them sort of but have done them in with my normals runs, so haven't shortened my run time, have just done some minutes faster then backed off to my normal speed, but it's really tiring to do on a 30+ min run.
Could you explain to me how you do your intervals please? Is your treadmill programmed for them or do you manually do it? Do you do like 2mins at each speed? Eg what you said about, did you build up for 8mins to 5.0 then drop straight back to 4.5 and build up to 5.0 again in the next 5mins?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm just wondering if I'm actually not doing myself any favours by pushing myself to run for longer and longer each run. Maybe I should do one shorter run with intervals each week and see if that helps.
Today my legs are still hurting so I've decided to go swimming at lunchtime. I should be going to a step class but I think I really need to give my legs a break so will go swimming instead so that at least I'm doing something.
Much as I hate to admit it, I think I've been pushing myself too hard this last week and if I don't back off a bit I think I might end up having to take a longer break. I'm scared to change my routine because it's working so well for the weight loss, but I'm also worried if I'm not careful I could end up injured more and not be able to exercise at all.

Welcome! Please stick with it! I look forward to your future posts