Week 7, day 2 DONE! I've now done 25 minutes of running (well, slow jogging) for the second time!

I'm really grateful for the app - I'm not sure I would have kept up with this without it telling me when to run and walk.

And I'm still planning on repeating a day of this week's workouts before moving on to week 8. I don't think I'll be running the 5K in 30 minutes by the end of week 8 like the app promises, so then I'll have to increase my time til I'm running the full 5K.

Week 2 is done!

Not sure how I'm going to do next week. I've been feeling it more each day... But the good news is that I've lost 5 lbs in the last two weeks.

Hurrah!

Nice job, Harpie - keep it up! :yay::yay::yay:

Last day of week four tonight! :carrot:

Week 7, day 3 done!

I'm still slow, but who cares - I'm running for 25 minutes! :D

Question for the more experienced C25K'ers:

I am currently running a Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday schedule, however, with my grad school classes being on Tuesday/Thursdays (and I also work full time), I'm thinking of switching to Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. Since I already ran my first day of W3 today, should I run on Tuesday AND Wednesday, or just wait until Wednesday?

I *think* (and if someone else knows better, feel free to correct me) it's better to not run 2 days in a row when you're starting out; you want to give your muscles time to recover from this new activity. So I would wait til Wednesday.

I'm at the mercy of my rotating schedule of 4 - 10-hour days. So this past week, I only ran on tuesday and saturday. The week before it was sunday, tuesday, thursday. This coming week, wednesday and a weekend day for sure, but not sure when I can fit another one in. I'll figure it out.

Just started this. I am on W1 Day3..about to do my day 3 in about an hour...I am glad I started this, I have been putting it off forever.

Now if I could just get myself on to a better eating pattern I'd be great!

Thanks for the advice, Riddy!

Truth be told, my legs are already feeling a bit sore from this morning, so 2 days off might be ok. :)

I just started today :) I think I'm going to go check out some new running shoes tomorrow. I've had problems with my feet/shin splits in the past so I want to make sure I start slow and protect myself as much as poss. I'm excited to start though!!

Finished week 1 last night. Starting week 2 tomorrow.

I see women all of the time wearing tennis shirts to work out in. Hahaha you can get those and be in your comfort zone!

I'm starting week 1 day 1today! Woohoo! Excited!

Finished Week 2 Day 1 today. I've been doing this on a treadmill and doing the app and then once the app is over, doing a walk/run pace until I see 3.2 miles on the screen. This is usually a mile more than the program (at my current pace) so that my 3.2K is around 40 minutes (and I am DYING after that).

I've been doing this at lunch at work on MWF. Let me tell you, I am NOT a pretty sight afterwards.

I was thinking of signing up for a half marathon in January but that's more than 3Xs a 5K! I don't know if I could ever run that far. Walk, sure. But run?

Repeated week 7, day 3 today. :running::running::running:

I was originally going to run on Monday after work, but I almost passed out in the shower Monday morning (possibly related to Sunday's hot yoga class?) so I decided to pass on serious exercise and sweating. I did plain yoga instead.

Probably won't get another run in until the weekend. Oh well.