So I did W1D1 twice yesterday... once in the morning, when I typically exercise, and then in the evening I was feeling pretty stressed and antsy, so I hopped on the treadmill and did it again. I'm starting to get to the point where I look forward to going to the gym everyday (and feel somewhat off when I don't get a workout in before work in the morning) - I never thought I'd be here!

I did W1D2 today. So far I can cove 2.3 miles in 31 min. Not sure how that compares to everyone else, but it's now given me a goal to work against. I've been doing a walk at either 4.0 or 4.1 and then running at between 5.3 and 5.5... I hope when I do D3 (tomorrow or Friday, we'll see what I feel like), I can bump the run up a bit higher.

w2d2 completed
I wasn't feeling well (only 3 hours of sleep) but i completed it.
The weather was extremely hot and humid.

Did w7d2 today! My mp3 player decided to quit playing music with 7 minutes left to run, and those 7 minutes were pure torture, but I finished. Wow I did not realize how much faster music made the time go.

I know what you mean! I had a little hiccup yesterday with my iphone app. It started W1D1 (tsk!) and I didn't really check before I started. After one minute it told me to walk and I had to restart the program (not the running :-)) and it threw me off for the first 5 minutes at least.
No music though is really tough. Good job on finishing!!!

Btw what are you listening to?

Running without music is so tough. Great job with sucking it up and finishing your run.

Today I tried W5D3 again. I tried to run 2 miles in 20 min. I ended up running 1.5 miles in 15 min. I'm happy because I got my pace up. Now I'm solidly on D3, which is an improvement.

I slept poorly and went out before I was ready due to scattered thunderstorms. The humid weather soaked my clothes. Conditions weren't idea but I still did ok.

W1D3 done!

I have done W1 days 1 and 2 already, but I think I need to repeat the week next week! I walked through one of the runs on day one and two of them on day two! Still finished it and felt pretty good, but I'd like to be able to run all of the runs before I move onto week 2.


Has anyone experimented with doing more than 3 days per week? I'd really like to work up to running at least 5 days per week, do you think it's as effective if I'm doing the same workout for the whole week?

I can't wait to finish this program and really be able to run for 30 minutes!!

edit:

I ran today anyways couldn't resist the sound of nature rofl *j/k* so W2D3 completed.
anyways, it's a special day today because in the last round, i missed the start sound so i walked extra 90 seconds AND 2 minutes. So I walked total of 5 min 30 sec. Therefore I decided to see if myself improve any by running another round without the walk. And oh my gosh I can actually run 1km non-stop now without feeling like i'm dying while running. My speed was about 6 minutes for 1km, so i think it's not so bad either. I'm so happy. The first day when I started the program, I couldn't bring myself to run longer than 60 seconds, but now i can actually run 6 minutes. It just felt great.

On the topic I asked again, should I run tomorrow or take a day off? 3 days in a row might be a bad idea, no?
I'm planning to run 4 times per week now, the running schedule might be mess up if i don't run tomorrow (planing to run on Mon, Wed, Thurs and Sat). And this week, counting today as well, only 3 times yet. And i should run 1 more time before moving to week 3. I'm worry if I run on Sunday, and then move to week 3 right after that on Monday, I might feel real tired so I want a rest day before moving up.
What do you guys think?

W1D2 down... seemed easier today.

~fingers crossed~

W2D1 today.

I've done 4 days in a row, and so far it's been feeling GOOD. I'm sure I'll start spacing them out (and repeating them), likely after this week. But - and I never thought I'd say this - I've been super eager to get on the treadmill and go!

I tried to do the program through as an every other day thing, so some weeks were naturally 4x a week. I did two days in a row if I was feeling it, but only a few times. My goal is 4 - 5x a week too, but while I'm no personal trainer, I'd strongly caution against really pricking up the frequency until you're feeling solid in the final weeks.

The program may seem slow to progress, but you really, really don't want a running related injury.

I'm done with the scripted program, but still cannot run a 5k without some walking. At this point, I think it's mental, not physical.

So now I'll do longer, slow jogs for distance and then on the "off" days, just run a mile or so straight through with speed intervals and then do something else like yoga or elliptical.

Hope that's helpful!

I did 5 a week for a while. (I actually should get back to it!) What I did is while e.g. doing W4 I was doing W1 or W2 on my rest days. I wouldn't run 5 days of the week I am in. I think that is too much but going back one or two weeks should be ok.
Just make sure you stop if something (shins?) starts hurting. I had that too and had to rest a whole week after pushing it too hard.

OMG I woke up today and my stomach was KILLING me. It felt so sore I could barely move. It felt like menstrual cramps that wouldn't go away. My whole stomach ached. UGH. I took some ibuprofen and it feels a little better but I'm out of commission for at least today.

The first time I did W5D3 I woke up crazy sore and needed to take a few days off. Then I tried it again, ran 20 min really slowly (but only covered 1.65 miles) and had no soreness. Yesterday I tried to run 2 miles in 20 min but actually ran 1.5 miles in 15 min and then this.

I've really had very little pain and soreness throughout this whole program. I guess the longer distances just punish me. Hopefully I'll get used to it soon and it won't make me sore anymore.

my abs is killing me as well.
I feel very tight and sore. Probably the result from yesterday 1km nonstop.
Hopefully I feel better so I can do the running in this afternoon.

Barnyard and josey thanks so much for the advice. I like the idea of filling in the extra days with workouts from early weeks. Two of my girlfriends have joined me in this running program and weight loss efforts and I really think we are going to have a lot of fun in the process. I may have to enforce a "no laughing during run segments" or it's just a matter of time before one of us goes flying off the treadmill!!

We are going to repeat week 1 next week or part of it, to really get a good handle on the first week of the program. They also want to go to the gym 4 days instead of 3 days which is totally good for me!!