Congratulations on completing day 2! Please stick with it, come back, and post. I wish more would come back and post. I'm lonely.

I know that I'm late to this game, but I finished Week 1 Day 3 yesterday! I'm really looking forward to Week 2 today. I even ran an extra minute in the cool down yesterday because I still felt like it. I think today is going to be good.

Aww, redsox, you are not alone.
Thanks for the support, i really do want to stick with it and this thread helps with the accountability.

What week, day are you, or are you a grad? Sorry if you've posted this info, the thread has too many pages .

Welcome! Congratulations on completing week 1!

Howdy! I should be completing W2D3 today, but, I don't know if I have it in me. My knee is cracking and I'm scared of injury. I did Jillian Michaels' 30 day shred this afternoon, so at least I got a workout in. I'll probably do a 2 mile walk this evening as well and attempt c25k tomorrow morning.

Don't apologize for not seeing my posted info. It's obviously impossible to remember where everybody is in the program. Is there a ticker for the c25k? I'd really like one.

Are you training for a specific 5k race? I'm thinking about committing to one shortly (maybe July?) so that I'll push myself to stay on pace. I'm only doing the program two days a week instead of three

I recently started this program and just finished W3D2, I started it last week but am doing it more than the 3 days per week and am going about 4 or 5 days per week. HOWEVER i am not running, I am doing it on the elliptical for now and just trying to go at full speed during the "jogging" portions. After I finished the program on the elliptical I hope to try doing it again but on the treadmill. I just figured right now I am too out of shape to jump into running, i want to condition my body a little bit at least before doing so. This thread is really inspirational. I love the program and it is probably the most useful app I've ever downloaded on my iPhone. I know it will be much more difficult when I'm doing it on the treadmill versus the elliptical, and after the treadmill I want to start running outdoors as well which will be harder again. But this program really seems to help build you up to meet those new challenges.

What a fantastic idea to adapt c25k for the elliptical! Good for you! Congratulations on completing just about 3 weeks of the program! Keep us posted with your accomplishments.

I ran one mile today! I was quite proud of myself. Now I'm considering doing the C25k program, but I'm not sure where to start. I'm considering jumping into week 4-ish. My typical cardio, which I'm not giving up, is spin class three times a week. But I don't know...I just want to run.

Go for it Eliana!
I'd definitely recommend the C25K program, it got me from only being able to do three 1min runs to over 39mins non-stop last run on the treadmill.
Have a look at the program and see where you feel you're already at with it, and then start from there.
I'm ill at the moment plus already had some aches and pains, I think from running too much this last week, but I know what you mean about just wanting to run, I'm nervous but excited before every run I do.

Lovingme, I'm sorry you're sick! That's no fun at all. It's hard to derail exercise when you're sick. I just hate that.

Running scares me! I'm glad to hear you're still nervous each time you face it. There's hope for me yet! It's odd how you can actually mentally forget how to run. It's such a natural movement for our bodies, but mine has forgotten how. I have no mental picture of me running, if that makes any sense. I stared at the treadmill speeding by this morning before hopping on it and thought to myself, how on earth am I going to catch that?

Eliana--I started C25K at the beginning of week 3 because I had been doing a little bit of treadmill running and a lot of swimming.... But then again, I had trouble in weeks 5 and 6 and had to repeat them, so in retrospect, I might have done better to start from the beginning. On the other hand, it sounds like you have a good cardio baseline.

Running rocks! It has sped up my weight loss and improved my tone more than any other activity.

W2D3 complete!

Oh my, I had to start over! I went on a lil mini vacation and then got sick. I ran 10 mins straight tonight. It felt so good to run! Ntm I found a motion and speed that works great for me! Keep it up everyone!

Congrats redsox33 for completing w2d3, you've made it.

I didn't find a specific ticker for C25K, I use the exercise ticker from tickerfactory.com, at units I wrote "Minutes" and at the short description I've put C25K and swimming because that's what I'm doing these 9 weeks, and I've calculated in minutes, how many they are for 9 weeks if I run(C25K) 30 minutes X 3 times per week and if I swim 50 minutes X 2 times per week, so my goal is in minutes = 1710... hope I explained ok...

I'm not preparing for a 5 K race... unfortunately we don't have those king of competitions in my area.

Anyway, I find it amazing how the weight loss is speed up by running, so I totally agree with ubergirl.

Moni, feel better! 10 minutes is great, especially after a hiatus! Keep up the great work! I can't wait to be up to 10 minutes of running!

Philosia, Wow, I didn't even notice you are from Romania! It always amazes me how people from all over the world are connected via the internet. That's too bad they don't have 5k races in your area. We should do a virtual race someday! Like everybody races on a particular weekend and posts their results (no fibbing!) We could have virtual trophies and everything... just a thought. I think it would be fun!

You explanation of your ticker was perfect. What a great idea to incorporate both your running and swimming into a workout goal! I too went to the ticker factory and made my units my workouts (for c25k only). There are a total of 27 if you stay exactly on pace. I guess if I repeat a workout or two, I'll just keep the ticker where it's at.

Good Morning to everyone! (Or perhaps Good Afternoon/Evening depending where you live!)