That's pretty much how I started as well. Did my own thing and then looked and found out I was on week 3. I've done the three minute runs a few times but I'm not real comfortable with them yet. One or two more tries and on to week 4.

Congrats to all the May graduates! And to the May starters for that matter!

I started my second week of W4 today. I can't finish the last 1/2 mile, but I end within 1/8 of a mile of it every time. I think I'll take an entire repeat week before moving on.

I also got new shoes today! My knees were hurting a lot with my old shoes, but I didn't want to make the investment until I knew I would stick with this running thing for more than a couple of times - my past track record isn't so great I've been running (ahem, jogging) for four weeks now and treated myself. I LOVE them and my knees felt much better today!

Hi, everyone! Thought I'd poke back in for a quick update.

First of all, WOW! Everyone seems to be doing so well on the program! It's truly inspiring to a newbie like me to see that it's working and that so many people are making such great progress. Keep it up, guys!

Second, my little family all did our town's Mother's Day 5K on Sunday morning. My husband Jim ran it (and finished in 23:15 - woo-hoo!), coming in 30th overall in a field of 349. My 7-year-old daughter and I walked it together, but she kept wanting to run, so we probably ran a total of a quarter of it. But we finished! It took just about 48 minutes, which, considering I was doing it with Erin, wasn't bad!

I did W1D2 of C25K this morning, and it felt really good. I think I've convinced a work buddy of mine to do it with me, so it'll be fun to have someone to partner with and cheer each other on.

Hey all -

I finished W9 last week, whoohoo! I actually did my W9D3 run with the dogs on my way to my intership site for the summer (our 4 day, 1700 mile drive). It was a bit hairy, running with the two of them but we did it. :-) Now I'm in the process of mapping out new routes and re-adjusting to running outdoors vs on the treadmill.

I'm thinking of entering a charity run on June 8th...

Congrats to the other 'finishers' and welcome to all the new starters. Keep up the awesome work!!!

Yay, I did it too! Just came back from W9D3 - my third 30 min run - and although I wasn't counting laps I think I did pretty well speedwise. Next I'm going to work up to the actual distance (W10, I guess ) and then it's just improving time until June 29th

Newbie

Hey everyone-

I just registered today because I really wanted to be a part of this thread. I work with several runners who just completed a marathon last week and it is all that they talk about. It motivated me to consider running and I found the C25K plan. I'm psyched to try it out. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine being a runner but I guess it can't hurt to try. I did my first C25K workout last night and it went very well. Hopefully chatting with you all will keep me motivated to stay with it!

Congrats to those who finished this month!

Today I did Week 6 Day 3 of C25K. 25 minutes of jogging! I did it all. Went about 1.5 miles during that time. I took it slow to make sure I got through the whole thing. Wore my new heart rate monitor and kept my HR at about 70% of the max the whole time.
I am just doing time now, and will work up the distance after the 9 weeks, probably.

Hi everyone! I'm new to this thread but am in Week 2 of the program. I was a cross country/long-distance track runner in high school but it all fell by the wayside when I came to college. I have missed it and am ready to start running again and thought this would be a good way to ease back into it. I'm looking forward to running "with" you all!

I am curious as to what types of workouts you all do on the off-days, cardio or strength training? Do you ever do strength on the same day you do your run? Thanks for your help!

Hi all! It's been almost a week since I've run Its not that I didn't want to, I've just been super crazy busy and sick.

So I got back out there today to do w8d1 (28 minutes running). I thought it'd be really tough since I took a short break, but it actually went really well! I got fitted for some new running shoes and they are so comfy. I got some new running shorts too that are really light and dry really fast. I'm starting to feel like a runner *gasp*!

Yay everyone!

Shades: woohoo getting back out there!

So I got my hip problem resolved (strained illiotibial), and wouldn't you know, my rib went out. Ugh. I'm sure its cause I didn't fix the other (hip, leg) stuff earlier, but I can get in to my doc to get it resolved until Saturday, so... no running for me until Sunday at the earliest. I swear I am going to be the slowest C25K finisher ever

Alright, I will jealously read all y'alls progress reports and try to learn patience.

Have great runs everyone!

I do some sort of cardio every day. So on nonc25k days, I do walking/biking/aerobics. I also strength train 4 days per week.


Today I started Week 7. Another 25 minute run! I think I could probably do the whole 5K at the pace I am currently going at LOL! Slow, but at least I jogged the whole time!

I haven't run in almost 3 weeks. Just too much going on in my life. I did W6D1 last time.

I'm eager to get back into it, especially after reading all the new posts! Congrats to all the new starters!!

I'm gonna go out and run today... I think I'll go back to the beginning of week 4 just to be safe.

UPDATE: W4D1 was just right for me... very very hard, but not impossible. My legs are so tired now.

Hi, all! I did W2D1 today. I probably shouldn't have, as we did another 5K yesterday (and I shaved 4 minutes off my time... whoa!), but I wanted to stick to my Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday schedule. It wasn't bad at all, and I think Tuesday will be easier as I'll have a rest day tomorrow. I still really like the podcasts... they really keep me going!

Hi all...
I took a week off from running because my hips were sore. Either it's all the pounding from the fast-walking and jogging, or I'm just getting old .

So anyway, I "wogged" 2.18 miles tonight on my first Week 2 workout which I thought was pretty good since I took last week off. I felt like I could go more, but pushing it isn't really a good idea, is it?
Oh, my shins aren't hurting as much anymore. Must've been all the good advice about bouncing less, and picking up my feet, stretching, etc. all!

to the grads and to the 3FC and C25K newbies.

Gotta run

Hi everybody! I'm glad I found this thread.

I just started the C25K program today. I'm really proud of myself. I did a walking pace of about 3.5 and a jogging pace of about 5.5. Does that sound about right? I forgot to write down the distance, so I'll make sure to check that when I do W1D2 on Thursday.

Congrats to everyone who finished, and YAY for everyone starting! We all have to be newbies sometimes!