Bless you! Good to be here! Now, the question is...will I manage to fit in my 3rd session for the week this evening, or will it end up being tomorrow? Hmm...

Tonight is going to be day 2, week 6. 2 10 minutes runs with a 3 minute walk in between. I was really nervous about running 20 minutes in a row at the end of last week, but I did it, although, I'm pretty slow.

WTG Mothermavis! That's awesome! I don't think speed maters at this point. I think it's about endurance. great job!!!

Today I did:
W2D3 c25k -30 min's on the TM
10 minute abs on the ball
20 minutes Arms, back, inner & outer legs w/Weights.

Total=60 minutes.

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

broadabroad, Diva, Heffalump, BernerDoc, mothermavis, anyone I missed: great job on the workouts!

I just got done with W1D2 (I ran in here to post right after I got done stretching!).

Run #6 I was heading into a strong wind... that was rough... but other than that, it didn't feel too bad, and I got to splash through puddles like a little kid.

I was quite sore last time, so I did a longer warm-up and cool-down and spent more time stretching today, I hope that helps.

I am back from vacation, and I started right back at week 2. I was pretty worried about it since I haven't exercised in a week, but it felt so great. I will count today as day1week2! woohoo!

It is amazing, I felt so crappy becuase I hadn't worked out while at the inlaws--today I feel SO much better!

Welcome back Caitbeans!
Welcome Mayness and Broadabroad, (I agree, makes me smile just to type the name )

Sounds likes everyone is doing well!

Diva-glad your foot is better and you are getting it done!

Heffalump (love than name too) Makes me Dr Seuss it all the way! You are doing awesome!

Bernerdoc, what kind of shoes did you get? I always swear I'll try something new and always end up w Nike.

I did Day 2 week 6 last night!! Next up is 25 minutes of running with no stopping!

I did W2D3 last night... I am planning on repeating that today though and also plan on doing a spin class at noon.

Hi all - well, I've been sick (cough!) so I have been postponing my runs a bit... I hope to do W2D5 tomorrow, although my shuffle died and cannot be resurrected (kinda irritating since I've only had it 3 weeks) so I will have to do it without the podcast.

Congrats everyone on your progress! WTG!

I did W2D4 today! I also got in an hour spin class. I'm definitely in pain tonight so I can only imagine how I will be feeling tomorrow and Sunday. It always seems to feel worse 2 days later I'm excited that I was able to make it through this class, this is the first class I have taken at 24 Hour since I joined back in January. (obviously not counting the boot camps as those are not at the Y and are a lot different!)

Finished W3D3 yesterday - hard in the beginning, but got better and better! Upped the tempo to 6.5mph for the last minute of running.

Way to go, everybody!

W2D3 today. Whoohoo!! I must say, I am kicking my own *** Lovin' the runners high...

Question for those who use FitDay, Daily Plate, etc - how do you log C25K? Thus far I've been calorie counting just using a notebook and looking stuff up but I thought I might try one of those sites.

Thanks!

W1D3 done! I'm excited to move on to week 2.

BernerDoc, I've used CalorieKing (back when it was free/cheap) and SparkPeople, and those sites have multiple entries for running and walking, based on speed. They'll calculate the calories burned based on your age/weight. I'm guessing the ones you mentioned are the same. If you don't know your speed, you'll need to measure or estimate that.

I just log the running and walking as two separate entries. Alternating them might actually burn more calories (by keeping your heart rate up for a while during the walking sections) but underestimating the calories you burn is generally better than overestimating (within reason). So for example, week 2 workouts have 6 running segments, 90 seconds each, so that's 9 minutes of running to log. And that means that with warm-up and cool-down, you'll do at least 21 minutes of walking.

I've done it with separate entries like mayness and also just the average speed. I do my intervals right now on the treadmill so it is easy to just divide the time by the distance to figure out the average speed. It has come out about the same (within 10 calories) both ways for me on Spark.

If you are outside you can use a site like mapmywalk or mapmyrun to figure out how far you went and the time it took.

Did W3D1 today! It wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be, was still bad, but was able to push through it.

Wow, you guys are thoroughly inspirational!

So I've completed week one, and now I'm starting to repeat week one - one session down, two more to go. I may even do it for a 3rd week - we'll see.

On Sunday, though, I managed to be a Total Klutz: while jogging, I knocked my (60g Video)iPod off the wee ledge on which it was sitting, and it landed on the track and went flying off behind me! And I sort of slammed the stop button reflexively, and then flung myself off the treadmill very dramatically, landing to one side of it. The lady doing weights behind me was UTTERLY bemused.

...and five minutes later, I did it again. (Although this time I just let the damn thing fall, and kept on running.)

D'oh!

So I concluded that although this iPod had been just fine for the treadmill when I was just walking briskly, I evidently needed to invest in a wee iPod shuffle for jogging purposes, and I've duly gone out and bought myself one.

Meanwhile, does anyone have good suggestions for how I can be toning up my horrifyingly flabby underarms and/or tightening my tummy? What other exercises do you good people do?