I signed up to do the glo run! Just about 20 minutes ago! It is July 13 and it is of course at night. I have never done a 5k and I am excited an petrified at the same time!!!!

Nice! Congrats, I'm sure it's gonna be awesome. Make sure you post some pics here after, so we can bask in your amazingness.

Oh my gosh, that sounds amazing! You must share pictures when the time comes! I would be excited and nervous too, I bet you'll have so much fun.

I will! I am also going to do the color me rad and color me run! I cant run but I can walk them!

Good for you!!!

If you are interested in running, 5K's are a great place to start. Signing up for your first race is so hard, especially when you are not the "norm" in the running world! I applaud you so much! Once I am cleared to run again, I am signing up for a color run, they look so fun!

I want to share how I started running, and if I am intruding, I apologize!

My first attempt at running was at 325 pounds (Feb/March 2011). I was on a treadmill walking 1.5% incline and 3.0mph. I raised the treadmill to 4.0mph for 5-10 seconds, then lowered it back to 3.0mph until I was 99% recovered. I limited myself to 4 per hour of exercise, so I didn't hurt myself. I also only "ran" every other exercise session. The other sessions were walking only or elliptical. I raised it slowly from there.

March 2012, I weighed about 225-230, and ran a 10K in 1h16m, running the first 3 miles without walking, then doing a run/walk for the next 3, and running the last .2 just cuz I couldn't finish the race walking with my family watching!

February 2013, I ran a half marathon in 2h33m, using Jeff Galloway's run/walk method. I was NOT prepared for "hills", so I started out at 4 min run, 1 min walk, and then timed walk breaks for hills, and made sure long run breaks had the hills first, so I wasn't dying at the end of a run segment.

That sounds like so much fun, I'd love to do something like that. I've never done any marathons because I know I can't run for very long, but, I never thought that I could walk them. I can walk 2 hours (10k~) without any difficulty, and I love walking!

I hope you post pics!

Have fun!!!

JustB I envy ya....I want to sign up for a 5K someday, it's been a mini-goal of mine to do one. You're so brave. Awesome job!

Congrats ! I want to do a 5k in July maybe . I have never did one ourside of my treadmill . I think that would feel so good to me !!!!!

Have fun! That's awesome that you're doing it!

Thanks everyone. Right now I do not plan on ever becoming a runner. I am just going to stick with walking. Running is so hard on your knees and I have some trouble (minor) with my left knee as it is. I am pretty excited about the glo run. My niece one of her friends and my best friend are all doing it with me. I can do 3 miles in about an hour.

Those all sound so fun! I'm jealous :P I was signed up for the night color run in Dallas but they canceled it because the location accidentally double booked and they never rescheduled it

Have fun!!!

How fun!!! I also just signed up for the Glo run. It should be tons of fun! I just did Color Me Rad on Saturday and it was a blast!! The best part of 5Ks like this are they are so laid back. Nobody's trying for a record, they're just there for fun! Enjoy them!! Just know it can get addicting!

hmmmm looks like color me rad is in dallas in Oct and a different color run is in Nov. I may just sign up for both soon I am also eyeing the run for your life zombie 5k obstacle course in Austin in Dec. I was a Zombie in the Dallas on at the beg. of June and saw plenty of people at my level of run/walk giving it a go