I knew I could finish this 25 minute jog but I was worried about W8, so I kept thinking 'All you have to do is jog 28 minutes.' Tricking myself into thinking I actually had to jog that long made the jog somewhat bearable.

isn't it amazing what we can accomplish by using mental games? i've done this before too, and it always works, which is crazy since you KNOW you're lying! mind over matter FTW

What a great run this morning. Up at 6:15 am and on the road for my OHR Week 7 ending 45 minute run. Yes, folks, that's 45 minutes! As my wife said, "In a row??" Hard to believe that this non-runner as of almost 4 months ago is now running - and not dying while doing it! - 45 minutes non-stop! My only goal was to hopefully cover 4 miles, but I didn't want to push it. The long runs aren't the times to break pace records, that's for sure. Anyway, I was relaxed and breathing fairly normally when I glanced down at my watch for the first time and saw that I was in my 37th minute. I smiled knowing how good I felt and then I thought, "I wonder if I can get 4 miles?" I upped the pace just a fraction, but made sure I was still upright and not extending my strides too far. I had an idea where I needed to end my run to be somewhere past 4 miles and thought I could make it until I glanced back at the watch and saw 43. I realized it was gonna be close so I picked up the pace again - I've never turned my strides over so fast!! But my breathing was still steady so I kept at it. That last minute was the most amazing minute of running! I kept increasing my pace and yet my breathing stayed steady - this was the payoff of all those weeks of C25k and OHR! At 45 minutes on the dot I stopped my sportband watch and waited to see how far I'd gone. Imagine my response when I saw....... 3.99 miles! How many steps did I miss 4 miles by? Actually, none. My Nike+ is notorious for being off a tenth of a mile on the short side and when I went back and drove it, I was over 4 miles by a hair. I'm averaging it all out and saying 4. Wow, that was almost longer than a goddess post. Hope I didn't bore you. Week 8 begins Monday.

Wow, that was almost longer than a goddess post. Hope I didn't bore you.

Them be fightin' words! I'm a writer by trade, I'm allowed to be wordy. I think I got everyone on the charts caught up...if I messed up anything, please feel free to correct it.

Goddess - can you move me ahead to week 8 please? The charts look fabulous

Sure can. Hold on, if you are in W8, you haven't finished it. The bars count for finished weeks. My brain!

It goes up to 10 because it's a free internet program and that's how it's set up - in 2's. When no one is on week 9, it'll only go up to 8. I can't change the colors for the weeks either. But it's free. And it's accessable. I had been graphing according to what week you said you were on. So, if you said you were on week 8, the graph would read 8. Right now, unlapsing is on week 9, so their graph reads 9. Got it? Don't stress so much - this is supposed to be the easy part!

Thanks...that makes sense. So it will stay what week you're ON? I was just SO excited to move on to Week 8 on the graph when I finished Week 7 that I guess I kinda freaked out with the change to finished weeks. I'm totally excited about the colorful new charts!

As far as I'm concerned, goddess has proven she's the go to person for the charts, and thus, I deem it so. I do reserve the right to peek in from time to time and learn. (Well, unless Meg has a problem with it)

Not at all. Take the charts!