Aw, jb. Come and get me, girl! Guys, I'm really proud today. I worked really hard at the office and even stayed an hour late. Then I still got out to run when I got home. And it was a record! OHR W9D3: 4.20 miles in 53:58!!!! No stopping (okay, there were a couple of traffic lights. Sue me. ) I almost wanted to do the extra six minutes and hit the hour, but I made myself stop. My IT bands in my hips are a little sore, but otherwise I feel great! Woohoo! I can feel 5 miles just around the corner...

Aw, jb. Come and get me, girl! Guys, I'm really proud today. I worked really hard at the office and even stayed an hour late. Then I still got out to run when I got home. And it was a record! OHR W9D3: 4.20 miles in 53:58!!!! No stopping (okay, there were a couple of traffic lights. Sue me. ) I almost wanted to do the extra six minutes and hit the hour, but I made myself stop. My IT bands in my hips are a little sore, but otherwise I feel great! Woohoo! I can feel 5 miles just around the corner...

Wow. I hope I'm posting something like that in 9 weeks. Great job!

obiebyke - awesome job! wingz - sorry to hear about the IT band. I have found the foam roller to be very helpful (although somewhat painful) for that. Good luck with it - it sounds like you are taking it easy and letting it heal. On another note, I just posted the garlic shrimp recipe on the other group forum. It is super easy and delicious. Enjoy!

I went out tonight on my very first run with my DH.

Sounds like you guys had a good run! I really want to try and get my husband to start running. I'm trying not to hit him over the head with the idea, I just keep telling him how easy the Cto5K makes it. I think his past experience with running was conditioning for cricket - which means they were forced to run before "real" practice. He needs to do something - I think he's more addicted to his laptop than I am to mine! I started W2 of Cto5k yesterday and it felt really good. I'm following the same course that I used for week one and though some variety would be interesting, it's interesting to compare how far I go on each run. Admittedly, I'm thinking of switching over to trail running in the park since I've been taking my dog with me. She habitually has to poop about 1/2 of the way through the run - which means I have to carry her little "present" with me for the rest of my run. Yuck!! (TMI?!) Honestly, I'm mentally moving forward way faster than my body is. I want to be in awesome shape NOW! I want to go run four miles at a good pace NOW!! I have to keep reminding myself to just relax and let it happen. Eight weeks is not that long and before I know it, I'll be finished and ready to move onto the next challenge.

Just so you know, I'm still here, but I have my first race on Friday (2 mile road run). I have been just trying to run as much as I can in 20-25 minutes without regard to the program. I will start back again next week at W4D1. I'm pretty nervous for Friday because I think I should have been pushing myself harder, but it's so dang HOT out. The race is at 7:15pm on Friday, so that's better than in the hot afternoon.

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. I am back into it properly now. Completed Day 2 of week 5 today (2 x 8 min runs) and felt really good afterwards. Next time it rains, I won't be such a wuss! Keep going everyone

Sweet, Mel! I ran for a few months before getting stuck at, like, R4W1, and that's when I started C25K. It's a good unsticker. Curious--I couldn't tell for sure from your log--on Saturdays, do you do the R5W2 pattern, for 5 miles? That's the plan? That's cool. I can't wait to add a fourth day (but I will).