Yesterday I finished W5 of OHR. 38 minute run, and it brought me over 100 miles for 2008!!! I'm so excited. Have a good week, everyone.

I am officially finished the C25K program! I am doing well, and started the one hour runner program. I ran the course of my first 5k race on Sunday, and it was interesting to see the course beforehand. The race isn't until the middle of June, but I ran the course today is 30:31, and according to my map it is 5.4 km, not 5k, so I am pretty happy with the time. Now I am going to work on running farther and longer, which the OHR program should be perfect for. Looking back 9 weeks, I am amazed that I can run 5km in about 30 minutes. Over the multiple starts and stops of running in the last few years, the difference a good program like C25K makes is incredible. I have come to look forward to my running, and often want to run more than I have scheduled. I would not have ever guessed that would happen 2 months ago! Thanks for everyones support, and to those just starting or struggling on the C25K, if I can do this anyone can. Just stick with the program, repest weeks if you need to and take it slow!! You'll enjoy it so much more than going out too fast and injuring yourself or getting discouraged!

Congrats on your graduation, colinw! You've done awesome... and I'm totally jealous of your 5K time. I'm hoping to get close to that sometime next year... You're gonna rock that race next month!!!

Just finished W4D1, the as-scheduled edition. I added about a minute walking by adding 30 seconds to 2 of the walking intervals, but ran it as planned otherwise. 5 minutes now seems as long as 1 minute did 6 weeks ago, so it's all good. I just keep reminding myself YES, YOU CAN. Sometimes I have to say it a LOT. colinw, congratulations!! Way to stick with it and reach your goal of completing C25K. jb944, your encouragement is so uplifting. I hope you feel better soon. Wingz, I am so thankful that my schedule works out for me to run in the early afternoon for the same pillowy reason. However, in the summer, I may have to reconsider...100 is a liiittttlleee toasty for running.

Dipping my toe in the water for my first post ever. I've been following everyone's progress--we all should be so proud of ourselves!! Just finished W6, D3--I took a day off because in my enthusiasm for running, I forgot to keep hydrated and was feeling pretty crappy for a few days before I realized what the problem was. Getting hungover off of two beers really should have clued me in. Anyway, I wouldn't say W6 D3 was a breeze, but it's nice to look at my watch 20 minutes in and think "okay, only five more minutes...you can totally do that." It feels great to say that I ran for 25 minutes straight. Have good runs, all!

obiebyke - after today's run, I only have 14 miles to get to that 100 miles for the year. No snot rockets - I don't really understand what happens, but everything dries up and feels better in my head as soon as I start running. PolePole - you are making great progress. and yes, you an do it! LaineT - welcome to our group! You have made real progress. That 25 minutes is a great feeling! I just had to get out and run again today - it was in the 70s and very little wind, and running clears my head. I decided since I had already run 2 days in a row that I would take it easier and do run/walk intervals today. I really don't want to overdo it and get injured again. So, I'm not counting this as D3 - I'll do that later this week, but I did a little over 3 miles again. I will definitely take tomorrow off from running . . .

OHR w1d1 completed this morning. I use the same route just about every run so I know where to start and stop. So today I decided to run without checking the watch for when to start and stop. I got to where I should stop and checked the watch and I still had two and a half minutes to go. Covering more distance in the same amount of time is very cool.

Absolutely! Hi, eyedoc! So this is your first week with a more than 30 minute run, right?