CyndiKo & Jennicap - Congratulations on finishing the C25K! Jenner - Thanks for the link to the article. It made me smile. iang - Welcome! I started Week 5 of the C25K today. It was suprisingly a lot easier today than Week 4 for me. I hope I can keep it up for the big increases in time this week.

I had a bad run tonight. I only made it 1 mile before I started walking. I ran/walked for another half mile or so and mostly walked the rest of the way home.

Welcome, iang999! Always nice to see some new runners around here. Stick around...we have cookies (and pasta).

I just feel like it's happening a lot. I mean...is it possible that I am not meant to run more than 10 minutes at a time?

Oh boy, every runner has those days/weeks/months. I had a two week span just recently where I could NOT make myself run more than a mile. The difference maker there was the fact that I kept plugging at it, keeping my head into it. My legs were ready to go but my mind wasn't. Then you'll find a day where you go above and beyond...and it's really sweet. You're smiling like a dummy and people are probably staring at you. Hey, everything works out eh? I promise you will have VERY good runs soon. Just keep at it! 4 miles today...~48 minutes. Last week I did 3 in ~37...so that's a slight improvement. Did my 5K in about 36 or 37 minutes, which is pretty good for me. This run was my long run for the week, and you know what? It was actually pleasant. I kept a pace where I knew I could sustain it for miles, and when I looked at the time I was stoked to see that that "slow" pace was a 12 min./mile! Mind you, I used to think 12 min./mile was fast when I was 210 pounds. 30 pounds lighter, and that's slow! I can't believe I even went that far without doing OHR...that plan a fellow runner made for me is working! It made me so excited, I am definitely in for a 10K sooner than later.

WohooO! Good job, Grads! Cyndi, your before and after pics are great! Jenni, awesome job! Jenner, I think it's easy to slack after the race is over and sometimes you need the break. I'm sure when you get back out there, you'll feel good being out there again.

Orange, you are going to nail that 20 minute run and go into week 6 feeling great! It's a mental hurdle more than a physical one. Try not to be intimidated by it. It's not that much longer than the week5/day two run.

Meg - Thanks for the pep talk. I'm going to be doing W5D2 this morning, and I feel ready for it. I'm sure everything's going to go well. I keep reminding myself how week 5 seemed so impossible to get to when I was on week 1, and now I'm here!

W5D2 is harder than W5D3, and W6 is harder than W5. You'll be just fine, and save some energy for W6!

mimi - you don't have to complete the 5k to be a c25k graduate. Congratulations! And I think your comment is good for those still in the program - it may take more than 9 or 10 weeks, but the important thing is you stuck with it and DID finish. What's next?