thought I'd start things out... blah!!! had a horrible run this morning. Completed OHR W7D1... but boy was it a struggle!

eyedocguy, the lousy runs happen so when you have a great run, you recognize and appreciate it. Thanks, goddess. This week will be my last C25K. Week 9. Monday is a rest day.

You're welcome, CanadianMeg. Hope you don't leave us once you graduate! Jenner, I'm not really in a position to talk since I'm not up there yet, but I'm pretty sure you're just psyching yourself out. Slow and steady wins the race, and even if you feel like you can't go on, think of how you'll feel when you do! You'll be smiling all over and completely amazed with yourself. Sure, it's painful/nightmarish while you're doing it, but you've been working up to it and like all of the steps before it, it isn't as big of a step as you thought it would be. I have full faith you'll do it soon! I am DONE DONE DONE with Week 2. It was smoldering hot outside, and I paid the price for wearing mostly black clothing outside to run. Luckily, my Zune workout armband was on my doorstep right before I went out for my jog and it was a godsend. It was hard, but definitely not as hard as W2D2. I even had to speed up to beat this pack of people, and I was surprised I was turning the corner that quickly! It took the wind from my sails but luckily it was the end of the interval anyways. I'm excited that Wednesday is the start of Week 3! I also find that my knees complain at first, but once a minute passes, they calm down. Anyone have that before?

W6D1 all done! Congrats on the admin gig, Meg! Jenner...I've been in bad run funk before. I go for what seems like weeks where no run feels right. Sometimes a day off helps. Sometimes a change of scenery or slowing down the pace. goddess...some runs take me a mile or so to seettle in.

Hello C25K Gang, Completed Week 7 last night, covered my longest distance so far, 2.25miles in 25 mins, which means that, somehow, I am lumbering along at almost 11:00 mins per mile. PROGRESS!!! Week 8 starts on Wednesday So Meg is our new Oracle. Splendid, you and Wingz give great advice and experience, which has been really helpful. Keep going everyone

eyedocguy - glad you're still out there, and still running. I was wondering how the OHR was going for you. Have you thought about repeating any weeks? I'm asking because I'm behind you - just finished OHR w3d3 this morning, so will start adding length on next week, and I'm scared. Jenner - I understand what you are saying completely. It does seem like a lot of people get really psyched up when they make w5d3 and run that 20 minutes straight. I completed it, but it felt BAD. So I repeated week5, which helped me move on. Now I've just finished running 30 minutes three times a week for FOUR weeks in a row, and feel like I "ought" to be chomping at the bit to go longer, but 30 minutes feel just about right. But, I'd really like to get to the point in my life where 60 minutes feels just about right. So, I think maybe we just need to keep pushing through, and then our times that are long for us now will be short for us eventually, and will feel good then. Keep going everyone! I think that's actually what I'm most proud of for myself. I've made some significant modifications to the rest of my life to fit in some of my runs in the last week, and that's a first for me. Too often in the past I've let my life get in the way of my exercising, but not lately. That's an accomplishment for me.

Happy Canada Day! I just got back from my first run of week 9. It's 65% humidity and pretty warm which is why I opted to go early. I hit a new longest distance. I found the last 90 seconds pretty challenging and it could've been a better run overall, but I'm content. Of course, now I'm wondering how long it will take me to get up to running 3 miles, but I think that's a ways off.

Hi all~! I'm new. I'm 15 and trying to get in shape, so I started C25K last night (W1D1). This site says I "ran" 16:27 minute miles. I feel really accomplished, but I struggled to get through it. Hopefully my next run (tomorrow) will be slightly easier!