I swear I suck at this! I had such a difficult time tonight. I attribute it to one of these things: had to pee badly, overdressed, and didn't eat a lot today. But I got out there. Again, I'm STILL on week 6. MTA: I think that I am going to do week 6 over rather than try to do w6d3 over and over.

Don´t worry Sushigirl; if you have to repeat it one or two months do it, we are suppose to do this to be in shape, not to break PRs every week. Maybe your problem is the speed. I was cheking the reports from this week and I already have accumulated 5.2 Km (3,4 ml?), but, i´m sloooooooooooow (the slowest ). No problem, I must be the heaviest too. Maybe week six will be my nemesis... We´ll see. Anyway, i´m already in the third run of week four. I guess I finished it, but maybe tomorrow I stuck there a week three day for the sake of diet and... I´ve been cheating! I follow Ullrey´s podcasts and the last two runs, at the end of the second 5 minutes run I just didn´t wanted to stop. I hate the begginings; i feel heavy and slow, but the ends are great and I decided to continue just for pleasure, no records, no speed, just slowwwww ( ) running. First time those last five minutes were eight, today ten. And I felt awesome. Maybe you should take next Sunday like a fun run day, start the watch and forget about it ´till you get really tired. Maybe this is the trick to break your week; make it for fun and do it slow. Or repeat it a couple of times more and we´ll do it (virtually) together. It will feel great to have somebody in the same week to cheer.

Just did an interval run. Nothing special, nothing to write home about. But I GOT OUT. That's what matters.

Week 5 Day 1. Instead of my training place (a quite steep hill circuit) I went to the Devin Castle next to the Danube and run in a flat asphalt road. Awesome. Like always, bad beggining and perfect end with a last eight minutes interval. I just didn´t wanted to stop and the view was perfect with the sun hiding behind the trees in the Austrian part of the river. I´m getting nervous because it´s getting cold and I´m not sure what to wear. No cotton, because I nearly froze when I stopped a couple of weeks ago, but the Jacket I have; some adidas clima365 makes me sweat like a chicken in the oven... What do you wear when it´s cold or windy? Pitters, 30 minutes it´s awesome; sounds like the perfect time. And it looks like you got the bug for racing too. And Sushigirl, are you in this point when not getting out to run puts you nervous? I thought it would be later but yersterday I couldn´t and felt like I was missing something. Keep pushing.

I´m getting nervous because it´s getting cold and I´m not sure what to wear. No cotton, because I nearly froze when I stopped a couple of weeks ago, but the Jacket I have; some adidas clima365 makes me sweat like a chicken in the oven... What do you wear when it´s cold or windy?

I'm interested to see answers to this as well. For our morning runs lately, it's never over 55 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm curious to see what other people recommend, because we're trying to figure it out before fall moves too much further towards winter!

Dress like it's 20 degrees hotter outside. Sounds crazy, but you warm up while you're running and you don't want to feel like you're dying out there. I wear my running tights and a long sleeved shirt for moderately cold temps. Anything colder and I'll need a wicking jacket.

it's started to be in the high 30s in the mornings here, but I've learned not to overdress. The first thing that helped was doing our warmup inside, so we'd have less pain going outdoors. the key items for me at this temp are a long-sleeve nike dri-fit shirt with a mock turtleneck that has a zipper so if your neck gets too hot you can zip it down a bit. i have running tights that just go past the knee, but when the temp drops a bit more I'll be wearing my long running tights. the biggest help was acquiring a headband from RRS that has ear flaps that fit snug around my ears, but is still made of a wicking fabric. I found that wearing a hat madde me too hot, but my ears are always the first things to scream "I'm cold!", so a headband is perfect. When it starts to dip further, it's about layers. Invest in some thermal pieces and wear layers, preferably ones you can take off easily mid-run if you get too hot and tie around your waist.

Okay, ran 2.19 miles with some sprinting. My stomach was not happy at all. No side stitches, thankfully, but abdominal cramping. Wasn't easy but did it. Moving on to week 7. We actually ran around a soccer field so it was softer on my legs, but strangely enough, managed a 15 minute pace.

glad to hear everyone is doing well! I'm slowly doing OHR now and battleing a cold. For clothes I went out yesterday in 55 degrees and still wore my skirt and tanktop. I could have used a long sleeve shirt but would have had to carry it about half way so I didn't bother. soon I'll transfer to a short sleeve or long sleeve shirt and my capri tights. It won't be until its a solid 20-30 degrees that I put on the winter tights. I love my coldgear top & bottoms, I wear them all winter long and if it's super windy I'll wear a cotton t over the top to break the wind. I have a knit headband I wear but that's only in the cold too.