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Completely agree! I'm on a treadmill bc my lungs can't take running in the cold... So music is my main source to aimlessly start thinking about everything other than running... I find if I throw my towel over the treadmill display, the run goes by a lot quicker! Just started couch to 5k after a long break after having my daughter!

Ok this is my own running tip from my own personal limited experience and novice physical fitness knowledge. If you lend any credability to me, you're gambling. <G> I found at the start that I was struggling. I'd look at my fitbit ( its a watch too ) and check the time constantly. OMG OMG OMG just 2 more minutes and I can walk again. My body knew it was about to get a rest and it fought me hard to convince me it was out of gas. It's not!! Your body will sabotage you every single time it can. You're brain is lazy. You must fool it!!! Stop looking at the time. Run until you're told to walk. Your body doesn't know when it's going to rest and can't poop you out in advance. Just a nice comfortable pace and get lost in the music. It really really works for me. I think you should try it and tell me your fidnings. Keep your body guessing.

Well here we goi! This will be my accountability log. I figured I'd start it out with a bit of a bio and where I'm at. I'll add my first run today... The name is actually Mike. My parents weren't cruel enough to name me Azatol. I drive a desk for a living. I test computer software used in the financial industry. It's a very "sit on your butt" type job. I'm a 47(Ok next week I will be) year old bachelor who spent 46 years being lazy. In 2014 I started my transformation and have lost 88 pounds. I eat Paleo, lift weights, walk 10 thousand + steps a day and now I run too. I feel better about myself and finally feel comfortable in my own skin. I've completed up to Week 6 Day 1. Today will be W6D2 marking the last time I get a walking break. I'm actually excited about this. I've been walking for years and consider my training with that to be pretty much done <G> So my biig why for running: it's not to lose weight. I've achevied all that before running. It's not to save money on gas. This one is easy. Tried a 30 second sprint on a treadmill and gained instant joy from it. I've been running ever since. In the 2 months I've been running I've yet to say "Ugh, I gotta go run". It's always more like "Just one more hour and I get to run!!" So when you ask me how hard of a battle it has been and I tell you it's been fairly easy, understand it's actually been quite a challenge but it's a labor of love and something you enjoy is always easier to do So without further delays, and in the all mighty words of my ancestoirs.... GRONK RUN!!

Hello! New member here and thought I'd give a bit of background and some inspiration to others... If you would have told me 6 months ago I'd be doing 5ks, and actually jogging, I would have thought you insane! Well, maybe I'm the crazy one! LOL I'm 45 and about 100 lbs overweight. Bad knees, former smoker, sedentary day job, and definitely NOT a runner. I HATED exercise, especially walking/running (BORING!!!) It all started because of a 5k obstacle course race I really wanted to do about 2 months ago. I knew I could do the obstacles, but running 3 miles, NO WAY!! I tried jogging a few times and all my fat jiggled, my knees started hurting, and I could not breathe. So okay, I figured I'd walk it. BUT, I wasn't even sure I could WALK 5k. So I started out a month before the event walking and sure enough, I was able to walk 5k. Came the day of the race and I walked it and did the obstacles, had a ton of fun and got my finisher's medal. By now, I was HOOKED! I wanted to do more 5ks! I was all about the bling and the excitement of doing something I never thought I could do. So I registered for a few more and kept walking them, but I really wanted to TRY to build up my strength and endurance to run them. I'm fortunate to live in a warm State where I can get out side at the local park and run around the trail (which is a 1 mile loop). So I started Week 1 in the beginning of December. Week 1 Day 1 was BRUTAL. I could barely jog for a minute, let alone keep up the intervals, but I pushed myself through. By the end of Week 1, I knew I wasn't ready to move onto Week 2. So, I did Week 1 again, and it got a little easier. Then moved onto Week 2. The first day was difficult, but I stuck it out. Week 2 day 2 was still hard, but doable. BUT a funny thing happened, I noticed I could breeze through the first minute without feeling tired and only at the last 30 seconds was I feeling it. WOW!! You mean I built up my endurance to jog for a minute without really feeling it? AWESOME! I finished Week 2 and repeated the first 2 days again. Then I had another 5k just a week ago. I did Week 2 day 3 during the 5k and when the session was done, I kept my music on and finished the 5, using my watch to time the walk/jog intervals. I did my BEST time yet (shaved off 10 minutes). This plan was REALLY working, I was really jogging, even if only for 2 minutes at a time! So...Monday this week I walked 3 miles (briskly, since I was with a friend) instead of going back to the plan. Today I decided "what if I try Week 3?? How far could I get? Well, the first rep of 3 min jogging wasn't bad. The second rep of 3 minute jogging nearly killed me. I had to start walking about 2 minutes in, which I did until the 90 second jogging interval. I finished it, and I'm proud of it! I know the next time I get out there I would be able to do both 3 minute reps jogging. Other "funny" things are happening to me too! When I start the 5 minute warm up walk, I don't want to walk, I want to start jogging! My fat isn't jiggling as much (so far I lost 10 lbs, need to really get better with the diet now). My balance seems to have improved. My knees don't hurt AT ALL and most of all, I'm jogging and enjoying it!! I look forward to "workout days" when I can just put the music on, zone out, and follow the trail for 30 minutes doing whatever the lady in my phone tells me to do. Most of all, I'm really jogging for more than 30 seconds at a time - WOOHOO!! The motto of my story is....BELIEVE in yourself! If you can't jog for 60 seconds in Week 1, so what? Jog for 30 seconds and walk the rest until the next interval. KEEP DOING IT - you WILL Get better. This app is really the BEST thing since sliced bread.

I turned 40 last year and made a vow to myself it would be my year....I would get in shape send my baby off to college in 2015 lookin and feelin hot! Fast forward to Jan 2015, gained 40 pounds since my birthday last April... Yesterday, I read numerous inspiring articles on fitness, healthy lifestyle changes, and realized....I can do it. I don't need a broken vow to keep me down any longer. The time could still be mine. Right now.. And..so..here I go!

Don't forget your diet. It's 80% of the game!! Eat right and you WILL be running that race.

Nope nope nope. If you read the original Couch to 5K Plan ( Which predates this app ), you will note they tell you to run as slow as you possibly can. This is not about speed. it's about endurance. Once you can run 30 minutes the speed will come on its own from practice. The ONLY way you could have cheated is if you skipped today and cheated yourself out of a workout. Way to push through!! It was 30 degrees out and I had to talk msyelf into it today as well but I did<G>

Buddies are always a good thing to have. I will not quit no matter what. Day two has been completed and it feels good sweating like this. I'm going to do this every other day so it's harder to skip a day. Hubby is definitely cheering me on also since he asked me if I had any plans after the treadmill for Tuesday since we both have the day off.

Forget about making last year your year. Try making tomorrow your day. Just 1 day. Then we can go from there. Mini goals are the way to win. Stack the deck in your favor. I'll be cheering for ya!!

Day two down. Amazing how much this is really working me. It was slow getting this bad and will be slow getting myself back where I should be. Feels good to sweat because of doing something. I've decided I'm going to do this every other day instead of 3 times a week to make it harder for me to skip a day.

LOL I'll say!

Azatol, that 'snap' I can relate to so well, (with BFL). I changed my diet and exercise on day 1 and with the exception of getting sick for a week, (mid way through) ... I stuck with it for 84 days - did not waver. It was a life-affirming/life-changing journey for me. It feels that way now. So silly, even as I wrote that last thought, I paused and a silly niggling voice popped in and said, "Don't jinx yourself!" Oh brother! Ignoring that one LOL

Gives new meaning to "freezing your butt off" LOL

Love all of the Encouragement here. Awesome!

Folks, I can tell you with some certainty that it can be done. As of Halloween my doctor declared me no longer diabetic. I was on 1000 milligrams of metformin this summer. Nothing right now and my blood sugar rarely tops 100. My A1C was 4.9 last momth. The recipe? 1) PALEO DIET!!!! Eat like our ancesters 2) Exercise. I started lifting weights now I run and lift. I was 315 last year. Walked off a lot of it. 268 when I went Paleo and started working out in August( was walking and eating low carb diet before that but weight loss stopped even with 10k steps a day ). Now I'm diabetes free, off blood pressure meds and 226 pounds. Down 2-3 shirt sizes and 3 pant sizes There is another piece of the puzzle. STRENGTH TRAINING ( which running is a form of ). FACT: Muscle burns calories faster. FACT: your metabolism is elevated for up to 48 hours after you work out. The most important part and the hardest one we have to come to terms with is diet is 80% of the game. Running and strength training alone will get you down a little but diet is where it's at. When you combine the two, bye bye pounds. hello better feeling me. <hops off soap box>