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I completed C25K outside this past summer and ran a 5K in the fall. I should mention I haven't run since I was about 8 years old and am now 59. I got a gym membership in the fall knowing I would not be out in the cold here in New Hampshire. I continued to walk/run on the treadmill but also tried out the bikes, arcs, elliptical and the strength training circuit. Very quickly I lost my endurance. For the new year I decided to start C25K again all on treadmill. I had no idea what speed I should obtain so I walked at 4.2 and ran at 6.5. It was killing me. I had a hard time running for 5 minutes. Then I noticed a man who was well over 6' tall running at 6.2. I am just under 5'3". I decided I was going too fast. I am now walking at 4 and running at 5.5. I was able to run 20 minutes. On day 3 of each week I add 3-4% incline. Not sure where I should be but I'm further then I was yesterday!

I recently completed the c25k program on the treadmill, but I am too total newbie at running. I started very slow: 2mph walking and 3.5 jogging. and gradually grow to 3.5 walking/5.8 running. In fact I got to 5.8 running just last week. I follow the app recommendation - run 3 days per week. Every other day I walk and do core strength exercises. When I fill good I am playing with incline on the treadmill - variations is a good prep for the outside running When the weather will get milder, I am planning to run outside. But most likely I will be bicycling...

I found myself constantly checking my phone - certainly more than I would like. I was especially guilty when I was upping the amount of running time. What worked for me might seem counter-intuitive. I bought an Apple Watch last November. I wanted to be able to start and stop sessions more easily, especially since I was going to be in races starting in January. Well, now that I've run the long runs, I find myself checking the watch less. Of course, I have Runkeeper (and, before that I had MapMyRun+) giving me updates in my ear every half-mile. Those updates seem to satisfy most of my "need to know" when I've been doing my 4/1 intervals these past couple of weeks (4:00 jogging, 1:00 walking). When I was on the longer sessions or in a race, I didn't much care about checking the watch at all because of the half-mile updates. But I *will* say that, if it wasn't for the music, I don't know that I could do this. Even now, when a song comes on, I might mentally think (if it's a long one) "Ok, this one is long enough that I'll get the break AND the whole next jog interval in it" or something like that. Just the way my brain works, I guess.

I'm overweight..and 54..and havent run in 15 years. I started Week 4, day one today. I keep it at 3.5 for the walk and 4.5-7 for the run

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