Hi,
Since I haven't heard from most of you... I'm assuming you are doing your own thing. Hope you are still doing your routine!

I checked in with Doozer this week and will continue to do that.

I'm entering Week 7 of the program. According to my log, I've been at this for 40 days. I'm running 20 minutes at a time. I will try to run 2 more minutes tomorrow. I'm supposed to run 25 but have decided to increase it by 1 minute increments for the next few workouts until I get to 25. My own little head game.

I started counting calories today. I went back to using the nutrition tracker on sparkpeople.

Hope you are doing well!!

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I'm doing good and excited that it is going to be somewhat nice here this week where I can get outside for a run! It felt great to run on Saturday around my neighborhood! I need to go through my list of upcoming 5K races and actually register for them!

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I would love to get to a point where I could register for a 5k!

The last and only time I've done a race was with a corporate team and it was only 1 mile. I didn't prepare for it and ended up doing a 8 minute run. I was mad because some of the guys who smoked finished ahead of me. I hate that !!

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There is a 5K race this weekend that dh and I may do. We just don't know if we can find a sitter or not. We'll see how the week plays out!

You'll get there - look at how far you have come so far!!

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Good luck finding a sitter I will be at a birthday party on Saturday trying to not eat anything !!

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Thought I would make this a sticky topic & bump it up so others can join in. Post your latest stats on your Couch to 5K running!!!!

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If you're new here, this is the link for the Couch to 5k program: Cool Running :: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan

Today I started Week 8!! I ran 28 minutes this morning

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I did 4.2 miles in 40 minutes today on the treadmill. There was quite a few times I felt like slowing down and just walking it but I kept pushing on. My goal for April was to run for 4.5 miles consistently. So I'm getting there -- going to map out 4.5 miles around my house and plan on doing that this weekend.

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I highly recommend downloading podrunner intervals for your routine. It is a free download. I've used it for 8 weeks, it carries me through my runs. It follows the Couch to 5K program. There are also running podcasts for those already running.

Podrunner: Intervals - Free Workout Music from dj steve boyett

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