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Week 5 - Day 2 run of C25K running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
- Jog 8 minutes
- Walk 5 minutes
- Jog 8 minutes
- Five-minute cooldown walk



I was actually able to jog for 8 minutes straight twice in yesterday's workout and I'm pretty stoked about it since I felt I could have run for longer. It was muggy and when I started my workout and finished drenched to my hands in sweat. As I was jogging it started to drizzle and I told Mother Nature to bring it but she didn't listen.

Next workout is the ultimate test as I go from running 8 minutes to 20... the dreaded Week 5, Day 3!
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Week 5 - Day 3 run of C25K running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 20 with no walking. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.



Well, I was able to do it without walking so yay me, I guess. Apparently I'm fast-walking my way to 5K with how slow I'm jogging. My husband asked how I'm jogging and when I showed him, he said it's more of a walk so I'm pretty low right now. Jeez, talk about going from an extreme high to the very low of lows right now, and here I thought I was making progress. *sigh*
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Whoops, looks like I didn't update in a while. I finished the program and will post my results in the next few posts. I have also started a new challenge, but I'll create a separate thread for it. Here's where I left off:

Week 6 - Day 1 run of C25K running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
- Jog 5 minutes
- Walk 3 minutes
- Jog 8 minutes
- Walk 3 minutes
- Jog 5 minutes
- Five-minute cooldown walk



Since I was going relatively slow last workout, I really pushed myself this time and ended up dying towards the middle. I was listening to the soundtrack to Run Lola Run and it didn't go with my running pace at all, music was too fast. So at the end of the 34 minute workout, I ended up nauseous, extremely tired and with swollen hands but I finished and ran when I was supposed to. 3 weeks left and I'm 0.72 miles short of the ultimate goal.

There's a new app update since Friday's workout; they added a play alert when there are 10, 5, 2 and 1 minutes left for the running intervals. Knowing how much time is left, I can now push myself a little harder towards the end of my runs. They also added a 30 and 45 minute run so we can run anytime we want after the program's over.
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Week 6 - Day 2 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
- Jog 10 minutes
- Walk 3 minutes
- Jog 10 minutes
- Five-minute cooldown walk


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Week 6 - Day 3 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 25 minutes with no walking. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.



I did it! I ran the whole 25 minutes w/out stopping! I started pretty slow, knowing I had a long way to go, but at the 15 minute mark, I was actually shocked that I had so much energy so I stepped it up a bit. At the 17 minute mark, I don't know what happened but I felt so much energy I felt this rush. I don't know if it was the song "Demonoid Phenomenon" by Rob Zombie or 2nd wind, or what but it felt amazing. At the 20 minute mark I still had a lot of energy and kept my pace; at the 23 minute mark, I went faster and when there was a minute left, I went even faster. When it was over I checked the distance and was impressed that at Week 6, Day 3 I'm less than half a mile from accomplishing goal.

I feel incredibly invincible right now.

Demonoid Phenomenon:

http://www.youtube.com/v/MbEINhcCwsg&hl
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Week 7 - Day 1 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 25 minutes. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.



I took a day off cuz I've been having back pains. Don't know what's wrong with me but I've been feeling dizzy and really really tired... actually considered not running today but if I took another day off, I was afraid I'd go backwards and I've worked too hard to go back so I just went ahead and did it. My pace has improved (surprisingly) and there's a point in the run where I felt like my legs were carrying me... I mean it's hard to explain... it's like I don't think about running, my legs just move on their own.

I'm 2/3 of the way through this thing and I'm getting closer to goal. This week I run 25 minutes straight, Week 8 I run 28 minutes, and Week 9 I run 30. My goal is to finally hit 5K (3.1 miles) by the end of Week 8... fingers crossed.
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Week 7 - Day 2 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 25 minutes. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.



Went back a little and I'm not happy. I know there are days when it's gonna be inevitable, but still. I changed playlist and had my "power songs" in the beginning. Big mistake, it burned out at the end. I was still able to run for 25 minutes straight though.

One more 25 minute run then I go to 28 minutes of non-stop running.
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Week 7 - Day 3 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 25 minutes. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.



Ran with my usual playlist and had the power songs towards the middle/end. It was rough at the end because my knee tightened up on me. I stretched it out and massaged it a bit and today it feels much better.

Tomorrow will be my first 28 minute non-stop run. I should be ok and expect my distance to improve.
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Week 8 - Day 1 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 28 minutes. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.



Man this one was rough. When I finished I felt lightheaded for a few seconds and everything around me seemed to be pulsing. Not sure if this is normal or if I'm overextending myself.

The distance and pace is including the 5 minute walk before and after the actual run, so I'm pretty sure if I tried running 5K, I'll be able to accomplish it. There's a 5K distance workout on the Nike+, so when the C25K program is over, I'm gonna run 5K straight and see how I do.

Thanks for following my journey to 5K.
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Week 8 - Day 2[/B] run ofc25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 28 minutes. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.

No distance info, since my pedometer wigged out on me but I'm guessing it was about 2.80 or a bit more since I finished at the same place I did on Thursday.
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Week 8 - Day 3 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 28 minutes. Finish with a five-minute cooldown walk.



OMG guys, I'm really really close!!!!! I should hit goal by next week! Can't believe I went from shaking from a measly 60 seconds of running-90 seconds of walking, to being able to run 28 minutes straight. Un-freaking-believable, this program absolutely works. If any of you is on the fence about trying it, just do it.
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Week 9 - Day 1 run of c25k running plan.Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 30 minutes. Finish with a five minute cooldown walk.



Well guys, this is the final week of the C25K program. I've come a hell of a long way in 2 months. If you were to ask me 3 months ago if I could run 5K, I'd tell you you were nuts. And now, here I am at 3 miles. There's still room for improvement and I have 2 workouts left but you bet your sweet a** I'm gonna bust it.
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Week 9 - Day 2 run of c25k running plan. Today's workout consisted of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 30 minutes. Finish with a five minute cooldown walk.



Welp, this is my second to last workout and went down a bit. Let's see if I can reach 3.1 on Saturday. If I don't, I'll be happy knowing that this program has helped so much with something I didn't think was possible.
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Week 9 - Day 3 run of c25k running plan. Today's workout consisted of:

The final workout! Congratulations! Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 30 minutes. Finish with a five minute cooldown walk.



My final workout YEAH!!! Although I didn't quite reach goal, I'm so happy that in 9 weeks, I literally went from couch to 3 miles. I never EVER would have thought this was possible. On Tuesday I'm gonna run the whole 5K and see if I reach 30 minutes which is my goal for the end of the year.
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My first "real" 5K workout and I'm way off my goal of reaching 5K in 30 minutes by the end of the year. Oh well, I'll just run (pardon the pun) with it.



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