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Y'all took me back! Wow, I remember what it was like to run 3 minutes straight for the first time just a few weeks ago... such a sense of accomplishment! I am now about to start week 8 and can run now for 25 minutes straight. I am proud of each and everyone of you and you will be amazed at by the en...

Awesome! You are a rockstar! Any success is a HUGE accomplishment and should be celebrated as such!

I think joint pain comes as part of the territory with beginning running. I have heard glucosemine helps with knee pain. I think you have to take it for about three weeks before you will begin to notice a difference. You can find it in the vitamin section!

Just when I thought I would never get through my Week 7 runs, I finally made it through after 2.5 weeks! In trying to run week 7, i took my runs to the treadmill as it was way too hot. What I learned is that I can't run on the treadmill my brain just screams out in boredom. What I ended up doing is ...

Hi Linda! Congrats on making it this far! And if you need to repeat week then do it. It is amazing how those extra few minutes tacked on can seem so huge! I am still stuck on week 7! I just can't seem to complete 3 25 minute runs in any given week. I am pretty sure it is all in my head and I cant' g...

Did a quick 1 mile run on the treadmill (ha that is fun to say..... ) as I have been running outside. It was a break day and shouldn't be running at all but was curios to see how I would do on the treadmill. Where I left off the treadmill a few weeks ago I would never have been able to run a mile li...

I don't remember week 4 to be honest.... I am on week 7. I do know this, week 4 seems to be the week where people start trying to run too fast. Vary your pace from slow to faster and slow down to an almost walk if you have to but never stop. This app is to build up stamina and you will still build s...

I totally agree about running in places I have never run before. For now, I stick to my large neighborhood, but the last week or so I have been running the same route and I am realizing I need to change it up. I hate knowing where my approximate half way point will be, etc. I tend to not turn around...

Thanks for the tips. I think it is the way my brain works.... on a lot of things I see things as rules that must be followed. I see the app as rules and the only way I can move forward with the next run is to complete the entire week before. LOL, I know it may sound bizarre but it is just my brain. ...

I think I will do week 7 again! As a previous posted said, I struggled all through week 7 from waiting too longs between runs to not finishing two of them. The second non finished run was my run three of the week which was today. I stopped running at about 18 minutes. I ran and walked after I stoppe...