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Hey everyone! I am so excited because I jogged 2.1 miles without stopping! This is the first time I went running since 9th grade (which was almost 15 years ago)!! I'm so thrilled.

My fiance and I went to our gym at our apartment and all of the ellipticals were taken, so I said why don't we come back later. And he said why don't we just try to take a run? I was a little apprehensive but I just said sure, thinking we'd run and walk. Well we were able to jog the entire way! It was slow (probably 3.0-3.5 mph) but it was still so exciting! I've really wanted to run since I got the band and now I'm extra motivated to do it! Yay!

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You should be so proud. I always wanted to be a runner but for some reason I breath wrong. But would like the feeling of accomplishment. Keep it going should really help with your weighhtloss.

Cheri

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You should be so proud. I always wanted to be a runner but for some reason I breath wrong. But would like the feeling of accomplishment. Keep it going should really help with your weighhtloss.

Cheri

Thanks! :) I know relatively speaking its a short distance and we weren't running like 8mph or something, but it still felt good!!

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You should be so proud. I always wanted to be a runner but for some reason I breath wrong. But would like the feeling of accomplishment. Keep it going should really help with your weighhtloss.

Cheri

Cheri I'm a grandmother of 2.5 wonderful little boys (number 3 is due May 22nd) and I have always hated running, but since losing all but my last 20-30 pounds towards my goal weight I have become a runner. The key for me was finding a great Coach! He taught me proper posture and form, taught me how to run light and not stomping like a mad cow haha, and he taught me how to listen to my own body. I went from barely being able to run/walk/run/walk for a quarter mile to going over 4 miles. All in three weeks. And because I live almost 100 miles from him (yes, he is worth the drive, which by the way was always the other thing I hated... driving...), I only see him on the weekends for training. Before he started working with me, I felt like I was dying after about 10-20 SECONDS of running. It took me 5 minutes to recover from every 30 seconds of running (and slow running at that!). Now I can keep going and going and going. Its my legs that get tired and cause me to quit long before I am out of breath to terribly bad. Coach calls it a conversational pace which is okay while I am still just learning everything and building endurance. He said eventually I'll be ready to pick up the pace and will breath a little harder but it won't be the "side aching, chest exploding I think I'm gonna die kind of out of breath" like I'm used to. I started training on January 21st 2011 so it didn't take long to see the difference and All it took was a great coach! Oh and a side note is that I had reconstructive knee surgery 13 months ago AND I am running barefoot! Barefoot running has taught me to run lighter and will help prevent injuries to my knees since I'm not running so hard and jolting my bones and body.

Congratulations to anyone who takes up running and keeps with it! I discovered a new passion and I have some pretty lofty goals! RUN ON!

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