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4/11/13 11:26 A

I did it!! Finished my 1st 5K this morning. It took me a whole lot longer than I thought it would but I still finished it. My plan is now to just keep repeating weeks 3-5 concentrating on making my times better each week. We'll see how much time I can shave off that 5K time in a few months!!

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4/7/13 10:11 A

Starting Week 5 today, hopefully.

My walking buddy, who is training for the 5K also, was on vacation last week. I'm not sure what she did while she was gone. If she stayed on track we'll move on to Week 5. If she didn't, I will repeat Week 4 with her. Either way is good because I'm really enjoying the long walks.

Well, my walking buddy was good with continuing on to Week 5 even though she hadn't done any walking for time or distance. So, we started off. Day 1 was good and today is Day 2. Since neither of us work on Friday's, our 5K is tomorrow morning. Wish us luck!



Edited by: PEG2584 at: 4/10/2013 (12:26)

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4/6/13 10:17 A

3.25 in 50!

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4/3/13 10:38 P

Second walk of the week done. I posted a virtual 5K time last week, but I'm planning to do a better one (I hope) Friday or Saturday.

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4/2/13 10:33 P

Finished! I did 3.3 miles in 58.5 minutes! I am so proud of myself.

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3/31/13 6:11 P

Just checking in at the beginning of Week #5.

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2/17/13 2:07 P

Wahoo,

Finished my 5k today in 46 minutes. I am so happy. Will do this program again.

Sandy

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2/15/13 7:54 A

hi all,

Thank you Karen Leigh and good luck to you also. I think I will be redoing this program again. I really enjoyed it.


Sandy

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2/14/13 9:14 P

Good luck Sandy, you go girl! I have done 3 5K and am currently signed up for a 10 end of next month.

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2/14/13 7:12 A

Hello all,

I am doing my 5K on Saturday. I am so happy that I was able to do this program and may do it again. I am not ready to do the interval with the jogging. I am walking 3 miles a session now.

Sandy

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12/10/12 8:47 P

1:12. I am just glad I completed program.. Coming back again..

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12/7/12 10:39 P

Finished my 5K earlier in the week, nice and warm so I did it outside! Looking forward to doing another one soon.

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12/3/12 3:01 P

you did amazing. I took 54minutes. working towards another one and trying to speed up my time

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12/3/12 2:59 P

Hi everyone I finished my 5k last week. I finished 3.1miles in 54 minutes. Began another 5k training that goes for 8 weeks on RunKeeer a free app that is really great. I thought it was for runners only but it has plans for everyone. It also gives you your time as you walk. Today was day 2 and we started some interval training. Sounds hard but you walk slow for 1min and 30 seconds then steady for 1 minute. for a total of 8 cycles. It took almost a minute off my avg time. I had never done interval training and was amazed at how more challenged I was. I was sweating like a pig and i never sweat. I got a real sense of accomplishment from it though. God luck everyone with your race.

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12/2/12 10:31 P

I have been a slacker since I posted that I would be starting week 5. I now have crunch time, need to do two walks in two days and the event on Wednesday. I might have to postpone a couple of days, but as long as I get it in by Saturday I will be okay with that.

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12/2/12 12:20 P

I am starting week 5 today, 40 minutes of uninterrupted walking. Should be easy as most days I walk no less than an hour.

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11/30/12 9:18 P

Finally I am ready for week 5, not doing too bad however just a 1/2 week (I think) behind. This has been great tough for me, seems like right after I committed to doing this walk it turned cold. I am not a cold weather person, just wanted to stay inside where it was warm, bundled in a blankie, in front of the T.V. Fortunately for me we are having a burst of warm weather for the next few days, I will sail thru to the end!

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11/30/12 9:40 A

Today I made it to the finish line! This has been such a great tool to keep me on track with excercising ... and I really liked checking off each day. Time for my 5k was 42 minutes. Thank you sparkpeople!

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11/28/12 9:03 P

week 5 day 1
walked 2.5 miles up and down hills in 43 minutes today. Last time I walked this route I had to stop several times. Today I only stopped 3 times and managed to make one long hill without stopping at all.

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11/28/12 12:14 A

I am starting week 5 tomorrow, then next week is the big day for the full distance. I am excited, and proud of myself that I stuck with the training this time around.

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11/27/12 9:21 A

I just returned from 10 days in Israel. I walked a minimum of 3 - 5K's. I feel great. Such a different walking surface - up/down, steps, stones, sand . . . but I feel stronger and healthier. I'm glad I worked on it a little at a time.

Barb

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11/25/12 9:45 A

I competed in my seventh 5K in seven months and I am shooting for participating in one each month for a year finishing with a 10K in my 13th month which is May 2013.

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11/24/12 6:33 P

I walked the Knights of Columbus Turkey Day Run in Charleston, SC on Thanksgiving Day morning. I walked it in 58:32 minutes. Thanks for the help with it. I am so proud of my self.

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11/20/12 4:27 P

I walked a 5K on Saturday. It was great, now off to the next one!

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11/12/12 8:23 A

I only just did my first 5k last week! Just had to keep going. I now have a goal to do a 10k, set it for May 24th weekend but may have to boost the timing of that up since I don't want to slow down with my accomplishments! Keep Pushing and Just Do It are two things that I am now living by!

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11/11/12 8:01 P

4 times?! WOW -- way to go!

Hmmmm, maybe I should think about doing it again! (After I complete some of my other Challenges...!)

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11/11/12 6:40 P

I have completed the 5k 4 times now...I have taken 2 mins off of my time and am doing it for 58 mins. Today, I did it twice.

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11/7/12 2:32 P

Yea! I just completed my 5K (fast walking) in just under 50 minutes!

I HAD to pause twice: once to pet a fluffy orange cat and once to make friends with a big white fluffy dog -- it slowed my time down but I have my priorities straight, right?


~Heather

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11/6/12 7:57 A

I did my 5K on Sunday in just about an hour, it felt good to accomplish something.

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11/4/12 7:08 P

I walked the 5K yesterday, did it in 60 mins, plan on doing a 10K May 24th weekend next year.

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11/4/12 8:34 A

Completed in 44 minutes, while pushing my double stroller! I use my husband's gps watch from one of his deployments to watch my speed and it has really helped me to increase my time!

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11/2/12 10:12 P

Walked my 5K today in 40 minutes...Better than I thought I would do for my 1st 5K.

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11/2/12 5:39 P

Did my 5k yesterday in 50:46. Yay! Under an hour!

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11/2/12 10:11 A

did my 5k in 46 min. Proud of myself. Angritter - Yes, better shoes are a good deal. Me, on other hand, it don't matter what I wear. I have bonespurs along with other problems so I have to go to Chiropractor to get my feet treated. It is hard to do but the therapy really helps me to keep going. I am going to stick by this no matter what. i am totally ready to lose the weight.

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11/1/12 6:00 P

I have walked 5ks in the past 7 days. I think I know why my feet hurt now! I need to get some better shoes for all this walking. The ones in Wal-Mart just aren't cutting the mustard! I take my shoes off and the hurt so badly when I step on the floor - like severe pain in the ankles and bottoms of my feet.

Yes, I think I should pay more than $20 if I am going to keep up all this walking! And I want to keep it up! (Does it sound like I am making an excuse to spend money yet?) No really, I believe everyone who says you need great shoes to keep walking in. I am finally a believer.

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10/31/12 12:41 P

54:45!!


Happy Halloween!

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10/28/12 8:02 P

I completed my 5K today. Time 56:54. Made goal of being under 1 hour. WoHoo.

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10/26/12 10:32 A

I completed my 5K today in 56.41 minutes. Whew!!!

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10/18/12 6:53 P

Completed my 5k walk today in 72 min. I am signed up for the trick or treat trot. so will will be doing this again real soon.

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10/16/12 2:52 P

5K Walk DAY! This is it .... the day I've trained for! I completed my 5K Walk today. Walked 3.24 miles in 77 minutes. Woo Hoo! Another successful accomplishment I can log onto my bulletin board!

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10/16/12 7:22 A

Finished my challenge after work yesterday: 41 minutes. It felt so good! When I started out, I wasn't sure I'd do all that well; seemed line a long way. But "my way" was primarily walking, with a little jogging here and there. It was a beautiful late afternoon, and Autumn was certainly in the air. Now, on to another challenge..

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10/15/12 6:44 P

Week 5, Day 3 - completed my needed 30 minutes walk by walking 41 minutes. I'm all ready to do my 5K Walk which is scheduled for tomorrow, the 16th, weather permitting! :)

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10/10/12 3:32 P

I just finished Week 5, Day 1 and did 2.84 miles for my 40 minutes walk requirement (actually was 88 minutes). Leg calves have to rest, loosen up and be strengthened. Working on stretching exercises this week (calve workouts) to loosen them up in time for my 5K walk on the 16th.

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10/7/12 9:01 P

I have had to opt out of this challenge. I hurt my achilles heel and I can't even walk. This happened 3 weeks ago. Sorry I am late in letting everyone know this.

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10/7/12 6:50 P

I did my first 5K and felt great! I'm planning to keep on walking while the weather holds, which hopefully it will for a while.

Who knows -- at some point maybe I'll be able to add jogging into my walking plan. Not really thinking about that yet ... had a bad knee injury almost 8 years ago, so I need to lose more weight before I think I can consider it.

Whoo hoo to me, and to all the other 5k-Your-Wayers!!

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10/6/12 7:04 P

I did the Turkey Trot this morning in 48 minutes 17 seconds! I did the race on my treadmill. I started at about 3 mph, bumping it up as I got warmed up. When I hit 3.6 mph, I started doing intervals, jumping up 2/10 faster for 2 minutes, then dropping it by 2/10 or 1/10. I finished at 4.0 mph.

I spent the whole time watching an episode of The West Wing and the beginning of a second episode. It keeps me distracted and time flies.

I posted a post-race photo on my page. I had fun!!!

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10/6/12 4:57 P

I just finished my first 5k today...and it was great! I felt good the whole time, finished in 1 hour 5 minutes and had a blast. I've been told since I was in junior high school that I shouldn't run because of my asthma. I've listened to that for 20 some years. But since I started exercising in June, I haven't had one major asthma attack (just a few small ones)...so I'm going to try the Walk/Jog 5k and see how I do. If I find that that it brings on an asthma attack, then I will simply go back to walking and chalk it up to a lesson learned. I would really like to get into running though - there seem to be so many fun runs to do out there that I would like to participate in.

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9/22/12 3:44 P

I did it!!!! Walked my first 5K. There were only a few people walking, most ran. But I finished, and didn't finish last

Now I'm moving on to the 5K Your Way Walk/Jog Plan. Hope to see you all there.

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9/18/12 6:23 A

I can't believe my luck. The hospital in my town is have a 5k this weekend which just happens to coincide with the end of my 5 week program !!!

So I signed up and will be walking an acutual 5k instead of the virtual one I had planned. I'm so excited.



PS - Next year I expect to be running it

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7/28/12 10:21 A

I finished my training July 13 and walked my first 5k race the 14th. I did another race this past Wednesday! Got another race next week. Love walkin

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7/28/12 10:01 A

Finished up my training yesterday and did my 5k (walking) this morning....51 minutes!! My fastest time yet!

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7/16/12 11:42 P

Good Evening Everyone,
My son Robert and I met my husband over at El Parian for lunch. We walked over there while my husband drove over. Then my son walked back after eating while we stayed and talked to friends.

After I returned home my son asked if we could walk a 5k tonight. That there are people gathering up at the University and walking to McDonalds. I said sure. I didn't know when I said yes that it was a night time walk that started at 8pm and ended when you got back to the starting line. I took my pedometer just to see if they were right at 5k. My pedometer measured 5.5k. The pedometer also said it took me 82 minutes to do the round trip. I have been wanting to walking a 5k so now I can mark that off my list. I am tired now but happy that I did that for my 12 year old son. Because we were not going to let Robert go alone because 1.8 miles of the trail is through woods and there had been rumors of a bear hanging out there.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.



Sharon

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7/16/12 11:41 P

178 minutes:

62 minutes Biggest Loser Circuit Workout on WII

34 minutes walking to the Restaurant to eat with family.

82 minutes Walking a 5.5k with my son.

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7/12/12 9:18 A

Good Morning Everyone!

I am pretty pumped today. We went to the bowling alley yesterday for Robert's weekly league. After getting there, we were told that Robert and one of his team mates came in 10th and 11th on the Arkansas State USBC Championship tournament last May. This was out of 1400 participates that signed up. Robert told me that he was a little disappointed because he didn't make it into the top 3. The top 3 got to go to Dallas for the Regional Bowling and then the top 2 gets to go to Nationals in Hot Spring.



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7/11/12 1:15 P

I did an unofficial 5k with church & an official 5k with AF. I am feeling like I have the flu-darn allergies. but I finished!