Originally Posted by aussiechic

I too have been hoping that if I ever manage to dump this extra 40 pounds I would instantly become a lean mean running machine I guess its not to be, I will just have to live with being a slowpoke. At this stage in my running career I'm just happy to be running at all

Anyhoo, today was day 3 of week 6 - 25 min run, in which time I covered just over 2.5km (yes when I said I was slow, I mean't really slow).

My runs don't seem to be getting any easier and I'm kinda dreading the 3 long runs next week, I like the intervals. However the immense satisfaction I get after my run makes it all worthwhile. Sometimes I think its a mental thing for me, today I was suffering more during the first 3rd of the run than I was for the last 3rd!?!