When did you start running (weight/BMI)?

Walking was just about my only form of exercise post op.  I wasn't a walker pre RNY, but I fell in love with it and still love it.  I am over 4 years post op, and though running has always been my goal, I've never quite arrived.  The most I've been able to run at the gym post rny is around 10 minutes.  What I do/did was work on my speed and incline level when walking.  I go back and forth between running a little and walking at a fast speed and high incline.  My surgeon said it is the daily consistency  is what is most important.  Sounds like you are doing great!

You don't have to run to get to goal and stay there. In fact if you have had knee problems in the past you probably shouldn't. I have had knee replacements and running is a big no no,but I am able to walk fast enough now at 120 to pass many people who are running in the 5ks that I do. I have made peace with the idea that even though I would love to be able to run,I just can't.

I don't know what weight I was...but I can tell you that I was in a size 22 when I started the C25K program and while it was not easy, it was not impossible! :)

I have had multiple knee surgeries (both sides) and got professionally fitted for shoes to make sure it was appropriate for my gait and would help prevent pain and issues down the line. The more weight I loss, the less my knee issues were present and I hope the same is true for you!

The key thing, for me, was building endurance in the C25K which started with a minute of walking, a minute of running and so on for 20 minutes with a 5 minute brisk walking warm up and cool down for a total of 30 minutes.

Now I am running every other day and L O V I N G it so much!! But it is not for everyone, however I am thankful I gave it a chance and discovered some amazing 'me' time that is good for me!

So technically a VSG person here but still thought I might throw in my two cents here. Saw this on the trending things before I realized it was on the RNY forums. I began running when I was at a lower weight before I rebound, around 240. Kept running through my rebound where I went up to 280 even though it affected my pace. And only have stopped recently because my surgeon doesn't want me reopening everything post op. As said highest I ever ran at was in the 280 range and I could get the threadmill up in the 4-4.1 mile hour range.

I've very recently (back in October) begun to graduate from the run/walker class and into more of a runner class. I still take walking breaks. But I am running for a lot longer distances now than I am used to.

Don't let the 7 minute milers get you down. Time and patience will get your up. Plus getting the weight down helps a ton. And not everyone is built to be little miss speedy. Also there's a good chance they aren't long distance runners. They might be but about 90 percent of the speedy people who can do long runs I know prefer to do their long runs outdoors not on the threadmills.

Oh one more thing. If you ever go to sea level to do anything like say a race. Hah hah you won't feel so slow anymore. Trust me you may hate altitude when your training in it. But when you go to a lower altitude to race oh you love it because about 90 percent of the time your speed jumps.

I too used the C25k app to train myself literally from Couch Potato to being now able to run more than 5 kilometers in a workout. The program is an 8 week training but the last two weeks of it were a bit too advanced for me, so I switched to another wonderful and customizable app called Runmeter. With that app I've been able to come up to nearly 6k's by pushing myself just a little bit more with every session.

But like you my "running" is slow compared to anyone else on a treadmill or on the trails where I run. My husband (who is still pretty much at the couch potato stage) was walking on a trail where I was running the other day and he saw me run for the first time. "That's not really, running, you know," he said. "I think you could probably fast-walk faster." For a few days I felt so discouraged and a little voice in my head suggested that I just quit this silliness and give up.

But then I looked back over the workouts from the start of C25K last December. I realized that I've come really far and slow though I may be I am in fact doing great! So let's run or walk or whatever we do and be proud of it all!