Does it really work?

I just checked out the couch-5k thread and printed the schedule. 9 weeks would be a perfect amount of time to get into good shape! I teach so that would fall on the week that school ends.


I am wondering if there is anyone who has done this and actually had success with it? (meaning.. they were LITERALLY COUCH POTATOES ..... and then went to running 3 miles within 2 months)
Just would like to hear some success stories before I start out on this mission

By the way, I am not so much a couch potato, as I am the sack that holds all the potatoes together .. a bulging lump