How to graduate 10k

[JellyJac]

Hi Guys,

Stupid question I am sure but how do you graduate for 10K? I have been consolidating C25K for a few weeks and last night ran for 35 mins and started C25K with my sister. Low and behold I covered 10k in 1hr 16 mins!! (more by luck than anything else...)

[damienair Administrator]

If you can run for a full 10K distance in one run without stopping then you have graduated. Well done.

[JellyJac in reply to damienair]

Wow! thanks Damianair - more by happy accident but completely shocked myself when I looked at the stats!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

You have graduated to 10K by running that distance in 1hour.16 minutes. To get your graduation badge and the word GRADUATE 10 next to your username leave a message on the May graduate10 post on the right side of the healthunlocked graduate10 homepage and tell the administrators that you have ran the 10K distance. 😊

[JellyJac in reply to AlMorr]

Wow! Thanks AM I am gobsmacked! Only Started C25K in February and have had a few niggles with knees, breathing etc.. so this is a huge achievement (accident) for me.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to JellyJac]

It's there now JellyJac, at the moment I am rerunning some of the weeks of C25K, this morning it was run 2 of week 6, last run with interval walks and runs.

Next Saturday I will rerun the run that I and most other people dread, namely, run 3 of week 5, still feeling a little nervous about that run as I have not ran any longer than ten minutes (apart from this morning) since I ran a 5K last October, I think I will be OK, I'll run it slow and steady. 😊 🏃

[JellyJac in reply to AlMorr]

Yeah, I think slow and steady is the way to go.... certainly more enjoyable! I think it was the welcome distraction of knowing I was meeting my Sis after 30 mins and then the welcome distraction of nattering through her W1R1 that took my mind off it.... I still could have run further...

Also, I was treated to the sight of a huge heron and a duck with her 8 ducklings as a reward for trolling up and down the canal towpath

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to JellyJac]

👍 🏃

[CandyCool Graduate10 in reply to JellyJac]

Beware the heron and the ducklings. I have photographic evidence of the heron eating one of the ducklings!!! No longer am I so keen on herons. I thought they just ate fish and frogs!

[JellyJac in reply to CandyCool]

Oh really? I was run at by a moorhen too, thinking she was protecting her young.... maybe that's what he was after

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Congratulations Jellyjac! That first 10k really feels special! 😀🎉

[Wimborne]

Whoo hooo JJ. What a fabulous surprise first 10k which sounded like a great run. 👏👏🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️👍🥳

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Well done on your accidental 10k. 1 minute faster than my 1st one, but that was after an 8 week programme 🏃‍♂️😂

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Well done!! Thats fabulous!! You've come far since Feb. 👌😊. Go u