Hi everybody!
Please leave a comment here, so we can award you your well deserved 10K or 60 Minute GRADUATION BADGE!!!
We will try not to leave you waiting too long - we know how great it feels when that badge arrives 😊
Many Congratulations and a huge Well Done!!!!!
Happy running everyone!
Oldfloss, Rfc, and roseabi xxx
10k..Greywind
Due to a calf strain this month I'll be a few weeks behind other grads. Back on the magic plan again and moving on towards 10k.
Congrats to all who have hit the magic mark.
My goal is to get my 10k badge in August ! (Once typed that means it’s a must) 🤣🏃♀️
You can do it!!!! 😊😊😊
I’m a week behind so completed 55mins today but determined to finish next week! Found the programme really good 👍
Ran my first 10k last week. Great feeling. I can't believe the change in me over the last 6 months. My new years resolution was to complete C25K, but never dreamed I would carry on to do 10k.
Morning fellow runners! - at 0530 I headed out and SMASHED the 10k - it was a lovely, lovely run and a complete surprise. Cool mornings def helped...a couple of recovery and speed runs next I think. I'm thrilled!
Did my 10k on Thursday and delighted I did it but I didn’t enjoy it.
I’ve realised I love running for 5/6k four/five times a week but any longer and I stop enjoying it as my body starts to feel really tired.
I felt sad that I didn’t enjoy it but I’ve realised I’m not in a competition with anyone except myself and I want to enjoy being outside with the dogs and just running around like they do.
I find running to be exhilarating and all my stress disappears within the first few minutes of running, so I will continue to be a runner but at a pace my body and I enjoy.
I wish everyone luck on their next challenge but I’ll be staying on the 5/6k runs(for now😉).x
York 10k completed today! Took longer than anticipated but I ran it all and it was very hot. Thank you so much for your 5k - 10k plan that gave me the confidence to go for it xxx
Today I ran for sixty minutes! Oh my goodness it was hard but I did it! I'm going to have a go at doing the magic plan again but running it to distance instead of time. I'm so slow it might take me a while but I'll give it a go!
As written in the weekly post, I have completed 60 minutes and would love to get a badge for that. Of course that means I'll have to try for the "real" thing (10k) in the not-too-distant future!
I completed 10 k yesterday evening and enjoyed most of it. I struggled around 6 to 7 k but settled down and ended up going over a bit and realising I could have carried on for another k. Thankfully I heard the advice of you all and stopped before I exhausted myself or got an injury. I'm completely ache free today thanks to sticking to the plan. Thanks to you all for the motivation and encouragement. What next then I wonder?
I completed a slow 10k in run up to 10k race in september! its amazing feeling and I never knew I could run that long though at the end I couldnt feel my feet 
Thank you for all the support and encouragement. I love my daily feed here and read it every morning!
Any tips on how to maintain my pace? ( start fast then get my pace then in the end very tired)!!
Well done!!!
Turn your run upside-down: try starting slower and then increasing to a steady pace. After a bit of practice have a go at finishing with a sprint!
I am so happy with my shiny new badge :)))
Yay I did it! I actually ran for 60 minutes! I can’t believe it. Thank you so much Roseabi for running this programme. Never would have done it without it. 😂🏃♀️😂🏃♀️😂
Hello Roseabi and everyone,
I cannot quite believe it ... but I have just managed my very first 10K (I hope it counts as I rested for c 5 minutes at my turn-round point along my local river towpath). In fact, it was 10.72K as I had to pause a couple of times to check my Strava app which is calibrated in miles and converting to Kms on the hoof is not my forte.
Although I have not contributed on here for a few months, I would never have got to this stage without the invaluable support - together with my local parkrun - where I run about only once or twice a month as I enjoy marshalling too much.
I hope to enter a 10K race either in September or October and would value advice how to consolidate from here on.
Calming down now - but I still have a smile on my face!
Oh - and if you feel I do qualify, may I please have a graduation badge
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Absolutely you can have a badge - congratulations!!! And well done for signing up for the race 😊😊😊
I suggest you plan regular 10K runs into your life. Draw up some new routes and just enjoy exploring. After a few weeks you might try going a little further - this will really help your confidence for race day!
Thank you so much, roseabi ... I will certainly aim to follow your advice, not least to prove to myself that I didn't dream the whole thing😂.
I am tickled pink to have been awarded my shiny new badge!
Thank you - and all your colleague-administrators for your helping hand with such positive advice and encouragement 😊.
I did my 60 minutes today! Never thought I would manage a whole hour of running . I’ve even walked this afternoon too !
Congratulations!!!!!! 💗
Woohoo! 10k done! 😁🏃♀️
So pleased .... I did slow down (time was about 1 hour 20) but I managed 10k.
I would like to try to keep a run of this length as part of my regular routine . I guess we'll see
Thanks for the support along the way. I couldn't have done it without you
Completed York 10k last Sunday. So hot 🥵 but got there! Amazing atmosphere 🏃♀️🏃♀️. Thanks In advance for the badge. Now to get ready for the Scarborough 10k 👍🏻👍🏻🏃♀️🏃♀️
Love all the encouragement on here! Keeps me going 😂 x
Hi sorry left a reply somewhere else. Just completely 60 minutes, am in shock didn’t think it was possible. Looking forward to seeing my badge and thank you 😜
Did the 60 minutes today! Woefully slow, but I didn’t stop once! I’m going to carry on doing 60 minutes once a week, plus shorter runs for a few weeks, then try the distance plan! 🤗
Congratulations!!!
How far did you run in 60 minutes? It may well be worth you starting the distance plan with us at the end of August...
Managed my 1st 60 minute run yesterday. Next target is the 10k Using the magic plan. Thanks 🎉🏃🏻♀️😄
Hi guys, not sure if it’s just my laptop but I can’t see my 10k graduate badge anymore 😞
10K completed today! Thank you to Roseabi and everyone on here for all the encouragement and inspirational stores.
Have completed 10k three times now so defo earned my badge!
Awesome!!!! There you go xxx
Thank you! 😁
Me! NettieNoo!
👋 my doggie 🐶 walked 10k this morning and I jogged most of it 😃😃 for the first time. Feeling awesome right now! Can I have a badge please for my doggie and me??? 👍👍👍. Thank you for all the support
Just completed my first 10k this morning (see post for details)
Super happy and still can’t quite believe it !
May I have my super duper badge so I can wear it will pride and well done to everyone else who have just completed it too.
Well done!! You are amazing!!!!!
Still lurking and reading and not posting but have now managed 10km twice, today in just an hour. Dog-assisted along the way, we're a good team. 🐾🏃♀️
I had no idea a year ago that I would do this. 😃
Good morning!!!
Last night i ran 10k with my running club, who started a c25k and then a bridge to 10k meet on a Tuesday.
That's my 10 done this morning... or 11 to be precise :o)
Wow, you're on fire! Congratulations!!!!
Hi Roseabu, a little late to the party but I ran 10k tonight -yay. Thx for your support and could I have my badge please
Well done, you superstar!!!!!
Hi roseabi, completed my first 10k this morning before the heat started. Slow, very slow, but achieved! Can I please have my badge? Thank you for all that you do on this forum - you keep me going!
You are awesome - congratulations!!!
Hello there - I ran my second 10k yesterday! Not sure how I’ve got to this point after beginning C25K last autumn. Anyway, I’m running the Hyde Park 10k a week on Sunday and feeling nervous about it....
Well done and good luck next week 😊
Thank you! Congratulations to you on your graduation too!
Hi roseabi I ran my first 10K two weeks ago and forgot to ask for my badge 🤦🏼♀️ Was in training for my first proper 10K race tomorrow!! Can’t believe i’ve come this far!!!
Woohoo! Congratulations!!!!
How was the race? 😊😊😊
Sorry just seeing this now!! I did it!!! Race was sooo hot about 26 degrees. Took on plenty of water and made it to the finish!!! So glad I signed up for it!!! Thank you for my badge!! 😁
Gosh that is hot!! Well done, you are amazing!!!!!!
I did my 10k at 7.30 on Sat morning . It took me hour and 9 minutes and I am soooo chuffed at myself. Can I have a badge please???? Xx
Hi Roseabi, I think I am now entitled for the badge and the word Graduate10 to be next to my username,
For the last few weeks, I have been increasing by 1K a week my running distance to eventually run a 10K in around 75 minutes, last week I ran 8K, this morning I had planned to run 9K, however, the audio on Mapmyrun was playing up a bit, I waited and waited for the 9K split time to come which I would have stopped running, however, it never came, I got the phone out of my pocket and noted that the reading said 9.6K at 68 minutes, so I just decided there and then to continue to 10k. My time was 73.03 which I am quite pleased with, next Wednesday the time I was hoping to run the 10K was 75 minutes, so 73.03 is better than I was expecting, a week earlier than planned.
So I started c25K in May and was classed as obese on BMI. It’s now August I’ve lost 3 and a half stone and am now at a healthy BMI.
I’ve run over 100k in August (10k on Sunday) and am now training for the Worksop half marathon at the end of October.
I’m quite pleased with my turnaround given when I started I was so unfit I had to repeat weeks 1 and 2 of the c25K!
I should add did my first 10k in 1:03:36 and next stop is 12k at the weekend as well as my first park run.
Thanks I think I will. Although as I’ve already signed up for a half marathon I’ll get that out the way first.
Well done and hank you for all the work you do with this site.
Magic plan.. got to 10k today... thanks
Hi I’ve done my 10k in 57 mins please may I have a badge?
Schools back tomorrow so back to running 3 times per week 😊
Spitfire 10k sillybilly1 thanks.
Wow, that's the way to do it! Congratulations, superstar!!!!!!!
I completed the C25K last month - 24th July - and then on August 13th I ran for 60 minutes for the first time ever in my life
I pushed on from that and last Thursday - 20th August - I made it to 10K
Got to admit I'm more of a tortoise than a hare but three months back I'd never have even imagined I could get these old legs to take me so far
October GRADUATES! Get your badge here!!! 💥
September GRADUATES! Get your badge here!!! 💥
