The anniversary run

[sTrongFuse]

A year ago, I laced up my shiny new running shoes and headed out for my first Couch to 5k run. That evening I "ran" for a combined total of 8 minutes and covered approximately 1½ km in the running sections.

Tonight, 170 runs later, I also ran for 8 minutes, but then I also ran for an additional 60 minutes on top of that and covered 10 km.

When I set out on that first run, I had no idea of the journey I was about to embark on; a journey of 1,025 km so far, and so much more on a number of personal and emotional levels. I certainly did not expect to find so much enjoyment in an activity that I'd always considered to be something of a necessary evil and occupational hazard of a referee.

Anyway, let's see how far the next 12 months take me...

[Hidden]

Love it!! Enjoy reading posts like these.

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks, and congratulations on your recent first 10k too.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Congratulations on your first anniversary /runiversary 10K, what a fantastic year you have had, well done. 😊 🏃🏾

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks Al. Can't quite believe how quickly it's come around.

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

🏃‍♂️🎉 happy “runiversary” that’s a great amount of running in a year. What a change you must feel. Happy running 🤗

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Yeah, my legs hate me even more now than they did a year ago...😂

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to sTrongFuse]

🤣🤣🤣

[Cantstopmenow Graduate10]

Congratulations. That's a wonderful achievement. Your sheer enjoyment of running shines through your words. Here's to the next 12 months 👍🎉👏

[Over62]

What a wonderful achievement, great reflection from the start to now and the change it’s made to your life 👏👍🎉

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Over62]

It's the mental health benefits as much as the physical ones that have been the real GE changer for me

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Congratulations on your runniversary StrongFuse. You're achievements are amazing. Here's to the next year

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks Buddy34 . We just keep pushing and putting one foot in front of the other...

[Leosmit Graduate10 60minGraduate]

What a great post to read! I graduated in January and I love reading what people are doing after C25K. 170 runs - that’s just amazing. Do you feel much better for it? I think I remember reading in one of your posts that you had sore knees - apologies if I’ve remembered incorrectly but if so, how are they holding up with the running? I ask as I had a sore left hip but hadn’t been sore at all since starting C25K.

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Leosmit]

The knees still grumble from time to time, but they have got much stronger, which helps a lot. I just need to be careful.

That said, I've almost forgotten what not having achy legs feels like...🤣

[Wenderwoo]

Congratulations on your anniversary, and how far you’ve come - something I can only dream about at the moment 😁

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Wenderwoo]

I was where you were not that long ago, and I suspect you will get to where I am in your own time. Happy running.

[Sparkey5000 60minGraduate]

Congratulations - a nice time to reflect!

[linda9389 Graduate10]

Fantastic. Happy runniversary 🎉

[ForbiddenPlanet Graduate10]

Many congrats SF. It seems to me to be a long way from C25K W1 to 10K, but keeping the habit for a whole year seems an even greater achievement. 👍

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to ForbiddenPlanet]

I did my first 10 less than two months after graduating C25K, which was a bit of a shock. The fact that a year has past since I started this malarkey is hard to get my head around.

[Suzi73]

Love ♥ this... Well done

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

What a year... and nice that the 8 was in this run, that’s put things into perspective well. The next 12 months you can achieve pretty much anything you like... just keep loving it and inspiring all those following in your very many footsteps.

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Fabulous!!

That's a lot of running

Great post. 👌👍

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Thanks. My legs agree with you, it is definitely a lot.

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Congratulations on your runniversary sTF! Here's to many happy running years to come!👍😀

[Coddfish Graduate10]

It’s great isn’t it. Well done and all the best for another running year.

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

Congratulations, a really wonderful journey and long may the fun continue

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

It's funny how running takes a hold of us.

Congratulations on your first Runniversary...many more to come!

😊xx