First Parkrun

[Isabellamc]

Yesterday was my last C25K run and my first Parkrun. I was so scared. I am not sure what about, I guess just wondering if I could finish it! I had only slowly jogged for about 30 minutes before. My peers who had finished C25K a couple of weeks before me had been building up to 5K. It was going to be a big day for all of us. It was icy cold and I was half hoping it would be cancelled. But it wasn’t. I just jogged slowly at my own pace and as I did I must have had 20 other runners clapping me and wishing the best on the way. What a supportive environment. After 35 minutes I did a mixture of walking and jogging. My peers came back and cheered me on the last few minutes. I finished in 46 minutes. I am 53 years old, clinically obese and 11 weeks ago I couldn’t jog for one minute. I am so proud. I am looking forward to the future.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Congratulations to you Isabellamc on completing your first 5k at your first parkrun in icy conditions, I am glad that you found all the other runners so friendly, I was going to be marshall at parkrun yesterday but that was cancelled because of 4 inches of snow, I was pleased that it was off because if it hadn't been cancelled it would have meant that I would have had to walk 3 kilometers through all that snow to the start, just hope the weather warns up for your next run

[Rabbit561]

brilliant achievement and sounds like a great experience. Well done you!

[Annieapple Administrator]

🍏Congratulations! You are now a graduate!!!! 🥳👏🥰🎵💥 plus you did a Park Run. A double celebration!!! So well done for sticking with this program & all your hard work and determination to get to this point! Time to get your badge!

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[JeremiahObadiah]

What a splendid achievement! Well done and congratulations, you should feel very proud of yourself . 🥳

[Whirlaw Graduate10]

Amazing, well done you. What a brilliant achievement for you. Others will come this way and reading that will give them the encouragement to enable them to achieve the same. Thank you.

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Fantastic! Graduating from C25K, doing your first 5K - and at parkrun no less! In the freezing weather 👏👏👏👏👍

Now you know - you can achieve anything you want. Make no mistake, all these achievements are AMAZING ❤️

[damienair Administrator]

Fantastic work and huge congratulations to you on completing your C25K plan. That is incredible, so many people start the plan and so many fail and give up along the way. I myself started C25K and failed many times before finally completing it.

Lovely too that you got to mark the occasion with your first parkrun. The beautiful thing about parkrun is that it’s there every Saturday morning and it’s a lovely way to get to know people in your community. Good luck on your journey.

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10]

Congratulations! What a fantastic way to graduate 😁

[RiceAndPeas]

Brilliant, well done you! Your post has brought a big smile to my face. Many congratulations!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Flipping awesome...you must feel so proud. My fastest parkrun is 43 mins, you aren't far off that. I'm 68 and lazy 🤣

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Congratulations  Isabellamc . There are a whole bunch of us parkrun addicts on the bridge to 10k forum. damienair hosts a post every week and we all talk about our parkruns around the world. Do come and join us.

[Katnap Graduate10]

A great way to graduate! I did the same (over 5 years ago).

Are you still running 3x a week?

🐱 Katnap 🐱

[Isabellamc]

Thank you. Yes I am/will do.

[Folkylass Graduate10]

We’ll done you on a fantastic first parkrun and for becoming a graduate 👩‍🎓.Now go and get your badge….you’ve earned it!👍👏👏🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️😂x

[prinj]

Wow, well done, this is amazing progress. I started my C25K journey early this year and have now completed a few park runs. I do sometimes still have to walk a little, however have found everyone to be so supportive.Good luck for your next runs, you are smashing it.