Woo hoo....!!!!

[Carolecal]

Well I got out at 7.45 am ( French time!) so nice and early .....well,for me anyway...to avoid the heat.I didn't need the alarm this morning, I woke just after six o'clock and felt a bit nervous really. I know it's not graduation,but it feels like quite a big milestone this W5 R3 .

I did it !!! ...... I ran "the twenty" .....didn't collapse or nuffink

I started quite sedately,didn't want to run out of puff. First 5 minutes were a bit tough,as usual,then it seemed like no time before Laura announced the halfway point. At 15 minutes I could relax a bit as I knew by then I'd managed to keep a little in reserve and actually was able to up the pace a bit for the last 3 or 4 minutes. Woo hoo...I did it without collapsing ! What a great feeling, I think it's stayed with me all day !

Thankyou to everyone who has left lovely supportive comments and advice, you really helped to spur me on today.

So far,no real aches or anything and knees still feel ticketyboo, though come tomorrow ....time will tell.

It's early evening now and just enjoying a nice cold celebratory beer ....so cheers m' dears.Happy weekend everyone x

[Jefna Graduate]

Excellent!! I knew you'd do it! It's such a big milestone that run, you should be so proud of yourself!

Enjoy that beer, I may join you in a tipple soon!

[Carolecal]

Aw thanks J,yes, I'm pleased to have got it done now. We'll clink 'virtual,glasses' shall we ? After all,you have rather a significant success to celebrate ! Oh...and should you think I started a bit early,don't forget we're an hour ahead ! Sun was "over the yard arm " at six on the dot tonight ,mind you

Have a lovely weekend.....hope you are running , btw? No slacking now,just cos you've got that shiny badge !

[Jefna Graduate in reply to Carolecal]

Hahaha!! I'm all for starting early, only cos its Friday of course!! So 'Clink' to you!!

Yes I shall be running tomorrow or Sunday, no slacking here I promise!!

Hope you have a lovely weekend too, enjoy!

[nativestar Graduate]

Well done! Week 5 is a big one, I remember I couldn't wait to get there and be able to say I ran for a whole 20 minutes!

[Carolecal in reply to nativestar]

Hi native star ,yes it is a big one -seems like a big leap in progress to get this one over and done,so I feel really happy that I coped with it and am looking forward to W6 now.Can hardly believe I'm at W6 on Monday...just one drawback of all this (probably the only one) the weeks come round so fast it's making the summer fly by !

Thankyou for your reply.Happy weekend !

[Realfoodieclub Graduate]

Well done you. I'm so pleased for you. Your an inspiration. I am going out this weekend and going to run as close to 20 mins as I can. We will all get there. It's a fantastic plan You go girl. Rfc x

[Carolecal]

Oh Rfc, me...an inspiration ? Never been called one of them before Icing on the cake that is !

I'd better watch out...might fall flat on my face on W6R1!

You are so right though ,this is such a fantastic plan and it feels like we're all in it together...amazing !!

You WILL do " the twenty" this weekend I am sure ...it's your turn for a good run,just take it nice and easy .Report back soon as !

Happy weekend and have a good run x

[Scipio Graduate]

Congratulations Carolecal! See, I told you you could do it!

Enjoy your well earned beer!

[Carolecal]

Thankyou young Scipio ! Your faith was rewarded I did enjoy the beer ,thankyou.....then a few chilled whites with al fresco dinner,though that was interrupted by yet another storm

Just seen that you have written a post /blog...whatever...so am off to leave a reply /comment. Again,thanks for keeping the faith and taking time to comment .Have a nice weekend

[squaremum Graduate]

Well done Carolecal, fantastic going! Got to say, I am dreading doing twenty minutes but I will get there too I know.

Onto week 6 you go!

[Carolecal in reply to squaremum]

Thankyou squaremum ! I'd it's any consolation,actually doing it was a lot better than thinking about it.

I'm just back from walking the same route, with husband and ' stepdog',so I could pick up all the fallen branches strewn across " my track"(!) which had been brought down in last week's storms,plus a few more from last night's.

I had intended doing this days ago,before attempting the 'dreaded twenty',but didn't get round to it...and had rather hoped the local farmers might have done it,when they shifted the fallen trees . So when I did this week's runs it was more like hurdling in places! I like to make things difficult for myself..haha

Did you get R2done today ?

[squaremum Graduate in reply to Carolecal]

Oh dear, a 20-minute run with added hurdling! Congrats again then. Yes, I did R2 yesterday afternoon, with added children, as they decided to come with me at the last minute. They did really well actually, but I'm not sure if they want to come again!

[Carolecal]

Solo next time then ? Well done,glad you made it