Woohoo!I did it and ran 25mins.Laura says that I'm a runner now.I did it on the treadmill and it was boring, but what a sense of achievement

[A1nsworth]

I never thought I could but I did,and the legs aren't hurting as much as when I did the 20mins.Moving on to week 7.Dont know what that is like as I haven't looked,but I will.

[Magnetix101 Graduate]

Well done! I have this run tomorrow - looking forward to officially becoming a runner.

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Magnetix101]

Good luck and Thankyou.Im hoping it will get a little easier from now on.Keep posting x

[Oldgirl Graduate]

Well done, your well on the way to becoming a graduate

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Oldgirl]

Thankyou.I would like to know how old you are,as I'm also an old girl x

[Fjk99 Graduate]

Congratulations I will be plodding through that one at the weekend looking forward to being called a runner

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Fjk99]

Good luck to you.Im not as tired today as I was two days ago.You will breeze through it. Xx

[Maria211081 Graduate]

Week 7 is a 25 min run, which you know you can do!

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Maria211081]

I was tempted to miss a day today and run tomorrow,but my husband said I should try and so glad I did.Wish I could lose a bit of weight as I'm not eating any more,but, I seem to be putting it on.x

[Fjk99 Graduate]

The weight is really tricky I'm sure you are doing what I am doing swapping fat poundage for muscle, try doing your inches I have lost a total of 25 since I started doing this even though the weight hasn't moved much. X

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Fjk99]

I will do although I was not very overweight,and would just like to lose a few pounds.I haven't noticed my trousers loosening up yet.My husband has lost 1 and half stones x

[cerebus]

You are there! The difference between weeks 7, 8 and 9 is miniscule - it's pure psychology. If you can run 20mins you can run 30. Go for it!

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to cerebus]

I,ll tell you what though I'm awfully slow x

[Fjk99 Graduate]

Don't worry about speed I could be overtaken by slugs. I think that come with the increase in fitness many if the people I know who did this haven't managed 5k until well after they graduate

[Kingo]

Well done I am du to do the 25 minute run this week. And I agree running on a treadmill is boring but hey ho it getting cold and wet outside

I am 65 by the way

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Kingo]

You are doing brilliantly,and it doesn't matter where we do it.Do you have a goal?

[katee1958 Graduate]

Well done, it is really a wonderful feeling when she says you can now call yourself a runner x

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to katee1958]

It certainly is.What are you up to? X

[katee1958 Graduate in reply to A1nsworth]

doing post graduation runs by restarting at week1 run 1 but instead of walking and running am running it all but slowly running on the walking bit and quicker running on the running bit, if you know what I mean LOL x

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to katee1958]

That sounds a great idea. Maybe that's what I will do. X

[Scipio Graduate]

Fantastic A1nsworth, that's great news! Good luck with W7.

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Scipio]

Thankyou so much.What are you up to?

[Scipio Graduate in reply to A1nsworth]

Running twice a week for 30 minutes, and for third run of the week I am doing the same as katee, to try to improve my speed. I think it's working - my last run was further and faster than I've done before.

[A1nsworth Graduate in reply to Scipio]

That sounds good.Looks like you are hooked x