Tonight I ran for 20 minutes and I'm still grinning! Feels like the biggest achievement ever. I repeated wk5r2 twice because I was so daunted by the prospect of upping the time to 20 minutes and when I went out this evening, I thought I'd repeat it again just to be on the safe side. But at the last minute decided to face my demons and give it a go. It was amazing, I found a comfortable pace, enjoyed the sea views and just got on with it- even running an extra minute at the end. I'm so so happy, and for the first time believe I may one day make the 30 mins and eventually 5 km. Roll on week 6 (with caution of course).
I'm so happy, never thought I'd get this far.. - Couch to 5K
I'm so happy, never thought I'd get this far..
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Well done, that's a big goal achieved both physically and mentally. It is an amazing feeling and it only gets better Good luck for w6.
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You have cracked it. Enjoy!
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I am so pleased for you and so jealous of the beautiful place in your photo. How i wish i had somewhere like that to run!!!! Keep up the good work .
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Well done. A fantastic achievement. I was like that too over run 3 as it feels such a milestone and impossible to achieve, but you've done it. Now just to crack on with week 6.
Well done! I remember that milestone well so you've every right to be VERY proud!! It gets better... have fun!
Go easy on week 6 - those intervals are (for some reason) tricky little things...
That 20 minute run ! So daunting but DONE ! Keep going and best wishes.
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well done - you beat those demons! so pleased for you
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Brilliant. If you can run for 20 minutes you can run for 30 minutes so you'll be there soon. It's a fab feeling, isn't it?
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Good for you, I'm with you all the way. I couldn't believe I could run for 20 minutes either, but now I'm on Week 7 and can actually visualise running for 30 minutes. Amazing stuff this, isn't it?
Great going, I'm on week 6 and feeling the same way about the 25 min run, I was away at the of last week so have started the week again, keep going we will get there.
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I have the same amazement about my own achievement. It sounds impossible but little by little we progress. Great feeling. Long may it last 👣👣