Cardiff half marathon: Well I actually did it... - Couch to 5K

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Well I actually did it !

I stated the C25k program back in January and this led to me stopping smoking in March. Then yesterday I completed the Half in 2 hrs 32 mins.

What a fantastic day and thanks to everyone who was cheering us all along the route.

So all you C25k'ers keep going through the programme and you'll love it !

Shaun

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Rignold

Top work that man!

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Toonlou24Graduate

Fantastic! Well done. That must be the best ever feeling. What a year for you.

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tanyag_163Graduate

Brilliant. Well done to you!

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BluebellRunnerGraduate

Wow that's amazing, congratulations.

It's only supposed to be couch to 5k!! What a great achievement!! You deserve to feel on top of the world.

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cvgoughGraduate

Brilliant! Well done!

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44cmnGraduate

Thanks all very much. I just hope that my story will help some in the early days of C25K who maybe struggling a bit.

Shaun

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RealfoodieclubGraduate

WOW. That's fantastic well done and great time. You have done great things this year. What an inspiration.

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useitorloseitGraduate

Wow that's amazing - even more so since you only started running in January. I'm in awe.

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TomasGraduate

Wow, that is a GREAT result! Congratulations!!

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aliboo70

Thats seriously impressive ! CONGRATULATIONS, and very well done to you, !

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huffnpuffinGraduate

Well done on the race. Trying to get into/out of Cardiff yesterday morning was a PIA lots of roads closed - finally got in after driving right round the outskirts - lots of happy faces in town from the runners wearing their black race T's. Quite a few suffering as they walked back to their cars very amusing. Did see one chap running through town (in a black race T) didnt seem puffed at all.

Once again Well Done :)

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no-excuseGraduate

Fantastic work, well done! You have done so well to give up smoking too x :-)

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misswobbleGraduate

Magnificent result, both on the half and the fags! Giving up the gaspers must have been a revelation to you in fitness terms. Give up the fags, run a half marathon! Great stuff.

Keep on running. Never go back to how things were before. You're going to have a much fitter life from here on in.

Good luck to you

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44cmnGraduate

Thanks all so much for your kind comments. I've come down from the elation of finishing and just have my medal, race shirt and sore legs to remind me of the day.

So today I enrolled in a programme of swimming lessons that will hopefully make me look more like I'm swimming and less like I'm drowning !

So keep running and you'll love it !!

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