YES YES YES !!! Only gone and done it week Run3 completed this morning , what a feeling as laura said 1 min to go, just ran as fats as i could for that last minute , so emotional 9 months to day i stopped smoking and completed C25K
A huge big thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read my posts after each run and posted comments and gave support and encouragement through out, Word up to Andy_D also my kinda running C25K buddy
What next? a couple weeks of consolidating the 30 min runs and maybe do the 5k and get a time to work with definitely a Parkrun , i am more than happy with what i have achieved so far
Woooo Hooooo !! Let me be the first to congratulate you Rob!!! Well done on your graduation, that badge is going to look lovely. So pleased that you have been able to change your life around from the couch and fags to the non-smoking runner you are today.
I'll wait til it gets dark and then set those fireworks off!!! sure the dancing girls and banners will also be out later.
Well done again and all the best with your next runs.
Yes... we are certainly different now! Not only healthwise, but perhaps in mental attitude to completing something quite tough at times!! Yep we be runners!!!!
Many congratulations, enjoy today while you walk around on cloud nine. Sounds like you have a very sensible plan! Maybe a little is in order has you have worked really hard to achieve this
Thanks Vixchile after the initial shock of doing Week 1, I said to myself I can do this !! and i have Each day running is another day away from smoking
Oh Rob that's amazing - well done - fantastic! My cat is currently snoozing on my bed, but I am sure she will get up and dance later ... much later! Don't go mad after graduation - consolidation is definitely good - I have seen a few of my contemporaries get injured by getting over excited (easily done - the feeling when you graduate is awesome and you feel you want to conquer the world!).
Thanks so much useit aaw bless the cat It is a great feeling the 30mins/5K was always my ultimate goal so sticking with that i am nearly 57( in 9 days) after all
Hung out the bunting, nicely cleaned and polished and the podium is ready to receive winners! Congratulations Rob. Really great when C25K-ers get past the post. You is a winna
Well done Rob!!!! Your GRADUATE badge looks so shiny it's fair dazzling me!
So, you did it. How does that feel then? On a scale of 1 to 10? 11! Ha ha
It's a great feeling to have turned your life round through running isn't it, having given up the gaspers. I gave them up too and the booze and lard! You won't regret it for a moment Rob. You're a new man!
Proper chuffed for you, you've done a brilliant job. Now your running adventure can continue apace (pardon the pun) I'd recommend Parkrun, having just done my first one this morning.
Are you celebrating with a glass of fizz this evening perchance?
It has to be a 12 It has been a hard journey regarding the fags ,had some really weird shit going on form not smoking ,god knows what they out in them ... I rarely drink now and i am more careful about what i put into my body foodwise .
Definitely going to do a Parkrun , have 3 to chose from around me
Great stuff Rob! It's a bit like being high on something isn't it, this euphoria we get from Graduating. The great thing is, as I'm sure your fellow graduates will confirm, is that this feeling can continue, and hopefully you'll keep feeling it as you go further on your running adventure (I hate to say "journey") By giving yourself targets you can keep up the momentum
Excellent news. Always great to have a new graduate in the ranks, but it's especially good when that person has made a big lifestyle change like, oh I don't know, stopping smoking Very very well done Rob. You should be very proud of your achievements
Thanks ancientmum i am very proud and a little emotional with it and looking forward to running more and getting better still
My immediate targets are to do 5K and then reduce the time to 30mins or less and keep running I cant wait to see one of the Doc's at the surgery , he was always bugging me about smoking and my wieght ,bearing in mind I am 6ft 6 and could carry quite a bit ,he said according to my BMI i was over wieght. well look at me now Doc haha sticking 2 fingers up to him now
it is ok i have used the J word lol onwards always now
Congratulations, it is really emotional the C25k journey isn't it? I was welling up on my final run too I would say building up to pushing on to the 5k is a good goal, as you say then you know where you are & have a 'benchmark'. I've been doing 2 x 30 mins during the week & then trying to increase time/distance by 10% a time on the third run since graduation. But I have decided I am more about distance than speed so another regime may suit you better. Anyway, for now just enjoy the well-deserved celebrations! Xxx
Thanks Marly sounds like a good way to go Marly I dont think I am far off the 5K if i go by Runkeeper on W9R1. Will see how i feel next week Think a Parkrun is on before Xmas though
Yes I graduated just over a month ago & still haven't done a Parkrun, going to try one in November I think. Look forward to hearing how you get on with your next steps whatever you decide
Will look out for your post on your 1st then Marly A friend at work said he would come with me on my 1st (hold my hand as it were lol) Wont do it until i know i can run 5k though , I know you can walk/run but i wont to be able to run it all at my pace dam theres another goal to aim at
Congratulations and celebrations...I want the world to know how happy I can be (apologies to Cliff Richard). Well done Rob - you did it!! Nice shiny badge there and I am glad you got yourself a pin badge too :0)
Well what a great achievement - well done not so Slow-Rob, happy running and see you at the fireworks show - Rob the runner will be lit up in the sky.... so exciting to get your shiny Gradate label next to your name isnt it
Thanks Judef It is great to see it now love it
Thanks Kitty am looking forward to what i can achieve
Brilliant job not so Slow_Rob! I am very very happy for you. It takes a lot of will power to turn your life around and knowing that you can, AND HAVE, achieved that must feel great.
I have been following your progress with pleasure. I do hope you continue from strength to strength and keep posting your progress. The milestones are there in front of you.... 5k in 30mins, 7, 8, 9 & 10k distances and then on to something greater . The biggest, and continual, pleasure I have found (after graduating at the end of June) was being able to look back on ones improvement over time...
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Thanks so much kingfisher it has sunk more today
I am amazed at myself ,from saying No i cant run to running for 30mins ( slowly) ,I did that
Dancing Girls are painting their nails, the cats and the chicken are inexorably intertwined, but you are definitely FAN BLOODY TASTIC (bit of Halloween poetic licence there folks) - keep going is the thing. I have a record from 2010/2011 where I was running/walking 4 times a week until our local 10K in June - guess what - no entries after June. This year is the only year I have ran into Autumn - all thanks to Couch to 5K and a little bit down to me - getting back a bit of self belief
Thanks the ziggy I shall keeping running outside for as longs as I can over the autumn/winter
BIG Congratulations!!!!! Such an amazing achievement! You have been a big inspiration to me, I can't imagine what you are going through, it must feel out of words. The journey as a runner begins, doesn't it? I hope a mouse is invited too, even though she isn't a graduate just yet (Pikachu)!
Happy for you! Well done
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aaw thank you so much Pikaree it is hard to take in but i am getting there now it is true we can surprise ourselves and anything is possible .
I think life as a runner does really begin at week 1 ,it is taking those 1st steps
a mouse is more than welcome you will get there too, believe in and trust the program it really does work
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Let me be the first to congratulate you Rob!!! Well done on your graduation, that badge is going to look lovely. So pleased that you have been able to change your life around from the couch and fags to the non-smoking runner you are today.
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