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What a lovely day - for a Graduation Run!!

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I am delighted to say that I have finished C25K!! It took me 13 weeks but I still vividly remember how difficult those 60 second runs in Week 1 seemed, and today I ran 4.2km non-stop! My run finished on the edge of my village so once I had crossed the line I turned back to take a photo of the 'home straight' - it will be a great reminder of how amazing I felt at that moment :)

A huge thank you to everyone on here for your advice, encouragement and support - it has helped so much โ™ก

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useitorloseitGraduate

Nice view. Where was that? Cambridgeshire foggy today :(

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply touseitorloseit

It's in Aberdeenshire. I was actually way too warm in my usual t-shirt and jacket - might need to consider a spring wardrobe :)

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useitorloseitGraduateโ€ข in reply tolynne7

Ooo lovely - we have friends there and visit regularly. Unusual for you to have to sun and us the cold though! I've got the heating on now and am snuggling up under a blankie waiting for it to be school pick up time. I should be doing something more productive, but I'm cold and unenthusiastic!

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply touseitorloseit

I know! I did weeks 1 to 7 of the programme in Tenerife running 3 times a week but it's taken me 4 weeks to do the last 6 runs because the weather has been grim - until today of course!

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useitorloseitGraduate

And congratulations!

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misswobbleGraduate

Well done. Many congratulations. Keep running!!!!

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply tomisswobble

Thank you MissW and I am going to keep on going - next target is to run 5k!

super well done, a great achievement and a stunning view :D enjoy the celebrations

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Thank you! I will be celebrating with a deep tissue massage tomorrow - purely for therapeutic reasons of course ;)

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of course :)

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ajwyldGraduate

Congratuations ! And what a fab photo.

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply toajwyld

Thanks - it is beautiful here when the sun shines.

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misswobbleGraduate

Well done Lynne. Good for you! 5 k is quite hard you know, as no soon have you got into your stride than the distance is up. 10k is a much easier kettle of fish. You get time to warm up, hit your stride and then you can run evenly before slowing up and finishing with the cool down walk. An entirely less frenetic distance. Once you nail a 10 k you'll do one a week! You have to do some cross training to prepare but it's well worth it

Good luck!

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply tomisswobble

Really?! 10K seems so far out of my reach right now. What do you mean by cross training (or do you just literally mean going to a cross training class?)

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PrincessStefGraduate

Well done. Great weather. We have 2 staff stuck in Manchester Airport waiting for a flight to Sumbrough via Aberdeen airport today but they have been grounded by Fog in Manchester :(. Usually they can get to Aberdeen and its the onward journey that stops them. It's great you had the weather for your graduation. I do my graduation run on Friday Night/Saturday Morning , I am hoping for similar weather in North Wales :). What's next ?

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply toPrincessStef

My friend was meant to fly into Aberdeen last night and ended up in Inverness due to the fog! I was so pleased the sun shone today though. What next..? I'm off to the USA in a couple of weeks and I want to run the National Mall in Washington DC :)

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AncientMumGraduate

Congratulations on your graduation. 13 weeks very very well spent. What next? :)

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply toAncientMum

See above - yes I watch too much House of Cards :)

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UllyrunnerGraduate

Congratulations! I hope you feel really proud. Looks like a lovely place to run.

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply toUllyrunner

Thank you - I do feel proud, and I like seeing the Graduate badge beside my name :)

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Frankie1405Graduate

Well done!!! Xx

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goonkeepgoingGraduate

Congratulations. Keep running :)

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MadeleineGenevieve

Wow. What a beautiful photo! Congratulations on graduating. I am in Canada and am jealous of your beautiful weather. I know... it could rain... but there is NO SNOW!

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lynne7Graduateโ€ข in reply toMadeleineGenevieve

There is rain today though! Thankfully I am on a rest day :)

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