Graduation 5k!

[qobsmith]

Spent this morning at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival doing my first ever run with other people... It was weird but also quite cool floating along in this sea of crazy people running around a hill in the blazing sun!

Cleverly (not that I planned it this way at all) it was also my graduation run! So I'm off to get my badge

[helenprev Graduate]

Congratulations and very well done! I love the pic

[useitorloseit Graduate]

Congratulations!

[runswithdogs Graduate]

Wow! What a way to graduate on a bang! Well done and congratulations.

[Tarisayi]

Wow. Thats amazing. Well done

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really well done

[Rainbowsmurf Graduate]

Brilliant! Well done.

[no-excuse Graduate]

Whoop whoop, fantastic, well done! Great pic too x

[Hidden]

Well done, how nice to have an actual medal to commemorate your achievement. Hope its the first of many organised runs for you.

[Dunder2004 Graduate]

Congratulations and well done. What a terrific way to graduate.

[poppypug Graduate]

Yay ! Many Congratulations !

Well done, a double Brucie Bonus , fab !

Lovely photo xxx

[qobsmith Graduate in reply to poppypug]

Haha that's my partner's name, I bet he wishes there HAD been a Brucie bonus after my graduation run!

[poppypug Graduate in reply to qobsmith]

Ha ha , yes I bet he did ! xxx

[Daisyrun Graduate]

Excellent. Well done.

[jules50 Graduate]

Brilliant good for you and very well done!! ☺

[cmcadams Graduate]

Congratulations it'sthe best feeling

[ridingstar Graduate]

Brilliant what a way to graduate very well done love the pic x

[evyk]

Oh wow well done!!! I've signed up for the 10k next year in the Edin Marathon so I'm doing w3 r2 tonight and should be more than ready for the 10k . I'm from Edinburgh too so looking forward to experiencing it!

[qobsmith Graduate in reply to evyk]

Not that I have anything to compare it to, but it was a really nice event for beginners. The logistics were quite simple, you get a pretty nice Tshirt and medal for your efforts, and the whole vibe is amazing. The only weird bit is you get no warm up because you're stuck in a pen for 15 minutes before they let you go, so you have to use the first few minutes of the race as a warm up.

I am *ridiculously* close to signing up the actual marathon for next year, I've got a few days yet to decide... Oh god I must be insane, it would be really cool to do my first marathon on the anniversary of my graduation run though... But yes, insane, and a lot of work!