Well .......

[davidhwynn]

Did yet another W5R3 pracice run again today - oudoors, following my local 5K Parkrun course (lovely park and a great day to be outdoors). Didn't get to 15 minutes of the 20 mins running period but then - with no break - I carried on walking out the full 5K course. Result, therefore mostly walking with the odd extra little jog thrown in from time to time, was 48:03. After looking online at the times of the tail-enders I've decided that all being well I am going to join in my local Parkrun this Saturday: I think the company will be good for my flagging morale. It will also give me a base time for 5K to improve on. Thanks to everyone for their support, I really really do appreciate it and without it I would probably have given up by now. Be sure that I'll get there in the end, I'm a determined stubborn old whatsit! ... and if I hadn't started the C25K programme you can be absolutely certain you never have found me walking a brisk 5K in a park!

[AnneDroid Graduate]

Oh that's great news! It will be lovely to have some company and feel part of something happy and positive. Parkrun is great. I'm always in the slow bunch but I never feel judged by the speedy ones. Folk are just all there to do their best, and maybe make some new friends along the way.

[Millsie-J Graduate]

Go for it David, and enjoy! 🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Go David... stick at it... as ever.. you know the form. Well done you x

[Now-runner_NeedsAttn Graduate]

You echo one of the changes I've found - a different perception of distance. Before starting C25K I thought of 5 km as a really long way, certainly I could never run that far, it was only "runners" that did superhuman things like that. Now I'm apologetic that "I only run 5K" and I hope that this year I'll be the same about 10K - and who knows beyond that!