W5R3! Done! Yippee!

[Lizzylobdob]

Well my little brave fellow runners I did it! It truly is mind over matter. (I know - if it didn't matter I wouldn't mind!) I passed two policemen in Regent's Park near the end and nearly told them "20 minutes, you know, non-stop, 20 minutes!" Instead I just grinned from ear to sweaty ear. The benefit of doing 20 minutes now is I'm not scared of the rest of the programme; pretty sure it'll carry me through.

[misswobble Graduate]

yay! Well done you!

Good innit! Just go steady, oh so steady and you'll nail it

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to misswobble]

Thanks misswobble! Brilliant feeling.

[misswobble Graduate in reply to Lizzylobdob]

Yeah I know! You can keep getting it too! Wahay!

[Kittentamer]

Well done! A big milestone, great job!

Glad I'm not the only one who keeps wanting to tell random strangers how well I'm doing. In the first 3/4 weeks I was walking past people, mentally telling them "I'm meant to be walking, I'm following the plan."

Now (W6) I'm shuffling past people, desperate to tell them how much I've run/got to run that session!

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Kittentamer]

Lol. It's great to hear you saying exactly the same thoughts that have gone through my brain!!

Thanks for your support!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Well done, it is a milestone indeed.

W6R1 has a habit of catching people out. On paper it looks easy, but be warned and treat it with respect and self belief.

You can do it.

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks for the advice! I shall heed it

[Hidden]

Say hello to Regents Park for me as I loved doing mine there yesterday. Well done you W5 R3 I was grinning like a Cheshire Cat for at least 2 days. We are runners, we are part of this glorious club, and who knew sweaty ears were a badge of success, not me.... cracking stuff

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Lol. I suspect even my fingernails were sweaty! I look forward to the day when I simply glow rather than looking like a shiny red tomato about to burst...

[Hidden in reply to Lizzylobdob]

Okay so may I direct you to the Dulux red paint colour chart?, my colour has veered from Monarch (bad) to Salsa Red (normal) I think I'm hitting Raspberry at present. I am aiming for Sorbet....

p.s. I have no connection to Dulux I just thought their colours matched my face...

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Mine is clearly still Monarch...

[Hidden in reply to Lizzylobdob]

Okay let's aim for salsa red then... onwards and redwards

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Lol!

[Rowville]

Yep it's a real grin run, I wanted to tell random strangers! Well done you, I am not looking at the next week yet as I had sleepless nights before W5 R 3 so will not look at the run till I'm plugged into Sarah. We can do it

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Rowville]

Thanks for the support. This little (or probably rather big) group of us is truly self-supporting!

[Decker]

Amazing! Take this feeling and put it in a box in your mind that you can call on later!

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Decker]

Thanks. Great advice! I shall remember it!

[JenniferCMS Graduate]

Great, LizzyLD. I completely agree. Adding minutes on at the 20 min stage didn't seem to make much difference, or maybe just to my tiring legs. It was managing 20 mins that I turned a corner and thought 'wow - I might actually GET to 30 mins!!'. Up until then I doubted I'd complete any of the runs.

Bask in the pride of your achievement and let us know when you've graduated. 🏃🏽‍♀️

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to JenniferCMS]

Yes!! I shall graduate, and I shall tell EVERYONE! Even the odd passing policeman...

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

It will, and you will... get there! Very well done you!

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Hooray! Thank-you Oldfloss!

[SunnyMummy Graduate]

Whoop whoop! I'm sure that's the point of that much-dreaded run - once you realise you can trust in the programme to not get you doing anything you can't actually do, you win against a serious self-limiting gremlin. It's a real turning point that 20-minuter! You're a runner now - if anything like me then you're still a puffing, sweating one, but you know you can do it now 😀 .

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to SunnyMummy]

Yes!! Here's to more runs, more sweating, more puffing but most importantly more great feeling!

[Langley-Loper Graduate]

This will be my next run, scheduled for Monday. If I said I wasn't nervous I'd be lying. Yesterday I had George Michael singing "Faster, Love" to get me through the last painful minute. (I'm sure that comma is there in the original lyrics.) I wonder who will be encouraging me through the last painful 12 minutes tomorrow...

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Langley-Loper]

All the runners on here! Remember all the support and put one foot in front of the other! Oh, and I had the blues brothers!

[Langley-Loper Graduate]

Job done this evening. 20 minutes non-stop. No idea who was singing to me tonight, I somehow put a load of dreary stuff on my running playlist by mistake. Just think how fast I could have been with more motivational music. Off for a lie down!

[Lizzylobdob Graduate in reply to Langley-Loper]

Lol!! That's how I felt after my run this morning. Well done, even if your body's shattered, I bet your mind is buzzing