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[PetrinaB]

After the highs come the lows. Not the best start today. Legs and arms full of lead within first few mins... had to keep stopping, for a few seconds at a time. Should I have left it another day or so? Who knows. All v frustrating . Probably a good 15 mins before I relaxed into a decent rhythm but then I felt great! The added bonus of a very special running buddy (who got me into this C25K running malarkey in the first place, BTW) meant I kept on going...

Here’s the thing with buddying up with an experienced runner:

“What? We ran for how long? Bloody hell!”

One more C25K run to go. Eek!

[Hidden]

Hey well done! I've done C25K on my own... sometimes I wish I had a running buddy. I mean, I have plenty on here, but I mean a physical person next to me!

Sorry to hear you had the dreaded lead legs. For me I found that it happened for 2 reasons. The first was totally a mental battle, and the answer was just to distract myself, music, something nice to look at, let my mind wander a bit. The second thing was that I might be running too fast, and to back off the pace. Usually the distraction of working out how much to slow down was enough to take my mind off the fact that my legs were complaining.

One more to go though... you know you can totally do this, right?

[PetrinaB Graduate in reply to Hidden]

😉

[Nickycatwoman Graduate]

Brilliant Petrina, enjoy that graduation run

👍👍😄😄

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Brilliant run PetrinaB..only one more run to Graduation😊xx

Good luck and slow and steady works just fine.xxx

It was your running buddy who was supposed to be checking the time... 😉

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

All I can say is, sorry, well done and hope you are okay.

[PetrinaB Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

No need to apologise- I’m fine!

[PetrinaB Graduate]

And, if you’ve seen his post, you’ll see it was the lovely @Iannodatruffe with whom I ran today... I’m sure he didn’t intend for us to run that long but we did!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to PetrinaB]

Sshhushhhh, I'll get the sack.

[Hidden in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Now now surely you're not encouraging folks for running for longer than they should? I'll tell floss on you!!!

[PetrinaB Graduate in reply to Hidden]

No, we’re not! But we had a lot to catch up on...

[Hidden in reply to PetrinaB]

Well if you were able to chat and run, that's OK then

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I already know..this was special

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Tut!

[Martin_Rose Graduate in reply to PetrinaB]

I think he's a wrong un Petrina.

[johnm12 Graduate]

Get the sack? Nah unsackable in my opinion. Take care both.

[Martin_Rose Graduate]

Best of luck with your final run Petrina, don't forget to post when you graduate.

[Kimterry Graduate]

Good luck with your graduation run Petrina. Can't wait to see your badge by your name. 👍🏃🏽‍♀️

[PetrinaB Graduate in reply to Kimterry]

Thank you!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

So, so close now....lead legs, treacle legs, concrete blocks and wading in jelly.. we have had it all on here

You are doing wonderfully !!!

It takes me an age sometimes to get into it and then at other times, I am away after five minutes! ( Old age and decrepitude!)

I know your run was very special, and yes, running with an experienced runner is fantastic...but you did just fine.

You have the badge waiting...the champagne is ready to be chilled...we shall all be there waiting... !

One more to go.. and you are living proof that,

"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."

Thomas A. Edison

Awesome!