Happy Friday my lovely family......

[Mummycav]

So, it’s Friday, again...the weeks are flying by...I’ve had my usual Friday faff...starting the day in my running gear, with the intentions of getting out straight after school drop off, but Friday’s are a faff...I like everything just ‘so’ for the weekend...vacuuming done, polishing, ironing...etc etc...so I made the mistake of starting on todays chores...including a trip to the supermarket...in my running gear which I would NEVER have done 12 months ago!!! Then when I got home I decided to start prepping tea..tonight’s beef curry in the slow cooker, so I started chopping & chipping...all the time the nagging in my head ‘run..run...if you don’t go now you won’t get chance’ but the gremlins were in the veg drawer telling me to carry on in the house....before I knew it it was dinner time & Daddy Cav rang to say he had done for the day & was on his way home for dinner..so I sat down & had some lunch with him...he asked if I’d been for a run or was I going?? ‘Well, I should’ve been but I haven’t yet’ (those nagging thoughts again in my head) anyway, he had to pop out so I seized the opportunity & quickly got my arm sleeve & my trainers on & headed over the road to the park. Short, speed podcast today with the lovely Laura seeing as I didn’t have a lot of time now...I so enjoyed it...I was so glad that I’d managed it...

While I was running I saw a friend that I hadn’t seen for months, I couldn’t stop & talk because I was nearly at the end of the session so I just smiled, waved & said hello & I thought when I’d finished I’d catch up with her during my 5 min cool down walk, so I did...she said she was amazed at me & said how fantastic I looked..I was BEAMING inside!! Woo hoo!!! I had a proper spring in my step all the way home, I was sooooo pleased! Then, when I was going up the steps to my front door a van went passed & the driver pipped & wolf whistled at me!!! OMG....I was so shocked!! I haven’t been wolf whistled at for about 20 years!!! Ha ha...needless to say, I feel so proud of myself & my determination to keep going...the support from you lovely lot has helped me immensely..I am glad I am a runner because the benefits both mentally & physically are worth all the hard work it takes to become one....

Like I said, I just did the speed podcast this aft, I only ran 2.7k in 21 mins but I didn’t really break into a sweat, I found it easy...I cannot believe how my fitness & stamina have improved ...& continue to improve with every run...I have always said to myself that in life, I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done but one regret that I won’t have is becoming a runner...I want to run for the rest of my life 🏃🏼‍♀️👏🏻☺️

So, if you have started the programme & are starting to have doubts & think you shouldn’t carry on....please don’t give up...you can do it, maybe not in 9 weeks, it doesn’t matter how long it takes you, keep going, grit those teeth & find that determination that is hiding in there...you will regret giving up, you started this for a reason so keep that reason at the forefront of your mind, keep those trainers where you can see them & get out there whenever you can, your whole being will benefit from the joy of running xxx

Have a lovely weekend everyone, whatever you’re up to & for all those who have graduated this week I will raise a glass to you all tonight....well done...it’s a real achievement & something to be extremely proud of xx

[Mamabear5 Graduate]

I did the opposite of you , I went for a run straight after work (got changed at my last clients), then hopped in car to go to office - still in sweaty workout gear , came home Parked up and walked to school - still in sweaty workout gear , guess what been home nearly an hour and still in sweaty workout gear ! Off for a shower

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Mamabear5]

Ha ha....it’s a good job the flies are still hibernating!! 😂😉

[quirkybee Graduate]

Always inspiring Bev, you got out there eventually and did your thing, brill!! Xx 😊

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to quirkybee]

😉 hope you’re ok Beth x

[JoP61 Graduate]

Brilliant post - hope I can keep going like you. You're a great example of why this programme matters. 😀

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to JoP61]

You will....once the bug has got you it’s hard to shake off...running gets in your head

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Lovely, lovely post.... I thought I whizzed around , but you ...phewwwwww!

Very well done......I absolutely LOVE Speed....( not being very speedy... but never mind :))

This is such a motivational post for anyone..all of us...you are amazing... and your friend obviously thought so too...

Brilliant!!!! xxx

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you Oldfloss , I just can’t express enough how important it is to keep at it & when you do, just how it makes you feel...if I’ve inspired just one person while I’ve been running I will be pleased xx

[Kimterry Graduate]

Brilliant post - full to the brim with enthusiasm. Keep on running! 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

[Hidden]

Inspirational ! Brilliant post!👏👏🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️😀😀

[SaskAlliecat Graduate]

👏👏👏 Love it!

[lardofale Graduate]

Brilliant stuff, well done you and great advice 👍 I'm still waiting for the wolf whistles by the way 😞😁

[ju-ju- Graduate]

Have a fabulous weekend 😻

[Sarakc Graduate]

Great post!! I totally understand the faffage!! I’m usually off work on a Thursday and that’s when I like to do my longer run after breakfast!! I seem to find 101 things to do before I go!! I even sorted out a messy drawer this week 😂

[SuzyKK Graduate]

Fabulous post as usual! Thanks xxx

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

Brilliant post 👏👏👏👍 well done for seeing off those gremlins!

I got out after work last night. Was super tired but couldn't let that get in the way. Did my usual road route and felt great for doing it.

Just looked at my stats on Strava... it says 97 miles this year. Ok that includes walking warm ups and downs plus the intervals in the programme but even if I cut that in half... to think that I have run, by choice, and enjoyed it, is simply phenomenal.

And all down to this programme! 😁

[IgaT Graduate]

What a great inspirational and motivational post Thank you very much for it!

Enjoy your weekend!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to IgaT]

You have come so far igat...I’ve worried about you, followed you & cheered you on...you’re just a fab runner who wants to succeed & you are doing that perfectly xxx

[IgaT Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

I'm following the steps of many great runners that I've met in here, like you

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

What a fab post Mummycav, once your kit is on eh?..😄

So pleased you squeezed your run into your busy day, you enjoyed it and got the added boost of compliments from your friend and well, wolf whistled at too!😄love it...

Keep enjoying your runs and posting on here you are so inspiring!😊😊xx

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thankyou bluebird....you’re an inspiration to me & i want to be like you xx

[Sadie-runs Graduate]

You are my Super (running) Hero, MC! Must try that speed podcast out myself...happy weekend darlin’! x

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Sadie-runs]

Just love you xxx

[Lillybeth30mins Graduate]

Thats lovely, mummycav 😄😄😄

Liz x

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Lillybeth30mins]

Love your posts too..you’re doing fab & are an inspiration too x

[Lillybeth30mins Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

😘

[rolysmate Graduate]

Good lass, why don't I get wolf whistled, what have you got that I haven't, no don't answer that lol. Love it,love it, love it and one day we will get together for a run around your park xx

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to rolysmate]

Ha ha!! I’d like that roly

[Fishypieface Graduate]

Great stuff as always MC!! My house looks like a tornado's been through it and it'll have to stay that way until the end of term!! Well done for squeezing a run in, so easy to get lost in the day and miss out. Your posts are a great inspiration to others, it does get easier, all you have to do is stick at it and see the rewards.

I've been to the gym 4 times this week cos I can't run and I know it's so much easier because of my running fitness, I'm quite chuffed with myself! Although I need to lose some weight (and a few years!! and for hell to freeze over) before I get any wolf-whistles in my gear!!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Fishypieface]

4 times is a lot Fishy!! You’re becoming a machine!! x

[Fishypieface Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

I'm taking it easy though, I probably burn as many calories in an hour as I do in 30 mins of running! It's gonna be a looonnnng road!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Fishypieface]

But you’re on it, you haven’t taken the slip road off it...honestly, of all the C25k stories I’ve read, yours has got to be the one that is the most determined, the one that most full of guts..I am proud of you fishy x

[Fishypieface Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

Aw thanks MC! xx There's a bit too much gut, that's the problem!!

Your story is pretty awesome too you know.... you could have easily given up, but did you heck?! No, you stuck at it. We all bloody well rock!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Fishypieface]

We flipping do xxx

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Fishypieface]

And hey...you are the bravest of brave to me x

[Fishypieface Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

I don't know what's happened to me, I think it's middle-age... I'm getting too old to give a toss.... and I'm loving it!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Fishypieface]

I don’t give a toss either, but then again, I never have xx

[Fishypieface Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

You are lucky, it's the best way to be! xx

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Fishypieface]

Can you honestly say that you noticed the last person that walked passed you?? We are just all conscious of ourselves because we are doing something different but when I run passed someone now, be it a fellow runner or just any old so-en-so....I just feel good about what I’m doing, I always smile, then curse when I’ve passed & they don’t acknowledge me. I am the better person....not only am I a good person but I am one who runs...I appreciate life...I have lost, I love & I am loved...and I take this out with me at all times fishy...you have been an inspiration to me with the journey you’ve been on x

[Fishypieface Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

Wise words MC... and you, me xx

[Elfe5 Graduate]

Wooohooo! Fantastic Mummycav! Great post thanks. Xx 😃

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

Thanks Elfe5 ...we’re all out there together when we can aren’t we? X