Well that was fun

[ClarriePan]

I did my first parkrun today. I haven’t actually graduated yet, this was my W9R2. But my next door neighbour Steve offered to take me so I didn’t want to refuse his kind offer. He is a member of a running club and did the London marathon last year so I was a bit worried he might push me. But he was brilliant and let me go at my pace. I ran the whole 5k and felt great and I was chatting to Steve all the way round!! If you’d asked me after my run on Friday I’d have said I’d try to run about 3 and half k. As you can probably tell I am still on a high 6 hours later. Thanks to the C25K app, this forum, neighbour Steve and my 58 year old legs and lungs I CAN RUN 5K 😅🎈🎉🎈🎉🎈🎉

[msanni]

Congratulations! I did one last week for my W7R2 but I followed the programme so just a 25 minute run. My next will be after I graduate.

[ClarriePan Graduate in reply to msanni]

I thought about following the app but as I am so close to graduating I thought I’d leave my phone at home and see how I felt. I definitely didn’t push myself but I was very surprised I ran it all because the furthest I’ve gone with the app is 3.5k.

[Lorijay Graduate]

Sounds awesome, congratulations. Inspiring post as my legs are the same age so this is very encouraging to read. I'm only starting W3 tomorrow and will remember this when I start flagging at 3 mins. Thanks for sharing.

[CatMo13 Graduate]

Brilliant!!!

[HeatherEm Graduate]

Fantastic achievement ClarriePan!! It feels so great doesn't it? Was meant to do my wk9r2 today but my brother in law arrived from Canada yesterday and I was a little (ahem) hungover. Going to do it tomorrow. We are going to graduate this week. Cannot believe it!

[ClarriePan Graduate in reply to HeatherEm]

That sounds like a very reasonable excuse to me. Well done on your journey. It seems like a magic trick to me this C25K malarkey. One minute running in week one was awful and like everyone I thought I’ll never do 30 minutes I’ll die😄. But the fairies sprinkle their dust and it happens🧚‍♀️