Proud of myself

[Herbert1960]

In November 2016 my orthopaedic consultant told me that I was unlikely to ever get any better even if he operated and that he would support me in applying for a blue badge. I couldn’t walk more that a few yards with the help of a stick at the time. LOOK AT ME NOW!!! I’m 58. Never run in my life before and just graduated the C25K!! I’m so proud of myself. After over 10 years of back problems (6 months of them in a wheelchair) I feel fit and healthy. I’ve booked on a 5k run in August and hope I’ll will have increased my speed by then from 4K to 5K in 30 minutes. Fabulous app. 🏃🏿‍♀️

[Catster Graduate]

Congratulations 😀

[QueenTea Graduate]

Amazing turnaround for you - congratulations 👏👏

[Goforitmama Graduate]

You are AWESOME! That is amazing! A huge well done to you!

[JohnTR Graduate]

Amazing effort!

An inspiration to everyone.

[Oldjigger]

Congratulations. It's a really cleverly designed programme. In your case it sounds like a real life-changing achievement.

[Crittermad Graduate]

You should be proud of yourself , your post really moved me! You must have shown real grit and determination in those early weeks, I can’t imagine how hard it must have been for you. You’ve added life to your years, you did that! 👏👏👏 inspiring!

[Dralimc Graduate]

Delighted for you! I’ve had 30 years of back pain, and this is the best I’ve felt! We should have done this years ago. Well done on overcoming any fears you had and meeting the challenge head on! Keep on running! 👏🏅🍾

[TheGoodWillOut Graduate]

Brilliant! I too suffer from back problems, had x-rays, MRI scans, loads of physio and chiropractor visits which didn’t really cure but since I’ve been running it’s helped massively. Still suffer but nowhere near as bad as it was.

[Equi-geek Graduate]

Herbert!!! You wonderful graduate! How fantastic to hear of your recovery 👏👏👏👏 I’ve been told similar for an arthritic hip, and my friends have expressed well-meaning reservations too - I’ve not had it as bad as you but it does make me wonder whether I’ve done the right thing as running is so notorious for joints. But things have changed over the years and I am a complete convert. A very happy congratulations for winning this battle - so pleased for you! 👏👏👏🎓🎓🎓🍾🍾🍾

[Herbert1960 Graduate]

Thanks for all your replies everyone you really inspired me

Xx

[Robert_IS_a_Runner Graduate]

What an inspiration! Thanks for posting and congratulations