Will it count?

[Hexslug]

If I do a parkrun for W9R3 and it is less than 30 minutes, will it count. Have already done one and was not too far away from that. Having spent lots of time in isolation to get this far, I really enjoyed running with others.

[telford_mike Graduate]

You're supposed to run for 30 minutes to graduate, it's not about distance. Just take the last km a bit slower. If you can do a sub 30 minute 5k you are already faster than most of us!

[Hexslug Graduate in reply to telford_mike]

Knew someone would say that, it's called couch to 5k! Started end of November last year and because of a long injury break after week 7 had to restart to get back to running very carefully. So have been running on and off for a lot longer than 9 weeks.

[Ripcurlrana71]

No - you’ll have to restart C25k again....😉

[Hexslug Graduate in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

I asked for that. It's taken me 7 months + to get to this stage because I had to restart after a long injury lay off. If I ever get there it will be C25K in 9 months not weeks.

[Ripcurlrana71 in reply to Hexslug]

The aim is to run 30mins to graduate. If you run a 5k as your grad run under 30 mins that’s brilliant! However if you want to complete to it the letter carry on going till you hit 30mins. Relax and enjoy. 😊

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Just run for 30 minutes...

[Hexslug Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

It was a hypothetical question 😈.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

No, you go straight to jail without passing Go!

Nobody is checking up on you, so you get your badge and graduate status when you say you have completed.

In my book, running a sub 30 minute 5k is equivalent to running for 30 minutes.........you will expend more effort than if you run slower.

You could always carry on running after the finish line until you hit the half-hour.

[Hexslug Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks. It was just a question about an idea that I had.