Graduated with 5.3km route!! 🤩

[southlundon]

Yay I have graduated! It felt slower this morning but I actually hit a couple of PBs! One was up my nemesis hill 😅 and the other was my 5km time.

I couldn’t have done it without the support on here and obviously my mentor Jo Whiley! Does anyone else feel like emailing their celebrity and telling them of their achievement?! /stalker 😁

Anyway, here’s the obligatory sweaty yet happy graduation photo!

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

Fabulous! 👏👏👏 I bet she'd love an email!! Congratulations 🏅🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Enjoy your acheivement and your new ability 👍😁

[southlundon Graduate in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Thanks - I may well email her then!

[Rinkydinky]

That’s amazing, many congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉. I think Jo would love an email 🥇🏆

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Rinkydinky]

She's going to get inundated with lots of grads

[Ripcurlrana71]

Woohoo!!!!! Very well done you graduate!!! 🥇🙌🏼🙌🏼😬😬😬

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

Cheers Rip! It's gone so quickly!!

[Ripcurlrana71 in reply to southlundon]

What next??

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

Hmm, consolidation after a week's holiday but I did think to myself at the end of this run that I'm quite happy with this time and distance at the moment and I'll just start by finding new routes where I live which will help to stretch me in distance and time. Not so worried about pace!

[Ripcurlrana71 in reply to southlundon]

Good idea. Enjoy it. 😊

[David_G]

Congratulations, you’re a graduate now! 👩‍🎓👏👏

Relax and enjoy yourself 🍾🥂👍

[southlundon Graduate in reply to David_G]

Ooh yes lots of celebrating is in order

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Huge well done and congratulations... Happy face, Happy runner... well done you!

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks Oldfloss - and thank you for all the work you do on here too

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to southlundon]

Thanks for that..I appreciate it

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

You must spend so much time on here - I see your comments all over the place! It's a lovely forum and full of so much positivity and you contribute a lot to that

[Berksrover Graduate]

Congratulations southlundon great pace as well, welcome to the graduate club, enjoy your day

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Berksrover]

Thanks Berks! Looking forward to getting my virtual badge

[telford_mike Graduate]

Absolutely awesome and a lovely pic. No need to email Jo - she was there with you the whole time so she knows exactly what you achieved 😀 Many congratulations and keep going. Running after graduation is brilliant fun - no fear of 'failing' - just play with time and distance for half an hour.

[southlundon Graduate in reply to telford_mike]

Good point Mike - of course she knows I'll be in Austria tomorrow for a week and not planning to run as I think the walking will be sufficient but I bet I'll be chomping at the bit to get back running when I return!

[Little-runner Graduate]

Yay! Congratulations and what a great distance! Hope you are feeling totally awesome! Lovely smiley pic too...😁

I've already thought about sending Jo a message on instagram or something. She's been absolutely great for me! I'm sure she gets messages all the time!

Enjoy your weekend basking in all your well deserved glory! 👏👏👏👏👏

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Little-runner]

Aww thanks Little! I took another photo first but I looked a bit knackered and I thought I'd pump the smile up a bit

Yes yes message Jo!

[theoldfellow]

Well done super fit lady. Amazing distance, so few (me included) make 5km by graduation.

[southlundon Graduate in reply to theoldfellow]

Well it includes the walks so I'm not sure it's a 'true' 5km but I'm taking it!

Hope your post-grad running is going well? Apologies if I've missed any posts.

[theoldfellow in reply to southlundon]

I've decided that one a week is enough from me. So you probably haven't missed any. I like to encourage others, so mostly, I am 'replying'.

[southlundon Graduate in reply to theoldfellow]

Well keep up your running however often you manage it. One day you might fancy one of those lakes ultra marathons 😉

[theoldfellow in reply to southlundon]

Just to make it clear, that's one 'report', but still three runs...

I ain't ever going back to the couch. There are far too many cute runners to chase...

[Jay66UK Graduate]

Very, very well done. 👏👏👏 I’ve enjoyed following your journey to the podium. Have a fabulous day being chuffed with yourself.

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

Jay, what a lovely thing to say I'm certainly chuffed with myself! You are all such great support on here. *sob*

[Dralimc Graduate]

Congrats happy lady! Great photo! 🏃🏻‍♀️🍾🏅

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Dralimc]

Thank you so much!

[Dexy5 Graduate]

Congratulations southlundon it’s great to see you graduate - and 5.3k is amazing. Step onto the podium and collect your shiny badge 🏃‍♀️👏🍾🥂🏅

Ps I’m a Jo Whiley graduate too

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy! That includes the walks but I'm taking it anyway When I start my consolidation runs I'll only measure the run distance and see how far I get...

[Dexy5 Graduate in reply to southlundon]

Phew I thought that was fast! Enjoy this great feeling and your consolidation runs. 🏃‍♀️

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks!

[Jelon Graduate]

Congratulations graduate you did it yay - great photo too 😊

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Jelon]

Cheers Jelon! Such a great feeling too - I was worried it was going to be an anti-climax but no way

[Carolinemcd Graduate]

Congrats!!

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Carolinemcd]

Thank you Caroline!

[Fabulous450 Graduate]

Yaaaaay!! Go southlundon!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 So happy for you and what a distance? You absolute star! 😁😁🎓🏆❤️

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

It did include the walks but I'm still very chuffed! Love reading your grad posts

[Alanist Graduate]

Congratulations, feel very very proud and enjoy your moment of glory.

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Alanist]

Thank you Alan - love your profile picture!

[Alanist Graduate in reply to southlundon]

Ha ha, yes that's how I viewed myself before starting this running.

[ccarter100]

Congratulations!

[southlundon Graduate in reply to ccarter100]

Thank you so much!

[Ang33333 Graduate]

🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

[southlundon Graduate in reply to Ang33333]

Ooh I could just do with a glass of that please!

[BlondeAmbition72 Graduate]

Congratulations fellow graduate!! Well done!! 👍😊