Park run for graduation

[Lisa3009]

Has anyone done a park run for their W9R3 graduation run?

I’ve completed W8R2 tonight so graduation is planned for a week on Saturday all being well 😬😬😬😬

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Many, many folk have used a Park run for their 30 minute Graduation run

[Lisa3009 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Good, I’m feeling pretty confident I’ve stuck to the plan rigidly and so far so good all in all I just don’t want to embarrass myself, thank you

[Tasha99 Graduate]

I did ParkRun in week 2.

[Lisa3009 Graduate in reply to Tasha99]

Wow, I couldn’t have done it then, I could barely breathe 🤪🤪

[Tasha99 Graduate in reply to Lisa3009]

Walked the whole thing in 48 minutes. Then each week did the program in it and walked the rest. Could run it all slowly by week 7 👌🏽

[Lisa3009 Graduate in reply to Tasha99]

I see, that must have been a great motivator though

[Tasha99 Graduate in reply to Lisa3009]

Moving to HM now 👌🏽

[Lisa3009 Graduate in reply to Tasha99]

I can’t even imagine that, what an amazing achievement, good for you

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

I didn’t... I needed to be just me and my daughter... but other than that I can’t think of a better place to graduate.

[janief Graduate]

I graduated at parkrun last year. I wanted to prove to myself that I could run 5K as I wasn’t running that far in 30 minutes. I didn’t worry about the time, I just wanted the distance.

Be careful though, parkrun is addictive! I’m doing my 56th Parkrun on Saturday..

Good luck, you’ll love it. 🏃🏻‍♀️💪👏

[Clarefromclare Graduate]

I did, 4 weeks go, it’s a great way to graduate!! Go for it!!

[Lisa3009 Graduate]

Thank you janief and Clarefromclare, I’m doing 4K in 28 minutes which is amazing for me but i was worried about being too slow but it seems park run isn’t like that. I’ll give it my best xx

[janief Graduate in reply to Lisa3009]

It’s definitely not like that. Lots of people walk it.

Graduating and completing your first parkrun will feel amazing!

[MadDave]

Yes I did - but don’t do what I did and tear a muscle trying to do 5k in under 30mins! If you’re a novice runner who’s followed this C25k programme, then you’ve come a long way, but you need to allow a lot more time and distance to develop those muscles. Do the parkrun and have fun, but don’t start at the front and keep to a moderate pace - above all have fun!

[Lisa3009 Graduate in reply to MadDave]

No I won’t, I’ll be hiding at the back 🤪🤪