Suddenly, there's progress! W5 R2!!

[Bham81]

Woo-hoo!! After a very slow start to my c25k journey, I think things have started to come together! It took me over three months to get to the point where I was comfortable with finishing weeks 1, 2, and 3, and then a couple of weeks ago I did the week 4 runs....

They weren't easy, but actually they were ok. I did them again last week. This week, I moved on to week 5... And that's really fast progress for me!

W5 R1 on Tuesday was actually easier than every single one of my week 4 runs - go figure!

W5 R2 last night, and I smashed it! In fact, I felt so good at the end of the second eight minute run I did an extra 2 minutes! What is going on??!!

Feeling so good 😃, until I remembered it's W5 r3 tomorrow 😭

[jiggles7 Graduate]

Week 5 was my favourite week! You’ll smash the final run. Have faith 😀

[Bham81 in reply to jiggles7]

Favourite might be a bit if a strong word for. Me just yet jiggles7 lol. Thanks for your encouragement though XX

[SlowLoris]

W5R3 is a favourite. It will be over before you no it. Be prepared for a bit of grinning.

[Bham81 in reply to SlowLoris]

Thank-you Slowloris! I just hope I do it. Got a bit of a habit of jacking things in when I think they're beyond reach, and I really don't want to give this up now!

[SlowLoris in reply to Bham81]

It's not beyond reach. The plan works.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Just reread your first post... there you are the type to never see things through... but later talking about doing week 1 and 2 for 10 weeks... look at you now... still haven’t quit and now you’re doing the impossible... starting tomorrow right? Yesterday you did 21 minutes of heartbeat raising cardio... tomorrow you do 20. Keep it slow and steady and your legs and lungs won’t notice that you forgot to walk... more than any other run, your next is a mental challenge... I happen to think you got that side down and then some. There is no too slow tomorrow... just bring it home 20 minutes... you can do it.

[Bham81 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thank-you unfitnomore, that's really special. Im looking forward to tomorrow and dreading it at the same time! Only time will tell 😊

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Bham81]

Relax, go slow, and do what you do. There can be no pressure, you’ve proved that if you don’t complete it you’ll be back, so don’t worry about a thing.