So I should have written months ago but I've always lurked in the background so thought why not post?
Anyway bit of background for you im a 29 year old overweight asthmatic who couldn't so much as get up the stairs let alone run. Started thinking that the bum was getting bigger than the mirror so maybe running was the way foward.
I started this course at the beginning of the year full of optimism and reached week 5 run 3 before breaking my ankle on the tredmil- this is what happens when you wear 14 quid trainers that do nothing for your overpronation! Anyway 16 weeks of casts, physio and a bit of determination and I started again all be it slower and outside.
The outside world is a scary place for a jeffer- the first run I did I cacked my pants at the thought that people in cars would look at my lycra karrimoor tights and think wow what a knob- turns out they didn't care who knew?
Anyway week 9 has approached... I won't lie im utterly suprised I got here. I thought the leap in week 5 to 20 minutes was just designed to kill me! What kind of nonsense is it to go from 5 minutes to 20? Behave yourselves! But I did it and now half hour is nothing. Tried it on the tredmil today and other than being utterly bored I didn't so much as get a twinge in the feet.
Graduation is Monday and I'm proud to be here- the fat asthmatic with the jiggly bum has become a runner! Not a fast one.. not a jogger.. but a runner. The health benefits are amazing- asthmatics I have been hospitalised so many times in my life I don't even count them anymore but I've stopped taking my inhaler! My heart rate has gone down, my breathing is better and obviously I am fitter with a slightly more toned bum.
Only thing I have noticed is wow am I hungry.. like.. all I want to do is eat.. I am still overweight for my height but people don't start running if you think you are going to be a usain bolt lookalike.. because I resemble more of a weeble wobble..
Just as a side note I've been documenting the "in the bag" screen splashes and putting them on Instagram with how I'm feeling and how I think I did... if you're struggling do the same and it's brilliant to look back and see how I did 30 seconds on the tredmil and nearly died..
Happy running everyone and.. I will probably be putting up the look at me I ran for 9 weeks picture up soon so.. sorry.. not sorry..
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Welcome. Great story, great job out there and well done getting on that dreadmill and getting the job done. We will look forward to that picture upon graduation.
Cake... Graduation cake!! Haha! Improve on my timing with a park run and maybe try 10k when it warms up? The cold is a bit unfriendly on the lungs but I do love my running light with the daft warning triangle on the back!
What an inspiring post from you Anion hills, you have almost completed a dream you thought would never come true, but it's about to when you run W9R3 and graduate 🎓here on C25K 👍 You have come a long hard way since you did that 30 seconds on the dreadmill as we call a threadmill here on C25K. You managed one of the most dreaded runs of 20 minutes and certainly you will complete the final one of week 9 as well, good luck for your 🎓 run 🏃 👍😊
You must have had a lot of determination to try again after such a nasty injury. Thank you for sharing your story. Good luck with your graduation run and whatever comes next.
Well done on your achievement. You’ve overcome so much to get this far and not given up! 💪🏻
This is a really inspiring post and just what I needed to hear. Like you I’m asthmatic and had got to week 8 when I went down with a cold and my asthma really kicked in and I couldn’t run. It took about 3 weeks to get over it and this week I started to go out again on week 3. I’ve found it easier than the first time round but not as easy as I’d hoped. I had been on the brink of giving up as I was thinking that asthmatics and running just don’t go together and that I’d never progress beyond week 3 and boom! there’s your post!
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Took me 9 months instead of 9 weeks but I did it!!!!
Yippee finished week 9! 
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