W4R1 - PMA worked!

[Amerynthe]

I posted this morning that I was going to approach this evening's first run of week 4 with a positive mental attitude - 'This is an opportunity to see what I can do' instead of 'Oh no, am I going to be able to make it?' - and said I'd post after the run to say if the difference in attitude made a difference to the run.

IT DID!

It was not a doddle, it was not easy, but I did it! I ran consecutively for 5 minutes, not once but twice! Added to the 2 x 3 minute runs, that means I ran for 16 minutes this evening! And when I started out on this adventure on 1 October I only managed 5 of the one-minute runs and had to sit down for ten minutes after the first 3.

When I got in, I said to my Echo Dot, 'Alexa, tell the trumpet section ... I DID IT!' and she played me a fanfare. I felt I'd earned it!

[molly1973 Graduate]

Excellent!!

[Zaza0309 Graduate]

Loving the idea about the trumpet fanfare - well done you

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

🎺 🎺 There it is... job well done... huge progress from day one. Keep thinking positive and keep loving doing it,

Alexa... tell Amerynthe that she rocks

[steviej99 Graduate]

That's brilliant. Well done, PMA definitely works. Trust the plan and yourself, there's no stopping you now!

[Batbabe]

That's good to know, I'm at week 1 and thinking 'omg how am I going to run 5 mins let alone any more '

[Amerynthe Graduate in reply to Batbabe]

Take it a week at a time, don't worry about what's two or three weeks ahead. You build up to the longer runs in stages, so it does seem a lot more manageable than you might think. I'm 58, overweight, and although I swim a lot, I haven't done any other kind of exercise for years, but having got this far, I know I can make it all the way, and you will, too

[Sybilw Graduate]

Think I need Alexa!! Well done. 🙌🏻