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Graduation Day!

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I finally completed C25K with my graduation run at the local parkrun ☺️

9 weeks became 14 after a chest infection and a bad back delayed things.

I’ve gone from struggling to even do 1/2km to completing 7 park runs and one (slow) 10K. I genuinely would never have achieved any of that if it wasn’t for the C25K app.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, but that thing is a life changer! One simple thing has had the biggest knock on effect.

I don’t talk about it much, but I suffer from depression from time to time, and whilst I haven’t been miraculously cured, I’ve actually found something that not only provides relief, but seems to be helping me in the right direction.

Here’s to more running, and that Vitality 10K I seemed to have signed myself up for!

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SeeJillRunGraduate

Congratulations! 🎉🎉

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Many congratulations on your graduation fellow runner.

This guide to post C25K running may be helpful healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Keep running, keep smiling.

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate

Congratulations Pancakes86 on graduating at this mornings Parkrun, nice to hear from you that running has eased your depression a little, I hope that goes completely when you see the word GRADUATE 🎓 next to your username

To see the word Graduate next to your username leave a message on the April graduate post in the pinned posts on the right side of the healthunlocked C25K home page and tell the administrators that you have ran W9R3 of C25K and graduated 🎓 🏃 😊

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