W7R1 ✅ Relaxed approach...

[JaoJao]

So I managed to get out for W7R1 this morning. And you know what I just enjoyed it today. I didn’t bother stressing myself with pace or distance and beating my last run. I had a great playlist to keep me pumped for 25 minutes.

The reality is there is 8 runs left in the plan and that’s plenty of time to worry about distance, pace, pushing, etc.

I introduced pre and post run stretches today and those were good! Will do stretches on all my runs in these final weeks.

Thought I would also share a picture and say hi to all my supporters and motivators on here! So “Hi” 👋👋👋

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Nice photo of you JaoJao, not long now until you graduate, onwards and upwards. 😊 🏃

[JaoJao in reply to AlMorr]

I cannot believe the word graduate is being used on my threads, another couple weeks to go, will be a beauty 😍

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to JaoJao]

Not until you have completed the program, after running the 3/30 minute runs of week 9 of C25K and graduated, that will be the time to tell the administrators that you have ran W9R3 and the word GRADUATE will appear next to your username.

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Good for you Jao... Time/pace/distance are irrelevant. If you enjoy running you've cracked it. Those that enjoy it, keep doing it! And the more you do it, the better you get.

[JaoJao in reply to Hidden]

Yes that exactly what I wanted out of this run, where enjoyment and forget about the metrics, it was super fun. Thank you for your support 👍

[Debston Graduate]

Great post and lovely pic - so nice to be able to put faces to the names on here! So hi, virtual running buddy, hope the rest of Week 7 is as much fun. I was pleased to leave the walking intervals behind, somewhat to my surprise!

[JaoJao in reply to Debston]

Thank you so much. What’s your next run Debston? Definitely nice to do solid runs and cover more Kms

[Debston Graduate in reply to JaoJao]

I am going to do my first post graduation run tomorrow and just aim for 30 minutes or so and see how I go. I want to get a bit faster eventually but I'm not in any hurry. I have a 5k booked in for 9 June so I'd like to have a go at running that distance before then.

[JaoJao in reply to Debston]

Best of luck for 9th June x

[Debston Graduate in reply to JaoJao]

Thanks so much. I'm half excited and half hmmm, why am I doing this?! But I will be delighted just to get round the course and claim my medal for finishing.

[Lynsh Graduate]

Great photo and well done to you getting to week 7, sounds like it's going great.

I've just done the same run today and really enjoyed it. Wouldn't have said that 6 weeks ago! Challenged myself too running uphill slightly!

8 runs left... I'm going to miss the structure of this App I think 🏃

Keep running! ☺

[JaoJao in reply to Lynsh]

I’m going to miss it too, really going to savour the next 8 runs. And I’m not leaving this community anytime soon, I want to help the newbies and share as much experience with people to enable their journeys. I hope many of us will stick around x

[Lynsh Graduate in reply to JaoJao]

I'll be staying here too. The support is great for me so I want to give something back x

[Julia187 Graduate]

And that my friend is what it’s all about, no stress, no worry, just out there doing your own thing 😊

[Hatman Graduate]

HiJaoJao. Just keep a good playlist and smell the flowers. Enjoy what you are doing and keep that up for 8 runs.

You don’t need to go fast, just need to go. For 30 minutes, three times.

Then worry about distance and pace if you still want to.

There’s nicely polished badge waiting just for you. Enjoy getting to it.

[JaniceG68 Graduate]

Well done you xx