Cant wait to tell you all, my family of VRBS, I did it😅🏃♀️🏅 🙌 just finished my graduation run , feel on top of the world despite no sleep last night due to small grandchildren sleeping over😳
I ran into the light following the trail of brasso aroma kindly laid by Oldfloss who’s furiously polishing medals for everyone graduating today🤣
anyone reading this post who is thinking of doing couch25k but doubting their ability please please try it - honestly if I can do it you can. I am 58, never ran or really exercised since school other than dog walking and chasing after kids then grandkids - and now can run for 30 minutes non stop , unbelievable!!
thankyou to everyone on this lovely forum who has advised and encouraged me, your support and the structure of the plan was brilliant
ok I didnt reach 5k most I ran was 3.8k but that is amazing for me at my age and current level of fittness
I now will be looking for what to do next as defo need structure for motivation
wahey - I am a Graduate , thats priceless saying that I love it😍😊👍
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Yes, the support and encouragement along with the programme is amazing x
(I hope so, I might be a bit longer than I’d have liked (I’m usually too hard on myself!) as I’m thinking of taking a few days break and picking it up again Thu/Fri) but heh ho not the end of the world x)
Congratulations on completing C25K with week 9 run 3 and graduating, well done, you should be very proud of yourself 😊 🏃 🎓.
To get your graduation badge and the word GRADUATE 🎓 next to your username leave a message on the June 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, I am sure you knew how to do that, once again congratulations 🎊 😊 🏃 🎓
thanks backintime, defo the brasso helped guide me through😂🏅🙌
Yay! Congratulations! Think I have some graduation fireworks and some cake somewhere... here they are! ✨🎆✨🎆🎉🍰🍾 😄 Exciting stuff! I've enjoyed following your running journey, long may it continue!
Thank you Oldgirlruns, the well wishes and support of all my vrbs here on the forum carried me through this run today, oh and the aroma of brasso from Oldfloss polishing the medals 😂🙌🏅
you keep running , we will be shouting or you graduating soon 👍🏃♀️🏅
Well done you!!! I loved reading this post and I feel really proud of you, which is weird as I don't know you, but I do!!! You have done amazingly well! I'll join you in the graduate lounge on Tuesday morning... 😊
aww thanks Nanarunrun, I appreciate your kind words and support. Thats the lovely thing about this forum, you follow VRBS and support each other even though we never meet, its lovely
I will be cheering you on in your graduation run on tuesday 🙌😊🏅
CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🎊 🎉 🎈 🏃 🎓 🥉 🏆 Look at that shiny new graduate badge, brilliant stuff and well done you! I will look forward to hearing all about your post graduation running. ☺
cheers Zebadee1, honestly you will find that the weeks fly by, your fitness increases and before you know it you are graduating🏅 keep plodding, a run at a time , we are cheering you on 🙌😊
"Hi my name is Notquite and I'm a Brassoholic...."
Wonderful news 🎉🏅🏃♀️👏🤩. I will be following the trail you have blazed this week and will share an industrial size tin with you when I get there. Note the "when" not "if" now, due in no small way to your encouragement 😘. Go the over 50s and 5k comes when it's ready to. At least we won't be doing the distance in an ambulance🚑🏥. Née naw, née naw... X
🤣🤣 hi Meepmum - you have just made me splutter my Brasso 🤣🙌 my secret running aid has been rumbled, my secret is out as well as the cat😉
I am saving you a place over the other side, in the big school for WHEN ( not if) you graduate👍🏅🍾 you can do this without the need for emergency services, prove to the younguns thers life after 50😊🏅🏃♀️
Many congratulations! It's an amazing achievement, but the biggest prize is the investment in your health and fitness.
People can struggle a bit for motivation after graduation. What worked for me was setting some goals and then putting a plan in place to get there (I do so love a spreadsheet!).
Good luck with whatever you decide to do, and make sure you keep us updated on your progress!
cheers for that Pianism and thanks for your support🙌
I most certainly have noticed a change for the better in my health and hope this continues as I follow up to the couch25k. I will have to read up and set myself some goals as I need structure or risk falling off wagon. Think the forums help with this too so will be continuing to follow these 😊
I did my first post grad run on Sunday. I didn’t know what to do with myself so I repeated one of the week 9 runs and took Jo Whiley with me! But my goal is to work up to being able to run a whole Parkrun without stopping.
Congratulations on graduating I bet you are buzzing 😊You are always here to give advice and support so now that you have achieved your goal please stay and support all the ones that are still on there own journey 😊🏃♀️
aww thank you Bluetortoise, still cant believe I did it but I did🙌😊🏅
The first week was sooo hard I honestly didnt expect to finish but the encouragement from fellow programme users was fantastic and kept me going. You are doing brilliant, not long before you graduate, we will all be cheering you along. I need to sort out a plan to continue with as I know I need structure but will stay part of this lovely group 👍😊
I down loaded (couch to 5 k plus) and there are podcasts for stamina one for speed they are the same n h s guides though I hear Laura s voice and it’s to beats so you don’t feel alone !
Well done and congratulations!! Well, i was just catching up on the chats and actually trying to delay my W6R3 this morning but you’ve inspired me ....so I’m off - b4 i go though, well done again, you’ve done it!! Brilliant!! 👏xxx
thanks Cosmo501, it was a great feeling to graduate🙌🏅 trying to adjust now to life in big school , doing consolidation runs at minute but miss the structure of plan a bit, hope your running going well
Fantastic with challenges like no sleep heat thats marvellous ! Congratulations don’t stop smiling today , well done isn’t it like anew lease of life ..
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