Since struggling to run for 30 minutes after illness I've now managed it 3 or 4 times back at 6.5km/h running on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Today as the 30 minutes came up I felt good so continued and finally ran 5K all but in 44:50 but it felt good. After reading several posts about the same issue 30 minutes or 5K I felt I should post this as it's exactly what this forum is about. I still have ambitions to half that time but for now 5K is good enough for me.
I Just ran 5K !!!: Since struggling to run for... - Couch to 5K
I Just ran 5K !!!
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Congratulations another milestone achieved, well done
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Glad you're feeling better and congratulations on your first 5k😊😊
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That first 5k is awesome isn’t it? We grinned all day long and our first took 52 minutes but we were still so happy
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Congratulations, that is another milestone run for you.
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Congratulations on doing the 5k! And thanks for posting ... it's really good to hear your story. I ran my first 5k last Saturday and since then have been obsessing about taking so looong to do it (I was also 40+ minutes + ) .... and so completely ignoring how far (metaphorically) I've come. Thanks for the sensible perspective
That’s fantastic, congratulations don’t worry about the time just enjoy the running🎉👏👍
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Well done you 👏. Half that time really is ambitious, but why not?
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5K is huge! I'm so inspired by you 😊