I barely made through those week eight 28 minute runs last week. This was going to be a terrible run - my daughter forgot about her promise to run with me and wasn't home, it was cold, dark and raining, my trusty running-in-the-rain hat had mysteriously vanished in a pre-Christmas tidy and I was going to have to face it ALONE. Aargh. Set off with grim determination and went very slowly. It stopped raining. It gradually got easier instead of harder. I even speeded up a bit for the last 60 seconds. I don't believe it - I kept going for the whole 30 minutes. Came back skipping through my 5 minute cooldown run with a big smile on my face. Neighbours think I'm an idiot. I don't care. Daughter forgiven
week 9 run 1 - made it to 30 minutes for the f... - Couch to 5K
week 9 run 1 - made it to 30 minutes for the first time!
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Congratulations! It's such a great feeling, I'm so glad you went out anyway & now have cause to celebrate! Well done.
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At least you're a happy idiot🤣🤣🤣 you just ran 30 minutes non stop. Keep smiling
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Congratulations. Amazing achievement. Determination wins the day 😊
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👏🏼🎉👏🏼 Well done you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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You are NO idiot, congratulations for that run, good luck with your graduation run.
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Yay ! Hooray ! Well done you 🏅
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Good for you! I hope you find your rain-running hat 😮
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Congratulations. It’s a wonderful feeling.
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That’s brilliant news. Congratulations and thanks for the confidence boost. I’m at week 5 and 30 mins seemed impossible so thanks for the reminder, just to keep going.
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Absolutely brilliant.
Really well done. It's a really good feeling isnt it?
So nearly there!