week 9 run 1 - made it to 30 minutes for the first time!

[silverflowers]

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

[Runnf Graduate]

Congratulations! It's such a great feeling, I'm so glad you went out anyway & now have cause to celebrate! Well done.

[silverflowers Graduate in reply to Runnf]

thank you

[Buddy34 Graduate]

At least you're a happy idiot🤣🤣🤣 you just ran 30 minutes non stop. Keep smiling

[silverflowers Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Oh yes I am a happy idiot!

[Redvic97 Graduate]

Congratulations. Amazing achievement. Determination wins the day 😊

[Granspeed Graduate]

👏🏼🎉👏🏼 Well done you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

You are NO idiot, congratulations for that run, good luck with your graduation run.

[ButtercupKid Graduate]

Yay ! Hooray ! Well done you 🏅

[Winterfox Graduate]

Good for you! I hope you find your rain-running hat 😮

[silverflowers Graduate in reply to Winterfox]

no luck so far fear I'm going to have to buy another

[Womangolfer Graduate]

Congratulations. It’s a wonderful feeling.

[Coffee1st Graduate]

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.

[silverflowers Graduate in reply to Coffee1st]

You can do it. Just have confidence in the programme and take things slowly. Take one run at a time, and you will get there.

[RunningMigster Graduate]

Absolutely brilliant.

Really well done. It's a really good feeling isnt it?

So nearly there!

[silverflowers Graduate in reply to RunningMigster]

Thank you! Run 2 tomorrow and it's blowing a gale outside.

[RunningMigster Graduate in reply to silverflowers]

I thought about not going out tonight... but it's a run night. How could I not go 😁

[silverflowers Graduate in reply to RunningMigster]

well done!