W5R3 - I did it!

[QueenDiogenes]

Managed it this afternoon! Can’t quite believe that I’ve jogged for a full 20 minutes. John_W is right - it’s all in the head; mental rather than physical and about total minutes run over the last few weeks. Thank you for your support!

Became a total beetroot and my lower legs ache, but well worth the effort.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 5, that is a milestone run with C25K, onwards and upwards to week 6 run 1 but be careful about that run as it catches out some people with the interval walks and runs after the non stop 20 minutes of W5R3 which you have just ran 🏃

[QueenDiogenes in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you! Will go careful then on the next run.

[Iseesaidjane]

Awesome result! Really well done 😃

[QueenDiogenes in reply to Iseesaidjane]

Thank you!

[Wenderwoo Graduate]

Excellent, well done 👍😁

[QueenDiogenes in reply to Wenderwoo]

Thank you!

[Joanney69 Graduate]

Great job, well done 😊 👏

It definitely is more mental than physical, trying to persuade your brain that your body is capable of doing it - & not listening to the gremlins 😂

Good luck with week 6 ☺ 🏃 👍

[QueenDiogenes in reply to Joanney69]

Agreed! Thank you!

[Summerlov Graduate in reply to Joanney69]

That’s why I think listening to music really helps while running you that concentrate on a song why the going gets tough lol

[Joanney69 Graduate in reply to Summerlov]

Absolutely 😊 although sometimes the playlist has a warped sense of humour 😂 🎶

[QueenDiogenes in reply to Joanney69]

I am on a treadmill in front of the TV! Also distracting, though I have to put the subtitles on to be able to follow whatever is on 😆

[John_W Graduate Ambassador]

Well done! By the way, if you want to tag someone in your post, just add an "@" in front of their username ...

"@John_W" ... try it

[QueenDiogenes in reply to John_W]

Thank you @John_W 😆

[John_W Graduate Ambassador in reply to QueenDiogenes]

Nearly right! QueenDiogenes - you need to type out '@John_W' and wait for the drop-down menu to appear and then select the name.

[zokki Graduate]

Well done what an achievement. That one is a huge one so huge congratulations 🥳

[Alast]

Brilliant, well done and thanks for letting us know how it went. This is my next run (if my cough get's batter I should be out on Wednesday morning). Reading success stories like yours is helping to build my confidence, I'm sure that if I believe I can do it I will do it, as John_W says's it's all in the mind. (I've also learned his name tagging tip here too!)