I DID IT! Just finished run 3 week 9!

[wrenage1]

I have never run for 30 mins non stop ever. At school I would have every excuse to avoid PE and on long distance runs I would run to my house and sit there for a bit . But at the start of the lock down, when my gym closed ( I do fitness classes) I decided it was a good time to try C25k.

In week 3 I questioned myself, why was I doing c25k when I hated running? But I continued, because I’d started so I wanted to finish it. This is when the mind games started... W5R3 taught me that my mind might tell me I can’t do something but that sometimes it lies!

I got to the end through shear stubbornness, I’d started so I must finish.

I don’t know if I like running, but I don’t hate it as much as I did in the first few weeks, so that’s progress. I don’t get so anxious before a run now.

The test now will be if I run again!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Congratulations on your graduation, fellow runner.

This guide to post C25k running may be helpful healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

If you are not enjoying your running yet, try going somewhere beautiful and natural and run slowly, appreciating your environment as you go........speed is overrated and slow runners live longer.

Keep running, keep smiling

[Hideaway3]

Hi wrenage, I’m on week 9 too , R2 next Wednesday ! Like you I don’t think I like running but keeps me fit and heathy plus a great sense of achievement at the end !

Congratulations! Well done

Push forward

H3

[wrenage1 in reply to Hideaway3]

Well done - nearly there!

[Couchphoenix Graduate]

Congratulations! I did my first consolidation run today and like you I didn’t know how I’d feel about it, I used to get anxiety before a run and sometimes I’d get a poor nights sleep beforehand, but today although I used the app to repeat W9R3 for support and it malfunctioned, I didn’t really need it, it felt like the training wheels were off and I surprised myself, I actually enjoyed it, so stick with it and hopefully you’ll feel the same way, but for today bask in the glory of graduation 👍🏆

[wrenage1 in reply to Couchphoenix]

Thank you!