Running in the rain!

[JulieHills]

Just completed week 8 and had my first run in the rain! That must mean we have had great weather for 8 weeks! I cannot believe I am starting the last week on Monday! I actually don’t want it to end and I know I will need something to motivate me to continue. What do you finishers do to keep going? Is there another app? 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ I won’t have managed 5k by the end of next week but hope to increase to eventually get there in time 😁

[AgingMetalHead Graduate]

Congratulations on your progress! Almost over the line now.

For me personally it was parkrun that kept me going. In those early days after C25K I did lose motivation and my mid-week runs got shorter, but parkrun, even if I had to walk some of it, kept me going.

Now sadly parkrun is not allowed to run right now, but there are freedom runs (run / walk / skip / hop a 5k at a parkrun course anytime and log it on their website) and (not)parkrun (run / walk etc a 5k any place any time and log it at parkrun) which can be fun. I only do 1 hard 5k a week and do that Saturday and log it as a (not)parkrun. Not quite the same as parkrun but it is a bit of fun.

[Busylady1 Graduate]

I was looking for an app/group too and it seems everyone joins the Bridge to 10K. It’s a bit intimidating looking at their success but no different to how I felt as a newbie on here and the support is the same! Have a look and good luck with the rest of your programme! 🤞🏼

[BowlingT Graduate]

Oh gosh I’ve had to run in thunderstorms ⛈ over the last couple of weeks! I have clearly not been graced with your weather 😂.

Did you enjoy the rainy run? I thought I’d hate it but I actually prefer it

[JulieHills Graduate]

I liked that it kept me cool but it got a tad blustery! Prefer the rain to the extreme heat 🥵

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Great running. After the plan, and some consolidation, there’s plenty to do... going to 5k seems to be a logical next step, then you can do a race for life, parkrun, or similar once events are up and running (sic) again... what better way to celebrate? Then there’s things like 10k or further, biathlon, triathlon, or a thousand and one other activities where your new fitness level will enable you to perform. With running alone there’s many journeys to go on and adventures to be had.

[Dtay1978 Graduate]

I plan my routes out and challenge myself with distance as opposed to time 😊

[Reliclullaby Graduate]

Congrats on completing week 8, on to graduation week 😊. I won’t be at 5k either when I finish so, during consolidation weeks (or however long it takes, I’m a bit of a snail 🐌 pace 😊) I plan keep increasing by 5 mins each week till I get to 5k, just like we’ve been increasing with this program.

That way it will still give something to aim for. I know there is a bridge to 10k but I don’t feel ready for that just yet, maybe when I’ve hit the magic 5k 😊 and my 🐌 has progressed a bit 😂. Good luck for next week 🍀.

[Nilsam Graduate]

That was my aim too. To carry on with the consolidation runs until I could do 5k in the 30 mins. Lots of help on the consolidation runs out there. Happy running next week. 😎