65, a generous stone overweight, hadn't run for 52 years - no-one is more surprised than me that I've managed it. Huge thanks to everyone who posts their advice and encouragement here, I would have given up weeks ago without this forum.
Wk 9 run 3 done! Never thought I would - Couch to 5K
Wk 9 run 3 done! Never thought I would
cornishgirl54Graduate
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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate
Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 9 and graduating from C25K 🎓 🏃🏾 👍
To get your graduation badge and the word GRADUATE 🎓 🏃🏾 next to your username leave a message on the June graduate post in the pinned posts on the right side of the healthunlocked C25K home page and tell the administrators that you have ran W9R3 of C25K and graduated. 😊 🏃🏾 🎓 .
Thank you - I'll be so proud to have graduate against my name.
Tinytears60Graduate
Woohoo!
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🏃🏽♀️👏👏 🏆
Massive well done! How chuffed you must be!
You earned that graduation badge!
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Thank you. I really didn't think I'd make it this far - and I'm pleased that I don't bother any more about what people will think when they see me running, which was the thing that stopped me from trying for years. In fact, it was the biggest stumbling block for me - stupid of me to be so vain!
Not vain at all -
Have u read my post about nails and lashes?! 🤣 now that’s vanity haha! To be fair it was just fun but I know what you mean... I have a beetroot coloured face when running!... I have noticed tho that the only ones who make me uncomfortable are those that wear all the running gear ... but who aren’t running .. it’s their loss
You’ve done fab! 👏👏👏👏 enjoy the celebration 🥂🍾
Most of all I used the dread the groups of teenage kids in the park, I thought they would think it was hilarious to see an oldie like me doggedly puffing past - but I've found they're nearly always nice, it was my prejudice, not theirs, that was wrong.
FionamagsGraduate
That is absolutely brilliant - congratulations! Keep running into the consolidation phase. Well done you!!! 🥂🍾🥇🏅🎊🎉🎈🥳🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
cornishgirl54Graduate
Thank you. I really would not have managed it without everyone here, I'm so grateful to everyone who posts their brilliant advice and support.
Dtay1978Graduate
Congrats 🥳
Thank you - one of the unlooked-for benefits of having to work from home since lock-down is that I've had a bit more time. I hope I don't give up the (slow) running when I have to go back to commuting.
I know what you mean, had it not been for furlough I’m not sure how I’d have coped 😊
Me too! 🏃♀️🏃♀️
IannodaTruffeMentor
Many congratulations on your graduation, fellow runner.
This guide to post C25k running may be helpful healthunlocked.com/couchto5...
Keep running, keep smiling.
Thank you - your advice about hydration and taking it at a slow enough pace was particularly valuable to me, I'm really grateful to you.
CouchphoenixGraduate
Congratulations cornishgirl54 👏🏻👏🏻🏆
Thank you. The phoenix is a great image to have as part of your name. A symbol of new beginnings.
Definitely a new me, never thought I’d ever get up at 5:15 and be out running 5k at 6am, but I am and I’m loving it. A Phoenix rises from the ashes, this one rose from the couch 🏃♂️🛋
Gannet1Graduate
Congratulations on graduating! 😊🏆🏃♀️ You must feel absolutely chuffed!😄 Great achievement! Happy running! 😊🏃♀️🐢
Thank you. I have to say I'm more pleased than I expected to be - but then I didn't expect to get this far anyway! It's only because of the support here that I managed it.
Birdlady64Graduate
Way to go you! Huge congrats!🎉🥳
You must be very proud of yourself 😄
Onwards to consolidation 👍🏃♀️🏃♀️
I haven't even thought about consolidation!! I won't think about that for a couple of days but I'm excited - and astonished! - that I'm even contemplating consoliation runs. Who would have guessed it when I started - certainly not me!
