I’m so close to the finish line now I can’t believe it!! I completed run 1 of week 9 today and it went extremely well😃 It still baffles me that I’ve gone from only be able to run for around 1 minute to 30!!!
A change of route is working wonders for me too for keeping my motivation up! A full lap of my route, for me, stops pretty much dead on 30 minutes so it’s perfect!!! It’s nice being able to see the finish line and pushing myself on that way rather than constantly looking at the time I have left!
I did have a bit of a wobble half way through the run and went completely over on my ankle😬It seems fine though thank god- would’ve been typical for me to injure myself so close to graduating🤣
I’m not quite at 5km yet but in a few more weeks I should be there!
Good luck to anyone else who is graduating this week LET’S DO THIS!!!😁🏃🏼♀️💪🏻
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Me too! Just two to go Well done, it is a real achievement and we both have every right to be proud. Like you, I am still some way of the 5K, but I'll get there because I'm a runner now.
It looks like a very interesting route around the lake.
Should be Friday at around 7am 🤞 - The weather look good so I can't foresee any issues. It is so exciting 😁 I never thought I would get this far! How about you, I'm getting it's probably going to be Friday too?
Thanks. I’m in week 2 of consolidation runs, repeating the week 9 runs, largely enjoying it!! 😊 Running 30 minutes is still challenging, and I still appreciate posts in this forum, hearing other people’s stories which are so motivating.
That’s fantastic!😃 So glad that you’re enjoying it!!😊 I really want to keep it up once I’ve graduated, I think it’s honestly the best thing I could’ve done whilst being off work over lockdown!
😃😃how did you find today’s run?😊 Hopefully Friday for me too!! In the evening though as I’m back at work now and am definitely not an early morning runner🤣
I love this post !!! Full of joy and pride ! And proud you should be ... well done 👏👏👏... as you say, W1 to W9 ... it begs belief .. but boy it feels great !
Just 60 mins of running 🏃♀️ ... then you have graduated ! 🎓
It does seem pretty surreal (and a little bit emotional) that I’ve just 2 more runs left! I honestly didn’t believe that I would get this far, it just shows how far you can come if you stick at something😃
Wow, you are so speedy 😀 well done! You managed half a kilometre more than I did on that run. Kudos to you! I’m a little envious but I know I’m not yet ready to achieve that pace. I need to get there more slowly - and I’ll do it a little at a time. For me, 3.5K was huge! I’m planning my graduation run on Friday, too - but it’s not set in stone. If I need an extra rest day, I’ll take it. My bones aren’t as young as they were 😀. Good luck!
I tend to start off a little faster, slow it down completely and then speed up for the last 5 minutes, when I look on strava at my pace in between the beginning and the end it’s very very slow🤣
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Well done, it is a real achievement and we both have every right to be proud. Like you, I am still some way of the 5K, but I'll get there because I'm a runner now.
Detour - Week 9 Run 1 and 2
Week 9 Run 2 burnout
Week 9 run 1 done!
Week 9 Run 1 - Parkrun round 3 :-)
