Finished with a Flourish! 😀😀😀👍

[Whydothis]

I have arrived - just been home from W9R3 long enough to drink water and make coffee. Yet another new runner who didn't believe it was really possible! When I started I felt like I did when I was 11 (55 years ago) and just starting senior school - I saw the people posting about weeks 7, 8 and 9 as being like the "big girls" in the sixth form - I never really thought I could grow up to be like them! 😀

So what was my flourish? I hear you ask. Well, instead of my usual flat route, with lots of loops around small fields, I decided I would start on the longer circuit I had planned for post graduation, just to see how far half an hour would take me. That meant going up a hill for the first time, and it was no problem👍

No doubt you are impressed! You will be even more impressed when I tell you that I achieved a massive 38m of elevation in my 30 minute hilly run😂😂😂. When I get a little faster than my current 3.5k in 30 minutes, perhaps I will get all the way up the hill, and that will mean 50m 😂

Well, it is what we call a hill here in the fens!

A big Thank You to everyone who has been posting during my 9 weeks, you have all helped me to achieve the impossible!

[Hberryh]

Amazing- congratulations!!

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Hberryh]

Thank you!

[Hidden]

Awesome! 😊😊😊

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Hidden]

😀🙏

[Maurs12 Graduate]

Well done - you’re all grown up now!!

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Maurs12]

I always wondered what I would be when I grew up, but "a runner " wasn't on the list!

[Nannalaine]

Well done!! I’m still at the beginning so looking up to you in the top year.

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Nannalaine]

I had better start pretending to be responsible then!

Good luck with it - and enjoy it 😊

[CaptFrey Graduate]

That’s brilliant where is this mystery hill in the fens! Congratulations and enjoy celebrating as you are officially a runner now 😁🥳.

[Whydothis Graduate]

On the edge of the fens, where we join High Norfolk 😀

[Rocky1122 Graduate]

Great stuff!!!!, another graduate. Well done indeed, enjoy that feeling.....

[LinsH75 Graduate]

Absolutely fantastic and thank you for posting! Just done week 9 run 1 and I managed 3.5k in the 30 mins! Good to hear someone else is the same! And I love the comparison to 6th form! It’s so true!! 👌👌👌

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to LinsH75]

Well done on your first 30 minutes - that felt brilliant, and finishing the week feels even better 😀 Good luck for your last 2 runs

[LinsH75 Graduate in reply to Whydothis]

Thankyou and big congratulations to you! Xxx

[Mamma_Mayhem Graduate]

Well done. Completed W9R3 myself this morning too 👏👏👏👏

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Mamma_Mayhem]

Congratulations - doesn't it feel good!

[Mamma_Mayhem Graduate in reply to Whydothis]

After a nice long drink of water, warm down exercises and a cool shower, it feels amazing! 🏆

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Mamma_Mayhem]

I haven't even managed the shower yet - it was easier to sit down in front of the laptop and crow about it! About time I stood up and did something!

[LinsH75 Graduate in reply to Mamma_Mayhem]

Fantastic! Congratulations! Xxx

[Reluctantrunner500 Graduate]

Oh well done you! Terror achievement! I’ve just finished week one and it still seems a long way to go, but I’m going to try and do it!

[Reluctantrunner500 Graduate in reply to Reluctantrunner500]

That was supposed to say terrific!!!😄😂🤣

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Reluctantrunner500]

Thank you! You WILL do it!

[Hidden]

Good for you. 👏👏👏👏

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Thank you!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Many congratulations on your graduation, fellow runner.

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

Keep running, keep smiling.

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thank you! I am looking forward to the next stage😀

[BexJogs Graduate]

Woohoo well done!!

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to BexJogs]

Thank you 🙏

[AlysP Graduate]

Well done!!!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏🏅🏅🏅🏅

[Whydothis Graduate]

Thank you 🙏

[Hareshaw-Granny Graduate]

Huge congratulations on your amazing achievement, well done, especially in this heat. Good luck with your future running.

⭐️⭐️🏅🏅👏👏😁👍

[nowster Graduate]

Congratulations! 🍾🏆

[Smile23 Graduate]

Well done. 👏👏👏🎓

[Whydothis Graduate in reply to Smile23]

Thank you 😀