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22nd post-C25k Consolidation run!

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Hello lovely C25k community! Hope everyone is doing well and moving up those weeks towards running for 30 min!

I am now on my 22nd run after graduating, and still in awe of the programme, it’s communities and that I haven’t fallen off the wagon yet.

For me, discovering how to run slow was a game-changer, and it allowed me to enjoy - and really delight in - the running itself, not just the feeling of accomplishment of having finished another run!

I’ve found new beautiful routes, I’m still anxious of running any route with people or houses with potential eyes behind each window 👀 (therefore that section of my route is called tenements of terror), I still run early in the morning where almost no one is out and about, and I religiously do my stretches after running.

So far, no injuries, only the delight in experiencing that I could run even further! I’m ultra-slow, still overweight and I haven’t lost weight (which with Hashimotos Hypothyroidism is difficult anyway), but I feel so, so good, mentally and physically. And this - considering we’re going through the most dramatic national crisis in my lifetime - demonstrates the power of running.

So for all those C25ks, I wish you all the joy running that I have had, and then some more! Keep up those runs, those stretches and then just keep on keeping on!

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Great post from the heart, I totally agree that this journey is a complete game changer. So glad it worked for you too.

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CBDBGraduate in reply to Hareshaw-Granny

Certainly did. Just had a look on your timeline and we started around the same time! Well done! I’m just envious of all those being able to run in the beauty that is West of Scotland! Used to live there for 10 years and miss it every day! (Even the midges didn’t bother me!)

I’ll need to plan our next vacations as running vacations and re-experience my favourite places now through a runner’s perspective! 😀 🇳🇱🏃🏻‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏃🏾🇪🇺 🏃‍♀️🇬🇧 🏃🏿🇩🇪 🏃🏽‍♀️🇫🇮 🏃🏼🇩🇰 🏃🏼‍♀️🇫🇷

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Fabulous450Graduate

Wooh hoo!! 🙌🏽🥰 Thanks for sharing such an inspiring post CBDB!! Your running routes look beautiful too! Happy running! 😁❤️

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CBDBGraduate in reply to Fabulous450

🙏🥰👍🏽 🌳🌳🌳

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