w2r3... will i or won't i ?... I DID IT!!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

[changing-woman]

just about to do it. feel very tired and lacking in energy today due to a very late night so it might have been an idea to wait till tomorrow but here goes nothing... i haven't got an ounce of physical oomph in me, so welcome to my sheer bl**** mindedness and willpower...

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Course you will

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

physical battles today, the mind is fully up for this little run... it wants it even... but my body!!!

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

I DID IT!!! only just, but i did it... total willpower cos nothing felt right this morning.

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

I expected nothing less 😁

Well done 👍👏👏👏

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

thank you my friend, but... you wait til monday!

[scotty35 in reply to changing-woman]

Fantastic!! Well done you beating those deamons and making it happen xxx

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to scotty35]

bless your heart x

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

thank God i never have to do weeks 1 or 2 again. i found them monstrously difficult. hopefully week 3 will be easier on my body. cos i really haven't got it in me to do these again. it's how i finished each time just pushing cos i didn't want to have to do the runs again! lol

[Oliverunner in reply to changing-woman]

Well done!! We are literally running the same runs on the same day. I didn’t feel like I’ve either today but I did it too. We can do this!!!

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Oliverunner]

i think next week is where you leave me behind... can you imagine running three minutes?!! lol x

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

but then you're right cos i couldn't imagine running for 90 secs! it was so so harddddd

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Oliverunner]

well done oliver xx

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

That's exactly how I got through them , I was NOT going to have to repeat runs 😂

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

i know the thought is so ghastly to me! i hated them so much. i am hoping to start to enjoy now!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

I actually found week 3 quite enjoyable 😁

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

hurrah!

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

i have read others saying that...almost like a confession...but i am out and proud about hating weeks 1 and 2... i am dying to start enjoying this...and i will shout it from the rooftops too...

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

how did you find the leap up from 90 to 3 mins? be really honest, it's me

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

At the time I found all the increases tough but just kept the same mindset that I was not going to repeat them,

I always found the halfway bell good as I used to tell myself that as I keep moving I have less to do than I have already done 😁

I used all sorts of silly mind tricks but they worked for me

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

nice one cyril x

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

i do that too... those 'silly mind tricks' are really powerful...

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

They are , I also use subliminal messages

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

oh. how interesting ,such as...

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

realsubliminal.com

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

thanks x

[nowster Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Exactly! The increases were tough for me too, but somehow I stubbornly got through them.

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to nowster]

well done you x

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to nowster]

I honestly found that if my head was in the right place then my legs would just do as they were told

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

that is exactly how i am starting to come round to thinking...

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

Good !

It will serve you well as you progress through the program

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

fantastic, let's go for that then...

[changing-woman Graduate]

my boyfriend just said 'you are so much less knackered than you were last week' which i think is jolly good news, don't you? i wouldn't have noticed. but he did. and it matters .

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

There ya go ! 😂👍

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

i knowwwwwwww, i am thrilled

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

iannoda will be pleased i think x

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

the reason i did this was for general fitness... i was aware i was unfit....i was dying to change that...so this is good news...

[changing-woman Graduate]

I DID IT !!! did i mention? lol

[Bambi2020 Graduate]

Well done - onwards to week 3 !!

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Bambi2020]

yes, indeed... did you feel as i feel about it i wonder? lol x

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

oh i just read your report and you feel exactly as i do about it!x

[changing-woman Graduate]

can i have my graduate badge yet? hahahahahahah

[LottieMW Graduate]

Well done D2C! When you *do* graduate, you’ll be able to go back and read these posts and marvel at how hard you found it.

I’ve just started Bridge to 10k 😱 and *ran* W3R1 this morning as a short “speed” run...instead of walking and slow jogging, I slow jogged and ran. If you had told me that I would be doing this back in August I would have laughed! I remember desperately counting off the seconds and hoping for the jogging parts to finish so I could walk.

The programme works, you’ll be fine

👍🐌🐢🏃🏻‍♀️🍁🧡🍂

[Mikew84 Graduate]

Well done! I just finished W2 tonight as well and am really looking forward to W3! I can feel it getting eaiser and I'm sure you are too, if your boyfriend's reaction is anything to go by. The fact you're still keeping to your schedule and getting out there speaks volumes. You (and I!) can do this...

Keep going!

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Mikew84]

Thanks mike !

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Mikew84]

I am not finding it getting easier! I wish I were !