thoughts at 1/3 way thru this plan :-)

[changing-woman]

i cannot believe how much i have learned so far! when i think of all my fear before... what a waste of energy. how i struggled with weeks 1&2!!! really pushing myself to my 'limit', or so i thought... now i run three times that much, i just take it for granted that i can so i do. how i have learned that you can't really run too slow. snails are our friends! how this is only a competition with ourselves. that negative thoughts about up coming weeks or anything else are the enemy. we gotta stay away from them. that if you smile when you're running you feel different in a good way (if a bit mad) and that whether you think you can or think you can't...you're right (henry ford). re-runs are good not bad, building stamina each time, and even saying you can't, subliminally damages your ability for your next run. yes it's totally knackering (well, so i have found, very many may disagree) and yes it pushes us, but YES the feeling after a run is worth its weight in gold and it's a gift. i am so grateful to have found this plan and this forum. and i am only on week 3 run 3, so nowhere compared to most of you but i've learned this much already. my boyfriend already bought me a gold medal for 'when' (notice) i finish my C25K. it's just in his drawer sitting there for whenever it happens...

[David_G]

Well done DTC, you’ve got the right attitude!👍 You’ll find similarities between running and life itself, hopefully. Things like you can achieve things you never thought possible, the power of your mind and how every run/day/ thing that happens is a lesson. At least that’s what I think!😊

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to David_G]

i agree totally on all points x

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Excellent !

Exactly the attitude you need to keep up 😁👍

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

it's written from the heart

[Couchphoenix Graduate]

What a great positive post DTC inc the Henry Ford quote I see 👍 you’re doing great and definitely going to be wearing that gold medal 🥇 🏃‍♀️

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Couchphoenix]

thanks couchphoenix, God's truth it's what i have learned thus far ps. after w3r3 tomorrow you'll hear me puffing from there! whooping too!

[nowster Graduate]

"Any color as long as it's black." 😉

A colleague of mine has been stuck on Week 1 for seven months and has only progressed to week 2 this week.

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to nowster]

good for them for sticking at it! they'll do it. they got guts.

[Bambi2020 Graduate]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 That’s great to read - well done

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Bambi2020]

i love your posts too bambi2020! thanks x

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate]

Great positive post! Well done on completing W3 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Sounds like you’ve got a supportive BF there too which is great 😊

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

indeed... very lucky girl i am... supported all the way xx (especially when i moan!)

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

Yeah a moan always helps 😂😂

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

it so does! haha

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

not completed, still got w3r3 to do woo hoo! and phew!

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

You know you can! 🤗

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

indeed! x

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

and i never thought i would dare to say that..

[Roxdog Graduate]

That's the spirit! You have believed in yourself! What a fantastic post from you today!

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

I really do x however long it takes, I am getting that medal

[Rennur Graduate]

Make sure when you graduate around Christmas time he doesn't say that's your Christmas present.

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Rennur]

I bloomin will !!! Grrrrrr

[Buddhagal Graduate]

Well done DTC....your attitude is fab... love your posts👍. Keep going, keep smiling.🙋🙋

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Buddhagal]

Just did w3r3... x keep smiling x

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate in reply to changing-woman]

Congrats 🥳 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Talk about snaily!

[changing-woman Graduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

that japanese slow jogging has really changed things for me. its a question of being able to do the C25K or not. and i chose yes.