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W9R3 Drum roll please!

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I did it. I had my doubts in the beginning but grew more confident with each run, each new week. So here I am at the end of week 9 and a Graduate :D My Husband always maintains that you never see a jogger with a smile on their face, you would have this morning. It'll probably be there for about a week.

Anyone who has any doubts about the efficacy of the C25K course, give it a go, it really does work. Read ALL the information that there is provided here, take it nice and easy (It's not a race) and just go out there and enjoy the feeling of freedom and exhilaration that running gives you. You wont regret it.

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DylanTheRabbitGraduate

Congratulations! I'm in week 3, it's nice to see other people further up the road.

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Captain_AutumnGraduate

💃🏅🏆👏👏👏

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SueAppleRunGraduate

Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈

SassyF profile image
SassyFGraduate

Congratulations! Well done 🤩👍

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JEM58Graduate

Huge congratulations Crimson51 - excellent news. Well done and keep smiling 😄👋👋😃. (ps - I'm not such an early bird!! Will be going for my graduation run around 10am!)

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DupsGraduate

Congratulations 👏👏👏well done on completing C25K . Enjoy and celebrate your fantastic achievement 🥳🎉🥳🎉

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mjt220

Well done! I am right behind you W8 2run completed

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TwiggyLGraduate

Congratulations! 👏

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Rwran18Graduate

🙌🏼🏆🥇👏🏃‍♀️Many congratulations Chrimson51......a fantastic achievement! Have a lovely weekend celebrating 🥳😘

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John_WGraduateAmbassador

Wonderful! Congratulations! Your positive attitude, embracing the challenge all along has been brilliant to see.

Well done 💪👏

Poiner profile image
PoinerGraduate

Amazing - well done! Thanks for posting during your c25k as it has been great to read your updates as I have always been a week behind you! Three more runs left for me!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate

Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 9 and graduating from C25K, well done 😀 🏃🏾 🎓

To get your graduation badge and the word GRADUATE 🎓 next to your username leave a message in the pinned posts on the right side of the healthunlocked March graduate home page and tell the administrators that you have ran W9R3 of C25K and graduated 🎓 🏃🏾

in reply to AlMorr

Thank you, I'll do that x

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate in reply to

It's there now 👍 🏃🏾 🎓

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AH21MMGraduate

Massive drum 🥁 roll!!! Huge congratulations!!! 🎉 awesome achievement. I promise I’ll start again after my broken foot heals so I can enjoy that amazing sense of achievement too!!! Well done xx

in reply to AH21MM

Thank you. I hope it's not too long before you can get back to it. xx

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Determined55Graduate

Well done! - what an awesome feeling and so great to hear how much you've enjoyed it! I love this forum too it has been my 'go-to' place when I need a little confidence boost.

Did you tell your husband yet?

Thank you, I'm still walking on air :D

I haven't told the husband yet. He's not been too good for most of Lockdown, worried, panicking and becoming quite depressed. as well as bursitis in his hip. I knew if I said I was going to do it that I would just add to his unease. He is coming out of it now, more so since he had his first vaccine jab and we go for a little walk around the block most days now. This is great as he had rarely been out at all.

I will tell him and I know he'll be happy (and surprised). I shall choose my moment ;) xx

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CobaltBlueBeansGraduate

Congratulations!!!!!! 👏 🥳🏃‍♀️

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H4CS

Congratulations Runner whoop whoop 🙌🎉

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TofinoGraduate

Congratulations, well done. I'm a week behind you so hoping to graduate next week. Fab feeling. 🎉😊

Hoorah and congratulations 🤸🏆🏆🥁🥁🎶🎶✅✅ very pleased for you

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CouchphoenixGraduate

I missed your Graduation post 😮 a belated Congratulations to you Chrimson51 👏🏻👏🏻🏅🥳🥳

Try the Nike Run Club App for consolidation runs, lot’s of coached runs of various times and distances and it’s free too 👍

in reply to Couchphoenix

Thank you for that, I've just had a look and installed the app so we'll see how it goes on Wednesday x

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CouchphoenixGraduate in reply to

I think you’ll like it, I felt a bit lost when I completed C25k, I quite enjoyed the encouragement of a coach in addition to my playlist, so the NRC App, was just right, you can choose what you fancy doing. If you need to stop, it automatically pauses the workout for you and resumes it when you start running again. Also at the end of the coached run you can press the arrow and continue the run if you want it to last longer, and it will tell you the extra time and distance. 👍

Thank you for that, I've just had a look and installed the app so we'll see how it goes on Wednesday x

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Indielass00Graduate

Congratulations Hidden 🥳🥳🥳

Graduation day arriving is a fantastic feeling! Well done! 😀

in reply to Indielass00

Thanks, the grin is still in place since Friday 😁 x

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Indielass00Graduate in reply to

That’s great! It’s a fab achievement 👏🏻😁

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