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Reached 5k at last! πŸŽ‰

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Newbierunner84Graduate
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I graduated a month ago and achieved 3.8km on my graduation run.

Today I went for a run with a plan of trying to better my last Saturday run of 4.3km by a little bit. I got to 4.3km and felt ok. I went slower today so I’d already run for longer time wise. I aimed for 4.5km and once I reached that I just decided to keep going to see what I could manage and to my delight I got to 5.1km! I was buzzing on the warm down walk and couldn’t wait to get home and tell my husband I’d done it! I’m not sure if I’m more shocked that I reached 5k or that I ran for 41 minutes without stopping!

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Post-Op-JoggerGraduate

That's fantastic. You're an inspiration to those of us who are just starting out! X

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Newbierunner84Graduate in reply to Post-Op-Jogger

Thank you! 😊

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Instructor57Graduate

Congratulations on your first 5K πŸ˜πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘It's a great feeling isn't it 😬

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Newbierunner84Graduate in reply to Instructor57

Thank you, yes it is! I love the buzz of running.

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Dee2609Graduate

Brilliant 🀩 Well done πŸ‘πŸ»

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Newbierunner84Graduate in reply to Dee2609

Thank you! ☺️

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Wavy-chick28Graduate

Congratulations you must be building that stamina to go so far!

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Newbierunner84Graduate in reply to Wavy-chick28

Thank you. Bit by bit I’m building it up! ☺️

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CressidaBGraduate

Wow, fantastic. Congratulations! 😊

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Newbierunner84Graduate in reply to CressidaB

Thank you 😊

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Comfortnotspeed

Great achievement. Well done πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Newbierunner84Graduate in reply to Comfortnotspeed

Thank you 😊

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