Graduated

[Reb1313]

completed week 9 run 3 on Sat. At 60 with COPD it actually feels amazing to have graduated I'm just hoping it starts to feel abit easier, I was gutted when I realised I was not doing 5k but its not far off and I intend on keeping going

[Poppdog Graduate]

Congratulations on graduating I look on it as the time spent running rather then distance, that can come later, you ran for a whole 30 minutes that's an achievement to be celebrated

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Many congratulations on your graduation, fellow runner.

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Only a small proportion of graduates from this forum who responded to a poll, managed 5k in 30 minutes by graduation healthunlocked.com/couchto5....

Graduation requirements are that you complete three thirty minute runs, regardless of distance.

To get your Graduate Badge leave a message at this month’s Graduation Badge Post, which you can find in the Pinned Posts here healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Keep running, keep smiling.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

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 follow the link of IannodaTruffe, now go and celebrate your wonderful achievement 🏃🏾 👍 🎓

[Greyhound1971]

What an achievement! Well done 😊

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Congratulations on your graduation ! 😁👍🎉🎉🎉

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Happy running

[C200 Graduate]

👏🎉well done you!! Enjoy

[00marks Graduate]

Congratulations on completing C25K

[Pagso Graduate]

That’s great, well done! I’m a bit younger and don’t have COPD and am way off the 5k mark so I think you’ve done brilliantly! I’ve managed 2 runs since graduation and wouldn’t say I’m finding it easy - but not as hard as it was. Keep it up!!

[Reb1313 Graduate in reply to Pagso]

Thank you for the encouragement it all helps

[MaCherie112 Graduate]

Such an amazing and breakthrough achievement with all the personal battles you are going through! That’s no easy feat at all! I hope you are also finding lots of crossover benefits! I haven’t reached 5K in 30 mins either, it’s another goal to work towards! The strength and stamina you are building will help you to progress to 5K naturally over time!

[Reb1313 Graduate in reply to MaCherie112]

thank you so much for the encouragement it all helps

[Lola-bear Graduate]

Congratulations fellow runner of the over 60’s brigade. I also find it hard to do 5k in 30 minutes so sometimes run a little longer just to prove to myself I can do it. However I have decided not to worry about distance and just enjoy the run.

[Reb1313 Graduate in reply to Lola-bear]

Thank you, I'm trying to keep it in perspective and work on getting there in the end

[Over60sRunner Graduate]

I graduated at the very end of August and have done regular consolidation runs 3 or 4 times a week since and I'm STILL nowhere near 5k! However, I can run 33 minutes comfortably with a 5 minute fast walk either side (which brings me up to around 4.5k) and have even started throwing in some Jeffing runs too, so I am progressing.

I'm 62, still two stone overweight (was three and a bit!), an ex-smoker of 30+ years standing so my lungs are aren't great, hypertensive (dropping rapidly mind), and I was diabetic although I'm now in the pre-diabetic range. Most of these imrpovements are as a direct result of running and have all come about in the space of just 4 months, so it's not just about that magic 5k in 30 minutes by a long chalk.

You will do it in due course, I'm sure, but for now just enjoy the running and count up all the improvements and blessings. Well done, fellow runner 😀

[Reb1313 Graduate in reply to Over60sRunner]

thx so much for your reply

🙂 VERY helpful and interesting

[swim63 Graduate]

I’m so impressed ! I’m a respiratory nurse and I honestly don’t know one of my COPD patients that could run either 30 minutes or 5K, well done you, hope you keep it up, so good for your lungs 😀

[Reb1313 Graduate]

thank you so much I am very slow and any bit of incline makes keeping going really difficult BUT if I remember to keep expectations sensible it really feels good to do it!