Regraduation (and a cheeky first 5k) 🎉🎓🦌

[StoneDragon]

Today was W9R3, regraduation day, and I’m please to say it was a very good one. 🎓 Beautiful morning, good tunes, no niggles, and lots of Strava bling. 🥇🥇 In fact, I managed to run my very first 5k this morning. 💪 Each time Jo gave me a time check I knew I was a little further along my route than usual and I was feeling good, so I made up my mind to finally crack that 5k barrier. 🏁

All in all, a brilliant run (reminded me of my first graduation run) just over 5k covered in just over 33 minutes, with 3 PRs for the Strava segments I covered, and 4 PRs for best efforts (across ½ mile, 1k, 1 mile & 2 miles). 😃 Very pleased with that. Definitely felt like a gazelle type run and once again and I can feel that I deserve that graduation badge next to my name! 🦌🦌

I’ve a heavy work week coming up – first time travelling away from home in 20 months – so I imagine that my next run will be Saturday. I may even attempt the local parkrun! Wish me luck. 🤞

I hope you’re all having an amazing week and thanks as always for the support and encouragement, keep safe and stay kind, SD

[Peter44 Graduate]

Congratulations, again 🥳🥳🥳 and that's a fast pace you were doing too! 😃

[StoneDragon Graduate in reply to Peter44]

Thanks Peter, I was my fastest average pace, which was surprising as I was trying to pace myself for the slightly longer run ahead. Great to finally tick 5k off the accomplishment list 👍 Hope your runs are going well.

[Jericho2332 Graduate]

Well done SD! Great to see that bling rolling in 👍🏻💪🏻

Some great results! Lovely to get that 5k/graduation under your belt.

[StoneDragon Graduate in reply to Jericho2332]

Cheers Jericho, was very pleased with that run. Maybe that mythical 30 minute 5k is totally beyond me. 🦌 No pressure moving forward, I have to just make sure I consolidate these runs and keep the routine. Hope your comeback runs are going wel. How's work going? You said you're working away from home 'down south'? Whereabouts are you working?

[Jericho2332 Graduate in reply to StoneDragon]

I've been all over London for 6 jobs, job in Folkstone earlier and now we are in Ashford! Back to London in morning for 3 more, then home for the night then job on Leeds Friday 🤣🤣🤣! We get around 😂 hopefully get a run Saturday morning, maybe Parkrun.

[nowster Graduate in reply to StoneDragon]

Just keep plodding out there and you'll eventually start shaving seconds off that time. Don't chase the pace, though, just get lots of miles under you and it'll happen naturally.

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Congratulations on you graduation and your first 5K 😁👏👏👏Take a look at this for post C25k running ideas.

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Enjoy consolidation !

[GailXrunning Graduate]

Congratulations! 🙌🙌🙌🦌🦌🦌 So pleased for you. That sounds(and, from the photo, looks) like an absolutely fabulous outing. Impressive stats. All round: Extra special! 🎓💫✨🌟⭐️🌟✨💫

[Bambi2020 Graduate]

Yay, bye bye couch to 5K - 👋🏼 super Gazelle is back with a bunch of PB’s 🦌🥇And such a fast time too-easily beating my 34.51-(the disadvantage of having short legs and being ancient.) Enjoy your consolidation runs -don’t go doing a Usain Bolt- we need you in the team ! 🏃‍♂️🤣 Have a good week. 👍🏻

[acountrycabbage Graduate]

Amazing, congrats on regraduation! 🥳 I was wondering how you were getting along. And a 5K no less, what a great feeling!

I’ve got one run left to go but am feeling very sluggish right now. That final run will no doubt put a big smile on my face though.

Enjoy your graduation glow for days to come! Happy running ⚡️