I’ve accomplished a few notable events in my life, which I have to say, has had its ups and downs but it’s been a happy one nonetheless.
I passed my driving test (4th attempt)
Gave birth to and raised my 3 children
Admitted I was an alcholic, sought help, and have been sober 24 years and counting
Then I decided I needed to get fit and healthy before I reach pensioner status in a few short months and stumbled upon C25K. Life changer. Each week my “CAN I, WILL I” changed to “I CAN, I HAVE”.
And blow me down, I have just completed my GRADUATION 🏃♀️. How cool is that🥳
It was just me, my trusted treadmill and Denise (she always had faith in my abilities 😄 far more than I ever did to begin with) as the family are all away doing their own things this weekend.
I would be so very happy if you would grab your drink of choice and a slice of cake, (biscuit, chocolate or whatever) and join in my celebrations. I’m so damned proud of my achievement I could burst.
Thank-you my fellow runners (I can call myself a runner now, yes?) for posting your stories on this forum. The excellent tips, support, inspiration and motivation is truly wonderful and has helped me immensely these past 8 weeks.
Onwards and upwards ~ a new challenge for me is waiting in the wings and I’m ready.
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Iannoda Truffe, sorry, it appears I didn't press 'reply' correctly when I responded to your reply.A lot of my success is down to your most inspirational posts. The time you must have taken to write and all the links you provided, priceless 😚. I have been back and forth, reading and re-reading them almost on a daily basis since I found Health unlocked.
I have my future plan now. I will keep running 🏃♀️ and I most certainly will keep smiling 😊.
Well done Janec1956 you did it! You must be feeling so proud of yourself. Just think next time you post you'll have a graduation badge next to your name 😁 you're right as well this forum provides advice and encouragement to all and we've I'm sure we've all needed it at some point during this exercise, I know I have! Keep on running Jane and keep it up, well done, you ARE a runner now👏🙌🎉
Ahhh, thank you Bill. My energy levels this morning were spot on. I seemed to settle into my pace quite well and before I knew it Denise told me I had only 1 minute left, oh 😂 the feeling of elation was superb 🤩🥰. You'll be there soon. I look forward to your post. Good luck 😃
I have just found your graduation post now 😊What an accomplishment, you’ve done so well, in your running and in life, i celebrate alongside you, life can be tough and you’ve proved to yourself that you can do it with or without others, go you! Celebrating with you with a lovely caramel brownie and latte at costa, i hope you’ve enjoyed your graduation celebrations too 🙏
I will treat myself to tea and cake a little later ☕🍰. Enjoy your brownie yum yum. This afternoon I have to go for my covid booster and flu jabs, hence my final run early on. 😅
Hi Rennur, I put my heart and soul into my C25K journey and, fortunately for me, everything worked out well. I'm looking forward to finding out where my journey takes me, so who knows. 🙂
Well done! I shocked myself by graduating at age 66; it feels great doesn’t it? Definitely time for celebration, and then reflection on where you want to go next. I chose extending distance and joining park runs and staying with 3 runs per week as often as possible. But, we are all different….enjoy the moment. 🙂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thankyou🙂 Beachcomber66. When I decided do this a couple of months ago I thought I'd just give it a try and if I don't like it, I've lost nothing. Never did I expect to enjoy it, but I do😃. Who knows where this journey will lead, I'm excited to find out though😁
Well done! It’s such a proud moment isn’t it? And yes, you ARE a runner ! Toasting you with a cup of coffee before I go out to do my weekly 5k run . Keep going, it’s addictive in a good way!
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