Many congratulations for completing the 9 week Couch to 5K training programme! You can now run for 30 minutes continuously - you are a superstar!!!
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★ We hope you will continue posting here in the Couch to 5K community, sharing your experience with the new runners working through the programme, and updating us with your progress as you consolidate your 30 minute runs.
In case you're thinking where's the consolation club gone, it's having a well earned Xmas break and a recharge and may well be back refreshed after the holiday season👍
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Happy running!
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10% that's the magic figure to remember, after you e been running consistent 5k sDistances and feel you want to explore your running a little more. You can either increase your running time or the distance perhaps so this on one of your weekly runs!
I have just graduated again for at least the third time. I lapsed before die to bad knee, bad back, lockdown etc.Very motivated now to actually run 5K.
Well heck that's some journey, I'd love to issue you with three badges but, we've only got room to pin one so there it is, you're officially a runner, well done, enjoy those future runs to consolidate your 5k distances 👍👍🌟
Hello,I graduated today and spent the entire run smiling both internally and externally. At 54, having raised four incredibly athletic children and watched my husband reignite his love of hockey over the last 5 years, I have finally cleared time in the diary for some ME time. Spent the entire 9 weeks failing to believe I could make it to the end but I did and I am so enormously grateful to all involved. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This is my first time posting on the forum, until now I have been a lurking looking at everyone’s advice. However yesterday I officially graduated for the second time!!
Whaaaaaaaaaaat you've never posted before, strewth did no one tell to this is the friendliest place to hang out, and talk running stuff!!!
Let's hope you stick around? You've done what others are currently working towards, pass on that little nudge of encouragement, a word of advice based on tour experience, because yes you
Aimeebaby28 are a proper runner and you've only gone and got the badge to prove it 👍🌟...
Brilliant achievement enjoy those next runs, no pressure just carefree running, some call it consolation,.........
Thank you so much! I think I've really surprised myself that I can run, I am definitely hooked now! I might not have posted before but the inspiration I have taken from all the others on here has been invaluable. To think only 9 short weeks ago I thought running for 1 minute was hard. This program definitely works and I do hope I can inspire others to achieve the same.
It's the Magic of the couch to 5 k plan, little by little across the weeks you've become a runner, we've parked the consolidation club for Christmas, and we'd normally direct you there to errrrrrrr consolidate 👍🎅, but in a but she'll it's that period of time to enjoy your running, get used to the 5k runs. Worry not about times etc just build them into a routine until you're comfy running 2 or 3 times a week at that distance, the running world's your oyster 🙂, stay safe and injury free.
And feel free to post tour running adventures, and perhaps even give the other newer runners a nudge from tour experience!
Hi I graduated way back in May! I've only recently joined this wonderful group and found out about the C25K graduation badge! Is it too late?! I'm working on the bridge to 10k now, taking it slowly as am in my late 60s. Running has become part of my life, I love it!
Yay! I made it 😊 it's so useful having a goal to aim for. Three cheers for c25k, the app and this awesome forum with it's superb moderators and admins (and non-admins!)
I attempted to join my local parkrun for my final run but I was a little late leaving the house and was parking up at the time the run was scheduled to start. As it's a brisk 5 mins walk to the start that takes you directly into the oncoming parkrun runners direction of travel I decided not to risk being an obstacle and ran on my own along the river in Worcester. Somehow ended up running my fastest 5k yet 🤔 awesome stuff thanks again to everyone involved 🙌
Excellent 👍 but do try running with the runners in the right direction it'd be easier for sure 🤣, that badge will help you go the right way! Well done runner
😂 the frustrating thing is that I could see the parkrun start from the other side of the course and they started a good 5 minutes late so I probably would have made it. Ah well, it was still a good run and I was/am on a bit of a high at the moment! 🙌
I didn’t see this before. I completed C25K 7 weeks ago and since then have run 3 times a week. One of those runs (Saturday) is the local Parkrun which I really recommend to everyone. They happen all over the UK and all over the word at 9am on Saturday Morning. They really help to motivate me to keep going
I did it still can’t quite believe it - the virtual badge will help my motivation as the cold mornings and the lack of following a programme can make me find excuses not to venture out - even though I feel great when I do
I did my W9 R3 yesterday. 🏆 This is third time I’ve completed C25K. This is also where my head usually tells me, that’s it you’ve done it, you can stop now. 😮Consolation runs then park run that’s the plan.
Well done Lostsister, that’s fantastic! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆. Why not put your consolidation runs in the diary and circle the date of the future park run you want to do, that way you have a bit of a plan going on. Well done again! 🌟🌟🌟
Hi. I graduated last week and am still blown away by the fact I've actually done it! As I've told anyone who would listen, I haven't run since 1978 which was my last PE lesson in high school. I'm hoping to run twice a week, once at Parkrun (now got 2 under my belt) but also weekly with my local running club. It's hard to describe the sense of achievement I'm feeling, and would love to encourage anyone to go for it, and keep at it! 🏃🏼🏃🏼
What a turn around from that non running person 👍🌟 a brilliant and well deserved Christmas running medal, chuffin marvellous achievement happy chrimble running ☃️🎅
Please may I have a badge 🙂, actually completed C25K end of October but then finally ran a full 5k for the first time in December! Thankyou, love this forum.
I've done it! I've completed my 30 minutes and then onto 5k today. So chuffed. Thank you to all on this site who are so lovely and supportive!! Happy New Year. Here's to going into 2022 as a 'runner'!!
I did it! A lovely way to end 2021 - please may I have my graduate badge? I’ve loved looking at everyone else’s progress and advice on Health Unlocked throughout the programme - so grateful! Happy new year!
Hi Hilary, it's already been issued and pinned, I saw and replied to your last run, the graduation run and yep it's there, proudly alongside your name 👍🥇
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