Success a long time coming.

[Amblerman]

It has been a long time since I posted anything. I managed to contract Covid back in 2020. I was totally asymptomatic but then the problems started as I suffered from Long Covid . There have been times when I wondered if I could go for a decent walk again let alone run. Well in the last few months I have completed C25K again and today I managed to run 5k. It is still a long way away from when I was planning to run a half marathon, but I feel ecstatic. I hope I can continue to improve so that I can do that half marathon and raise some money for the wonderful people who have been helping me. Coming to running so late in my life was a wonderful experience for me and I really feared it was going to end.

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate]

This is such an epic achievement! I bet you were jumping in the street when you finished. Congratulations on a brilliant 5k. Posts like yours are the reason I love this site. Thanks so much for sharing. Go and do some serious celebrating!!!!

[Instructor57 Graduate]

That's brilliant!Well done on getting back to 5k...

With that determination i wouldn't mind betting we see you on the HM starting line when your ready 👍😁

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Amazing, huge well done, it's hard coming back after even a short break so I'm super impressed

[tmbtrain Graduate]

Well done this is great 👍

[Amblerman Graduate]

Thank you for the kind comments. I should have responded immediately but strangely I felt that I had been pushing my luck in writing the original post. I still thought it might all come crashing down around me again and actually regretted writing it.. Since then I have managed to keep running. I know we all have the occasional off day in running when for no obvious reasons the run is hard. For me the hard days are more in number than they used to be but I have learned to live with that keep on going. That said the good days seem to be winning in the last few weeks. I have managed to get to 8k or so. The times are still a bit off but there again I am a bit older ! Happy New Year to all on here. I hope you all smash your running targets for the year.