My birthday today and I finished C25K. I was going to finish it yesterday but I had a busy day on Saturday. By the time I was up it was after 5.30 and too hot so I put off to today. It was hot at 5.30 and I was slow but I kept my heart rate down. Double celebration today.
I am doing race for life 10k in July so I hope to run at least 5k then walk run the rest.
A super start to your day... very well done you... That Race for Life is going to be huge fun
Have a lovely., cool day
Thank you
A very happy birthday to you!! 🎂
And congratulations on complete C25K 👏 what a fantastic achievement 🪅🎈🎊🎉
Hope you enjoy your double celebration today! You deserve it 🤗💜🙏💜
A very happy birthday to you oldperson47 and congratulations on graduating from C25K, have a lovely birthday and tell everyone that you have completed C25K with flying colours.
Thank you
Happy Birthday and congratulations 👏🎉👏🎉 that's a big achievement and I hope your smile stays all day
Thank you
Happy birthday to you! What a super way to celebrate!!!!
🎉 🏃♀️💪❤️👩🎓🏅
You are such an inspiration!
Thank you, never too old to get moving
🎈🎉 hApPy BiRtHdAy 🎉🎈 celebrations all round - woohoo
Thank you
Thank you all for the comments. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure when I was just starting C25K. My GP slightly surprised when I told her I was doing it but said keep going, the activity will help. I will never be fast but Denise Lewis is just so good, so motivating. I have to get out early as I do not cope well with the heat. Which is the best app for getting to 10k please
Running did wonders for my blood pressure, I was taken off medication 4 months after graduation .
Thank you for this. One tablet had no effect, second one made my ankles swell so taken off that one and trying another one. It would be great not to take any at all so I have to keep on running then!
You certainly do. Good luck
I remember my first tablets made me cough a lot. Takes a while to find the right one from you.
Congratulations-fabulous achievement and fabulous health benefit. 🥳🏃♀️💪
Maybe you could post your question re best apps for getting to 10k as a separate thread as the replies would be interesting /useful for many.
Many of us used the magic plan on the Bridge to 10k forum. But after graduating c25k it is recommended to consolidate the 30 minute runs for a few weeks before extending time . The magic plan takes 8 weeks.
Running 5k and walking 5k sounds a great plan for a race in July. Not so much chance of injury.
Great way to celebrate! 🎉🎂🏆
Super dooper. Many congratulations, enjoy those well earned celebrations 🍾 👏 🥂🎉
yay!!! Well done oldperson47 …& HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! What a great way to celebrate your day
Congratulations on both counts oldperson47 . You are never too old to start this programme.
Enjoy that Race for Life next month.
Wow! How amazing and what an inspiration you are, to the rest of us
Many congratulations 🎊 👏 and hope you had a lovely birthday 🎂 , welcome to the graduates 🎓 😊
Belated Birthday wishes! Hurrah 🎂🎈🎁🎉🍰💃. I've been on blood pressure medication since I was 30,a quarter of a century ago, but I am already 5yrs older than my dad and 13 yrs older than his mother were when they died, and I'm doing all I can to buck the trend! I really hope I can do what you're doing in another 20 years, HUGE congratulations!
Thank you. I started to lose hair, patches of alopecia, and went to GP who checked my blood pressure.... not good. It was a bit of a wake up call. I do indoor rowing so tried to stay fairly fit. However I realised I had put on a bit( understatement) of weight. So C25K was started. One person who replied said they came off medication so this is my aim. Fitter and slimmer me.
Oh...I have recently tarted rowing too...so we have similar ideas! Yes, I read the post about coming off medication too. I'm not sure how realistic that is for me with family history etc but I am hoping to gradually become someone who can genuinely tick the "moderately fit - exercise at least 3 times a week" box on surveys etc!
Happy Birthday 🎉 and huge congratulations on finishing C25k - epic day for you! Enjoy your celebrations - you deserve it!
Awesome! Really well done on completing the programme - and (belated) birthday greetings! And - wow! Heading for 10K!! 😮🙌
Happy birthday 🎁🎂. Congratulations on your new age 🎉
Fantastic, what a wonderful way to spend your birthday morning...congrats fellow graduate 🎉👏
Congratulations., what a lovely present to yourself on your birthday. I hope you had a lovely day.
Wk9R3 done!
Graduated today!
Who found wk9r3 hardest of all
WK9R3 done!!!!!!!!!!
Wk9r3 done - I’ve graduated! But today was a mental challenge
