I did my first parkrun today. I haven’t actually graduated yet, this was my W9R2. But my next door neighbour Steve offered to take me so I didn’t want to refuse his kind offer. He is a member of a running club and did the London marathon last year so I was a bit worried he might push me. But he was brilliant and let me go at my pace. I ran the whole 5k and felt great and I was chatting to Steve all the way round!! If you’d asked me after my run on Friday I’d have said I’d try to run about 3 and half k. As you can probably tell I am still on a high 6 hours later. Thanks to the C25K app, this forum, neighbour Steve and my 58 year old legs and lungs I CAN RUN 5K 😅🎈🎉🎈🎉🎈🎉
Well that was fun: I did my first parkrun today... - Couch to 5K
Well that was fun
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Congratulations! I did one last week for my W7R2 but I followed the programme so just a 25 minute run. My next will be after I graduate.
LorijayGraduate
Sounds awesome, congratulations. Inspiring post as my legs are the same age so this is very encouraging to read. I'm only starting W3 tomorrow and will remember this when I start flagging at 3 mins. Thanks for sharing.
CatMo13Graduate
Brilliant!!!
HeatherEmGraduate
Fantastic achievement ClarriePan!! It feels so great doesn't it? Was meant to do my wk9r2 today but my brother in law arrived from Canada yesterday and I was a little (ahem) hungover. Going to do it tomorrow. We are going to graduate this week. Cannot believe it!
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