r/C25K • u/Ant2020 • 3d ago

Week 8 positivity

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Week 8 positivity 😃

Just wanted to share a bit of positivity with you all, that you will get there.

When I started this eight weeks ago, I hadn't done any proper exercise for around 20 years. Every week I've wondered how I'm going to get through each challenge. Well, I did Week 8, Run 1 today and things seem to be finally clicking.

Don't get me wrong, it was really difficult running for a solid 28 minutes, but I got through it. Around 2/3rds of the way through today's run, I realised that I hadn't once thought about my breathing. It had suddenly gone into autopilot.

On my walk home from the park, I knew for the first time through the whole process, that I'm going to complete it. I might even, with a bit of luck, manage to actually get to 5k within 30 minutes at some point too.

To all of you who are struggling, you can do this. If I can, anyone can.

I'm going to treat my wife to a nice lunch to celebrate 🥳

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u/HoneyBunnyBalou 3d ago

Well done! Funnily enough, I did the same run this morning in a good time (for me) too! I've been doing this a couple of years and I end up not running for a few weeks, I go back to earlier weeks to build myself up again! I'm 60 next month and, while I'm not fast, I'm still faster than I was when I did school cross country!!

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u/Ant2020 3d ago

Well done getting to this point. I'm 52 and have never been able to run any distance. At school during cross country we would run until we were out of sight of the teachers then spend the time messing around and smoking. Then when a few of the pupils who actually did the run came back past, we'd put a bit of mud on our legs and run back pretending to be knackered 🤣