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Long way from barely walking a mile

jharris1378
jharris1378 Posts: 88 Member
edited November 2024 in Success Stories
A year ago I could barely walk a mile. Just ran my second 5K in 28 minutes and 28 seconds. I'll take that as a win. uqhwnwt71tjz.jpg

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  • BruceHedtke
    BruceHedtke Posts: 358 Member
    That's a huge win! Great job!
  • Solamer
    Solamer Posts: 67 Member
    YAY! Congrats!
  • Luckee_me
    Luckee_me Posts: 1,425 Member
    Wow.
    That's awesome
    Way to go!
  • JenniferInCt
    JenniferInCt Posts: 431 Member
    Great job!!!
  • lindaloo1213
    lindaloo1213 Posts: 283 Member
    Way to go!!
  • ZiggySquish
    ZiggySquish Posts: 87 Member
    Wow! Thats an awesome achievement! Way to go, and keep it up!
  • gothomson
    gothomson Posts: 215 Member
    Well done! That’s a great achievement!
  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    Great going man! I'm hoping to emulate this, before I couldn't walk up the stairs without getting hopelessly out of breath and now I'll be doing the Color Vibe 5K like you in June!
  • jharris1378
    jharris1378 Posts: 88 Member
    Thanks everybody. Your support is awesome
  • chesnity3
    chesnity3 Posts: 960 Member
    Great job!
  • IAmTheGlue
    IAmTheGlue Posts: 701 Member
    That's awesome! good for you! I can't wait until I can start running. :) I absolutely want to do a color run. It looks so fun!
  • jharris1378
    jharris1378 Posts: 88 Member
    It was a blast. Start running slowly. I started on a c25k program

  • DeeNyceRN
    DeeNyceRN Posts: 104 Member
    Congrats! Awesome job!
  • lynder64
    lynder64 Posts: 285 Member
    *Woo Hoo* Good for you!!!
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Fabulous success!!!!
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Awesome job
  • isulo_kura
    isulo_kura Posts: 818 Member
    Fantastic
  • LiveLoveRunFar
    LiveLoveRunFar Posts: 176 Member
    it's a WIN!
  • YanskaNY
    YanskaNY Posts: 103 Member
    Aaaahmazing! What an accomplishment! You've come so far. :) Thanks for the inspiration today! YOU GO with your bad self! :)
  • royaldrea
    royaldrea Posts: 259 Member
    Way to go...keep it up!! :)
  • mjohnson1twenty
    mjohnson1twenty Posts: 932 Member
    that's awesome... keep up the great work...
  • m_johannes
    m_johannes Posts: 72 Member
    Wow! Congratulations!! And tell that lady in the foreground she has nice nails. :smile:
  • OBXgirl130
    OBXgirl130 Posts: 43 Member
    That's awesome!! And very inspirational!
  • beanerschnitzel
    beanerschnitzel Posts: 75 Member
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
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  • starbucktigh
    starbucktigh Posts: 170 Member
    Hell yeah! Way to go!
  • lenac87
    lenac87 Posts: 383 Member
    Way to go! Great job!
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    RESPECT!!!!!!!

    one day i hope to do this too

    A half year ago ( almost) i started to lose weight.
    I couldnt walk a half mile without being out of breath, heart racing etc.

    Now 177 days later i can jog for 20 to 30 minutes
    Walk 3.5 mile in about an hour ( and do the jog in those minutes when my knee is up to it)

    But really running a 5K is still long away.
    I so admire the people who made it to that point. And i will get there some day too :)

    for now lost 85 pounds and the jogging is getting easier...slowly but every little step is one towards my goal to run a 5K some day too.
  • maroonmango211
    maroonmango211 Posts: 908 Member
    YAY, that is awesome! Not only such an amazing transformation in a year but DAMN thats good time!!
  • jharris1378
    jharris1378 Posts: 88 Member
    maroonmango211 wrote: »
    YAY, that is awesome! Not only such an amazing transformation in a year but DAMN thats good time!!
    Thank you so much.
    maroonmango211 wrote: »
    YAY, that is awesome! Not only such an amazing transformation in a year but DAMN thats good time!!
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    RESPECT!!!!!!!

    one day i hope to do this too

    A half year ago ( almost) i started to lose weight.
    I couldnt walk a half mile without being out of breath, heart racing etc.

    Now 177 days later i can jog for 20 to 30 minutes
    Walk 3.5 mile in about an hour ( and do the jog in those minutes when my knee is up to it)

    But really running a 5K is still long away.
    I so admire the people who made it to that point. And i will get there some day too :)

    for now lost 85 pounds and the jogging is getting easier...slowly but every little step is one towards my goal to run a 5K some day too.
    Thank you so much. Keep going. I promise it's worth it.

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