HUGE NSV for me today!

ProgressNotPerfection32
ProgressNotPerfection32 Posts: 1,155 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have been working through the Run a 3k program the last 5 weeks. In the beginning I was unable to jog every 30 second interval and today............ I ran the ENTIRE 15 minutes!!!!!! I haven't increased my overall time at all, which averages 12:19-12:40 minute mile, but just to gain that endurance has been an AMAZING feeling!!! I plan to keep doing the final day of the program to slowly increase my time and distance now!!! I want to add, before starting the Run a 3k program, I had not exercised regularly in almost 2 years. I have GAINED a few pounds, but I see my legs and butt firming up, so I know I'm losing inches at least in my legs.

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  • MissTomGettingThin
    MissTomGettingThin Posts: 776 Member
    Brilliant! Well done!
  • ProgressNotPerfection32
    ProgressNotPerfection32 Posts: 1,155 Member
    Thanks!! :-)
  • msfine2328
    msfine2328 Posts: 73 Member
    Well done!!
  • trollydollymolly
    trollydollymolly Posts: 107 Member
    Well done you!!! I completed the C25K about 6 weeks ago and ran my first 5k in a Race for Life at Hyde Park in sweltering conditions last weekend. I did it in 42 mins and was so proud of myself as I am not, nor never will be a runner, more of a trotter. I would never have thought that I would go out for a trot 3 x per week of my own volition... feel so much better.

    Some runs are good, some are not so good.. for no rhymn nor reason but keep grinding away at it.

    Well done you

    Sue
  • ruthlesswr
    ruthlesswr Posts: 114 Member
    Way to go! I did the couch25K program awhile back and loved it. I hope you enjoy it and stick with it!!!
  • Moosey_Lucy
    Moosey_Lucy Posts: 3
    That's awesome and only the beginning. I was where you are and now regularly run 5k on a daily basis with an occasional 10k. You will be amazed at what you and your body can do! Congratulations!
  • srslybritt
    srslybritt Posts: 1,618 Member
    Woo hoo!! Way to go! :)
  • Kerilynnda
    Kerilynnda Posts: 129 Member
    Fantastic job!! :happy:
  • BobcatGirl110
    BobcatGirl110 Posts: 364 Member
    Congrats!!!!! Keep at it.....even if you need to repeat a day or week....you can do this! I started it in April and kept with it and my first race is coming up here in a couple weeks and it feels great to know I can do it; but couldn't have even considered running without the C25K program!
  • SPBROOKS68
    SPBROOKS68 Posts: 561 Member
    That is a great NSV, Thanks for sharing!
  • ttesta20
    ttesta20 Posts: 35 Member
    Great job! There's nothing like the feeling after a good run. Don't even give your times a thought. Someone once told me "It doesn't matter if it's a 7 minute mile or a 12 minute mile, it's still a mile, and you're still lapping everybody on the couch!"
  • ProgressNotPerfection32
    ProgressNotPerfection32 Posts: 1,155 Member
    Great job! There's nothing like the feeling after a good run. Don't even give your times a thought. Someone once told me "It doesn't matter if it's a 7 minute mile or a 12 minute mile, it's still a mile, and you're still lapping everybody on the couch!"

    Haha!! I love that!!
  • ProgressNotPerfection32
    ProgressNotPerfection32 Posts: 1,155 Member
    Congrats!!!!! Keep at it.....even if you need to repeat a day or week....you can do this! I started it in April and kept with it and my first race is coming up here in a couple weeks and it feels great to know I can do it; but couldn't have even considered running without the C25K program!

    No WAY I could have either! I never knew how to start!! Good for you!

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