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NSV : 1st 5k

willdbill0712
willdbill0712 Posts: 83 Member
edited October 2024 in Success Stories
Just got home from my first 5k - 30:40 Started walk/jogging just a few weeks ago along with using MFP. I have lost 12 lbs and until today, the longest I had walked/jogged in 20yrs was 1.72 mi which was just this past Tuesday. I was more impressed that I didn't need to slow down to walk until after the 2mi mark!

For anyone out there that thinks they can't do a 5k, or are afraid to. Let me tell you...get out there and just do it! I feel like I could take on the world right now!

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  • Krohnie
    Krohnie Posts: 286 Member
    congrats!! Watch out, running can be addicting, soon you'll be signed up for a race every weekend and your dresser will be full of race t-shirts to remind you of all your hard work!
  • carrie1128
    carrie1128 Posts: 267 Member
    congrats!! Watch out, running can be addicting, soon you'll be signed up for a race every weekend and your dresser will be full of race t-shirts to remind you of all your hard work!
    This is so true! Congrats and that is an awesome time! WTG!
  • Xaspar
    Xaspar Posts: 726 Member
    WHOOT! Congrats! That's a BIG personal victory! SO glad for you!
  • willdbill0712
    willdbill0712 Posts: 83 Member
    congrats!! Watch out, running can be addicting, soon you'll be signed up for a race every weekend and your dresser will be full of race t-shirts to remind you of all your hard work!

    Thanks!
    Planned on one in two weeks...already looking at the ones next weekend tho...:smile:
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    Great job :D I'm out to test if I can do a full 5k jog with no breaks :) It is addicting to see how much more you can do!!!
  • joyfulmom4him
    joyfulmom4him Posts: 110
    That is awesome! Thanks for sharing. I am doing my first 5k in November and I am terrified. I am getting ready now by loosely following Couch 2 5K. Keep up the good work.
  • sirabe
    sirabe Posts: 294 Member
    woo hoo! i just got back from my 1st 5k too. finished in 43 min, now i have a personal benchmark to beat
  • willdbill0712
    willdbill0712 Posts: 83 Member
    woo hoo! i just got back from my 1st 5k too. finished in 43 min, now i have a personal benchmark to beat

    Great job and congrats! Goals are what it is all about!
  • llaurall
    llaurall Posts: 32
    This is fantastic! I've also recently caught the running bug. Keep it up!
  • joan41
    joan41 Posts: 170 Member
    Yah you! I've done 2 and it is an AMAZING feeling! I really want to do more, and hoping that I can in the Fall. Congratulations! I know you will be on clud 9 all day!
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