Tuesday 14 April 2015

C25K SUCCESS!

Well, boys and girls, I bet you never thought you'd see the day this girl was physically capable of running for half an hour straight without dropping down dead?! And more than than, not only enjoying it but actually quite addicted and often itching to get out for a run! 

Well, I'm pleased to tell you, folks, that I have just got back from completing my very last session of the Couch to 5K Programme and I'm absolutely thrilled with what I have achieved in such a short space of time. Granted, the programme, due to illness and holidays and life generally getting in the way, took longer than the 9 weeks it states it will take and I have accumulated more than the 27 sessions it should have been completed in, BUT I have done it and what an amazing feeling that is! 

I've now got 12 weeks before the race to speed up as I'm still being overtaken by EVERYONE (cue a barrage of mortifying high school cross country memories!) and haven't actually yet run a distance of 5km because, with my current pace, that would be impossible to achieve within the 30 minute running time you have during week 9 of the programme. My aim now is to improve my current pace of about 8min per km to 7min per km in order to run the 5K race in 35mins. 

I've just achieved the first part of my challenge so I'm hopeful I can achieve the next! Bring it on! :)