10K UNDERWAY, WEEK 6..... OH LORD..... WEEK 6....... 64 MIN RUN

Morning Yall

HOLY SMOKES !!!!!  

My goodness this was a long, challenging run.  It was a total of 63:42 min.   OH MY DAM !!!!
I was surprised how strong I ran it until I got to run #5 and had to start pushing myself to keep going.   

It was (6) 8 min runs with 1 min breaks that felt like 1 second.     I cannot even begin to tell you how excited my heart got when I made it to run 5,  knowing that I was almost about to complete 64 freaking minutes of running.  I was so excited, yes dying but very excited. 

My hair is drenched, the back of my knees are dripping,  there is a puddle of sweat in my sneakers, and I am exhausted BUT very happy.

I hope you all enjoy the feeling of being strong enough to do this, and really appreciating it as much as I did this morning.   It is such a HUGE accomplishment and i'm very proud of us all.

HAVE A GREAT RUN !!!

I kept thinking when I started couch 25K I could not run 30 seconds! I thought my heart would leap out my chest!

I have come a long way to be able to run this long and not end the run gasping for my next breath!

This morning that 1 minute was truly like 1 second. Soon as I take a sip of water and wipe my face it was back to running! 

Now that the runs are getting over an hour, I am seriously considering running in the evening.

4am Valerie is totally wrecking havoc on night-owl, insomniac Valerie. If I ran in the evening I could go back to 5am Valerie. 

Thanks for the inspiration Lee and way to go on your run today!

Same here I remember when I round up the couch 25K group, the morning of the first run I thought what the hell have I done.   I was dying running 30 seconds forget 2 min.

Your so right Fionna I ran this run and while I was tired I was not out of breath,  I was doing my regular labored breathing, but I was not dying or felt like I needed a inhaler.   My lungs are so much stronger. 

I just feel so proud today having run 64 minutes,  I am almost emotional it's so great.   I don't like running that long, but that doesn't matter.  What matters is that I CAN run 64 minutes.  

 

 

 

WOW Lee!  64 MINUTES!  That's  a great accomplishment! 
I completed Day 3 of Week 5 of C25K on Saturday and...I DID IT!!!  20 minute jog with no walking! 

Thanks Carol  and Congrats on your week 5, now those 20 mins weren't so bad were they.  

Look at you running 20 min runs,  I'm proud of you.

LOL!  Thanks Lee!  I have the ap on my iphone.  When I heard the "you are halfway complete" prompt I though, "I CAN DO THIS!!!!"  I was so proud of myself.  Thanks for all your encouragement!

Not only can you do it,  You are doing it  

GO LEE........ GO LEE........... GO  LEE   

Thanks Dreadlocdiva,   I am really happy about it

hey Lee and all runners!  sorry i have been MIA lately, but the flu hit my household hard the end of last week.  hopefully, we got it all under control and i pray that I DON'T GET IT!!!  i will do my run 1 tomorrow evening...mama needs her rest!