graeme9479 Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 As 2014 comes to a close in the next week, I feel the need to reflect on some major accomplishments that I owe all to the C25K program by ZenLabs. I started this journey back on April 14, 2014 with some motivation from my wife and family. Running was never something that I was jealous of, really, never understood why someone would just "run" on their own. After starting the program, I had signed up for my first 5K race. It was a Father's day race, which was fitting, seeing that I am a father of 3 under the age of 5. My goal was to finish the race without injury and have a baseline for the rest of the year. Finished that race in 26:41 with an 8:36/mi pace. Blown away! I finished the race and faster than I could have imagined. Maybe I have something here, was a thought that I had racing in my head. Maybe this running thing could be for me. Will I ever finish first, no, probably not, but is that the goal? The goal to me, was to finish at a faster pace/time than the race before, even if it was just a second faster. Now, I needed to get the understanding that I may not be faster than the previous race because each course is different and some may be faster or more flat than others. This has been an internal struggle with me because of my nature and not wanting to fail. Fast forward to today. I have completed six (6) 5K races with the last being my best race of the season, running a 22:16 at a 7:10/mi pace! I have also thrown in a 10K in the middle of September which was run at 52:59. Upon posting this I have logged 304 miles which includes the C25K program at an overall pace of 9:05/mi. The most impressive thing for me is the amount of energy I have and how I feel if I don't "get a run in", the fact of the matter is that I have become one of those "runners" and I can not thank ZenLabs and their C25k program for getting me there. Oh, my scale thanks you too, dropping 20lbs and a full pant and shirt size in a mere 8 months! Looking forward to 2015 and my first half marathon! Timb113 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyAnn Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hi Graeme, Well , that is incredible. Way to go! What an accomplishment. Keep up the good work! Happy New Year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timb113 Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Graeme, that is awesome. It's stories like your that keep us all going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoseWithin~Shannon Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Wow! Inspiring! C o N g R a t U l A t I o N s Graeme!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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