Running for a year
Posted on January 21st, 2009 by Andrew
I realised earlier this week that I started running just about one year ago.
My post on completing week 01 of Couch to 5K ends as follows:
I’m hoping to stick with it for the whole nine weeks and actually manage to do the 5km. Actually, I’m not hoping. I WILL stick with it.
Boy did I stick with it or what! I must admit that I had my doubts at the time. I’m so glad I did stick with it too. 
In other news I’ve got a nasty cold and sore throat. Not a happy camper. But having said that I still got my run in this morning so it’s not that bad!
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wow I can’t believe it’s only been a year that you’ve been running! Funny how it becomes part of daily life!
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Great job! Running clearly agrees with you and your health. You should do something big to celebrate!
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It’s amazing it has only been a year! Where the heck did that year go? Sheesh….
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Way to maintain focus!
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Happy birtheay for your new life! Its great to see you so happy and healthy. Your a hero!
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Congrats on getting through the first year. That’s a great milestone.
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You’ve made such great progress! You deserve to feel GREAT about it, too!
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That is some dedication =).
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Congragulations! The progress you’ve made in that year is impressive.
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Happy anniversary!
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Congrats on running for a year. I haven’t quite hit my year mark of when I became a “runner” but I did hit my year of consistently exercising! it’s a great feeling isn’t it?
Hope you get to feeling better soon!
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Congrats on a great year of running! I’ve also completed my first year, and it sort of passed by unnoticed on my end. Like you I have the common cold, perhaps even the same strain from a half-a-world away? Hope you feel better soon!
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First off, I hope you get to feeling better soon.
Stick with it you did, and now you’ve gone way past your goal of a 5K with most of your runs!
So I ask you, which do you prefer: the quick 5K, the 10K or the endurance of a half-marathon? Just a thought to ponder as you reflect on a year of great training and racing.
Happy Running.
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Congratulation for sticking with your running. That is one heck of a milestone you have achieve. Now, that spelled DEDICATION, dude !!!
Hope you feel better !!! Drink a lot of fluid !!!
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Fantastic… fantastic. The more posts I read of yours, the closer I feel our journey has been. I hit 2 years of running at the end of this month. But, I too started with the C25K and we seem to have similar weight loss goals.
I, for one, spent all of 2008 maintaining… so we are a little different there. But, seems like we’re headed in the same direction now. Great stuff man… Great stuff!!
Happy Runiversary!!
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AndrewE
reply on January 22nd, 2009 6:12 pm:
I reckon! It’s quite incredible.
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Happy running new year! Keep up the great work!
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Happy Running Birthday!
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Have you ever tried Interval Training in your running? In other words, running for short distances at maximum ability, resting and the restarting for say 15- 20 minutes with about 1 -2 minutes between intervals. Try it. You might like it.
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So do you know how many kilometers/miles you’ve logged for the year? It seems you keep track of most of them and map them.
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AndrewE
reply on January 23rd, 2009 5:20 pm:
1579 km 981 miles
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Wow! How amazing what 1 yr difference can make!
BTW, congrats on last weeks weight loss. I didn’t see any updates on the website.
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Wow, look at how far you’ve come (literally & figuratively speaking!) in a single year. Not just in the number of miles you’ve covered, but what you’ve accomplished on the whole!
It’s interesting how the C25K program has been the starting point for so many of us (you, Eric G., Abi M, myself, & so many more people!) & look where it’s taken all of us. It starts out as a desire to lose weight & get into shape, & then becomes so much more in the process.
Bravo, Andrew! Now go & celebrate your fantastic successes!
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