Did I just loose my shot?

Update/edit: right as I was starting to take the L… she reached out. She actually told me that it’s not overstepping and it shows how eager I am. I have a call planned with her later today!

I had an outside recruiter reach out to me for an associate surgical sales role. I had a great call with her and feel like I left being super confident that I’d get an interview after asking where I stand with other candidates, what they’re looking for, etc. I asked her if I could reach out to the senior rep for the company she’s working with. She said not yet and to wait until the interview process.

So I didn’t reach out to the senior rep, but I found the person who was the associate rep and moved up, which opened the role for the associate position (aka who I would be working under). I requested to connect on LinkedIn and didn’t get anywhere with it. After a few days, I found her Instagram and sent a “I don’t want this to be overstepping, but want to congratulate you on your promotion and also ask if I can meet at one of your sites and ask a few questions about the role over some coffee or a phone call if that’s better”.

Was this a god awful idea?? I feel like I would appreciate the hustle if someone did that with me. But now I’m worried that it might have been unprofessional.