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🌈 May to the MAX… COME AND JOIN THIS MONTHS QUEST🌈

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Hello everyone, how are you all? I hope you are all bearing up at this difficult time? I’m running every day still, I passed 1200 days last week which really gave me a boost. The pic is from my run in the woods today, which was glorious.

So ....... this months quest is all about finding MAXIMUM potential in a world that limits us right now. So, wherever you are, if you are shielding, socially isolating, going to work, working from home…..and everything else in between, there will be something that you can do. As we have seen from the world, people have run marathons on balconies, ultras around their house, and all manner of wonderful adventures right at home. So, this is the place to say what you would like to achieve this month, here are some ideas:

•Running in the garden…. For added challenge add some high knees and skipping.

•The Magic plan… for those of you that can go outside. Link below.

•Getting out three times a week for a run….. you may want to include a PB goal for speed or distance.

•Complete an indoor workout challenge ( see S and F for the quest there).

So, whatever it is that you would like to achieve, please say below and I will add your name to the challenge.

Magic plan: healthunlocked.com/bridgeto...

And let’s have some fun doing what we do 🕺🏽

Happy Panthering

Juju 😻

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Juju

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Dexy5

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EB43

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RunWillie

MummyCav

Vonb

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Getfitok

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Grannyhugs profile image
GrannyhugsGraduate10

Hi ju-ju- I'm ready for my May challenge. I've just finished a very hard April covering 146k with too many 10ks so in May I'm going to continue with running alternate days but mixing up the distances with a lot more shorter runs. I'm 🤞 hoping the longer for move takes place this week which will have me running on new routes closer but still social distancing from family. Happy running everyone 🤗

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs

Huge well done on April, and your goal sounds great for May. Good plan.

Grannyhugs profile image
GrannyhugsGraduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

Thank you, just out shower a bit more alert. Have you really done 1200 days running- that's tremendous. Wow. 🤗

ju-ju- profile image
ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs

Yes, I can’t believe it myself, it’s over 3 years of everyday now. Still loving it too 😎

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Buddy34Graduate10

Hello ju-ju- , congratulations on running 1200 days in a row that's so impressive.

What I always wanted to achieve was running 3/4 times a week which I have stuck to and I wanted to get to a run of 16k and today I did it. 😊😊

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34

That’s superb, well done, and Thankyou. Have you any specific goal for May, would you like to join the quest?

Buddy34 profile image
Buddy34Graduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

Yes , to continue running 3/4 times a week and adding small amounts to the long run each week😊

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34

Great plan, and I know you will achieve this :)

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Curlygurly2Graduate10

Thank you Ju-ju

I'm still plodding on with my HM plan, I ran 13 KM this week, which went well apart from the fact that I wasn't really dressed properly and got very wet and cold..This week I'm hoping to get to 15 KM.

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Curlygurly2

That sounds like a good plan to me....well done 😎

Curlygurly2 profile image
Curlygurly2Graduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

Im going to get a tshirt printed and a medal engaved!

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Curlygurly2

Wow how fabulous

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roseabi

I'm going to try for a 5K pb. There, I've said it now! 😂

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to roseabi

Oooo get you Mrs.... and I bet you do it too 🔥

roseabi profile image
roseabi in reply to ju-ju-

Thank you!!! ❤️ I've managed pbs at 10k and 1k this year, so I've decided why not set my sights on the 5k, and then.... half marathon!! 😳🤪

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to roseabi

That’s superb, and I know you will nail it....

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roseabi in reply to ju-ju-

Thank you! xxx

Firstly great post Ju-ju, I'm going to continue to get out there 3 to 4 times a week when it's possible..... I'd love to get my HM below 2hrs 👍 (only 3.27 seconds over currently) Your 1200 runs is mind-blowing 🥴 I completed a 5 day running stint then life reeled me back in 🙄.....

Currently trying to juggle the nightshifts/running/teen-agers 😬 but it's good to push ourselves.

Also helping the eldest on her c25k journey (just about to kick off week 5).

If that HM PB happens woohoo 🥳🥳

But as long as I'm running weekly(trails included) that's a bonus. I'm enjoying blogging my runs and sharing the scenery, it may help those who can't get out as much, or at all so it's kinda of a messy quest, but it works 👍

Stay healthy keep running

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to

Wow I really hope you get that PB, I’m rooting for you.... it’s all quite hard at the moment to juggle everything. I have two teenagers who don’t get up till about 12....it’s quite hard to motivate them, but they are managing. And great goal too, for just keeping on getting out there... that’s what it’s all about...

in reply to ju-ju-

Teenagers definitely have different opinion on when morning begins 🕗🚫

Though the aroma of bacon sandwiches does it appear have an adverse effect on my girls and their love affair with their beds 👍

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to

Ditto with mine.... although I took them up for them today as it’s sunday.

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UpTheStanleyGraduate10

Hi Ju-Ju

OK, goals for May …..

Number 1, get in a decent final run this week for roseabi 's Speed Challenge on t'other side after Thursday's megafail :-( . Not sure I can improve on 4'06" for a flying k but have to give it a go.

Number 2, try to further extend the distance over which I can maintain 5'00"/k. Managed 7.5k in April, 8k should be possible this month. I started doing this on a treadmill which did away with the pace judgement problem, but it's got to be on the road now - which means I need the weather to be kind.

Number 3, fit in a run of 10k or more somewhere, at least once in the month. I did an unexpected 13k in April for the 2.6 challenge (13k being 2.6 parkruns), but don't think I'll be doing that regularly.

But more important than any of these, start trotting alongside Dexy5 as she begins her trek back to where she was before her wipeout from behind on skis in Colorado. Perhaps she'll post her own goals for that on here shortly …. hint, hint :-)

Stay safe all, onwards and upwards!!

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley

Fabulous, I love your goals, plenty to get on with and keep you busy in May.... and I look forward to seeing Dexy5’s......

Coddfish profile image
CoddfishGraduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley

I missed hearing you had had a mega fail. The weather looks fairly kind this week - fit in 10k on the same day Oldgirlruns completes B210K?

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UpTheStanleyGraduate10 in reply to Coddfish

There’s a confessional on the week 4 speed challenge thread over on Marathon .....

I think I will be jogging around for a while when Kathy goes for 10, but not sure it will be a recordable run 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃‍♂️🙄

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OldgirlrunsGraduate10 in reply to Coddfish

Think that’s OGR ‘hopes to complete’, Coddfish!

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CoddfishGraduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns

You will.

My goal is to run less despondently. I am very lucky to be able to do my long runs in a forest park not too far from my home. I run my 5kms on the roads around where I live. I say hello to neighbours and stop and talk sometimes - or should I say we shout at each other from a distance.

My running events have all been cancelled, I have a sore bum from online pilates classes, I feel like i'm running to stand still as I am running so slowly.

My challenge is to remember how lucky I am to be able to get out to run. What does it matter that i'm slow ? I'm increasing my distance slowly after months of knee bothers. So I have nothing to complain about at all really ;)

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to

Well said, and I love the shouting comment, it does feel like that. I am so with you on the pace issue, I prefer to focus on getting out, and improving fitness where possible, and always remind myself how lucky I am. I hope your sore bum gets better soon....

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Dexy5Graduate10

Hello juju, amazing running from you.

I haven’t run since 22 February and am so missing it. But at least I have recovered enough to be able to walk (7k last week) and cycle for my daily exercise.

My first physio appointment was cancelled because the physio was worried that I’d just been on a 10 hour flight from USA and may be carrying Covid . I wasn’t , but understand the concern. Fortunately I had a medical report from an orthopaedic consultant so a Physio plan has been put together and we’ve been doing sessions via FaceTime. I’m now on week 10 and have been given a set of dynamic exercises to prepare me for running. They are really challenging and I am certainly feeling it in thighs and glutes. I will follow these each day and hopefully be starting to run intervals by the end of the month.

It has to be said that I think these exercises would have been challenging even before my accident so I may be stronger than I was before when I do get up and running. 🤞

Happy questing everyone

in reply to Dexy5

Bet you will bet stronger Dexy. Good luck!

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply to

Thank you Paulanoo- I do hope so. That’s if I can ever achieve the ‘single-leg Romanian deadlift’. It’s very wobbly at the moment.

in reply to Dexy5

Where did you find a Romanian to lie on your leg ??

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply to

🤣🤣

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CoddfishGraduate10 in reply to Dexy5

I can’t do that even without an injury to recover from.

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish

It is very wobbly Coddfish- I do something similar at Pilates but having to bend my leg while in poise is very hard.

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5

Thats so good that you have been able to get a plan, and from the sounds of it you will come back a stronger runner.... and good goal for the month.

Coddfish profile image
CoddfishGraduate10

Wow, that looks a beautiful location.

New normal for me is 3 runs a week - 1 5k, 1 longer run, and then either intervals or trail for the 3rd run, depending on where the first 2 have taken place - plus 3 home gym sessions.

Just as we were going into lockdown I managed to source a 24kg kettlebell, a Swiss ball, a TRX system and some additional elastics to go with the elastics and dumbbells I already had. We are continuing to pay the personal trainer to deliver 1 weekly session over Microsoft Teams, plus he has developed 2 other workouts to use during the week.

So my standard week now has 3 runs and 3 weight based sessions, plus some additional mobility / stretching work to which I have added a bit of basic yoga. I hope to keep this going through May. I lapsed a bit on one of the April weeks, I think it eventually builds up to be too much.

I am missing swimming, which I used to do twice a week in place of one of the runs and one of the weight sessions.

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish

Thats so sensible getting all the home gym stuff, I have a few bits now as well as my beloved pull up bar in the garden. Its a life saver right now as the gym is closed. Your plan sounds great, if a bit full on. Sometimes its hard to fit it all in. I cant wait to get back to swimming too.

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EB43Graduate10

My goal this month is to get both teenagers to the end of C25K. They won't run together so I run alternate days with them and then get Monday to myself. As I'm only on road runs at the moment my other goal is to get back to trail and longer runs. Oh and to keep doing my Monday Zumba class in the garden. 😁💃🏃‍♀️

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to EB43

yay I love it, and thats hilarious re the teenagers. Mine are like that too, they cant even sit next to each other on the sofa without fighting!!

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Forest_Run_BeginnerGraduate10

This is my first post on this site, I have previously posted on the C25K but didn't feel I was in your league. I did manage to run my first 10k yesterday though so, as Mummycav said over on the May graduate post, I am a runner and now feel maybe a little more worthy ☺️

Anyway, my goals for May are:

To make time for myself every day to complete some form of exercise. I am running 3 times a week but need to make sure I do something on every non run day too.

To run at least 2 more 10k runs during the month, mainly to prove to myself that this first one wasn't a fluke 😄

I think that might do for now, I don't want to do too much and risk a stay on the IC!!

Thank you all, stay safe and happy running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️😄😍

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Forest_Run_Beginner

That sounds like a great plan, and huge well done on your first 10k, that is a fantastic achievement. I bet you were made up?

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Forest_Run_BeginnerGraduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

Thank you, I followed your Magic Plan and it got me there. :-)

I was over the moon, I keep checking Strava to make sure it definitely happened. I was really nervous before I headed out to do but I'm actually quite looking forward to trying it again now though.

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Forest_Run_Beginner

Such a great feeling, I am super proud, well done :)

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Irish-JohnGraduate10

The photo is brilliant ju-ju. :)

A few years ago when visiting an old friend in England he suddenly said "Come on, I want to show you the Bluebells"

Now, this guy is - like myself - more or less retired and leading a mostly calm, sane and fairly respectable life. However, back in the day whenever the major Biker Clubs in Europe would hold big weekend or longer meets - involving hundreds of hard core Bikers - they would be very keen to secure his services as "Sherrif" and rely on him to keep the peace, or at least the felony rate at a minimum. Rival Clubs would declare a truce when they knew "RW" was the "law".

So - having never seen Bluebells outside a flower vase I truly was puzzled to say the least at the invite.

At the local woods, the ground was a mass of them - I swear they were a luminous blue. "Transcendent" was the first word that sprang to mind. A sight I will never forget and actually more impactful on me than any of the "major landmarks" I've ever seen around the world.

That shimmering glowing blue light on those woods - I wouldn't have been more surprised if I'd seen a UFO :)

Anyone over there whose running route goes by anything like that is one lucky Runner :)

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John

I love the story about the Sherrif!!! And its so true, they are just magical, and the pics I take never seems to do them any justice.

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Irish-JohnGraduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

No camera or photographer can capture the sight. I've spent a couple of years since prepping a small copse at the end of my garden and this Autumn hopefully a shipment of one hundred plants will arrive :) Virginia Bluebells have held their own in a test plot for two years now, do hopefully these "Real British" ones can flourish :)

My neighbor thinks I'm OTOP about them, but hopefully she will see even something approaching the shimmering translucence I did in Sussex all those years ago :)

ju-ju- profile image
ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John

How exciting, that will be really special for you, and your neighbours...

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnGraduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

Hopefully so :)

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RunWillieGraduate10

I graduated C25K three weeks ago and have been running 5k three times a week since. I’ve just started your 10 is the magic number plan for distance today. I would like to improve my 5k time to 30minutes. I’m not far off so I’m hoping the longer runs will help. I’m excited 🏃‍♀️

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to RunWillie

Thats superb, and I am so pleased that you are doing the Magic Plan. Great goal too :)

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RunWillieGraduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

First week done 🙂 I’m taking the 5k speed goal off my May goals as I made a rookie error flying down some steep hills on my 5k run. I managed to hurt myself although did some PB’s 🏃‍♀️ . I did the 5.5 run at a much slower pace and the injury seems to be okay. My mantra was Keep running but maybe it should be Keep plodding or Distance not speed 😂

Week 2 here I come 🏃‍♀️

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate10

Hi ju-ju- , please count me in on your quest, I want to continue running every other day. I finished a 10k plan last month, I found the 10k distance hard so I don’t know whether to work on that or resign myself to the fact that maybe I’m not a distance runner?

Your running is amazing, congratulations on passing the 1200 day mark x

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav

Thanks so much... Dont give up on the 10k, you could increase your weekly average each week ( 10% rule and all that) and I think you will get used to longer distances. But its your call, I think we all have our niche if what is right for us. And thankyou so much, I cannot believe ive got this far!

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate10 in reply to ju-ju-

Like I’ve said before Ju, every morning on Strava your runs are my inspiration xx

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VonbGraduate10

Hi ju-ju, I’ve been running regular 35 minute 5ks for few months now and just don’t seem to have the stamina to go any further, so I’m going to take the may challenge and go for the magic plan! Hoping it will get me covering more distance and maybe even speed me up a bit! Thanks x

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Vonb

Hooray thats great, I hope you will enjoy it :)

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beth_fGraduate10

Hello ju-ju-. My goal is to complete the magic plan which I hope to by the end of the month.

Just started week 4 with the 8K run 🏃🏼‍♀️ on Saturday and managed that in just over an hour. Was lovely to finally get back out on the road as spent the last month running on a treadmill having struggled to get my hayfever in check. I’m still planking and attempting yoga 🧘‍♀️ everyday.

Gorgeous bluebell photo 😍

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to beth_f

Hooray thats great news, I am really pleased :)

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Sonia52Graduate10

Hi Ju Ju. For May i will be hopefully completing your wonderful magic plan and hope to be running 10k by the end of the month. Today, the start of week 6 🏃‍♀️😊

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Sonia52

Thats superb, and well done you are so close now :)

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Getfitok

I’ve completely fallen off the wagon since fracturing my shoulder (no pun intended😃) tried to restart C25K but it just wouldn’t work on my phone so started doing my own thing & then lockdown so I’ve been using my exercise for a daily walk with the family.

I’ve got a new phone & reloaded C25K, so I want to re-complete it together with s&f, yoga or whatever on other days. Not putting too much pressure on myself. Days when I’m not running I will continue to walk with the family. I really, really, REALLY want to get back into this!

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Getfitok

I am so sorry about your shoulder, and its great that you are going to get back into it and also with S and F and yoga..... you will do it :)

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GoogleMeGraduate10

Not sure about a Max May, but I'm up for setting some goals please.

1) Finish C25K redux

2) Run a 5K

3) See how I get on with Yoga with Adriene now I can download a 30 day programme to my phone and follow in my 'studio' (aka bathroom with iffy signal)

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to GoogleMe

Superb goals, sounds very doable too :)

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dd207

I've recently finished C25K so my goal is to get on with the JuJu 10k plan!

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to dd207

Yay great plan- good goal :)

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Noodle1991Graduate10

Hello Juju

I’m working towards a HM in May . My goal is to be able to run 12k by the end of May🤣

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to Noodle1991

Fantastic and I think you will achieve that :)

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UpTheStanleyGraduate10

Hi Ju-Ju, reporting in at around the half-way point …….

Week 1 saw a 4'09" 1k speed challenge, 3 secs off my PB but good enough following a total fail the week before :-) .

Week 2 saw me stretch my 5'00"/k pace run out to 8k (in 39'46" to be exact) :-) :-) - and also saw me walk/run 1k in 9'15" with Dexy5 :-) :-) :-) .

So all that's left of my Quest targets is to fit in a 10k at some point - and as a bunch of us who were going to meet in London for the Vitality 10k on Bank Holiday Monday are now going to run it virtually together in our own backyards, that should be OK too.

Hope everybody else is meeting their goals - onwards and upwards!!

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ju-ju-Graduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley

That is fantastic, huge well done to you!

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