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July Quest: week 2

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10
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Hello questing runners!

Hope everyone has had a fab start to July. How are you all doing with your Quests this week? We have a lot of variety in the quests this month, and it’s going to be a pleasure seeing you all reach your monthly goals.

If you’re reading and haven’t joined, it’s not too late... this is all about setting goals to work towards or even accomplish this month. A quest can be to go to a new distance/time, attack a PB, train for an event, up weekly milage etc. Sometimes a quest isn’t about that... sometimes it’s about getting off the IC, working on strength or flexibility, consolidating our running, or maybe it’s something brand new to go alongside your regular runs. The choices are endless.

Personally, while I’ve had a good play with the new watch, my quest has changed and I’ve started a new half marathon plan. I’m aiming to run the distance alongside our very own Oldfloss in October. So far so good (apart from struggling to keep my pace down to the prescribed maximum on my plan!

Have a great week 2 everyone.

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RunWillie profile image
RunWillieGraduate10

I’ve just run 10k 🏃‍♀️ I was suppose to run 9k this morning as I’m on week 6 of the magic plan but here in Melbourne we’re going back into lockdown😢. We’re allowed to exercise but as our state premier said yesterday “it’s not an opportunity to run a marathon” I don’t think there’s much chance of that but maybe a half one day 😊

Hope your half marathon training goes really well.

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toRunWillie

Sorry to hear that Melbourne is back in lock down .

Congratulations on your first 10k though. That first one is so special.

🍾🥂🌟

Keep safe, keep running

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toRunWillie

Congratulations on that 10k, especially getting it in early! I was saddened to see the news that Melbourne was heading back into lockdown and state borders were closing. Obviously it’s necessary, and I hope it’s for long enough, but also ends as soon as possible

Stay safe and well... and enjoy the exercise you can take.

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Dexy5Graduate10

How wonderful that you and Oldfloss are planning running the Monsal trail HM together. I’d really love to do the 10k there next year. Just need to enter as soon as it is open .

I have achieved 2 (not) parkruns and an intro to new shoes run last week so everything going to plan. The same again this week and then I will start the magic plan again. Me and UpTheStanley still have fingers crossed for the New Forest 10k in September 🌲🏃‍♀️🌳🌲🏃‍♂️🌳🍀🤞

Happy running everyone

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

I have my fingers crossed for all autumn events, but hadn’t booked anything... we shall be running the HM before the rescheduled date for the event itself, but who needs a medal and you have friends?

You’re doing really well with the (not) parkruns... I’ve managed to submit times twice (on consecutive days 🤣) so far!

Have a great week and it’ll be cool to see you on that bridge again soon.

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

A virtual race is a great alternative if worried about Covid in the current climate and I fully understand why this will be so much better for Oldfloss. I Love that she won’t be doing it in her own and look forward to reading your posts.

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Roxy71Graduate10

Hello I have started my run every day for 💯 days and I have run a variety of distances but none over 5km. I am really enjoying it. Hope all goes well with your training plan for a half marathon .

Smiles

Roxy

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toRoxy71

100 days of running? Excellent... variety will certainly help with that... I get bored really quickly repeating runs too often. Have a wonderful time ticking those days off... do you have plans for day 101?

Have a great week.

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Roxy71Graduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Day 101 half marathon training 😀

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Allbarron60minGraduate

Not sure about a quest this month as I'm starting it with a niggling pain in my knee. One of my old park run pals has returned to running after a baby so she is spurring me on. I'm going to make my quest to reach that magic 60 minute run. I just missed out last month but I'm only 5 minutes off so🤞. After that I want to get my 5k time down by at least 2 minutes. With only one more week at work the summer break might provide the opportunity to focus. We'll see 🤔. Good luck Questers!!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toAllbarron

Hope that niggle settles soon for you. If you can get that 60 in that’s only gonna help with the summer mission. Good luck all around and have fun out there.

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Allbarron60minGraduate in reply toUnfitNoMore

So much for the niggle. Just managed a 60 minute run😄😄 very slow but achieved. Need to move on to focus on pace now🤔

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toAllbarron

Congratulations! Hopefully the knee worry is behind you... pace work will give a higher impact, so if in doubt have a relaxed week or two first. Fartleks may be the best way to start off on that journey, and your short run is ideal for that.

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Allbarron60minGraduate in reply toUnfitNoMore

Thanks that was the plan to use short run for pace. Just glad I made it. Hopefully onward and upward 👍🤞

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lexi6Graduate10

Week 1 of HM training done and first run back at parkrun here in NZ last Saturday- just magic. Good luck with your new HM training plan UNM.

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply tolexi6

Ooh I missed that you were training for HM Lexi6. Very best of luck to you.

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toDexy5

Thanks Dexy, I had originally planned to try for 10 miles and had got to 12k and then lockdown happened, so after being a bit in the running doldrums, I’ll try again. Trust me to start a plan in winter in Wellington though. 😂

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply tolexi6

Better than the height of summer I think Lexi.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply tolexi6

Well done on week one of the HM journey... how was parkrun? I’m so excited that it’s on somewhere, even though I can’t get to it 🤣

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Thanks UNM, parkrun was brilliant! We had lower numbers than usual, but I guess some may still a little nervous about attending. Fortunately, after an awful week of weather, it was just cold, but fine. I’m looking forward to this Saturday again. I don’t usually run with others, (too far behind normally) but it was really nice having conversations with other runners who weren’t concerned with PBs and happy to chat, suspect it might be a bit different this week though! 😂

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply tolexi6

Maybe... or maybe there’s been a shift in focus for a lot of people. Dunno how it’s been there, but I’ve been able to run here... it’s the conversation that’s been missing.

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Think its the honeymoon period and once everyone is back to full fitness, they’ll be whooshing off again. I’ll enjoy the chats while they last. 😊

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10

Hi UnfitNoMore, this morning I ran 12K, OK that is the bottom line but I am not too happy about my time, I ran slowly to make sure that I completed it, which I did, my first 5K split was 38.40, the 10K split was 79.52, usually I am around 73 minutes, altogether that is the longest run that I have ever run 12K time was 96.66, I would have been happier if it had been around 90 minutes.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toAlMorr

Great job on the 12k. Your longest run should always be your slowest... I don’t worry about time one little bit when adding endurance. Whatever the distance, getting there is everything... times can be worked on later.

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

👍 🏃🏾

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

PS, I did buy a small packet of Jelly Babies but I am afraid to say that having quite a few of them made my stomach just a little sore, they didn't affect my running, from now on I will keep to having liquid just before and after I run. 🏃🏾 👍

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Forest_Run_BeginnerGraduate10

Did you like the new watch? Have you got your head around all of its features yet? Good luck with the HM training too, I hope to move on to that one day, maybe!! :-)

I did my first sub 35 minute 5k attempt yesterday and managed 35 minutes 40 seconds :-( But, it was my 2nd fastest 5k according to Strava and I did get PBs for 1K, 1 mile & 2 mile so while not quite there yet, overall I'm happy with my first attempt. I'll try again next week. :-)

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toForest_Run_Beginner

Love the watch... so many features it’s unreal... and still messing around creating cross training workouts!

Great job out there... sounds like you were well on track until that last bit... it will come soon I think. Have a couple of really relaxed easy ones and then go again.

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NetCadetGraduate10

Hi! Week 2 of JuJu's magic plan and I ran just shy of 5k this morning using the "Ramp up and taper" workout in Runkeeper. It was great! I'm pretty sure that the 600m in the middle wasn't exactly "fast" but the kms really fly by when you vary it like that and before you know it, hey presto, 3km done and you're down to cool down!

App says "congratulations, that was your 23rd fastest run" LOL but that does include walking for warm up and cool down (which most of my other runs don't) and inspired by all the advice here, I've decided not to focus on pace but following a plan and shaking things up. Glorious hot weather here this week (I live in Geneva) so all in all pretty happy with July questing so far :)

Happy Wednesday everyone!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toNetCadet

Nice work! I’m pleased my apps don’t rank my runs down into the 20’s, that could drive me bonkers! Endurance is the priority on your plan, so exactly right not to worry about speed... late in the plan you’ll be pretty amazed what you can do with the short run though!

Not so glorious here... but I’m off for a 50 minute run anyway!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply toNetCadet

Love that about your app telling you that was your "23rd fastest run, well done on almost running 5K as part of Ju Ju's Magic 10 plan at week 2, onwards and upwards 🏃🏾 👍

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Mum22boysGraduate10

Good to hear the watch arrived and that you're enjoying working it out! I ran my first 10k last weekend which was great 😁 a steady 5k last night with increasingly more time being spent in heart rate zone 3, although still more in 4 than 3, but it's a work in progress....

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toMum22boys

Congratulations on the 10k... and that heart rate is moving in the right direction, which is the main thing. Hope this coming week can live up to that great one!

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Mum22boysGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

I think I must have a naturally high working heart rate because it really doesn't feel like I'm working that hard but either way getting it down must be doing me some good!!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toMum22boys

Could be that the default zones aren’t right for you... are you exceeding what it thinks should be your maximum?

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Mum22boysGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

I have done in the past but not recently because I've been aware of it

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toMum22boys

Yeah, nailed on that your Max is higher than the defaults then! There are workouts that will reveal your real max HR... they tend to involve hills and sprinting!!!

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Mum22boysGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Is that something I'd be able to work out??

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toMum22boys

Have a read of this... it has a couple of workouts that will let you discover your max HR. As the article goes on to say, when you’ve discovered your max HR for running, using that can make swim and bike training HR targets impossible to achieve... triathletes probably need to change their rates depending on the training session.

vitals.lifehacker.com/how-t...

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Mum22boysGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Thank you, much appreciated 😊 I will go and read with interest

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LucyintheskywithGraduate10

This week is a 4km, 5km and my ( fingers crossed) first 10km run! Eeeek!

Hoping my knee will go the distance🙀.

Which watch have you got ?

I've a 3mile run to do too.. All part of a running challenge 🙆 from local running club I have signed up to😍.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toLucyintheskywith

Exciting week ahead! Can the 5k not be the 3 mile as there’s only 172 meters between them?

I got the Garmin Forerunner 245... which is my new nemesis in terms of its “body battery” but best friend when it comes to my fitness age!

Enjoy hitting that 10

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LucyintheskywithGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

I'm looking at watches... considering the one you've got. I use my phone at present..

How do you calculate "fitness age"?

I maybe could combine the two yes!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toLucyintheskywith

The watch measures vO2max, and the connect app uses that (and I assume other things) to calculate your fitness age. I’m currently 14 years younger, just hoping that if this continues, I won’t have to enrol at school 🤣

I was going to buy the Phoenix 6 in solar variety, but can’t justify the price tag (£840) yet... so I looked at the rest of the range and the 245 ticked a high ratio of useful features to pound spent.

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Lobajo

I think my quest is just to really enjoy running. I graduated a couple of weeks ago from C25K and quite quickly managed to actually run 5K in 34 minutes and then it all went a bit downhill. (Sadly not literally :-) ). I was getting really frustrated because I didn’t seem to be able to run at the same speed consistently. Anyway lots of browsing on here, plus downloading the Nike running app gave me a bit of a revelation this week - firstly the idea of running slowly most of the time in order to increase your speed and secondly the idea of trying to find my comfortable ‘easy’ run. So I am trying to change the criteria by which I judge my runs. I had an excellent run this evening - it was pretty slow, but it felt comfortable and easy. And I realise I need to have more runs like that before I can push myself. (I am quite an old gal, and really don’t want to end up on the IC.) Maybe I will think about aiming for faster / longer at some point but for the moment I want to be comfortable and confident running 30 minutes. Sorry that was a long one!

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toLobajo

Sounds like a good policy. Those slow runs do allow you to build endurance. You could try am intervals app like JogRunSprint to ring the changes.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toLobajo

That, for me, is the most important quest a new runner can take on. My first truly easy run (as opposed to one that was easy to finish) will live with me forever. When you’ve found that really happy pace everything else unlocks. Have an amazing month of discovery... oh and say Hi to coach Bennett for me!

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EThomasGraduate10

I've managed to run 3 times in the last week and got a PB for the (not) Parkrun on Saturday, so close to the sub 30 min 5k (30.01 min). I have also managed to do my yoga classes on alternate days. It helps that I have a week off so have had lots of time. I was supposed to run today but my ankle was a bit sore when I got up so I'll give it a miss today. I don't want to risk making things worse so I'll see how it goes. The positive side is that my ankle didn't hurt on my previous runs but I don't think the weather is helping today. Hopefully I will feel OK to run tomorrow but if not I'll give it another day.

Good luck with your training for the half marathon.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toEThomas

Congratulations on the PB... and that 30 is there for the taking! Hope your ankle is good soon, rest is the only way to go today, and if it needs a few days off it’s going to be worth it. Yoga will of course help with all things strength and flex! Have a wonderful week.

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EThomasGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Thank you. You too.

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

Late again... :)

I shall have to work hard, to keep up with you, before the HM date!!!

All is going to plan, sort of... :)

I am not quite on top of the new plan I am using... but I will get there.

Popped in a speedy ( for me ) 19 minute run for Rainbow Relay on Beyonders... and am still incorporating 5K for Not Park Run, each Friday. I shall be adding to that as the weeks go on and shall keep Sunday as my long run day :)

I am focusing more on strength work too, stamina seems fine.

Happy, safe running fellow Questers:)

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toOldfloss

Ha! Don’t forget that I’ve seen the pace of that Rainbow Relay run... and I know that you’ll have no problem keeping up with me... quite the opposite, but I’m going to train hard to get to that start line in a condition where I won’t hold you back! I’m using Garmin coach this time around and it’s pretty good... every run reveals the run for the week after, so it’s either smoke and mirrors or it’s adaptive. I’d see them as a reward to look forward to post run, but this week’s 50 minute run rewarded me with a 90 minute run 🤣

Have another amazing week out there.

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melly4012

I've managed two runs this week; a 35 minute and a 50 minute. I'm building up gradually and the 50 minute run was great, I felt I could have continued but didn't want to push too much too soon as decided to stop while it still felt comfortable. Heel has felt good so I'm glad to be back to it and hoping the wind dies off a bit for next week as I can pretty much be running without going anywhere with the seafront gusts!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply tomelly4012

Great job... and smart to stop with plenty left in the tank, as always gentle progression is the way to go. No seafront gusts here, thankfully, well done dealing with them, good resistance training right there!

Have a wonderful week

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GoogleMeGraduate10

Bit of a limp start to the Quest for me for a rather odd reason - I have fallen out with my closest friend (of 25 years) We've emailed one another nearly every day but over the past up to a year the atmosphere went... weird. Long story short I've spent a lot of time this week drafting email after email to try to hit the right note and leave the way open to reconciliation.

So I won't make 5 'active days' this week and have done less yoga than would be useful in the circumstances. Did get a short run in glorious sunshine, though even that wasn't a 'new route'

Never mind!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toGoogleMe

Sorry to hear that you’ve not had a great week. Holding out the olive branch is admirable. The running will come back of course. Wishing you a much better week this time around, in every way.

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HappyNoodleGraduate10

Completed a couple of weeks of consolidation brought myself up to 5k and feel ready to begin the bridge. If I start now I should be close to completion when I go back to school in September. So I can start the distance version as I’ll have more time after next week 😍 I’d like a long time to consolidate the 10k as I’m still hoping to do an HM in April. Three not parkruns this week!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toHappyNoodle

Great job... and definitely ready for the distance version but the sounds of it. Have a wonderful time in the Bridge, and you’ll have plenty of time to get to HM by spring!

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ForestGrump6360minGraduate

I’ve had a bad week with a traumatic back tooth extraction last Monday. Still on track to meet my goal by the end of the month

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toForestGrump63

Sorry to hear that you’ve suffered this week. That goal is still on... have a great week getting back on it.

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

I'm still questing quietly away with my PF rehab.

The daily yoga is so enjoyable and the physio exercises going well. Have found standing on a slope board for 3 minutes with straight legs and then 3 mins with a bend at the knees has been relieving my foot pain a lot. Mr Bbr was given this exercise by his physio for PF.

Going to try plyometrics again today so fingers crossed it goes well.🤞

🌻xxx

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toBluebirdrunner

Hope all goes well with the plyometrics and you’re back out there soon. Interesting bit of physio too.

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Fitat50plus

Hi, Yes achieved goal of finishing C25K and also ran a 5k as I started the C210K, so achieved both targets.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toFitat50plus

Excellent... congratulations and enjoy the next part of your journey.

Also thanks... this has reminded me that I forgot to post a new week last night 🤣

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