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I only had half an hour this morning, and am slotting in some quick runs in before my weekend 5k graduation run (which will not be quite 5k), but so tried this audio guided run from Runkeeper’s collection.

Fartleks and Return to running.

Worked well for my purposes, I can recommend. But it’s sadly behind a subscription paywall.

But great alternative to NRC’s Coach B.

Happy running folks!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

At least coach B jabbers on for free so we don't moan too much when he gets it wrong, sounds like a good run though

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

🤣🤣 I love his jabbering …. 🤣🤣 But in the distance based runs he doesn’t jabber enough, as I am so slow to get to his next jabber! 🤣🤣🤣

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toCBDB

Oh me too, popping in every kilometre or so takes ages

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Gthants60minGraduate in reply toSueAppleRun

I'm not missing the jabbering at the moment, though this morning I really did not enjoy a single track in the Coldplay playlist which has somehow appeared on my phone; most songs got a minute before I skipped. I finished in silence and would have preferred a Coach B word game. Possibly ...

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toGthants

Ha! We shared earbuds for C25k and every track was Coldplay... I treated myself to a pair on graduation and started to choose my own music, I like a bit of Coldplay but like a change and find them a bit slow for running. Yesterday I listened to Geri Halliwell and find she's got a nice bounce . .left it in when I got home and danced my way through the housework. Paul Simon has that affect too and T Rex, my teenage favourite....mostly I have mixed play lists .I don't tell everyone this but if I'm having a can't sleep night I find a coach B podcast sends me off in minutes 🤣

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Gthants60minGraduate in reply toSueAppleRun

You know, I think it WAS the beat of the track! Also, like you I prefer a mixed playlist. Another factor is I have open ear headphones (so I can hear traffic on the road) and have the NRC app open to record the runs; the app seems to lower the volume of the music and that means I can't properly hear the lyrics, so it was just a mindless blur of semi-understood words at the wrong pace. But apart from that it was awesome! 🤣

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toGthants

Awesome runs are a wonderful thing, Willow only ran to Coldplay, he ran to the beat, one day he put something else on and ran faster....he got really puffed out and we laughed and laughed, but he never tried that again, I on the other hand can run the same pace whatever the best 😁

Sometimes if you stop the run once just started it goes back to the music fading when NRC talks then goes back up when he stops talking, I love my open ear headphones

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🍏👏You have so nearly reached your 5k goal. Keep on keeping on!!! Xx

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toAnnieapple

😀😊👍🏽

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Doris8Graduate10

Good luck on your graduation run 5km. You can do it. 👍

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toDoris8

Thank you!

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