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faithrGraduate
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So I've just finished wk5r3 and I still haven't figured out how......I know all the believe in the programme thing, but I can't actually run......if I can do that (and I just did) so can anyone!

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Rob_and_his_westieGraduate

It kind of just happens. One day, you're wheezing away, running for a bus and then, after a few short weeks of listening to "see you later all you haters" and "me and Judy", wham, there you are, running like a gazelle.

Fantastic thing, the human body.

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nrg_girlGraduate

The thing is, you can run....you did run....you're a runner!

Forget what your mind might tell you, running for 20 minutes makes it so.

I do agree though, it sort of sneaks up on you. Seems like one minute you're thinking "I could never do that" and the next (er, about 5 weeks later) you're doing it.

Super!!

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Bazza1234Graduate

I ran non-stop for 37 and a half minutes yesterday - that just happened to coincide with 5klms that I had measured on Google Maps :) My contemporaries cannot believe their eyes - nor can I :) And, regardless what Laura says - I am no runner!!!! :) So - if I can do it, so can anybody else who puts their mind to it. Notice how I didn't say anywhere that it would be easy or painless??

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paul2014Graduate

Lol. Just shows what we are all capable of when we put our minds to it and yes, we are all runners, we are proving it by completing this program :)

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Jax1960Graduate

I totally agree, I hated every minute of it up to around week 8. It was painful and I couldn't seem to get my breathing right. I still dislike the first 5-10 minutes when it sometimes feels like I'm back to week 1 and have made no progress BUT once I get through that there is almost an "acceptance" by my body that we're going to do this and it all settles down and off I go. I think too much emphasis is put on how "wonderful" this program is, and it is, because if you stick at it you will be able to run non stop for 30 mins, however there are some demons to overcome prior to that which can have the capacity to demotivate if you let them-just don't let them :)

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