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Enjoying reading all your posts. This morning ran wk 5 run 2 with the lovely olive ( Border terrier) and cannot believe that in just 4 weeks I am running for 8 minutes. Twice ! I am chuffed to bits.

Does anyone else find they kick in towards the last couple of minutes ?

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Really well done. I know what you mean - none of us can believe it when we get to running 8 x2! Ridiculous - when that first minute 4 weeks ago was so hard! Well done - and everybody says (and they are right) that r3 is manageable too - and oh, what a feeling. I thought the first 5 mins went on forever, the next 5 were a struggle but after the first 10 I realised I was going to achieve it - and for the last 2 I speeded up. Good luck.

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Often! I do sometimes worry that it means I haven't really been trying hard enough, but I genuinely think there's a little extra bit of adrenaline that kicks in when you know there isn't far to go. I even managed a kick for the last two minutes of w5r3, which amazed me! Of course all I'm really doing is trying to impress the lovely Laura ;) Good luck with run 3, Steve

this program slowly but surely pulls you in and you embrace it and start to love it ,it is amazing what we can do , well done :D

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Thanks all. Looking forward to week 5 run 3 on Monday. 😊

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Jase44Graduate in reply toemmaleonard44

Now that's the big one Emma start slow and enjoy the time flies by J

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Jase44Graduate

Hi Emma I find it all the time. I get to the end of the podcast and feel I can run on lol I'm on wk6r3 on Thursday :)

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