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OMG I ran for 3 minutes without stopping TWICE! πŸ˜΅πŸ˜΅πŸ˜΅πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Week 3 day 1 done can't believe I was so worried about going from 90 seconds to 3 minutes running 😡😡😡 20 seconds was my running limit before C25K!

Good luck for this week everybody x

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PottyGraduate

Yay! Very well done! Congratulations! :-)

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dagsharGraduate

Well done! I remember it well! Those small increases felt so scary at the beginning, and in many ways those were the hardest weeks ( at least for me), so you are well set to move on through the weeks!

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herewego86

Omg me too!! Just done it!! Don't know what we were so worried about!! Yay!! Well done!!

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NorthernspiritGraduate

It's a great feeling well done!!! Follow Laura and all will work out just fine :)

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sylviem

Well done you. I am yet to start my C25k cos I am yet to get an iPod to use for my podcast so hopefully i can get that next week but i quite understand the fear, was at the gym yesterday, and tried power walking and running intermittently on the treadmill, all I could do was 60seconds of running after every 5minutes of power walking. So for me running for 3minutes twice non stop is a big deal. Congrats and goodluck for the week.

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I was just the same I had to walk 5/10 mins between every 60 second run (when I got to 60 seconds that is lol!)

When I first started I was wheezing my way to 60 seconds counting off every second on my app! πŸ˜– we can do this!!!

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sylviem in reply to Vicxzy

Yes we can!

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KO71

Well done. I have just completed W3 this morning and like you could not have ran at all before this. Once again well done πŸ˜€

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iceice_maybeGraduate

Iv just done day 3 of week 2! Iv looked at next week and I'm dreading 3 mins running no break!

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VicxzyGraduate in reply to iceice_maybe

I was too I even posted about dreading Last week but honestly it's fine and it's only 4 runs this time (2x90 secs 2x 3 min) not 6 and you get longer to recover so it's not so bad :)

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iceice_maybeGraduate

That's good, I find it hard to get breath back in early runs so this might work better for me! Fingers crossed. I find it a huge confidence boast!

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capitalgirl

I am due to start Week 3 on Monday... hope I can run for the 3 minutes! Determined to do it though as I am really enjoying the C25K. On non run days I am doing a decent amount of walking and overall I feel better and a bit fitter already.

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