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Ran to Laura's 5k+ stamina, and managed a mahoosive 4 secs off my 5k PB (achieved at my second parkrun way back before IBS took over, just after graduating). Am both surprised and delighted! I just wanted to manage to run 5k again!

Yes it WAS flipping hard work, mind you, and I really was a beetroot faced fish out of water... It was only cos I'm an ornery so and so that kept me going longer than 15 mins when I started to feel sick. But I kept up with the pace, I completed the 35 min run and Mapmyrun has me completing the 5k within that at 32:53, not quick but quick for me πŸ˜€

Moral of the story is that the tough ones are worth it πŸ˜€

Oh, and you often can find a way even when your body rebels against you in the most unpleasant way ( argh for some reason as I typed that last bit I was singing it a la Mary Poppins Spoonful of Sugar!!!)

Have fun all you runners- if not during the run then during those lovely moments in your warm down walk when you can reflect on being alive and enjoying it!

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aliboo70

Congratulations on that new PB! Now you have me singing a certain tune!! πŸ˜•πŸ˜Š

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mcgurranhouseGraduate in reply to aliboo70

We will all be bouncing round to that tune for the rest of the day now!!!! :)

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AncientMumGraduate

Congratulations rainshine, that's a tremendous PB. Well done :)

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mcgurranhouseGraduate

Very well done! A pb just gives you a boost for the rest of the day doesn't it! Congratulations - it is all hard work but so worth it. :)

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Ugifer

Well done!

Sounds like a tough run, so to get a PB from that is excellent going!

You have now condemned me to humming that song for the rest of the afternoon, you realise!

Ugi

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goonkeepgoingGraduate

Congratulations ☺

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Curlygurly2Graduate

Congrats! I love those podcasts, I can bore for England about them! I got a PB last week too with stamina, and I've knocked 14 mins off my 5K time since I graduated. Stick with it, it will contiune to work...

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AvatheGardenerGraduate in reply to Curlygurly2

ah CurlyG, I am so envious of you! Never mind. I feel it's harder work improving AFTER graduation... oh and I am not managing to shift excess weight either... never mind I must be cahoots healthier. So glad you use the + podcasts- I haven't been brave enough to try speed yet- that Stamina one was a WHOPPER!!!

:)

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Curlygurly2Graduate in reply to AvatheGardener

They ARE hard, but even if you can't complete them at first (I couldn't) keep plugging away at them, they get easier. I really find they work - I graduated Aug 2014, so that 14 mins has been quite gradual!

Speed is very short, 5 mins jogging then 8 intervals - 16 minutes in total, go on, give it a go, you might surprise yourself! Let me know how you get on.

I don't know how long ago you graduated, but if you mix things up - intervals, fast runs like stamina and long slow runs, you'll see the improvement. xx

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Curlygurly2Graduate in reply to Curlygurly2

Oh, and your time is brilliant! I've just managed to get to 5K before the podcast finished for the first time...I was over the moon with that!

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