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Week 6. We can do this folks- even if it doesn't feel like it

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As warned by the lovely voices of experience on here, I did not enjoy w6r1. So glad I was warned in advance or I would have been really fed up with myself. Feels like I never ran 20 mins at all now but I did so I'm hanging on to that. I was really bad tempered during the run and kept thinking, oh come on let's get this OVER with! Wow, walkers beware. If you see a woman with bright pink nikes moving very slowly, give her a wide berth!

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Week6 does seem to be a hurdle for a lot of people. Most of it is mental though. Keep your pace slow and keep telling yourself that you can do it and you will do it!

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misswobbleGraduate in reply tosimonwilliamstutor

Absolutely! Slow and dogged. That's the way to do it. The slowness is key. It gets you to the end without flaring and ending up knackered and coming up short.

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boptillyoudrop49Graduate in reply tomisswobble

Couldn't let lovely Laura down. Going out there with a determinedly positive attitude tomorrow, maybe even a smile

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boptillyoudrop49Graduate in reply tosimonwilliamstutor

Thanks Simon. Run2 tomorrow. I'm going to try out a new route to keep it exciting!

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Feliiicia

I did my w6r1 last night too, and it was not pretty. I was ready to heave my insides out at the end of the 8 minute run and had little to no hope for the last 5 minutes. Don't know if it was the same for you but even though I got through it all there was none of the euphoria of W5R3 at the end.

Well done on getting through it, its all a part of the process! Must trust Laura. Bring it on run 2!

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boptillyoudrop49Graduate in reply toFeliiicia

Hiya Fel, felt like I had wooden legs and I was just dragging them about with me. I'd been expecting it to be such a doddle but it definitely wasn't! You have really got self discipline seeing it through last night. You know we can do this.

I ran Monday, usually run M, Th, Sat but since I have a fitness course Fridays which involves jigging about non-stop for an hour, I'm not really resting properly between runs. I've been thinking I should change it and go M,W, Sat.

If laziness doesn't get the best of me, might do r2 tonight then. Weird thing is much as I didn't enjoy the last run, I actually feel like I want to go for a run today. Brain is a strange thing. We are moving on and we are definitely getting to week 7. When's your next run?

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That's how I am feeling - just done a post about re-sitting week 6. Did the second and third run get any easier?

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Oh I definitely posted how W6R1 bit me, too! It is all part of The Plan though- and by the end of the week you'll be running for 25 minutes and possibly enjoying some of it, as well! :)

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boptillyoudrop49Graduate in reply toAvatheGardener

Thanks rainshine. I did r2 last night and that was much better. Maybe it was just one of those days. I also usually eat after my run in the evenings and maybe I was a bit tired and hungry when I went out. Last night I ate a couple of slices of cold meat before going out, not sure if that made a difference.

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It will get better, honest!

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boptillyoudrop49Graduate in reply toUllyrunner

Thanks Ully for your support. Did my r2 and liked it much better. Had just come back from a long cycle ride Monday when I went for r1. Maybe I needed more rest and something small to eat before going for my run.

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Decided I needed to change my running schedule since I was running Th and Sat with a fitness course on Fr and no real rest between those runs. So moved r2 forward and did it last night.

WELL WA-HOO I sort of enjoyed it :) Plodded through the first 10 mins but came into my stride on the second one. Before I knew it, Laura was telling me I had done 5 mins. I had ignored her suggestion to go faster for the second run. Eh what?! But first time ever I speeded up for the last 60 seconds.

YES!!!

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Being annoyed really helps! I was waiting all morning for someone who didn't show up to collect some stuff and you know how you can't settle to anything properly til they've gone? Eventually I thought, well, tough tough. It'll be dark soon, so spitting feathers I set off on w9r2 and was half way round before I knew what I was doing! and I went about fifty yards further too!

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The force was with you!

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