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Week 9 run 1, turned in to 5K best ever run!!!

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plopGraduate
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Just got in and I'm stoked, started off thinking keep it slow don't push it then 1Km comes up still felling good av pace 6 20 something?? What!! Again try and slow it down as K 2 is the hardest one gulping in the air , bong 2Km av pace 6:12, slow down !!! but every K comes up 6:20 or there about. Got to the end of the 30 minutes and I'm thinking 5 K is just a few hundred metres I got to do this. My first 5K 31:37 average pace 6:17. If you had told me 9 weeks ago I would complete 5K in just over half an hour I would have laughed in your face but I have just done it!!!!!

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AyupmeduckGraduate

Well done that's amazing. Goes to show this programme works. You are inspiring in a couple of weeks i hope that's me saying the same 🎉🎆🎊

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pollyp1Graduate

Great stuff!

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90ldfinchGraduate

Well done plop -great stuff :)

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yatescoGraduate

Nicely done plop .

Make sure you give those legs a really good massage though - that was a lot of work for them :-). I am not sure of your regular pace but if that was significantly different then please don't try and repeat that for run 2 as that is the way of the IC :-). Graduation is only round the corner now and an injury would be awful.

Lovely pace though!

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JLT52Graduate

Wow, that's good on your first outing of W9. I am on average 1minute slower than you and as a consequence not getting to 5k but know I will eventually. Well done and keep at it but don't overdo it.😊

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plopGraduate

Thanks folks for your comments, I will try to slow down on the next one. Perhaps some different music might help.

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PippiRuns

Amazing!

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poppypugGraduate

Plop, that's brilliant !

Well done to you, your Graduation run awaits ! :-) xxx

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Mat30Graduate

Great Job plop !!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Great stuff..great pace... keep it steady until you are over that finishing line. i agree with yatesco ... IC at this point..not good! :)

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sparky66Graduate

Fabulous!!!

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UllyrunnerGraduate

Well done Plop. Very impressive!

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melly4012Graduate

Well done plop !! First 5k and graduation in sight!!

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Feelingsilly

Wow, first 5k!!! Look forward to that feeling one day 😀 Enjoy the rest now!

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