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After last week's doubts, a good result

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I posted last week about struggling with 25 minutes having completed it a couple of times successfully. Took the advice given on the forum. Took couple of days off, got podcast working again and reverted to it, and slowed down. Success.! Completed 25mins without too much of a struggle, and without falling over again! So thanks all!

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poppypugGraduate

Brilliant !

Really Well done ! You never give up ,and this will stand you in such good stead for the future !

Its a biggie this one, a toughie, but YES you have proved it is perfectly do-able .

I am so pleased for you, it is a fantastic achievement .

Well done to you ! :-) xxx

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teddyjennifluff in reply to poppypug

Determined not to give up. Not prepared to start from scratch again, and it is having the desired effect of reducing my blood pressure!

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RunningGeekGraduate

Well done for persevering. That slow down mantra is a life saver, had to resort to it tonight. Going from 28 to 30 minutes is hard :-( You're not too far behind, keep going :-)

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teddyjennifluff in reply to RunningGeek

Thanks, I have repeated some weeks, and I think I will be repeating this one.

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RunningGeekGraduate in reply to teddyjennifluff

Repeating is fine, getting to the end is the goal :-) Must say that repeating W6 by doing each run twice after my stint on the IC really helped me. Good luck with rest of the programme. Keep us posted :-)

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agedsnailspaceGraduate

Well done and keep going! These last week's are all about beating the gremlins in your head. Physically, you are ready - now you just have to believe it!

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Razouski

Well done, sounds like you'll get there. :-)

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