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Almost there.... But not quite.

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I haven"t posted since my week 5 run. I managed week 6 and then had to go off to work in the middle east, so did my week 7 and 8 on a treadmill in the hotel gym, which I found so much easier! Back home for the final week 9, which I found extremely difficult. I couldn't seem to get myself past 25-28 minutes. I don't know if it is a combination of tiredness or the cold outside. Last week I managed a 32 minute run (just over 5k, yay!!!), but have now been off with a horrid virus. Probably better to wait until I'm over it before trying again, but I'm so desperate not to throw away all the hard work up to now.

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Viruses are grim, and leave you shattered... get better and it won't be long to ease yourself back in... take care 😎

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As ju-ju says, let your body recover from the virus, and you'll be able to pick it back up. Even if you do a 25 minute run first time, to set yourself an achievable target, you can then do one or two week 8 runs, before picking up week 9. It's more important to go back to it in a way that works for you than to try and finish in the next few days ;)

Happy running!

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loisameliaGraduate

How frustrating! Try not to worry too much, I had to take some time out recently and found that when I went back to it my time hadn't suffered that much. Good luck and hope you recover quickly :)

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Horrid viruses! Maybe slow down a tad? Enjoy the run and speed up after Graduation..🙂

Don't worry. I had about 2 weeks without running due to moving home. Within 1 or 2 weeks was back to where I was and then improving.u

Read somewhere that some experts say that at whatever age you start that you can have about 7 years of improving ! So I am putting this this theory to the test !

So only thing you have to worry about is peaking too soon ! So as I bore everyone with saying "Where's the fire". As others say also take it steady !

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