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I have a cunning plan

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W7R3 with Jo wasn't too bad and when she said I had a minute to go I was in a rhythm and thought that I could go another minute or so. This was a great start for W8R1, after all how hard could an extra 3 minutes be? I set off confidently with Mr Smooth as I thought he needed a change (Jancanrun has been hogging his attention). Well - JCR, you can keep him as far as I'm concerned as W8R1 was hard, really hard. Which leads me to my cunning plan for W8R2 this weekend. I am going to go back to Jo, tell her it's W7R3 and when she says I've got a minute left, I'll surprise her by running for 4 minutes, not 1. Cunning, eh?

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Millsie-JGraduate

Love a plan!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Brilliant..... :) these ploys do work...

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bareliz

Haha, good for you. By the way I do worry about JCR and Mr Smooth, they seem far too close ;)

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61tryingGraduate in reply to bareliz

Totally agree. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Getting ready to go out with Jo, wish us luck!!

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Now hey ho, me and Mr Smooth, I am (on the advice of many forum members), weaning myself off him. I too did W8R1 - holy sh.., me and Mr Smooth, well it wasn't plain sailing today, I can assure you...

But love the cunning plan idea, I may need that for R2

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Irish-JohnGraduate

Great idea :)

So much if this running is a mind thing. I do circuits of the Park. Four and a bit gives me 5k.

It is spooky how much easier my run is when I count down the laps instead of counting them up :)

Wishing you many happy miles in your future 61t :)

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61tryingGraduate in reply to Irish-John

It sounds rediculous but it's the 12.5 minutes being half way. Getting there isn't too bad and then it's countdown; not too long before I'm in single figures. It just feels easier to add minutes on the end!

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Irish-JohnGraduate in reply to 61trying

If it works it sure as heck isn't ridiculous! :)

Shoving a Shark bladder up your rear end seems ridiculous - until you read the ingredients in Preparation H and then check how much their annual income is! LOL

Whatever works is worth it ;)

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