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No fluke!

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Last week's first sub 30 minute was no fluke it would appear! This one was a couple of seconds faster (29:49) and with a stiff sea breeze attempting to derail my attempt so I'm delighted with it.

Apologies for the retina damage caused by my shirt by the way! 😁

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IannodaTruffeMentor

Whooooooooooooooooooosh!!!!!!!

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate

Who said that?? I couldn’t see them because they were running too fast.....!! πŸƒπŸ»πŸ’¨

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LDS1961

Well done, I hope to do Lowestoft soon (Gorleston is my local) and my goal is sub 30 by the end of the year so I'm inspired by your progress......keep it up πŸ‘πŸ»

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to LDS1961

Thank you! I've heard that the Gorleston one is a good one. My sprogs were all born at the JPH so it's almost a home from home for me!! Glad that I inspire you, that's great ☺ Good luck to you for a sub 30 minute effort, maybe see you at Lowestoft one day πŸ‘

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LDS1961 in reply to lardofale

Maybe, though the thought of visiting a hill TWICE is pretty daunting 😳

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to LDS1961

That's a good point! It took me until last week, my 5th visit, to do it twice! Your thighs will know they've been in a battle!! 😁

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damienairGraduate

Brilliant. Well done πŸ‘.

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to damienair

Thanks Damien ☺

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GingerBohemianGraduate

Nice one

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to GingerBohemian

Cheers chap, much appreciated!

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Cornet-CarolynGraduate

That's brilliant, way to go πŸ₯‡

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to Cornet-Carolyn

Thanks CC! Thanks for the bling! πŸ˜‰

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FishypiefaceGraduate

Well done amazing! :)

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to Fishypieface

Thanks mam! πŸ˜€πŸ‘

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Kimchoc08Graduate

What a fabulous picture of you!!

Well done on the run and the time πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ

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Sandyscroll

Fantastic job, well done! Loving the shirt by the way, it could be the secret to your success. ;-)

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to Sandyscroll

Thank you! You could well be right, I'm much slower in a long sleeved dark blue number 😁

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CB27LJ10

Lovin the shirt lol well done you congratulations πŸ˜‰

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to CB27LJ10

Thank you! I think the bright orange masks the pink/red of my face πŸ˜‚πŸ‘

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Martin_RoseGraduate

Well done, great time, great pic, great shirt.

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to Martin_Rose

Thanks fella! There are other less flattering ones of me available! 😁

Fantastic well done you!!

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to

Thank you Lorraine, much appreciated πŸ‘

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RunForestRGraduate

well done - couldn't make it this week - did a long run instead - good consolidation on the sub 30minute mark.

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to RunForestR

Thanks chap, I'm not there next week as I'm at Newmarket races but will be back on the 21St, maybe see you there. It was a tough one today, the wind and hill were killers!

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skysue16Graduate

What a great photo! Fantastic time, well done πŸ˜€

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lardofaleGraduate in reply to skysue16

Thank you very much! The photographer knew how to light me I guess...... πŸ˜‰ I thought I was doing well until a chap with a push chair flew past me! Ah well, delighted despite that! πŸ˜€

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