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I am fitter than my dog!

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I was running 10k a while ago but allowed work to stop me running regularly and I lost a lot of fitness, motivation and confidence. I also put weight back on which is frustrating. However, today my chunky friend Max came out with me for a run-walk today and he did pretty well for an old fella. I felt quite encouraged that he was lagging behind and towards the end was worn out while I could have kept running! Great to be out again.

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Maddee_6333Graduate

Awww bless him. He looks like he was enjoying being out with you!

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Millsie-JGraduate

Nicely done Joolie, good to see you on the forum again!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Go you... and he did well too... keep ing up with you...he is a braver 'man' than I :)

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JoolieB1Graduate in reply to Oldfloss

He did it cold turkey with no C25K build up!!

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Little monkey.. he looks good on it though :)

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IannodaTruffeMentor

Great to hear you are out running again.

I was only thinking yesterday that you had gone quiet.

Keep running, keep smiling.

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SaskAlliecatGraduate

Hopefully your chunky monkey can continue on with you on some of your runs building back up to where you were and he'll become a lean svelte running machine, too 😁. He's a handsome old guy!

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TheziggyGraduate

Well done you! And well done Max.

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skysue16Graduate

Ahh, I remember Max from a previous post - he is lovely! Keep up the good work :)

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate

Hi Joolie,

Nice to hear from you again. Once a runner😉x

Keep posting we are all still here😊x

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Sandraj39Graduate

Glad you are back out there Joolie!🙂 and cute picture of Max!

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