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Oh...so it turns out I can run for 20 minutes without stopping...just about 😁

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Week 5 is DONE!!!I managed the 20 minutes but the last 5 minutes seemed to last FOREVER!!!!!!

Feeling quite pleased with myself now though 😊

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Sue1421Graduate

Well done. Enjoy your rest day and keep going the end is in sight πŸ™ŒπŸΌ

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Thankyou 😊

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MikeJones68Graduate

Hey! Well done, Claire. I believe you were helped along by the unicorn leggings........

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Ah thankyou Michael 😊 haha πŸ˜‚πŸ€£ not at the end i wasn't!!!πŸ˜‰

Big big grin, enjoy it lasts at least until W6 R1!

Well done you, you worked your way through it especially that eternal 5 minutes.

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Thankyou very much 😊

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ChrisAllen1Graduate

Absolutely brilliant, well done Claire

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Thankyou very much 😊

That’s brilliant. You are on your way. Ypur body will get used to longer runs and there will be no stopping you πŸƒπŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

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Lets hope so 😊

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Worked for me 😊

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Thats good to know 😊

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MikeJones68Graduate in reply to

Me too!

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😊

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πŸ€ͺ

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πŸ‘

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Burnhambeach

You should be pleased well done I am quite a few weeks behind

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You will get there 😊

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Pm3eakGraduate

Well done Claire: rocking it now. Don't be surprised if the first run of W6 bites a bit-I know it did for me, as I think it did for others. But that 20 mins non-stop was the one that really did it for me...after that I absolutely knew I could crack it, as can you.

Unicorn leggings sound fantastic.

Some people claim Unicorns are real..haha...silly people...

...I know they are.

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Haha πŸ˜‚πŸ€£ thankyou 😊each week i just blindly go into it without thinking because thinking is dangerous πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

...and you did it! Slow, steady, each run and each week following on from the one before:)

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Only just!!!

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate

Well done Claire 😊.... 20 mins of running under your belt ! You did

Its really cold today too..xx

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Thankyou 😊 only just though!!!

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Jude1963Graduate

I can’t imagine being able to do that. I’m just at the end of week 2....πŸ™ˆ

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I was exactly the same...i am pretty sure all of us had exactly the same thought...but sure enough...here we all are progressing somehow!!!this programme is nothing short of magic 😊

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Shelby1973Graduate

Yay brilliant xx

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