Thank you Laura!

[frenchvisitor]

I was dreading this run, as it was to be my first off the treadmill and in the real world...

I started off slow and steady like they say and was really chuffed to hear Laura say that I'd already done 5 minutes. Needless to say, I messed things up when I tied my jacket round my waist, but didn't realize it until I heard Laura drawling to me about the halfway point as if she'd had a stroke - I'd reduced the speed of the podcast by half! It had me laughing so much that the rest of the run was pure pleasure and when Laura announced I am now officially a runner, I wanted the whole world to know - what a thrill!

And the best bit is that I actually covered 5 km in 45 minutes. I'm not going back to the treadmill!

[frenchvisitor Graduate]

I forgot to say it was Week 6 Run 3!

[AnnieW55]

Yaaay! Well Done. With the decent weather, hopefully, on the way why would you 😄? Mind you when you're inside on the treadmill you don't have to think about applying sunscreen.

[ToniCR Graduate]

I did this once, but I accidentally doubled the speed of the podcast. (why is that even a feature?) so I lost a bit of running time, but it was in the early weeks and I noticed something was off after a few minutes - why is Laura talking so quickly? I've been super careful ever since!

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Oh you were all at sixes and sevens then... But fantastic to have reached the 5k in 45 minutes, although of course that was definitely an unintended consequence. Hope you continue to enjoy outside running....

It’s my preference and for so many others too - but when Winter strikes a treadmill in the warm and dry is a tempting place.