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W6R1.... smashed it! 😍 (+ my running music)

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After a less than elegant W5R3 (the 20min run, see my last post), I followed all of your lovely advice... swapping wine for water, staying well hydrated the day before and slowing down the pace as we get into the higher weeks. I was a bit nervous after reading some of the other posts saying that W6 was even HARDER than W5 despite the drop in minutes... but I'm happy to report that it went really well - surprisingly well! I had a good run... and to be honest, I SO needed the confidence boost. 😍 Sigh... I know there will be highs and lows but I'm ready for them. Bring it on! Thank you so much!!! You guys are the best.

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As requested by Claireednet , here's my musical playlist:

07:24 Thompson Twins, Hold me now (great warm up)

03:39 The Bar-Kays, Son of Shaft (secretly makes me feel a little like Rocky Balboa... here's to the underdog! 😍)

03:57 Franz Ferdinand, Take me out (great pace)

04:01 Daft Punk, Around the world (more great pace)

03:50 Elton John, Sorry Seems to be... (makes me appreciate the gorgeous Finnish nature around me - I'm here on business)

03:39 Ronnie Davis, Kaya (at this point, I usually want to stop and for some reason this track makes me smile)

03:06 Duke Pearson, Ground Hog (my lungs don't hurt, I'm a groovy sexy 60s bombshell in white go-go boots πŸ˜‚)

03:32 Orchestral manΕ“uvres, Enola Gay (this is the one that holds my hand all the way to the finish line)

07:24 Thompson Twins, Hold me now (I know, I like to play it again for my warm down)

Depending on how I'm feeling, I might skip through some of these so here are some of my backups.

05:31 Noel Gallagher, Everybody's on the run

02:31 James Brown, Papa's got a brand new bag

04:10 Oasis, Out of time

02:24 The brothers of soul, Come on back

03:20 Bloc party, Banquet

02:34 The Kinks, Picture book

04:29 Baxter Dury, Trophies

03:37 Orchestral manΕ“uvres, Souvenirs

03:53 Talk talk, It's my life

03:46 David Bowie, Space Oddity

04:27 Dead or Alive, You spin me round

04:47 Gary Numan, We are glass

03:57 Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax

BTW, these are all Shazam tracks from my favourite local coffee shop 😊 They all magically save directly onto my Spotify. Enjoy!

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Tbae

Very well done you.πŸŒŸπŸ‘πŸ‘

Onwards and Upwards.πŸ‘πŸ‘

Keep smiling.🌟

in reply to Tbae

Thanks Tbae

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Jay66UKGraduate

Well done and some great music there.

in reply to Jay66UK

Thanks Jay! And well done again on your graduation today! πŸŽ‰

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Jay66UKGraduate in reply to

Oh thank you x

Hannah337 profile image
Hannah337Graduate

I also completed week6 run 1 today. It's such a good feeling, isn't it? Well done!

in reply to Hannah337

Well done Hannah! Yes... it feels so great.

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Fabulous450Graduate

Yaay congratulations to you!! πŸ‘πŸ½β€οΈ

in reply to Fabulous450

Thanks Fabulous450 😊

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Ang33333Graduate

Hold me now - one of my all time favourites! Going to add it to my running playlist!

in reply to Ang33333

πŸ˜‚ Brilliant! I'm so glad you like it Ang! 😍

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