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Wow! Week 8 run 2 done and boy did I enjoy that!! - canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m actually saying that ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

A couple of tweaks today seem to have helped.

Firstly I ate half a banana before setting out, where as up to now Iโ€™ve been setting out on an empty tummy, I think now Iโ€™m running longer I needed some fuel.

Secondly the โ€˜wonkyโ€™ road was fantastic! It slowed me right down as I was being so careful not to turn my ankle or land funny! My legs had to work even harder on the uneven ground and I was concentrating so hard on my step that I didnโ€™t even notice the time passing ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Although I have done a smaller distance at a slower pace it meant my breathing was steady and gave me more power I think to comfortably finish the 28 mins.

All in all I have really enjoyed it today! Whoop whoop!!

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Guesty26Graduate

Great Debsy youve cracked it now, few runs next week only, enjoy that week sounds daft but i really did. I do the banana routine alongside a bulletproof coffee works for me! Enjoy

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Debsy2008Graduate in reply to Guesty26

It really does feel like somethings clicked today... not even in pain haha!

Looking forward to the next 4 runs ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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IannodaTruffeMentor

Sounds like a runner having fun..........go, go, go!

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Debsy2008Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe

Canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m actually enjoying this๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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Razouski

Great running Debsy2008 , it sounds like the banana has worked well for you. (I'm an empty belly runner but I can understand why people need to fuel up before running). :-)

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Debsy2008Graduate in reply to Razouski

I really do hate eating breakfast but half a banana seemed to do the trick today โ˜บ๏ธ

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Debsy2008Graduate

Thanks guys, something finally clicked and itโ€™s working ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Never was the quickest at learning something new but really want this to become a long term thing so just keeping at it ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ

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