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Not much to report - W7R1

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Evening all - Managed the W7R1 tonight, 25 minutes in 16 degrees and breezy! Turns out this is slightly easier than W6R3 25 minutes in 25 degrees and high humidity - who’d of thunk it πŸ˜‚

Usual complaints - flutes and hamstrings almost from the outset, but didn’t get worse so carried on..... but my only observation is that I think I need a change in route.... sub consciously I know where 1/2 way is and where I should be around certain time markers..... time for some discovery.

In an unrelated note - I’m away for a stag do from Thursday to Sunday night. I will do my utmost to do a run while I’m away, but you know how these things go....... πŸ˜‡

If, per chance, I don’t manage a run, will I run the risk of losing any ground before next Monday (6 days)? Anyone have any experience of slightly extended β€˜rest’ periods?

Keep running all! πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

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I had a longish rest period of about 9 days. I asked advice on here and overwhelmingly the good folk on the forum said try from where you left off. I decided to repeat the very last run I had done, I can't lie it was more difficult and I had to slow the pace down even slower than normal but I was ok, I managed. I left a rest day then did the next run this morning and I'm back to normal, whatever normal is lol

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LoungeLizaardGraduate in reply to Jullaly

Thanks! Here’s hoping! πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

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_SimonT_Graduate

Nice one LL!

While we’ve all been having fun with sallenson post you’ve actually been out doing some work running!

Glad the run went ok.

IannodaTruffe always says (and I apologise if I miss quote you) that you don’t lose much conditioning for 2 weeks but it’s advisable for us C25k ers to run 2 or 3 times per week.

Well jealous of your upcoming weekend! Enjoy! 🍻🍺🍾πŸ₯ƒπŸ₯‚πŸ»πŸΊπŸ»πŸ©πŸ•πŸ³πŸ”πŸŸπŸ§€πŸΊπŸ»πŸΉπŸΊπŸ»πŸΊπŸ₯ƒπŸΎπŸ»πŸ˜΄πŸ˜΄πŸ˜΄πŸ˜΄πŸ˜΄

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LoungeLizaardGraduate in reply to _SimonT_

Ahh mate, it’s going to be carnage! I’m too old for these type of shenanigans lmao! But I will def try to do a run in marbs! Honest

I caught some of @sallensons playlist post earlier as I was getting off the train home... asking about Graduation playlists? Funnily enough when I got in the car, the DJ on radio X was playing a running themed playlist! I’ve not had the time to go back to it yet.

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sallensonGraduate

Your only option if you miss a run is to start at the beginning of the programme all over again and as an additional penalty you have do each run twice and run it backwards wearing a blindfold and mankini.

In some ways this sounds awfully like your weekend.... :-)

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LoungeLizaardGraduate in reply to sallenson

lol - cheers mate!

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sallensonGraduate in reply to LoungeLizaard

Have a hug. The runs will be waiting in their little box for you to come and breathe alcohol fumes all over them :-)

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate in reply to sallenson

LOL, next challenge to run a 5k backwards wearing a blindfold and mankini, I might do that come next April the FIRST before noon.

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lollytwistGraduate

I had a 5 day break a few weeks back, as I was a little bit poorly and on antibiotics. I repeated my last run, then progressed with the plan as normal, and it caused me no extra problems. Good luck πŸ˜„

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