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I ran for 20 minutes!!! Arghh!! It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t stylish but it was running!! I averaged 7.10 per k, is this ok? I’m not sure if that is really slow? I hope not as I don’t think my legs can carry me any faster! 😂

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GoGo_JoJoGraduate

Well done 👏🥉 you've passed the milestone, you're over halfway and doing great 👍😁

Of course it's ok! It got you round didn't it!? 😉

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Very well done and at this stage...more than alright.. forget speed and just enjoy:)

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Beccy8348E

Wow that’s impressive!!! Well done!!!!

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Hev1988xx in reply to Beccy8348E

Thank you! It did not feel impressive believe me! Haha

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate

7.10 per K is an excellent time for your first 20-minute run, most people who do that run are +8K on average including me, looking back on that run which was about 3 weeks ago my app says that my average pace was 08.40/km.

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Hev1988xx in reply to AlMorr

Ah thank you for this! How are you finding it now? I’m hearing that week 6 is a killer! Keep up the good work!!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate in reply to Hev1988xx

I was a bit nervous before I ran W5R3 but once I had completed that run I felt very well, as far as the first run of week 6 day 1 I had been warned that catches out many people so I took that extra carefully and like the last run of week 5 it went without any problems. This morning I am on R1W9 a half hour run.

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