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Went out to try a morning run today as I did it once before and it didn’t feel good, I usually run late evening. It felt harder, I’m not going to lie, but I got through it. 4.9km in 35 mins. Gutted as good old Strava told me I’d covered 5km 😠😂.

Week 8 next 😁😁👍...I’m loving this running lark!

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Jay66UK profile image
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Well done.

But why are you running 35 minutes in W7? Voluntary extra work? Madness. Another one with the bug! 🤣

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BlondeAmbition72Graduate in reply to Jay66UK

Not actually running 35 mins, that’s just the time I’m moving for - 5 min warm-up walk, 25 min run, 5 min warm-down walk. Trust me, I’m not doing any ‘extra’!! I set Strava from the second I leave my house and stop it when I stop moving i.e. when I get back home 😁

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Jay66UKGraduate in reply to BlondeAmbition72

Phew. I thought we had an ultra marathon runner in the making here 😉

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BlondeAmbition72Graduate in reply to Jay66UK

No chance 🤣🤣

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Fabulous450Graduate

Well done Blonde! Every run is so different isn’t it, but we are doing it and you’re doing a brilliant job of it too! It’s amazing! ❤️❤️

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Well done you, that's brilliant. I quite like the morning runs, they set me up for the day and I feel like I've made a positive start. I did wk 8 run 2 this am. Ignored the 28mins and did 5.10k in 35mins. I was always a sprinter at school. The cross country haunted me and I detested the 1500m lol now look at us all go. I think it's awesome

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BlondeAmbition72Graduate in reply to LittleMaz

Wow that’s great! I can’t imagine running for 35 minutes!! 😮

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LittleMazGraduate in reply to BlondeAmbition72

Lol me neither but I did it and it sounds like you're well on your way to it also

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Yeah I always allow an extra :1 for Strava who likes to trim your distances. Well done anyway

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BlondeAmbition72Graduate in reply to limberlou

Hmm! I’ll bear that in mind. I’m not that bothered about the distance I’m covering but I did get a little excited when I was told I’d done 5k just as I got home, only to discover when reviewing my stats that I’d in fact covered 4.9k! Lol 😂

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You're a star well done! :D 4.9k you really will be couch to 5k!

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BlondeAmbition72Graduate in reply to Becky1606

Thanks Becky. I really hope so as that will be my 5k race! I hope to be able to run it all 🤞🏻Good luck with you W7R3 today, if you’re not too hungover lol x

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