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Jonno34Graduate
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Well chuffed to bits I am as today I completed W9R3. I was almost emotional! I have used two long songs to get me through the 30mins runs and they have worked a treat, just as I flag my fave bit comes in and donates an endorphin! Going to have just a little break to help my Plantar Fascitis, my knee ligaments and my poor nips! Then I will rewind a couple of weeks and see if I can get the speed up a bit, then aim at 35 mins and hopefully 5k!

Please can I have badge/certificate :-)

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Jay66UKGraduate

Well done! 👏👏👏

My sympathies with the sore nips. There is a product called NipEAZE which are essentially small round plasters that stop the running. Or Lanacane cream.

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BehrGraduate in reply to Jay66UK

I knew I might need to be measured for running shoes, but not for nipple protectors! 😂

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Fabulous450Graduate

Well done Jonno34! Congratulations Graduate! Well done! 👏🏽👏🏽 👏🏽🎓❤️

Well Done you !! What songs did you use? I’m trying to listen to music and stop “counting steps” or “estimating time” , I want to just switch off and run 🏃‍♂️

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Jonno34Graduate in reply to

I am old school rock. This week I used Telegraph Road (Dire straits)at the start then In the Cage Medley from Live in Berlin Genesis

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I’ve got Telegraph Road...maybe I’ll throw some Pink Floyd in after 👍🏻

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Jonno34Graduate in reply to

It might be just me but the Genesis Medley works too. Great double drum sound which just lifts me then calms down. I like the long songs, they draw you in and all of a sudden 17mins is gone..

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I’ve got some early Genesis but I don’t know that one, I’ll look it up 👍🏻

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Jonno34Graduate in reply to

youtube.com/watch?v=0CQa4rO... It is on live in Berlin album also. I get lost in the drums from about 8 mins onwards with 2 of the worlds best albeit arthritic drummers complimenting each other. Ok I am a bit of an anorak!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Congratulations Graduate!

Enjoy the party and bask in that glory!

Consolidation then,lots of it, to keep on building up those legs and stamina.. then maybe C25K+ podcasts.. and check out the post from IannodaTruffe .. What next!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate

Congratulations on your graduation! How wonderful! I like your idea of having a couple of tried and tested tunes so you can gauge exactly where you are in the run. I might nick that idea if you don’t mind! 😜

I think (know) I’ll blub when I graduate. Still a little way off though!

Again, very well done! 😀💪🏻🙌🎉🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

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Jonno34Graduate in reply to cheekychipmunks

Keep at it! earlier it was a bit of a mix of songs but fine tuned in the latter songs, understand the emotion I do!

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owmeknees

Congratulations and well done! 👍👏🍾🥂🎉🥇

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