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Week 8 Run 1

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I always find the first 5 minutes a struggle but got into my running and also managed to pick up the pace. I’ve been running a steady 8.30 minutes per km but shaved it down to 8.20 pace and covered 3.42 km today despite the heat!

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Excellent stuff!

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KN25Graduate

Thanks Tasha99! Weird to find myself actually looking forward to a run lol

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David_G

Hi, it’s fairly common to struggle in the early stages of a run - we all get it from time to time. 😕

As you near the end of C25K it becomes more mental than physical so just slow down if you need to and be confident that you’ll get through it as you’ve followed the programme 🙂👍

Graduation is just around the corner so just keep going. 😀 Best of luck with it all! We’re all cheering you on 👏👏👏

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