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Did First run last night, was doing the 5 minute warm up thinking this is easy I could skip a few. Struggled to get to the end of a few of the 1 min runs!

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Welcome and well done for starting. Don’t be disheartened that you struggled I think W1R1 is the hardest. My daughter and I felt like giving up after the 1 minute run but stuck at it and now I’m on W7.

Hope your next run is more successful and you come to love running as much as we all do.

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glentoran99Graduate

Thank you, not disheartened more a wake up call that I def need to do this. 👍

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KayBee1000Graduate

Well done on completing your first run!

I was similarly surprised at how hard running for 60 seconds was at the start - it made me realise how unfit I was!

Keep at it - you’ll get stronger and be able to run for longer each week.

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Emcdee

Also I found running 8 times was really tough mentally because it feels never ending. I did wk3 run 1 on Saturday and psychologically it's easier as there are only 4 runs (even though they are longer).

Keep going!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Well done... they get easier as the week progresses, they there’s week 2... but you got this

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AnnieW55

Here's a long inter sting post on how to do it. Hi There: slowly 😀

Enjoy the ride. There's nothing quite like it!

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