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W3R1 Woo-hoo!

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Have just run for 3 minutes. Twice. I never thought that would happen 2 weeks ago! 💕 :) x

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RunipGraduate

Great feeling, isn't it? Well done, and enjoy your next run!

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Oaktree2 in reply to Runip

It’s a fab feeling @Runip! :)

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Well done!! It only gets better

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Oaktree2 in reply to Red35

Thank you! :)

How did you get on? I had to keep telling myself to go with small incentives like "keep running until this lampost" and so on.

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It wasn’t too bad although I could defo feel it in my legs. The first 3 mins seemed to take forever! I distracted myself by singing in my head! I like your technique though. Are you in the same week @shub69?

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Yes I just did W3R1 myself this morning. The first 3 mins was definitely a shock and the second 3 mins a bit - just a bit - easier. :p By the end my legs must have been full of lactic acid. Felt like concrete blocks.

I think it was Laura saying something like "No matter how much it hurts, push through the pain and the sense of achievement at the end will be worth it" was what really made me get through it.

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Great job, enjoy the next one

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Oaktree2 in reply to UnfitNoMore

Thank you! :)

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Congratulations!! I remember posting something very similar in week 3..and now I'm saying that about running 5 minutes in week 4!!! Whoop whoop x

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Oaktree2 in reply to Gingernutter

5 minutes is fab! Well done! :)

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