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Didn't want to run. Ran anyway.

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RunipGraduate
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I didn't sleep well last night, and spent all day feeling peaky and out of sorts. The traffic coming home from work was grim. The weather was humid but with no sign of rain.

All of these felt like reasons to delay W7R1. But no, I told myself. Tuesday evening is run time. It's what you do now.

And so I revved my snailometer down to 'heavy shopping + ill-fitting shoes' pace, and did my 25 minutes. I'm so glad I did; I got home feeling a completely different kind of tired - satisfied with a job done.

Happy running, everyone 😃

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Bandit14Graduate

Yay- well done😊

Getting out there when you're not feeling it is a real plus to your mental strength!

Good luck for rest of wk x

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HotheelsGraduate

Love it.....this is what we do!!!

We run!!!😍😍

Well done on getting out there and slaying those pesky gremlins xxx

25mins in the bag!!!!

#gorunip!!!!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Absolutely brilliant! All out of sorts for all those reasons, now back home and feeling satisfied... result and a half! Well done!

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CJ7262

Good on ya!

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BaddieThePirateGraduate

Well done. I've found this running lark good for my mental health. Sounds like it's working that way for you too. I want a Snailometer!

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SANDI_runsGraduate

Well done Runip for getting yourself motivated and getting out there x

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ShakywakeyGraduate

It’s not easy getting out there after a long day, so a big well done to you 😁.👏

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Robert_IS_a_RunnerGraduate

👍 extra kudos for doing the run when feeling a bit meh

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sallensonGraduate

Good for you, hon! Cos you're a runner now. And runners are lovely. And a bit weird tbh, but mostly weird and smitten :-)

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