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W6R1 harder than W5R3

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I would have thought that running for 20 minutes would be harder than running for 18 minutes with rests in between. But did anyone find this run harder for some reason?

Really enjoying the program so far!

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It is your longest workout to date, plus the possibility of overconfidence following W5R3, makes this just about the trickiest run in the plan........ it catches many out.............well done, you did it.

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Disculpe in reply toIannodaTruffe

Yes, definitly overconfidence 😂 did catch me out. Thank you!

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Great job... you took on the notorious W6R1 and completed it. You got this.

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Disculpe in reply toUnfitNoMore

Thank you!

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GrandadmikeGraduate

Its the worst run of all

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Disculpe in reply toGrandadmike

I would actually give that to W1R1 but this comes a close second 😁

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BargainRzlGraduate

Everyone seems to think this. To me it wasn’t too bad (I just did it today too) but maybe that’s cos I had read so many people saying how hard it is, and so I’d set myself up for it to be awful and was pleasantly surprised...

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Disculpe in reply toBargainRzl

Yeah, I think it was the overconfidence from the week before that was setting us up for failure. Good work on completing it tho!

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Totally agree about the W5R3 to W6R1 transition, but then really enjoyed the following two runs, keep going! 🚀

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Disculpe in reply toLoungeLizard2018

That's fantastic! Hope i enjoy them too.

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December-Bride

Oh lordy, I’m due to do this run today, now I’ve got the fear! Well done you.

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