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W4R1 and I are not friends.

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I did not like it. It was mean! I thought my days of being puce faced and nauseous were over! Alas this run disabused those delusions. I don’t think I can possibly slow down any further, I could actually be mistaken for a piece of luggage circling an airport conveyor belt collection thing.

Positive note: (because you should always end on a happy thought) I did not suffer the stitch Michael kept threatening me with and I completed it.

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There are many different lessons to learn along the way, one is that some runs will be shitty but with a bit of determination and the knowledge that you've got through them before you will do it.

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Now-runner_NeedsAttn

I'm trying to be like the little engine that could 'I think I can, I think I can'....

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Ibot

Oh bless you. I felt the same way this morning on W4R2. Scared about running Friday 😱😱

But I’m taking the fact that we still completed it as a positive thing. Which means we are both still amazing!!! 😊

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Ibot

Ahh the dreaded second run in the week! it's one I always seem to struggle with this early on. I'm facing it on Friday morning.

Well done completing it!!! You definitely are amazing! :)

Yep considering where I started I'm definitely amazed I managed not one but two 5 minute runs! and those pesky 3 minute ones scattered in there. Even the better half who's had it easier up to now found it a trial today. Good days and bad days I guess :)

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Ibot in reply to jiggles7

Thank you. If I wasn’t running through a forest I probably would have stopped!! Kept focusing on the trees ahead.

Dog didn’t help made it look 🤬 easy 🤷🏽‍♀️

Think I need a crappy running partner 🙄

I’ll be back running Friday

Let me know how you get on x

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KatnapGraduate in reply to Ibot

That's why I like running with no.1 son. He doesn't do fast.

That's why I find it a struggle to run with no.2 son. He's too quick.

🐢 vs 🐰

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Katnap

#notthatyouhavefavourites 🤣😂🤣 no my athlete brother asked if he could run with me one day...I mostly think it’s to prove I’m not just sat on the sofa anymore. The Boy trains 7 days a week he cannot see me run!!! We are on polar opposites of the fitness spectrum! I’m a colossal blimp and he plays national 1 rugby and goes on international tours. It’s enough to scare me back to the couch. Not even lying. I can’t be a sweaty mess next to him and die after my interval training when he could run through the lot and not make a sweat. #inferiorsiblingcomplex

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KatnapGraduate in reply to jiggles7

No favouritism... Just preference for running partner!

The numbering is a reflection of age order 😸

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Katnap

I wa being remarkably glib, I know most parents don’t have actual favourites.

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No worries! :-)

I find it amusing to borrow the phrase from old black and white Charlie Chan films..

If I'm lucky you won't have a clue what I'm on about...

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Katnap

In which case you are remarkably lucky, closest I go to action films is the last ship and that is a tv series I have no guilt about watching...#showingmyage

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Ibot in reply to Katnap

Wow you can get your kids running?? I’d be happy if they left their rooms 😂😂

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KatnapGraduate in reply to Ibot

You're not wrong! Perhaps the future title for the plan will be 'Computer Desk to 5k' or 'Digital Device to 5k'

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Ibot in reply to Katnap

No future will be a machine we go on whilst we sleep. To wake up to being a size 10 🤔 no feck it a size 6 😂😂

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Ibot

I’d take a size 10, I’m not that fussy🤣🤣

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Ibot in reply to jiggles7

😱😱😱 one day 😉

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Ibot

Ha I use tree markers when I have to get up a hill as my stopping points.

Your dog is mean, when I’m allowed a puppy (Duck won’t let me have one until we move into a downstairs flat ((currently an upstairs Tyneside flat)) which I resent because othe people have puppy’s) it will be the laziest puppy and will make me look fit as hell. I should probably clarify all dogs are puppies regardless of age and very clearly it would be a shelter puppy. No puppy will put us to shame when we are done!

If you are in the newcastle area you are welcome to join our struggle😃

All on for Friday catch up then!! X

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Ibot in reply to jiggles7

That’s hilarious!! I think all dogs are puppies to!!

Yes Friday sounds like a good idea! I’ll bring the oxygen and the vodka 🍸

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Ibot

Vodka at 6am! Bold move. I’ll bring the gin and olives! Who needs vermouth any way! A post run martini 🍸 would make it a far more civilised affair!

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Ibot in reply to jiggles7

Oh boy are you speaking to the wrong girl if you wanted civilised!!!

(Does the girl thing still carry an old lady through a conversation?)

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Ibot

I appreciate that, best civilised plans rapidly decline into debauchery more often than not!

Girls, puppies, same difference 🤩😎🧝🏻‍♀️

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Ibot in reply to jiggles7

Phew!!!

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Jazzyjeff11Graduate

Hahaha 😊! Congratulations and well done for completing it. I did week 4 run 3 today and it was definitely easier than the 1st run! Keep going 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Jazzyjeff11

Well done on completing week 4!! That is an amazing achievement 😀

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Ibot in reply to Jazzyjeff11

That gives me hope for tomorrow

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Unfit53Graduate

You still did it so pretty fab in my book 💪🏻💪🏻

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to Unfit53

Thanks unfit53 😀

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