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Did it! It was so hard - the second five min run took me by surprise as I had thought there was only going to be one of those! I actually swore out loud as he announced it! Feeling proud of me 😊

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Coaches are there for venting at! Great job.

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BathfordD

Good work - am at exactly same point W4 R1 and also found the 2nd 5mins tougher on the legs. Feeling it day after for first time...

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Monica1969 in reply toBathfordD

Oh I tell Laura to shut up out loud when she tells me I’ve 60secs left..!! I only need to know when I can stop 😡 lol

I’m on W4 R2 tonight, I struggled on R1 so I’m not looking forward to tonight

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vicki49 in reply toMonica1969

How did it go? I’m doing it tomorrow morning - my legs have been aching so much after Run1 I had an extra rest day. not looking forward to it!

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Monica1969 in reply tovicki49

Same here hun, I’ll do it either tomorrow or Sunday but I think I might repeat the week next week too

I need to take this slow now as I don’t want to damage myself

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vicki49 in reply toMonica1969

Yeah, that’s my plan - I got to week six before - really want to make it to the end this time - rushing through it isn’t the way to go

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vicki49 in reply toBathfordD

Well done you too! My legs were aching yesterday after the run - bit less so today, think gonna wait til sat til

I run again

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vicki49

Good luck - you can do it!

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