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Week 8 in the bag!

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I had *no* expectation of sticking with the programme this long (I didn’t even let myself buy decent trainers for quite a while as I was certain I’d quit!) but I’ve just finished Week 8 - and accidentally knocked a massive 14 seconds per km off my previous fastest average speed!! Not sure how that happened seeing as I’m a bit hung over, but I’ll take it...

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Oldlady57

Well run BR. Your doing fab especially running with a hangover lol Keep hydrated. Water this time 🤣🤣👍🏻

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Bonsaiboy

Well done. I have my last run of week 8 tonight.

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BargainRzlGraduate in reply to Bonsaiboy

Good luck! I did W9 R1 this morning (not hung over) and it felt good, though my pace was slower than my Speedy Gonzales W8 R3...

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Bonsaiboy in reply to BargainRzl

Maybe you went slow as you knew you were running further?? anyway well done.

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