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Was not looking forward to week 4. Now completed and moving to week 5. Not sure how I will cope with run 3 as it's 20 mins non stop but I will try my hardest. Thank you to everyone for so much support and inspiration.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate

Well done on completing W4, and don’t worry at all about W5 as your body has been prepared for it - and yes, even for R3! You’ll love it, wait and see. 👍👍

Good luck Maisymoo! 😀

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Maisymoo3 in reply tocheekychipmunks

Thanks. I appreciate that

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Good job. I know what you mean, but run 3 will need you to not try your hardest, it’s slow and steady time. Anyway, you’ll be fine... relax and believe... your body will be ready. Enjoy the week.

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Maisymoo3 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Thanks for that

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John_WGraduate

You'll be running 15 mins in W5R1 (with 2 short breaks), 16 minutes in W5R2 (with 1 short break) ... so 20 mins (no break) will be no problem at all. Week 4 is actually the biggest increase in running time in the whole programme - 72% (from 9 mins in W3 to 16 mins in W4).

Good luck!

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Maisymoo3 in reply toJohn_W

Thanks John. I never really looked at that. Just saw 20 mins running and freaked lol. Your comments were encouraging and heartening thanks again

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John_WGraduate in reply toMaisymoo3

Glad it's helped. Good luck!

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