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W8R1: Ditching Monday Blues!

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A busy weekend (and a lot of gin on Friday) led to my planned rest day turning in to three! That's never happened before and I was feeling pretty bad about it. So I went out today and here's what happened:

1km in: Oh, give me strength. I'm like a fish out of water. Cannae breathe. Think I'm gonna die.

2km: Slow and steady wins the race. I'll wonder if I'll see my pal from last week. Excellent song. Why do my trousers keep falling down? Oh well, at least I can breathe again.

3km: Heck. I'm usually turning back by now. Two tiny hills. Wipe sweat. Hoist trousers. Wipe sweat.

4km: I am the best. Running is the best. This is the best.

5km: Shouts incredibly loudly 'YES. GET IN!' like a crazy football fan. Millican says it's over. 'I'm walking on sunshine!'

Absolutely bloody marvellous.

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Brilliant time must try the gin πŸ™…β€β™€οΈ

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Jazzyjeff11Graduateβ€’ in reply toCuig1975

Thank you 😊. The gin certainly helped me to rest my legs....for the entirety of Saturday 😳. Maybe I'll have some again once week 9 is over. Enjoy your week 😊

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Massive congrats, looks like running has come very naturally to you! Cracking effort and result, enjoy and hopefully see you at the graduation party next week! πŸŽ‰

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Jazzyjeff11Graduateβ€’ in reply tosHAYM4N

Thank you and see you there πŸ˜€πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

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It sounds soo amazing!!! Congratulations!!! And you cracked 5K!!! That's bloody marvelous!!!

Sometimes a good rest do all sorts of miracles :)

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Jazzyjeff11Graduateβ€’ in reply toIgaT

Thank you so much! Really chuffed with myself. And you're right. A good rest works miracles 😊

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