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Trying again wk 1 done

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TombenolyGraduate
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How can it be so hard! I ve done the programme once 2 years ago and seem to remember it was ok ish. I ve just done wk 1 and can not see how I can do more! I m not that unfit and walk around 20,000 steps a day. But running ? How an earth did I do it

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Welcome back and well done on getting started.

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You will love it once you get going.

Enjoy your journey.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

You can do it... bet that run was tough the first time too!

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IrishprincessGraduate

I remember you from before! Welcome back, your body won’t forget and you’ll probably get your running legs and lungs back fairly quickly.

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TombenolyGraduate in reply toIrishprincess

That’s what I am hoping for !

I have recently graduated and I walk a lot and use an exercise bike until I drip with sweat but I found that the best training for running was... running! Hopefully you'll remember that as the programme gets tougher, so do you and you have done the best thing and that is to come back to it again. Good luck.

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