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JennysheldonGraduate
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Week 9 run 1 thought I would do this one on the treadmill and try to go a bit faster , opps got a stitch at 15 minutes , managed to finish . A lesson learnt .

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Slow and steady... all the way to the podium!

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Perhaps the reason you got that stitch Jenny was that you were running just a little too fast, for run 2 and 3 of week 9, as you have learnt run them a teeny bit slower, you don't want to stop, especially on run 3 of week 9.

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