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W5R3 achieved today! (I’m new here)

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IAmCharliemouseGraduate
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Yes! That was great. I finished a couple of hours ago and still feel chuffed to bits.

Not easy, but slow and steady wins the race. I was also running a new route; not the usual streets near my house but in a park. Much nicer to not be dodging traffic, but hills were, er.. let’s just say a new challenge. And I ran into a dead end at about 18 minutes, which I really could have done without. I just backed out and finished with some cross-country.

Anyway, it was nowhere near as bad as I feared, and it’s amazing how far I’ve come. For the first time I completely believe I will run for 30 minutes soon.

My first post here, as I only signed up yesterday to read some tips on doing W5R3. I hope I can reassure others like so many did for me.

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backintimeGraduate

Congrats, it's a great feeling when you finish that one isn't it.

Puts a dent in the gremlins hold on you : )

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Ozbeth

Well done. Such a great achievement!

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Buddy34Graduate

Great wk5r3 really shows you what you can achieve 😊

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Jasp7

I also did Wk5r3 today. Only stopped for around 20 secs whilst a dog tried to attack me, and I went off rhythm. Found it hard but did it. Was thinking wk6 would be a doddle but not reading some of these posts 😬. Good luck next week

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate

Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 5 of C25K, that is a milestone run, onwards and upwards to week 6 run 1 but be careful about that run as it catches out some people with the interval walks and runs after the non stop 20 minutes of W5R3.

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DebstonGraduate

Brilliant, well done you! And how annoying that someone put a dead end in your way - most inconsiderate of them!

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