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W5 R3 FINALLY

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Hannah337Graduate
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You may remember me, the woman moaning about not being able to do he tough twenty minute run.

After 4 weeks and I've lost count of the repeats I have finally done it!! 20 minutes and 17 seconds to be precise. None of it was easy but around minute 14-16 felt slightly less hard.

Anyway, DONE!

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IannodaTruffe profile image
IannodaTruffeMentor

Hoorah, hooray and three cheers.

Stay nice and slow for the next one......it catches many people out.

Jbough123 profile image
Jbough123Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe

W6 R1 is my next run - why does it catch people out??

IannodaTruffe profile image
IannodaTruffeMentor in reply to Jbough123

One twenty minute run does not a runner make.

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PurpleFish59Graduate in reply to Jbough123

I fell into the trap “if I can run for 20 mins this should be easy, so I’ll go a bit faster.” This is definitely not the case! You also find once you start running for longer it takes about 10 mins to settle into a rhythm, so intervals of 10 minutes can be tricky, as you start walking just as you’ve found a rhythm; then have to go through it all again!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate

Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 5, that is a milestone run with C25K, 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 which you have just ran 🏃🏾 😊

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Jalapenolover101Graduate

🎉🎉🎉woohoo! 👏💪🏃🏻‍♀️

Well done!!!

You must feel so chuffed😁

Next one does seem to catch some people out, good luck and enjoy this achievement 👍👏

Hooray Hannah337! I admire your determination. Very well done! 😃

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRunGraduate

Well done

Deals1 profile image
Deals1Graduate

Good stuff

MartinKH profile image
MartinKHGraduate

Brilliant, well done 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wenderwoo profile image
WenderwooGraduate

Yes! Well done. Be proud that you persevered and didn’t give up - that shows great strength 👍😁

Sandraj39 profile image
Sandraj39Graduate

Brilliant - such a landmark run, that one! Good luck with Week 6 - some find it odd going back to intervals after the block run of 20 mins - keep believing you can do this! 👍🙂

Speedy60 profile image
Speedy60Graduate

Fantastic! Slightly less hard is exactly how it should feel to push you to the next level. Well done you. 👏

zokki profile image
zokkiGraduate

Amazing. Well done!!!!✨🙌🏻🤸‍♂️

What an achievement 🥳

Next one will be so easy now!

D48P profile image
D48PGraduate

Congratulations 🥳

ButtercupKid profile image
ButtercupKidGraduate

Hoorah ! Go you 🏅 !

PaulS83 profile image
PaulS83

A fantastic example of dogged perseverance. Well done, and enjoy the high that comes with it

Runningroni profile image
RunningroniGraduate

Great job, well done.

Sparkey5000 profile image
Sparkey5000Graduate

Awesome 🎉🎉🎉 bet you feel on cloud 9. Something so amazing about achieving something you have to work hard for. Well done for keeping going!

DDJ2019 profile image
DDJ2019Graduate

Noice! Keep going.

Alast profile image
Alast

Fantastic stuff Hannah337, well done for persevering it was obviously worth it. ll the best with the rest of this.

Tazzy_wazzy profile image
Tazzy_wazzyGraduate

Well done! Onwards and upwards.

GoGo_JoJo profile image
GoGo_JoJoGraduate

Bet you feel on top of the world now! 👍🏻😁 well done 🌞

John_W profile image
John_WGraduateAmbassador

Congratulations and well done Hannah337 !

You were very despondent after your last attempt... so... how did you manage it? What did you do differently?

John

Hannah337 profile image
Hannah337Graduate in reply to John_W

I bought new shoes! Honestly I don't know what I did differently tbh, just kept trying!

Synbabe profile image
SynbabeGraduate

Amazing! Great perseverance! Well done, bet you are pretty fit now! X

Penoverfifty profile image
PenoverfiftyGraduate

Bloody well done, I have W5R2 tonight,.. the big one will be at the weekend.. did the 20 minutes seem endless?

Hannah337 profile image
Hannah337Graduate in reply to Penoverfifty

Minutes 2-14 felt never ending 14-16 or 17 felt okay, then the last three felt endless too!

Woody_53 profile image
Woody_53Graduate

Well done. I must admit that it scares me...

D48P profile image
D48PGraduate

Well done 👏👏👏

Yay! I was looking for your post. Well done!!

Redvic97 profile image
Redvic97Graduate

Well done. You did it. Full of admiration for your perseverance 👏👏👏

Sar9 profile image
Sar9Graduate

Wahoooo, well done Hannah. Amazing news.

I discovered something called toxic 10 this week after posting about finding the first 5 mins really tough. It turns out the first 5,10,15 mins for everyone is a challenge and then become a little less tough...

this has really helped me since with battling the demons at the beginning of these longer runs :) x

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sTrongFuseGraduate

Yeehah! Go you. So happy for you that you've finally managed to smash through that wall. Well done.

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