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W5R3 ⚠️ Euphoria Alert ⚠️

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Storm Dennis you were a blast ... literally.

So, run 3 in the bag. I think I’m fitter than I give myself credit for and the plan without doubt works. Hardly out of breath, legs a bit jelly like on the warm down walk but that quickly subsided. Mentally this run feels daunting, physically it’s totally doable with a slow steady pace. To week 6 ... 😃

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Joanney69Graduate

Great job 😊 🌟

It's definitely more mental than physical - convincing your brain what your body is capable of is tricky! 😁

Be careful with week 6, it catches some people out going back to intervals ☺

Happy running 🏃 ☺️

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Iseesaidjane in reply to Joanney69

Thank you 😊

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Speedy60Graduate

Love a runner's high post! Good luck for next week.

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Iseesaidjane in reply to Speedy60

Thank you!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate

You can thank Dennis on completing run 3 of week 5 of C25K, 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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Iseesaidjane in reply to AlMorr

Thank you! Yes I’ve read a few posts about how people find this next run difficult. I wonder if it’s a combination of the walks giving a feeling of “complacency” after a 20 minute run.

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate in reply to Iseesaidjane

It is, as you call it, "feeling of complacency" after running for 20 minutes, people think that going back to walking breaks run 1 of week 6 will be easy, it is not, however, as long as you take the first two runs of week 6 especially slowly, you won't have any problems. 😊 🏃🏾

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Iseesaidjane in reply to AlMorr

Thank you. Makes sense and I certainly take it slowly 😃🐌

DDJ2019 profile image
DDJ2019Graduate

Brilliant! Well done

dieOR5k profile image
dieOR5kGraduate

I’m a grumpy runner, so your enthusiasm made me smile. Thanks

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Iseesaidjane in reply to dieOR5k

Welcome!

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