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Did my first run of week 2 and found this slightly easier than week 1! Maybe the momentum kept me going!

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WinterLove97

I strangely did the same today, I thought I struggled so much with running for 60secs I though no way can I do 90 but I did and it was amazing!😊 well done to us both🤩

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Gilliebean66 in reply to WinterLove97

Yes well done 👏

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CatwiseGraduate

Me too! Week 2 Run 1 for me this morning. I was shocked that 90 seconds didn’t feel any harder (well, not much anyway) than 60! And it was nice that since we are running longer each time we don’t have as many repetitions to get through.

When I was running I was thinking about foot strike and concentrating on that (Laura says to do heel strike but I’ve read that’s outdated and it should be more mid-foot) so that kept me distracted. Then Laura brought up the topic of breathing, and counting your breaths, which was WAY TOO HARD for me to do, but it did distract me from running!

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Gilliebean66 in reply to Catwise

yes I tried counting too and at first could not get it but it did work eventually. Keep going 💪

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Twinklestarr in reply to Catwise

I’m on w3 now but I was surprised how much better less repetitions and longer running was. Really felt a lot better than w1. Onward and upward!🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

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