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So I got up at 6 (unheard of) and ran two lots of 8 minutes without stopping, HOWEVER, absolutely gutted as fiddling with my phone I managed to pause the walk and it wasn’t until I got bored of walking (yes, bored of walking) I thought I’d check and I’d walked for 9 minutes! 😡 Question, would you repeat this run? Feeling cheated (proud of the runs but robbed) 😞

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EmvslGraduate

Oh no! Don’t be too disappointed, you did brilliantly with the runs! I wouldn’t repeat, I’d just move on to run 3. 😁😁

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BeaglesEndGraduate

Do what you feel you need to do. You know you have completed the two runs; that is what matters.

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packersrunsGraduate

I would say a long as you were able to run for the full time that you should move onto the next run, you just had a nice break in-between haha!

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Jormarun

Oh no , well I wouldn’t repeat it, I bet you had your breath back after a couple of minutes, the extra probably made no difference. Well done and keep going 😊

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SquareBearGraduate

If you feel cheated then why not repeat it for your own self satisfaction. If not crack on to run3.

Btw I never got up before 7am, now I’m up before 6 with the aim to being out by 6, it’s a great time to be out.

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PurpleJessie

I did exactly the same thing last week.... I wanted to switch podcasts whilst walking, then thought ‘this can’t be 5 mins’ and the app had stopped! Restarted it and just ran.... no need to repeat you did your running!!!

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Busylady1Graduate in reply to PurpleJessie

Phew! I was feeling a right div, it’s not just me then?! 😂

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PurpleJessie in reply to Busylady1

No! It’s the hardest bit for me finding the right thing to listen to....

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NatsuwaGraduate

Well done for running the two 8 mins, that’s what counts, so you do not need to repeat.

Sometimes I wonder how people ran before we had tech🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️I accidentally deleted my tun at the weekend and momentarily felt like the run never existed! But I was there, sweating and swearing, so it definitely happened.

Do the run again, just for the kudos and move on and when you get beyond intervals maybe just turn off the tech and run👍

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FionamagsGraduate

If you feel that you completed it and could have managed without yhe extra long walk then thats good enough. If u feel ready for the run3 then go for it!

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