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Wk 7 run 3 in the bag ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

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Went to bed last night a bit nervous, had felt so tired and headachey yesterday and my knees sounded like they had bubble wrap in them every time I moved. I was thinking that my weight and general unfitness ( not a word) was catching up now the runs are longer and that Iโ€™d struggle today.

But I woke up with a clear head and although my pre-run stretching felt clunky (not sure thatโ€™s a word either ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ) I felt mentally ready to take on the challenge.

First 5mins of the run felt like forever as it usually does but by halfway I felt I was in a good rhythm with Jackson 5 and Wham helping me along ๐Ÿ˜‚

Like all week for the first half of the run I told myself Iโ€™d be happy to just get to the end but doubt Iโ€™d have enough in the tank for a faster burst but just like every other run I surprised myself and was able to give it a little sprint finish. Knees didnโ€™t bother me at all ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Still canโ€™t quite believe Iโ€™ve got this far but I feel ready for week 8 ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ

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Amazing well done! I definitely understand what you mean by clunky, I definitely feel like that a lot when I first warm up in the morning ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ youโ€™ll smash week 8, donโ€™t worry!

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SwanseajenGraduate

Go you!! I so get this. I feel like a concrete elephant at the start of most runs but it seems to pass. Some of it is mental with me. You are smashing this. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป

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Foxyblueโ€ข in reply toSwanseajen

Thanks but let me be clear when I say sprint I do mean slightly increasing my snail pace ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™ˆ so yeah Iโ€™m smashing it but ever so slowly ๐Ÿ˜œ

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SwanseajenGraduateโ€ข in reply toFoxyblue

My sprinting is other peopleโ€™s comfy jog! Donโ€™t care as it feels awesome.

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Tinytears60Graduateโ€ข in reply toFoxyblue

I think we should categorise our animals....

We have snail Pace, then we have tortoise and then we have the slowest of them all

Princess Tiny tears pace!..... Maybe when i find the grape feeder I will be able to sprint finish! :-) :-) :-)

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Foxyblue

It really does ๐Ÿ˜€

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Tinytears60Graduate

Yip Yip Yipee!!!!! So well done you!...

Clunky is definitely a word in my running vocabulary :-)

I did mine yesterday so we are joining week 8 together!....

You got this!..... (and hopefully so have I)

Well done Lovely :-)

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Foxyblueโ€ข in reply toTinytears60

Looking forward to it and looking forward to reading how you get on ๐Ÿ‘

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BowlingTGraduate

Well done ! Sounds like a fabulous run.

Itโ€™s amazing how this program works honestly itโ€™s like magic

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BeaglesEndGraduate

You have just smashed Week 7. Awesome!

Still have the last one on Monday and then Iโ€™ll join you on the penultimate week. The end is in sight ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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