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Wk 7 run 3 in the bag πŸ™ŒπŸΌ

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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 I’d struggle today.

But I woke up with a clear head and although my pre-run stretching felt clunky (not sure that’s a word either πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ) 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 πŸ˜‚

Like all week for the first half of the run I told myself I’d be happy to just get to the end but doubt I’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 didn’t bother me at all πŸ˜ƒ

Still can’t quite believe I’ve got this far but I feel ready for week 8 πŸ’ͺ🏼

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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 πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ you’ll smash week 8, don’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. πŸ’ͺ🏻πŸ’ͺ🏻

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Foxyblue in reply to Swanseajen

Thanks but let me be clear when I say sprint I do mean slightly increasing my snail pace πŸ˜‚πŸ™ˆ so yeah I’m smashing it but ever so slowly 😜

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SwanseajenGraduate in reply to Foxyblue

My sprinting is other people’s comfy jog! Don’t care as it feels awesome.

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Tinytears60Graduate in reply to Foxyblue

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 πŸ˜€

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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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Foxyblue in reply to Tinytears60

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

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BowlingTGraduate

Well done ! Sounds like a fabulous run.

It’s amazing how this program works honestly it’s like magic

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BeaglesEndGraduate

You have just smashed Week 7. Awesome!

Still have the last one on Monday and then I’ll join you on the penultimate week. The end is in sight 😬

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