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WK9 R1 - Dreading it.

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I am a 49 year old bloke who last ran this seriously over 25 years ago. This morning I completed WK9 R1 and if you had told me this 9 weeks ago I would have doubted you. I am not going to lie, it took a lot out of me. Below is my run from this morning [excluding pre and postwarm up walk]. I think the additional 2 mins from wk 8 is a psychological barrier that I have been dreading since seeing the 9 week plan. I don't know why 20,25,28 runs were all fine, I suppose they are all in the "20 min" range but it's just this 30 minutes that isdoing my head in. Any advice please ??

Thanks in advance.

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I’ve just posted pretty much the same. Week 9 Run 1 was horrible for me. Increased my water intake. When running just relax, pace yourself, and breathe. Run 2 felt so much better! I’m 48, haven’t done any kind of meaningful exercise in over 25 years too. It’s amazing how far we’ve come in such a short time! You’re going to absolutely smash the next run!

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Obscura in reply toNorthernMonkey1

Thank you for the motivation. just 2 more runs left. Going to relax and hydrate today and tomorrow

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BlackberrypieGraduate

Sounds like you might enjoy it more if you back off the pace a little bit - find a speed you feel you can keep up forever and two minutes (or 10) are neither here nor there.

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Obscura in reply toBlackberrypie

I know, keep trying to tell myself. thank you though

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00marksGraduate

You are doing really well. Just keep going. Think about how far you have come and I'm sure you'll be able to do it.

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Obscura in reply to00marks

Thank you, I don't want to fail when I have come so far.

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nowsterGraduate

I've just done W9R1 this morning and will write up my account soon. I'm a 51 year old bloke who has never previously run. This was a hard run and my legs are complaining even now two hours later. The weather didn't help. However, every run sets you up for the next one.

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