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Managed my first 5k today. Still managing to keep up three runs a week... just... and still enjoying it. Going to stick with 30 min ish consolidation runs for now. Just felt like I could keep going this morning so just going to do that for now when I can.

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A 5k run is a nice fits-in-easy run it doesn't take too much from your day, and let's you make a run a regular thing 👍

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So true. :)

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Just enjoying it is the best isn’t it?

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Yes. Definitely the way forward :)

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