Week 8!!

[Cudrik]

Have just done day 3 of week 8 and it was rubbish. I felt sick and then couldn't catch my breath and walked at about 20 mins, am so disappointed. I think I probably went too fast and didn't leave enough time after having a cup of coffee, so note to self to not try and rush everything!! Will repeat day 3 on Monday and hope that goes better before moving on to week 9 🙄

[B1GK9 Graduate]

Well you still did a twenty minute run and you learned something Not a complete loss.

Keep going you and me both have graduation in sight. We can do this

[Cudrik Graduate in reply to B1GK9]

Thank you. What stage are you at? I've found wk 8 really tough.

[B1GK9 Graduate in reply to Cudrik]

I completed W8R3 today, so 3 more runs for week 9 to graduate.

[Cudrik Graduate in reply to B1GK9]

Brilliant, good luck.

[GailXrunning Graduate]

Don’t be too disappointed. I’m sure it will go well on Monday. You’ve done the run twice already, so you already know it’s in your grasp. And you’ve now got some important insights for the future - which can only strengthen you longterm. Best wishes.

[Cudrik Graduate in reply to GailXrunning]

Thank you.

[Jericho2332 Graduate]

Don't feel too disappointed, you will smash it on Monday 💪🏻

[Bambi2020 Graduate]

I’ll bet your next run will be completely different- we’ve all had a run where it’s just not gone as planned. When I did the week 5 run 3 , I was out 10 mins then thought - nope- I’m not feeling this and just walked in yet the next day I was determined it was not going to beat me and I did it easily. The end is in sight and for me week 9 was much more enjoyable than week 8 even though it was 2 minutes longer. Good luck !

[Cudrik Graduate in reply to Bambi2020]

Oh that's reassuring that you found wk 9 better than wk 8. I didn't think going from 25 mins in wk7 to 28mins in wk8 would be such a struggle! Thank you and well done you.

[PaddleboardPrincess Graduate]

Hi Cudrik, I found week 8 such a slog (each run felt laboured and a real mental and physical battle) which caught me by surprise as I’d been feeling pretty positive after week 7. Don’t be too hard on yourself as you’re making progress by just getting out there. You know you can run for 28 mins. I posted on this earlier in the week and had lots of kind people reassuring me that week 9 was actually better. I’ll find out next week!

[Cudrik Graduate in reply to PaddleboardPrincess]

Thank you, and good luck next week.

[Sybilw Graduate]

It’s just a hiccup so don’t stress. You’re nearly there!! We all did a practice run sometime along the way. Podium is in sight! You CAN and WILL do this.

[olderrunner Graduate]

Don’t worry about it, we all have bad runs, I bet you will smash the next one!!