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Week 8... FINALLY... completed it mate

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HattieCookeGraduate
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Well... I finally completed week 8 r3 it was bloody hard today and took me all my mental strength to keep going but I did it.

I’m going to give w9 r1 a go on Saturday and see how I feel, if it’s as hard as today I may have to go back to w8 for a bit.....

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Instructor57Graduate

Well done Hattie 👍😁I'm sure you can do the Extra 2 minutes if week 9 😁

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RennurGraduate

Those two extra minutes are eagerly waiting for you H. Just run round the peat bogs and marshes and muddy puddles then you will be flying over the finish line just in time for Christmas (and more Consolidation runs).

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Jericho2332Graduate

Well done Hattie, you can do it!💪🏻

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Pooped77Graduate

Only 3 more runs to go. You got this lady. 👌

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CouchphoenixGraduate

Well done HC on reaching Week 9 ! You’ve got this, if you can do week 8 you can do week 9, stay positive, you don’t need to go backwards 💪🏻🏃‍♀️

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Bambi2020Graduate

I bet you’ll be fine. I found week 8 harder than week 9 - week 9 are the fun ones as the end goal is in sight! 🏆

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Pete9122Graduate

Well done you!!👏👏👍👍

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Birdlady64Graduate

Well done! 👏👏👏You can definitely do week 9 without going backwards.

Keep the faith. You will be making your Graduation run post well before Christmas ⛄🎄

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nowsterGraduate

It's only another couple of minutes. It's within your grasp.

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CmoiGraduate

Hey well done HattieCooke ! You can definitely do Week 9 because you can easily run (jog) for two minutes now, can't you? So there you go! Think of it like that - warm up, then run for a couple of minutes. Then remind yourself that you just have a Week 8 run to go, and you've already achieved that. Lo and behold - Week 9 run done!

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GolfisgoodGraduate

The way I look at it is to ignore focusing on the minutes and do what your instructor tells you to do. I try not to look at my watch or anything and just listen out for the next message. Eventually it's five minutes to go and the end is in sight. I remember 25 minute runs where I stopped as soon as I was told to do it, and wondered how I would run the extra 3 minutes, but it was the same 5 minutes to go instruction as for 25 minutes.

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