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Unexpected 5/3 done

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So I left the house - with Ollie - for a walk and half way up the hill I put Jo on and suddenly we were off!

I started at the top of the first hill rather than half way up and did the slowest ever 20min jog - Seriously there were snails passing me at top speed hahahahaha. - but the feeling when Jo said “and you’re done” was brilliant.

I am a terrible Procrastinator and had already decided to put this run off another day - so maybe because this was unplanned, I wasn’t stressed about it and just went with what felt fine and very slow felt very fine!!!

Totally chuffed with myself now 🎉🎉🎉.

Happy running everyone.

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Well done.

This post about mental approach may help you stop procrastinating healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

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VPOLLIE67Graduate in reply toIannodaTruffe

Thank you so much for this! It’s so true that the positivity in this forum is what has helped me to overcome gremlins so many times. I love the analogy about John Landy and removing the mental block allows us to achieve targets that appear inaccessible.

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Woohoo! Oh very well done 👍

Those unexpected runs are a bonus, no time to panic...just seize the moment and go!

I’m so pleased for you 🙌🏼👏🏽💪🏼

Don’t forget to watch out for those intervals on W6 😉

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VPOLLIE67Graduate in reply toLottieMW

Thank you so much Lottie. Love all the emojis hahahahaha. Truthfully i was thinking about how I would feel if I gave up half way through and all the amazing support here kept me going!!! 🐌🐌🐌🐌😂😂😂

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LottieMWGraduate in reply toVPOLLIE67

😉👍

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RainbowCGraduate

Fantastic! Well done 😀 And spontaneous running with no chance to talk yourself out of it, combined with not starting on an uphill sounds like an excellent way of doing it!

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VPOLLIE67Graduate in reply toRainbowC

It was definitely a slow crawl but I felt good and once I had started it was just a case of keeping my feet moving. I can’t wait to hear how your next run goes. I hope you are keeping well 💗💗

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