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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 to IannodaTruffe

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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LottieMWGraduate

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 to LottieMW

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 to VPOLLIE67

😉👍

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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 to RainbowC

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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