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Back to 5k!

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Just ran my first 5k for a while, after 6 months AF and a recent short relapse (recovering alcoholic now 1 month AF again😬).

I could only manage about 2k a few weeks ago and it’s been an effort working my way back up. But here’s the thing; my last run was 4.6k and a bit of a struggle, but this morning I was on 5.3k when I checked so I stopped at 5.52 and it felt relatively comfortable compared to my previous runs this month.

I guess it just goes to show that you shouldn’t be discouraged by a bad run or two (or indeed anything else for that matter).

Happy running people!👍

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Instructor57Graduate

Good to hear you are back on track on both counts !Well done 👏👏👏

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drun

Well done, you lose hardly any condition from not running for two weeks, after that the loss is gradual. Slow and steady does it.

Enjoy.

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate

Well done, the challenges are all in our minds and on a good day we can achieve anything! Well done with the AF lifestyle, it's worth the effort.

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