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Alan996Graduate
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Another milestone reached having completed W6 R3 with 25 minutes continuous running. Amazing thinking back 6 weeks to when I was struggling with 3 minute intervals!I knew I had to control my pace as otherwise I would have been out of puff, disheartened and stopped.

By taking it steady at halfway I knew I still had enough in me to get to the end as long as I didn't start speeding up - although that damn canal bridge at the end really hurts. It always did. Never got easier 😁

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Congratulations to you Alan996 on completing run 3 of week 6, you are now OFFICIALLY a RUNNER, onwards and upwards to week 7 which are all 3 25 minute runs, not long now until you graduate, if you wish report back here on your remaining 9 runs 🏃 ✔️

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Alan996Graduate in reply to AlMorr

Cheers Al

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Well done you ! One day you will use that bridge as a warm up :)

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Gthants

Absolutely brilliant! Well done! It's staggering, isn't it? To go from a minute of running to 25 minutes in such a short stretch of time. I've only converted a couple of people so far, but no one can believe the seemingly impossible jump from that standing start!

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Alan996Graduate in reply to Gthants

Absolutely right 👍

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