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I was on wk7 run 3 but went on a cycling holiday , should I just go straight into the 20 min run or backtrack a few runs?

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Doh I'm on week5 run 3 got farried away🤣 but same question.

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Unless your cycling holiday was longer than a fortnight, I’d just carry on with the next scheduled run. It’s not as if you’ve been inactive! It’s up to you though-if you’d feel more confident going back a week, that would be a perfectly valid thing to do. Perhaps give the next run a try with mental permission to adapt (which is always allowed!) if you want to. Good luck!

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As MissUnderstanding suggests... head out and see how you go... slow and steady and tweak if need be:) Well done you!

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I think the above is the best advice. Last week was my fourth consolidation week after graduating C2 30 min. Yesterday was a run day and I just wasn't feeling it. The weather couldn't make up its mind and I didn't really want to get soaked by getting caught in a rain shower. The couch was calling...

But I decided I would at least go out and run for 10 minutes (to get through the toxic 10) and if I wanted to turn around after that, I would.

I ended up running my first 5K distance along the local canal and the sun was gorgeous...

The toughest thing, sometimes, is getting out the door...

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RunforMumGraduate in reply to drl212

Wow, well done!

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GoogleMeGraduate

Crack on. Going back a few runs will give you no useful information that simply doing your next run can't (especially as you've clearly been wonderfully active)

Remember too that even if somehow (and I am doubting this is going to happen) you don't complete the session... it's all useful learning.

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