Week 5 run 3 in the bag!: Whoop whoop, I did it... - Couch to 5K

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Week 5 run 3 in the bag!

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Whoop whoop, I did it. Slowed right down and managed to run the full 20 minutes. In my head it was a huge step up from 8 minutes but it was ok, I just kept telling myself run for one minute at a time. I didn’t think about what my pace was as I figure that once I can run 5k I can work on pace.

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Congratulations to you Purpledapper on completing run 3 of week 5 of C25K, that is a milestone run, onwards and upwards to week 6.✅🏃

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SueAppleRunGraduate

That's a great run to have done 😀

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Jericho2332Graduate

Excellent stuff, well done! Week 5 run 3 is in many ways the toughest run of c2k5, especially psychologically.

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AnnieappleAdministratorGraduate

🍏👏 and you are exactly right!! Well done! 👍 xx

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Huge well done.... just for now, try to forget about pace, enjoy the runs.... and as they get longer, maybe pop in a little bit more strength and stamina work on some of your rest days.

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scubasmiffGraduate

completing w5r3 is a fantastic experience, for me it was the point where it finally clicked that I can do this. Onwards and upwards, slow and steady and trust the programme.

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AvatheGardenerGraduate

brilliant! Such a boost to have completed that run- you can definitely do the rest from now 😊

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