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Just done W6R1 and by golly was it hard - Don't know of the 20 min run took it out of me but it was hard - anyone else find this??

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MirellaGraduate

Never sure which is worse W6 or W1. W6 is weird, the longer the run the easier it feels, strange but true.

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smokeysalmon02Graduate

I found W6R2 very hard! But you've just got to remeber "I ran twenty mintes! Anythings possible." Take it sloooow. Maybe doing twenty minutes make you think 8 mins would be easy? Just make sure you keep a steady pace and breathing and I wish you luck for run 3 :)

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DuncanSGraduate

Yup, it was a nightmare. Pretty much everyone seems to find the same problem. Just push through runs 1 and 2 and look forward to getting back to long runs at the end of the week.

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BurstcouchGraduate

Your doing great keep at it and before you know it you will be running 25 mins.

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fifimasGraduate

Found week 6 run 1 the hardest of all, couldn't beleive that after running for 20 mins at the end of week 5 I struggled immensely with the first run of week 6, but it did get better though. Good luck for the next one!

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Ianb250164Graduate

I have tonight covered W6, run 1. Yesterday I posted a question that after running 20 minutes I felt a fraud in taking breaks again to walk. I had several comments to follow the program and that it would not prove easy, even with breaks... How right... I have done. It, but was very hard... Glad I followed thrips .... Keep on running all!

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