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Just a curious question: what has been your most difficult week (so far) and why?

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BabanaGraduate
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For me I think it has been week 1 and week 8.

Week 1 was a nightmare, those 60 sec runs seemed to go on forever! I was exhausted.

I'm not sure why about week 8 but I had to really push myself to complete the runs, plus I think the hot weather really got to me.

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BTX4Graduate

If you click on the Polls button along the top you will see some info on this...

Personally I found week 6 hardest.

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BabanaGraduate in reply to BTX4

Sorry, I didn't realise that poll was there.

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Anonymous36Graduate

Week 6 = tough (a polite word for what I was saying at the time) ;)

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jadeheathfieldGraduate

I found weeks 6 - 8 SO hard. I almost gave up on week 8, but as I started week 9 it all came together... Thankfully!

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MinuetteGraduate

Definitely week 8. I had a difficult first run that week and also the realisation hit me that it was all about just running from then onwards which was a difficult mental battle for me and it took me about 4 weeks to get my head around that.

It's all good now though :)

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christian1Graduate

The past 2 weeks when I've been poorly and not able to carry on with the runs. And knowing I was going to have to start from the beginning again. : (

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GazterGraduate

I found week eight difficult also, it was the week that injuries started to show up. Sore knees, sore heels, sore ankles....

That said, week 6 was a bit of a shock. Completion of week 5 builds you up into thinking you are invincible, results in you just trying a bit to hard in week 6.

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