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Soooooo happy. W5R3 conquered!

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I did it, I did it, I did it! Set off with my crazy dog to distract me from the task in hand. The drizzle came at just the right moment, 5 mins in as I start to get a bit warm. I just plodded on and l let my mind wander throughout the 20 mins. I even added 10 mins run at the end and managed a couple of sprints (by my standards). Very happy to have run for 30 mins. Laura had prepared me mentally and physically for this challenge and I smashed it!

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snowchaser

Big congratulations! Must be a great feeling. My next run will be W5R2 and I'm struggling to imagine that I'll be ready for the 20 minute run...

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jomcc4Graduate

I should have said that Laura prepared me physically & all you wonderful people on here prepared me mentally & for that I thank you all.

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clairestantonGraduate

Well done thats great! Can't imagibe being ready but then again I couldn't have imagined running 8 minutes which I did the other night! Keep it up x

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MadamSing

Well done you! Thats a great achievement. I hope I can get to this stage in one piece......Ive just completed W1R2.

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RhonaL

Brillant with the added bonus you know that you can run for the 30 minutes. Smiles all day!! Hoorah!

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tilly1Graduate

Well done :) I've got W5R3 later in the week and not looking fowards to it!

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christian1Graduate

Wow you did week 9 on week 5! Well done you!

I did the same run this morning. It was not easy. When I got to 10 mins I thought "This is more than I've run in one go before" and freaked myself a bit. But the last 5 mins were the easiest - maybe because I'd slowed down to a geriatric hobble by then :)

No chance of me doing an extra 10 minutes!

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icandothisGraduate

Amazing effort well done

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zee11Graduate

well done i start wk 7 tomorrow !!! ;-/

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jillysis

Thats great, Well done. Feels good hey?

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