W5R2 accomplished!

[shortgirl]

Now I'm thinking maybe the 20 minute run this Sunday isn't quite out of reach. Thank you all you people here, whose blogs and comments have given me that push I needed, even after I took such a long break after Christmas. Wish me luck, I really want to complete my 9 weeks without any more distractions now!

[greenlegs Graduate]

Not out of reach at all - just scary! But you can do it!

Go gently at the beginning and you'll be fine.

[123456789 Graduate]

Totally agree! Nice steady pace is the thing to do.

Good luck

Dale

[LisaTT]

Hi Shortgirl .... just done it tonight... 20 mins running without any walking! Happy sore bunny!

Can't believe I did it ... you can do it too. It wasn't easy but it wasn't impossible either ... I googled it a lot today before I did and 2 main pieces of advice were:

Either;

Break it down in to 4 x 5mins

Or;

try not to check your time

As a big time checker ( oh my God ... how much longer ?) ... I made a a deal with myself not to check the time until certain physical landmarks .... which I sort of knew where I'd be at as I run the same route) and then I pushed myself to not check until the next lampost/bin/whatever. It did help .... I was suddenly at 9 mins ... which then gave me hope as that was nearly 1/2 way and then on the way back was just over 3 ... which made me realise that there was no point in giving up now.

Lisa x