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Wooo HOO W5-R3 done.

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Well decided to do this a day early, as flying out to Spain this evening.

Went out at 8am this morning and just smashed it, I had read all the advice about the first 20 min run on here. I set off at a slow pace and didn't let the gremlins in my head. Concentrated on my music and looked around at the scenery. Laura reminding me every 5 mins how far I had run! I find this more a positive experience than how far I have left to run.

5 weeks ago I struggled to run for 60 seconds, still cant believe I managed to run 25mins non stop( got to 20 felt so good I carried on for another 5)

I am going to rest up till Friday before I start week 6 in the Sun.

Thank you C25K community, just reading week 5 posts, gave me a lot of positives to get me through this morning.

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that's amazing! well done you :) Im on week 5 run 2 this afternoon and looking forward to the challenge, I hope I find run 3 as brilliant as you have found yours!

enjoy Spain, what a great place to run week 6 in!

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jenman1Graduate in reply to juju656

Thank you juju656, reading all the posts on here defo helped me mentaly.

You will be a star when your turn comes.X

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juju656 in reply to jenman1

Awwww thanks that's very kind, I must admit I'm looking forward to the challenge! Wk5 run2 went well so I will be giving it my all on Thursday :)

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Well done! I can't believe you did an extra 5 minutes!!! That's just showing off ;-) Have a great week 6 :-)

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jenman1Graduate in reply to AliJelliBelli

Thank you, I had got so far, just thought oh lets carry on, also my hubbie had whizzed ahead so thought I would catch him up, he joined me on my journey last week. He hasn't run for years but is on his feet all day, and is a more natural runner than me.X

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hilbeanGraduate

Well done! A nice achievement before your travels :)

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jenman1Graduate in reply to hilbean

Thank you, I haven't stopped smiling today.X

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UllyrunnerGraduate

Hooray! Well done. Take your running shoes with you to Spain!

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