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W5R2 - Wet out there and just don't care!

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My beloved husband, who runs marathons just for the hell of it, has always said that nothing beats running in the rain and today, for the first time, I absolutely get it. It's my first experience of my whole run being in the rain and it was bizarrely energising!

I wasn't sure I'd keep going for 8 minutes, let alone for 8 minutes twice, but I did and felt as if I still had more in the bag if I'd needed it.

Psychologically, I'm not sure that I'm ready for Tuesday and the jump to running for 20mins, but, I'm going to take the advice of 'trusting in the programme' :-)

Rightyho, I'm off to enjoy the rest of Sunday - good luck to all my fellow Week 5'ers who haven't been out yet, go for it!

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Running in the rain is lovely (whereas I find walking in the rain miserable)

You are ready for run 3, just go for it, nice and slow :)

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I love running in the rain too - it's just the best thing ever!! You are ready, you'll surprise yourself... xxx

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GingernutterGraduate

Awesome!! You'll soon be keeping hubby company! You will totally smash your Tuesday run. I'm doing run two tomorrow, forgot it steps up to 8 mins 😊 have a great Sunday

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boniobiscuitsGraduateβ€’ in reply toGingernutter

I will never be keeping him company in a marathon!! Although, he's had a pretty bad knee injury so has come out with me for a couple of 'trots' as rehab runs. If I'm honest I prefer Sarah Millican's company ;-)

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GingernutterGraduateβ€’ in reply toboniobiscuits

Oooo...lol!!

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I chickened out when it was raining here, but maybe next time I'll just get out there and enjoy it!

Good luck with run 3, you can do it, just believe in yourself and you'll be fine! My advice, like everyone else, is to take it slow, but most of all enjoy it! 😁

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You'll have no problem with the 20 minute run. You are completely prepared for it, all you need is a nice rainy day and you'll cruise through it no problem at all. Good luck! πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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Mayanow

well done!!!

Oh i cant wait for rain now!! 😁

I'm on W8 and i found the continuous runs are easier in retrospect. Had a hard time on W6R1-2 BUT AFTER THAT, SKY'S THE LIMIT!

Enjoy your sunday. You deserve to indulge !

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Well done! I've earmarked this one for Wed. Did W5R1 today. I wasn't looking forward to it .... but it was fine xx

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Hi Bonio, I did W5 R2 early this morning and actually found it surprisingly easy in fact I ran another 2 minutes at the end. How did R3 go today? not sure I'm ready for the 20 minutes run but will find out on Thursday.

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boniobiscuitsGraduateβ€’ in reply toHATTER8142

I loved it!! To be honest, my husband ran with me this morning and he was chatting away so the 20 minute run did seem to go past pretty quickly.

I was glad to get to the 5-minute cooldown walk, but not desperate to get there if that makes sense? I was VERY sweaty..

I'm sure, having come this far, you'll be absolutely fine, just go for it :-)

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HATTER8142Graduateβ€’ in reply toboniobiscuits

I've done W5 R3 a bit early as not going to get a chance to do it until Sunday if not. After 5 minutes I was thinking not sure if I'm ready for this yet, after 10 minutes it was well maybe I can, 15 minutes was I can do this and at 20 I felt I could do a bit more ( but I didn't) ran 2.5k in the 20 minutes which I'm very proud of.

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Morning Boniobiscuits, I'm just setting out to do W6 R2 it's windy but dry and I'm quite looking forward to it.

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boniobiscuitsGraduateβ€’ in reply toHATTER8142

Go, go, go!! May the wind be at your back and not your front!

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