[Arie]

Code retreat is not about writing tests or code quickly, it's about writing them as well as you possibly can. If you have 2 lines of code after 45 minutes, that's fine. If you've solved half the problem, that's fine too. The 45 minute cycles are there to prevent you from attempting to solve the entire problem. You should be writing the best code you can, not try to solve as much of the problem as possible in 45 minutes.

During the break between cycles you can reflect on the solution you tried to write and hear how other pairs tried to solve the problem.