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How do you find/plan your routes

I find i'm starting to have to explore my environs a lot more to find suitable routes to enable me to increase my distances. I wonder how others get on with...

I find i'm starting to have to explore my environs a lot more to find suitable r...

pinkaardvark

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Squat Challenge Day six. The End of the Week is Nigh

good morning my strong strong friends, as Megsquats would say. Today is day six of week one of the challenge and your last squatting day before the weekend of...

good morning my strong strong friends, as Megsquats would say. Today is day six...

Rignold

•6 years ago

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Wk2 R2

Tonight started out as one of those runs where I was thinking I was neither going to enjoy it much or even make it to the end. Sometimes they just seem to go...

Tonight started out as one of those runs where I was thinking I was neither goin...

pinkaardvark

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Had no idea I had run for so long

I ran for over 44 minutes on my dreadmill. (Couldnt face the wind and rain tonight). Not very fast: mine is small so if I stretch my legs, I run off the end or...

I ran for over 44 minutes on my dreadmill. (Couldnt face the wind and rain tonig...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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bridge to 10k boredom and how do i conquer it... ?

currently in the process of increasing my weekly distance to get to 10k, i don't run with headphones and i am finding that i am getting bored towards the...

currently in the process of increasing my weekly distance to get to 10k, i don't...

womblejogger

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Runners itch

Totaly getting the running itch I need to scratch! Currently resting a achy knee iv had since doing the park run on sat. Having a week off but sposed to be...

Totaly getting the running itch I need to scratch! Currently resting a achy knee...

Megzy24

•6 years ago

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Getting back into it after IC

After doing a 5k on Saturday and still feeling a bit sore, I rested up and did a very sedate 5k with the Jogging group this morning. Felt much better after but...

After doing a 5k on Saturday and still feeling a bit sore, I rested up and did a...

TedG

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Getting back into it after IC

After doing a 5k on Saturday and still feeling a bit sore, I rested up and did a very sedate 5k with my Jogging group this morning m. Felt much better after...

After doing a 5k on Saturday and still feeling a bit sore, I rested up and did a...

TedG

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Warmups and oxygen debt during early running exercise

Running is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle for me - I have pieces of knowledge but don't know where they connect together. For example, C25k told me to "warmup...

Running is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle for me - I have pieces of knowledge but do...

Bazza1234

Graduate10•6 years ago

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This annoys me. Screen shot for the second time!

Just wrote a post about to post it and gone? Where? Finally mastered a screen shot. Off to my new adventure with Burnham Joggers tomorrow night. Very excited.

Just wrote a post about to post it and gone? Where? Finally mastered a screen ...

tfcmagpie

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Nice and comfortable 5k in a less than comfortable wind.

My twin aims of slowing down while increasing cadence appear to be working. Really enjoyable 5k, well within myself and within my planned heart rate limits. 5k...

My twin aims of slowing down while increasing cadence appear to be working. Real...

Pm3eak

Graduate10•6 years ago

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10k is the magic number Week 2 Run 1 fitted in before the blizzard!! 🏃‍♂️

Well I hadn't planned on having a run tonight as it was a stressful day at work but after seeing the forecast for heavy overnight snow here in the North East I...

Well I hadn't planned on having a run tonight as it was a stressful day at work ...

ChrisAllen1

Graduate10•6 years ago

1 Reply

Any shoe experts? Will it cause problems to take sock liners out?

I bought some Brooks Ghost 10s a while back, to rotate with my Mizuno Wave Riders. When I had my gait tested, these were the two shoes that fitted and felt...

I bought some Brooks Ghost 10s a while back, to rotate with my Mizuno Wave Rider...

Hidden

•6 years ago

46 Replies

Squat challenge Day 4 - with added features!

Good morning Skwaatsters. Hope you are all feeling refreshed and raring to go for day 4. There is a bit of a twist today though... have fun! Look forward to...

Good morning Skwaatsters. Hope you are all feeling refreshed and raring to go fo...

Rignold

•6 years ago

16 Replies

Magic runner Wk2 pt1

Another 5k in the bag :) Every one feels like a new gift. Was still a challenge though, to get out the door on a chilly and blustery night. I definitely hate...

Another 5k in the bag :) Every one feels like a new gift. Was still a challenge ...

pinkaardvark

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Sunny morning

This was my run (and me) this morning. It was my last run of week 2 of 10 is the magic number. I use the term 'week' very loosely 😊 Week 3 will have to wait,...

This was my run (and me) this morning. It was my last run of week 2 of 10 is the...

Joy57

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Time for a little hill work

My Canicross running buddy, D, does not like hills. She does not like slogging up them without a dog to help - she owns the darling Pointer Power, Brontë -...

My Canicross running buddy, D, does not like hills. She does not like slogging ...

Maddee_6333

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Awful run !

I graduated couch to 5k on Christmas Eve and then had a lazy couple of weeks. Since then I’ve been working my stamina up again and was happily running for 30...

I graduated couch to 5k on Christmas Eve and then had a lazy couple of weeks. Si...

Mabsabs

•6 years ago

18 Replies

10k at last!

I’ve just run my first 10k and I’m feeling really chuffed. It’s taken just under a year since C25k to realise I could do this. It’s amazing what you can...

I’ve just run my first 10k and I’m feeling really chuffed. It’s taken just under...

C25KKate

Graduate10•6 years ago

26 Replies

New PB for 5k.

Had a shorter run today 5k not 10k got a new PB my nearest to 30mins!! Was a tough run today, so windy & wet! Least I did it!! Happy running everyone...

Had a shorter run today 5k not 10k got a new PB my nearest to 30mins!! Was a tou...

Lisaloopy9

Graduate10•6 years ago

4 Replies

What next?

Hello All I graduated from c25k back in the summer. I didn't get to 5 k so spent the rest of the summer and autumn in between a Achilles injury building to 5...

Hello All I graduated from c25k back in the summer. I didn't get to 5 k so spent...

TreezyPeazy

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Turns out 6:37 is the magic number for me!

2 weeks post-graduation and it's been hard for me to find a rhythm. I've been hovering between 5:56 and 6:11 p/km and hitting 5k with nothing left in me, but...

2 weeks post-graduation and it's been hard for me to find a rhythm. I've been ho...

ClarkeyCat

Graduate10•6 years ago

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10k is the magic number Week 1 Run 3 done.

A bit of a toughie tonight, driving rain and my asthma playing up but I plodded along at just over 7 minutes per kilometre to complete Week 1. Note to self,...

A bit of a toughie tonight, driving rain and my asthma playing up but I plodded ...

ChrisAllen1

Graduate10•6 years ago

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10% Rule question

I think I understand the idea not to increase total running distance by more than 10% per week, but how does that apply if one of the runs is quite short (for...

I think I understand the idea not to increase total running distance by more tha...

Lordi

Graduate10•6 years ago

18 Replies

Stupid calves

I've been running semi regularly for around 2years and I have been blighted by tight calves. I've had the gait analysis, I foam roll, calf raises, sports...

I've been running semi regularly for around 2years and I have been blighted by t...

SarahFox

Graduate10•6 years ago

4 Replies

probably a bit of a silly question but..

do you count stops for clambering over stiles, opening gates, crossing roads etc as part of your run? I don't want to cheat but i equally don't want to be...

do you count stops for clambering over stiles, opening gates, crossing roads etc...

Hidden

•6 years ago

39 Replies

A cheeky 10K and a good drenching

Put in a cheeky 10K before breakfast this morning fearing the weather might get worse as the day went on. Amazingly the opposite happened but that’s the way it...

Put in a cheeky 10K before breakfast this morning fearing the weather might get ...

GaryB1966

Graduate10•6 years ago

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OFF TO A FLYING START IN JANUARY🕊✈🚀.... Quest Week 3. Feel free to join!

Hi Questers, how is everyone doing? We are into the third week of the new year already. Short, grey days make fitting our running in a challenge, but we are...

Hi Questers, how is everyone doing? We are into the third week of the new year ...

Bluebirdrunner

Graduate10•6 years ago

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Weekly chat 15th to the 21st of January :)

Hello everybody. I hope you are having a good new year? Sometimes we don't feel like putting a whole post up but just want to share something small, so this is...

Hello everybody. I hope you are having a good new year? Sometimes we don't feel ...

ju-ju-

Graduate10•6 years ago

15 Replies

Best 5k to 10k app?

Hello all! I'm looking to the group for advice please. I'm running 5k regularly and confidently and now need to work towards 10k as I have a race in May....

Hello all! I'm looking to the group for advice please. I'm running 5k regularly ...

hilsry

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - Bridge to 10K | HealthUnlocked

Bridge to 10K

All posts for January 2018

How do you find/plan your routes

Squat Challenge Day six. The End of the Week is Nigh

Wk2 R2

Had no idea I had run for so long

bridge to 10k boredom and how do i conquer it... ?

Runners itch

Getting back into it after IC

Getting back into it after IC

Warmups and oxygen debt during early running exercise

This annoys me. Screen shot for the second time!

Nice and comfortable 5k in a less than comfortable wind.

10k is the magic number Week 2 Run 1 fitted in before the blizzard!! 🏃‍♂️

Any shoe experts? Will it cause problems to take sock liners out?

Squat challenge Day 4 - with added features!

Magic runner Wk2 pt1

Sunny morning

Time for a little hill work

Awful run !

10k at last!

New PB for 5k.

What next?

Turns out 6:37 is the magic number for me!

10k is the magic number Week 1 Run 3 done.

10% Rule question

Stupid calves

probably a bit of a silly question but..

A cheeky 10K and a good drenching

OFF TO A FLYING START IN JANUARY🕊✈🚀.... Quest Week 3. Feel free to join!

Weekly chat 15th to the 21st of January :)

Best 5k to 10k app?

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