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Finding my runner again

I’ve been really fortunate in the last year to have had a healthy family, retained my job and work for a company who has been incredibly supportive. I really...

I’ve been really fortunate in the last year to have had a healthy family, retain...

Sparkey5000

60minGraduate•3 years ago

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What’s the best Garmin?

I’d be interested in what people think is the best Garmin to buy in terms of value for money. I was looking at the Vivoactive 4 and the Forerunner. There are...

I’d be interested in what people think is the best Garmin to buy in terms of val...

Dodgylungs

Graduate10•3 years ago

28 Replies

Run after work

I’ve spent today mostly on the computer it’s been tiring and I arrived at work this morning really fed up and left equally fed up We keep talking about...

I’ve spent today mostly on the computer it’s been tiring and I arrived at work t...

SueAppleRun

Graduate10•3 years ago

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New 5km Tempo Run - but beware the sneaky extra 3km!!

Hi all I noticed Coach Bennett advertised a new NRC 5Km Tempo run, so I gave it a go today, thinking 'yes, that's fine a 5km to challenge me' It certainly did...

Hi all I noticed Coach Bennett advertised a new NRC 5Km Tempo run, so I gave it ...

Hedgehogs123

Graduate10•3 years ago

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COGH & (not Saturday and not) Park Run

Dinner all prepared for Mother’s Day so a little run just for fun. I headed for the seafront doing the NRC 5k. It’s a little breezy but not too bad. Running...

Dinner all prepared for Mother’s Day so a little run just for fun. I headed for ...

GigglyBFC

Graduate10•3 years ago

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A blast from the past has put a smile on my face 😃

I’ve been revisiting some of the C25k runs this week - the final runs of weeks 1, 2 and 3 - and I think it has done me (and my motivation) the world of good to...

I’ve been revisiting some of the C25k runs this week - the final runs of weeks 1...

Hidden

•3 years ago

39 Replies

Progressing after couch to 5k

Hi. I've just completed c to 5k, not managing 5k yet but will get there. I am running for 30 mins. Any other new runners out there?

Hi. I've just completed c to 5k, not managing 5k yet but will get there. I am ru...

Mummysrunning

•3 years ago

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Fastest pace so far, but lowest VO2 Max, why?

Having finished Ju Ju’s timed plan last week, I started the distance plan this morning. I’m looking forward to the plan taking me to distances I’ve only ever...

Having finished Ju Ju’s timed plan last week, I started the distance plan this m...

030961

60minGraduate•3 years ago

15 Replies

Two weeks, messy story 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️+🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️+🚶‍♀️🚶🏻💉+🚷+💉🚶‍♀️🚶🏻+🚷+🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

So, I really should have posted a fortnight ago, because it’s now 2 weeks since I reached my first 9k! 📣 But I was thinking I’d save it for my end-of-week...

So, I really should have posted a fortnight ago, because it’s now 2 weeks since ...

GailXrunning

•3 years ago

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Mothering Sunday musings...

I never imagined that a year on, I would be re-posting this, yet, here we are. A year of sadness for many, new joy for others and as we head towards Spring....

I never imagined that a year on, I would be re-posting this, yet, here we are. A...

Oldfloss

Administrator•3 years ago

51 Replies

Run 14/03 - 55 minutes

Hiya, Today was my long run of the week and for the first time 55 minutes in my slow increase to 60 minutes. It has been raining with lightning and thunder the...

Hiya, Today was my long run of the week and for the first time 55 minutes in my ...

Hidden

•3 years ago

7 Replies

6K just to get out there!

I was thinking of all kinds of excuses why I didn’t want to run. A very stressful day yesterday. I found that the place where I was going to store my...

I was thinking of all kinds of excuses why I didn’t want to run. A very stressfu...

Jools2020

Graduate10•3 years ago

25 Replies

Happy Mother’s Day💐

Morning everyone. A bright but chilly windy Mother’s Day. Went for a 5 km and had a PB 36.35 so pleased 😃 with that . The Jeffing I do through the week and...

Morning everyone. A bright but chilly windy Mother’s Day. Went for a 5 km and ha...

Doris8

Graduate10•3 years ago

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Jeffing faster than non stop running?!

How is this possible?! I’ve seen this with some of my shorter runs where the run-walk-run method relates to a faster overall pace than just running (or, more...

How is this possible?! I’ve seen this with some of my shorter runs where the run...

sofaspud

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Magic Plan - W7 R3

9.5kms! This was a great run, I listened to my running playlist this time and just got in the zone. I’m a lot more confident about 10kms now - only 6 more...

9.5kms! This was a great run, I listened to my running playlist this time and ju...

pr0fess0r

Graduate10•3 years ago

11 Replies

5k to blow away some cobwebs! 😀

Well, it's been a very strange, quite often sad week 😥 had my mum's funeral on thur, which was very sad, but nice to, just 20 of us there, just glad it's over...

Well, it's been a very strange, quite often sad week 😥 had my mum's funeral on ...

Peter44

Graduate10•3 years ago

31 Replies

Completed Week Two, Run One C25K

I completed the first run of week two this afternoon, how magical to hear “Well Done Flower”🌷🌷🌷again, I love it!! Always makes me smile. Felt good, no...

I completed the first run of week two this afternoon, how magical to hear “Well ...

9weeks2Run

Graduate10•3 years ago

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Better run today-even against the wind!!!

Second time of trying to write this. First time I let the phone slip and accidentally deleted everything I’d just written After my phone appointment with my...

Second time of trying to write this. First time I let the phone slip and acciden...

limberlou

Graduate10•3 years ago

7 Replies

A Tough 12k And A Different Kind of Trail Runner !

Haven’t run this week due to a combination of things, recovering from last Saturdays first HM, returning to full time hours at work, and feeling a bit low...

Haven’t run this week due to a combination of things, recovering from last Satur...

Couchphoenix

Graduate10•3 years ago

33 Replies

Two firsts, but not ones you may think ....

I took me a bit of time to get up my mojo and do a run, today. I think this has to do somehow with the fact that due to busy work weeks with looming deadlines,...

I took me a bit of time to get up my mojo and do a run, today. I think this has ...

CBDB

Graduate10•3 years ago

25 Replies

First 10k today

I completed c25k back last summer and a goal was to reach 10k but after 5k I always stopped, but today for some reason I felt I could go to 6, then 7 and...

I completed c25k back last summer and a goal was to reach 10k but after 5k I alw...

Mackers1984

Graduate10•3 years ago

15 Replies

Clockwise or anti-clockwise?

Has anyone noticed a preference for running either clockwise or anti-clockwise routes? For me it’s def the latter, regardless of wind direction. Googling this...

Has anyone noticed a preference for running either clockwise or anti-clockwise r...

Sarararara

Graduate10•3 years ago

10 Replies

(not)parkrun / Virtual 5K

Good morning to you all. It is Saturday again which means it is time for us to run and pretend it's at a parkrun. Only of course we are not at a parkrun, just...

Good morning to you all. It is Saturday again which means it is time for us to r...

damienair

Administrator•3 years ago

107 Replies

Yesterday was another day, today...

Well that was one slow, very slow run battling all the elements. After changing my plan yesterday from 10miles to 5k due to huge amounts of rain and gusting...

Well that was one slow, very slow run battling all the elements. After changing ...

Over62

•3 years ago

9 Replies

A stranger wore my running clothes!

My bright pink shoes, my bright pink jacket, my leggings with the hole in the calf...all worn by a stranger who drove to the local park and ran their first...

My bright pink shoes, my bright pink jacket, my leggings with the hole in the ca...

Hidden

•3 years ago

33 Replies

NRC

I’ve heard NRC mentioned a few times on these forums - what is it??

RAC61

•3 years ago

16 Replies

Charity run

Run today was for Hospitality Action, organised by colleague at City&Guilds. Target is £2k.

Run today was for Hospitality Action, organised by colleague at City&Guilds. Tar...

Caley67

•3 years ago

3 Replies

COGH: windy, wet and cold

End of a tiring week so i thought an afternoon run was in order. Plenty of stretching as it’s blowing a gale out there and feeling rather cold. I opened up NRC...

End of a tiring week so i thought an afternoon run was in order. Plenty of stret...

GigglyBFC

Graduate10•3 years ago

5 Replies

A Windy NRC Whole Run (45 mins)

So having missed yesterday I was hoping to get out today and just happened to spot what looked like a window of opportunity on my weather app and it was coming...

So having missed yesterday I was hoping to get out today and just happened to sp...

Instructor57

Graduate10•3 years ago

30 Replies

COGH: Pole of Cold, running in...

Have to share this find!!! It’s right on-topic. (+Don’t miss the embedded video to imagine the sound as we run.) ❄️❄️❄️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️❄️❄️❄️...

Have to share this find!!! It’s right on-topic. (+Don’t miss the embedded video ...

GailXrunning

•3 years ago

15 Replies

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Bridge to 10K

All posts for March 2021

Finding my runner again

What’s the best Garmin?

Run after work

New 5km Tempo Run - but beware the sneaky extra 3km!!

COGH & (not Saturday and not) Park Run

A blast from the past has put a smile on my face 😃

Progressing after couch to 5k

Fastest pace so far, but lowest VO2 Max, why?

Two weeks, messy story 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️+🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️+🚶‍♀️🚶🏻💉+🚷+💉🚶‍♀️🚶🏻+🚷+🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

Mothering Sunday musings...

Run 14/03 - 55 minutes

6K just to get out there!

Happy Mother’s Day💐

Jeffing faster than non stop running?!

Magic Plan - W7 R3

5k to blow away some cobwebs! 😀

Completed Week Two, Run One C25K

Better run today-even against the wind!!!

A Tough 12k And A Different Kind of Trail Runner !

Two firsts, but not ones you may think ....

First 10k today

Clockwise or anti-clockwise?

(not)parkrun / Virtual 5K

Yesterday was another day, today...

A stranger wore my running clothes!

NRC

Charity run

COGH: windy, wet and cold

A Windy NRC Whole Run (45 mins)

COGH: Pole of Cold, running in...

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