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Greatest Hits Radio listeners voted RUNNING up that hill by Kate Bush No. 3 as the song that makes them happy, No. 1 was ELO's Mr Blue Sky, that is another...

I DID IT! The dreaded 20 mins done! Come on week 6 I'm ready for you!! 🏅

Well people.. here we are nearly at the end of January! Yikes. Well, here at least the weather has eased a tad. No ice, snow, wind or rain! That is a win in...

Good morning forum friends... First of all , I offer HUGE apologies for the Corner being opened a day late! No, I was not on strike... I was just a tad...

Hello Fellow runners... Here I am, cuddled in the December Corner... the fire is warm and the winter sun is doing its very best to creep up into the grey...

This time last year I was obese, with a BMI of 32. Now I am (just) in healthy range at 24.5. Having delayed starting running until I had a little less timber...

It’s been a long time since I’ve run regularly. Spurred on by Folkylass’s RED January I decided to get out there again. My first run was 2km downhill on Wed,...

" Be Yourself. Everyone else is taken." This was a quotation that my water-colour teacher shared with our...

After feeling really nervous, making various excuses, a stone heavier, two years older and unfit, I downloaded the app, got the running gear back out. I forced...

It is exactly one year since I started the Couch to 5k programme! I’d decided to begin on January 1st as a New Year’s resolution but I couldn’t wait and off I...

Time for the Three Rs. Resolutions, Running and Reality... Hello. Yes. Hard to believe I know... but, one week of the year gone and here I am in the Corner,...

Hello everybody... welcome to 2023! It is so good to see you here in the corner...the weather may have warmed up a tad, but the fire is still glowing and the...

2nd February, 2012, canalside, normal clothing, usual backpack, walking boots, Welsh Springer Spaniel... and off we go on the first Week 1 session of the Couch...

Week five run three.I'm lying in bed drinking a nice hot morning coffee. It is 7.45 on a Sunday morning and the frost outside my window says it is quite a...

this is my second time at doing cto5k & my husband & I went running together today (I’m on week 5) my husband thought my strides were very small & wondered if...

Photo by Fred Neethling on Unsplash THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED Welcome to the First badge post of 2023 and a very well done on completing the...

Week 2 of a Couch to 5K Running Club!!We've gone from 15 runners in week 1 to 19 on week 2.We meet at Kenley Aerodrome each Sunday for an hour group session...

I have survived week 2. I have come across an unexpected problem though: rain. What are your suggestions for keeping your phones safe & dry whilest using the...

Just started this again, after not being able to run for several months due to lungs and knee problems. I have also hit perimenopause and struggling to keep my...

Hello everyone, I did my first wk run 1 on Monday. I am planning to run Mon, Weds, Fri. However my calf muscles are still really achy today and so I thought...

I was wondering if anyone doing ct5k who is overweight is following a diet plan (weight watchers , slimming world , joe wicks , my fitness pal etc ) and if so...

Just completed week 8 but I have found weeks 7 and 8 torture! Up to this I had been enjoying the experience but I'm struggling now with everything-...

Hello there everyone. Here I am again! Yes, despite everything that the weather has hurled at me, the Corner is warm and snug, the cushions are plumped up and...

Hi everyone, I am new to this, and so looking forward to catching up with people at different stages of their journey. It is tricky to be doing it on your...

best running shoes for less than £50?

Just started my couch to 5K. 2 runs down.

OK, this is probably just a mental thing, but I succeeded with the programme and then stupidly decided to have a couple of weeks off. I've struggled to get...

Hardest part Self belief! So am on week 3 run 2 completed today. Hardest part believing I can do this! I used to run at school…(many moons ago) then...

did my first run of week 4 today and even though I did it I felt the burn! I’m struggling to get my breathing under control during the first half of the run....

Today I completed week 9 run 3! I really wondered when I started this a few months ago if this 52 year old person would be able to jog for 30 minutes at the...