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The song that makes you happy 😊 🏃🏾
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...
Greatest Hits Radio listeners voted RUNNING up that hill by Kate Bush No. 3 as t...
AlMorr
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5 days ago
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20 mins in the bag.
I DID IT! The dreaded 20 mins done! Come on week 6 I'm ready for you!! 🏅
I DID IT! The dreaded 20 mins done! Come on week 6 I'm ready for you!! 🏅
Hidden
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2 days ago
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CATCH-UP- CORNER...LAST FEW DAYS of JANUARY...Slip off your running shoes and come on in...Everybody Welcome!
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...
Well people.. here we are nearly at the end of January! Yikes. Well, here at le...
Oldfloss
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6 days ago
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CATCH-UP CORNER...FEBRUARY WEEK 1... Slip off the Running Shoes and COME on In... EVERYONE is WELCOME!
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...
Good morning forum friends... First of all , I offer HUGE apologies for the Corn...
Oldfloss
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3 days ago
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CATCH-UP CORNER... LAST OF DECEMBER ... Is There Anyone out There? Everybody is Welcome...
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...
Hello Fellow runners... Here I am, cuddled in the December Corner... the fire i...
Oldfloss
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1 month ago
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One run to graduate! Celebration?
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...
This time last year I was obese, with a BMI of 32. Now I am (just) in healthy ra...
tgwj77
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2 days ago
18 Replies
On the run again
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,...
It’s been a long time since I’ve run regularly. Spurred on by Folkylass’s RED Ja...
BaddieThePirate
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19 hours ago
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CATCH- up- CORNER... JANUARY WEEK 3...Slip off your shoes...Come on in...
" Be Yourself. Everyone else is taken." This was a quotation that my water-colour teacher shared with our...
" Be Yourself. Everyone else is ta...
Oldfloss
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21 days ago
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First run done
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...
After feeling really nervous, making various excuses, a stone heavier, two years...
Nicky2603
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3 days ago
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First c25k Runniversary!
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...
It is exactly one year since I started the Couch to 5k programme! I’d decided to...
MissUnderstanding
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1 month ago
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CATCH-up-CORNER... JANUARY 2023...WEEK 2... Slip off your running shoes, come in inside. Everyone is Welcome.
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,...
Time for the Three Rs. Resolutions, Running and Reality... Hello. Yes. Hard t...
Oldfloss
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28 days ago
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CATCH-UP-CORNER...JANUARY 2023...WEEK ONE...EVERYONE is WELCOME.
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...
Hello everybody... welcome to 2023! It is so good to see you here in the corne...
Oldfloss
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1 month ago
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11th Runniversary
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...
2nd February, 2012, canalside, normal clothing, usual backpack, walking boots, W...
GoogleMe
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3 days ago
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Loving it
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...
Week five run three.I'm lying in bed drinking a nice hot morning coffee. It is ...
PrimaryConsumer
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3 hours ago
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strides
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...
this is my second time at doing cto5k & my husband & I went running together tod...
chatteris64
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7 days ago
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⭐️ Get your brand new shiny January 2023 Graduate Badge here ! ⭐️
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...
Photo by Fred Neethling on Unsplash THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED Welcome to t...
Instructor57
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1 month ago
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Week 2 of a Couch to 5K Running Club!!
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...
Week 2 of a Couch to 5K Running Club!!We've gone from 15 runners in week 1 to 19...
AKC25K
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1 day ago
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Survived Week 2
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...
I have survived week 2. I have come across an unexpected problem though: rain. W...
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22 days ago
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Restarting the programme after a looooong break
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...
Just started this again, after not being able to run for several months due to l...
JulieJustMe
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3 days ago
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Rest days
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...
Hello everyone, I did my first wk run 1 on Monday. I am planning to run Mon, We...
Elsielove
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18 days ago
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diet plans …
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...
I was wondering if anyone doing ct5k who is overweight is following a diet plan ...
Donna2023
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1 day ago
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Week 7/8
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-...
Just completed week 8 but I have found weeks 7 and 8 torture! Up to this I had b...
Pocoapoco
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8 days ago
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CATCH- up-CORNER... JANUARY WEEK 4.... PLEASE, Come on in... take a breather. Everyone is Welcome.
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...
Hello there everyone. Here I am again! Yes, despite everything that the weather...
Oldfloss
Administrator
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14 days ago
19 Replies
New to running
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...
Hi everyone, I am new to this, and so looking forward to catching up with peopl...
Beistol
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27 days ago
26 Replies
best running shoes under £50?
best running shoes for less than £50?
best running shoes for less than £50?
huffpuffnplod
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25 days ago
25 Replies
Just started
Just started my couch to 5K. 2 runs down.
Just started my couch to 5K. 2 runs down.
PaulByrne
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24 hours ago
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Achieved 5K in November, but failed to repeat
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...
OK, this is probably just a mental thing, but I succeeded with the programme and...
NigelS
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25 days ago
25 Replies
Self Belief!
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...
Hardest part Self belief! So am on week 3 run 2 completed today. Hardest part...
Mrs-BG
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10 days ago
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just started week 4! It’s getting tough!
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....
did my first run of week 4 today and even though I did it I felt the burn! I’m s...
Glassesgirl
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4 days ago
9 Replies
Week 9 run 3 done today
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...
Today I completed week 9 run 3! I really wondered when I started this a few mont...
Gildamonster
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1 month ago
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