In a discussion on Fabulous450’s latest post, I started thinking about whose voice I’d like to listen to, giving me the couchto5k instructions. 🤔
Paula Radcliffe as a female alternative to Michael Johnson? Or maybe Brian Blessed shouting “RUN FOR ONE MINUTE NOOOOOOOOWWWWW”!
Who would your fantasy voiceover be? 😄
Wouldn’t mind Mohammed Ali telling me I’m the greatest! 🤣🤣❤️
You are the greatest Fab!
Jonny Brownlee to tell me off. Daniel Ricciardo to remind me to smile. Alan Rickman to relax into the run. Switch them up depending on mood.
Oh gosh yes Alan Rickman!
Not Stephen Hawking....
Perhaps he could explain the science of the run as you went along?!
Can anyone actually run for that long tho 
I think if it had been Paula I’d have died of (romantic) heart failure by about Week 4. Same with Kirsty Young.
Love TrixabelleB’s suggestion of Danny Ric - that would be motivating. Jenson Button is a big triathlete so he’d probably be good.
I’m going with a personal one. My old, bald, moustachioed PE teacher from secondary school, Mr Fry. I can still hear him err “berate” me when trying to do cross country as a fat teenager. I’d like him to see what I can do now.
Jenson is a good choice too, I'd be really eager to please him 😂
Behave!!!
I meant "impress" 😉
I’ve seen his (model) girlfriend - good luck!
Fiancée. 😋
Was Mr Fry like that sadistic PE teacher in Grange Hill?!
It felt like it at the time. He was really short and slightly built. Looking back he clearly meant well but I had too much puppy fat to be sporty through most of school. Hated PE, hated most sports, PE teachers were all devils incarnate. Bet he was a nice bloke really.
And look at you now, graduate of the couch to 5k! 
Having swapped puppy fat for middle-aged spread! 😳
Richard Burton, who had the most amazing voice I've ever heard.
Oh absolutely - very smooth ☺️
Basil Fawlty 😂😂
Haha brilliant idea!!!
Sybil! SYBIL!!
I was thinking more of how he shouts at Manuel!
I know, he’s from Barcelona you know
RIP Andrew Sachs!
Edna Mode or Barry White
Barry would be great!
Is Edna Mode from the Incredibles? She’d scare me 😁
Yep enough of this hand holding malarkey
Either Yoda or Dona Summer. Or possibly a hybrid....
I’m trying to work out whether Yoda’s word order could get confusing 🤔😁
I'm still worrying about the hybrid combo of Yoda's word order and Donna's orgasmic groaning
You can start your own thread about that one! 😆
Or just seek professional help...
A runner you are....!
How about George Clooney for the melty voice. 😍
Or what about some Army Sergeant type shouty voice to get those legs moving! 🏃🏼♀️
Yes I’m surprised there isn’t a military sergeant type already!
Aiden Turner (Poldark) ☺️ ... but for athletic inspiration, Dame Kelly Holmes, or perhaps Mo Farrah? I hear Mo ran the odd 5 or 10k!
M.J. is good for me though - he was such a stylish runner, a technician of form, and seems to be a real gent.
Yes Mo would get a vote from me!
Chris Packham, Iolo Williams, Martin Hughes-Games (especially if they point out interesting wildlife along the way)
Rupert Graves, actor, who knew me before I was ill
Liz Carr, actor, ex-presenter of BBC Ouch... definitely not a runner, she is an electric wheelchair user (seen her be very zippy in that), and has a wicked sense of humour... I think she'd be a fabulous coach
Would second Edna Mode though!
I imagine Rupert Graves would be a right gentleman ☺️
He was when he was 16/17.
😀
1. My husband who has a gorgeous voice * melt melt*
2. Richard Burton
3. Poldark (his English voice not the Irish one 😕)
4. Alan Rickman
5. Morgan Freeman
6. Jean Reno
7. Sean Connery
8. Liam Neeson (he was born in the same town as me so I just love everything about him 😘)
Am I being greedy here? 😂😂😂
Only if you want them all at once Irishprincess! Leave some for us!! 🤣🤣❤️
Not greedy! You could swap between them each time 😀
Okey doke! Nice! 👍🏽❤️
Who said anything about swapping.......
That depends how many bedrooms you have
I need only one 😉
How could I forget Liam Neeson! His voice is velvet! 😍
Jean Reno! Good choice. 😍
Cookie Monster. Or a number of other Sesame Street/Muppet Show favourites..
I'm trying to get away from the distinct whiff of "Hunk of the Month" that's starting to obscure this post like a sensual fog....
Beaker!!!
Or Animal 😆
Obscure?....there’s no obscurity here! 🤣❤️
It would have to be Idris Elba, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Ewan McGregor or David Tenant for me .
Oh gosh yes Ewan McGregor!
Definitely Louis Theroux!
That’s a person I hadn’t thought of - love his work though!
Brian Blessed would be excellent 😀
He might make me laugh too much 😁
It’s true, he might not help with your breathing, but the sheer FUN of it. And we all know running should be fun 😁
Her Majesty The Queen! That little voice of hers .....”one must begin to trot on now....”
Absolutely brilliant idea! You can’t argue with the Queen!!
Fantasy coaches
C25k app playing up
NHS C25K App FAIL!!!
Podcasts or the c25K App?
C25K app - no week 9?
