The 5x50 challenge (which started yesterday) is still open for new joiners today - so if there's anyone who is still dithering, or who hasn't heard about it yet...
(Some of this is shamelessly stolen from Sue's earlier post.)
We now have 62 (!) members in the “NHS Couch to 5K Team” for the 5x50 Challenge - 5x50co.uk
If you think you can fit in 30 mins of exercise or a 5k run/cycle/walk every day for a 50 day period then read on, this might just be for you…….
It is not a run every day; it is some type of active exercise for either a 5k distance or for 30 mins. The aim is to try and do something different and change exercise habits for a lifetime but it can include for example your walk to work, the shops, the school. It could be a 30 mins exercise class/DVD/swim. It could be karate or weight training. You can split the activities up over the day so maybe a 2k walk in the morning and a 3k run later on. You can do more than 5k/30 mins but that is the minimum requirement each day.
All of us here have already changed our exercise habits because we now run up to 3 times a week and many of us are already doing some other form of exercise on our non-running days so why not join the Team and log your activities each day to help get our Team's tracked kilometers up! Let’s support Swanscot, our seasoned member doing her 2nd year of the Challenge!!! Let’s help our intrepid member TJFlute as she completes this challenge, not for 50 days but for 100 days!!!!
It would be lovely to know you were out there with us as part of Team C25K, wherever you are in the world! You can register and join the Team here: 5x50.co.uk/register
If you are injured or if you think it’s too much to commit to this we fully understand but we would love your support nonetheless, though you might have to put up with quite a few blogs on the subject for a while so please bear with us!
So, I have my 5x50 T-Shirt and I'm raring to go; are you?!
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So we have 63 now?? !! AWESOME!!! I love that it is also a Worldwide challenge! Its just new enough we would of never heard about it here in the States if not for this Community! Happy, happy we joined!! Welcome aboard loulou!!! Gayle
The organisers are currently adopting charitable status for the event and hope to work with other organisations to make the event much bigger and more international in future challenges.
When they started the first challenge in 2012, they only expected about 500 people to sign up and were rather surprised to get 4000.
One of the organisers, Kelly Mason was interviewed about the Challenge on Radio Scotland this morning. Here it is on BBC iPlayer Radio. It's about 4 minutes into the show.
So we have two first-generation 5x50-ers then! Well done to both of you for being prepared to do it again - I'm still amazed that you took it on when you'd only just finished c25k, and before there was much (any?) mention of alternatives to full 5k distances every day.
Oh, there was the option to do 30 mins of any exercise last year too. It's just some of us were a wee bit pigheaded and brashly thought we could run, walk or cycle each and every day!
Aha! - I can see how it happens now... I've only gone and covered 5k (+) each of the three days so far, which I really didn't expect - but I know I need to ease off a bit now, as my resting heart rate has jumped up from 60 on Sunday morning (after 3 days of no running) to 70 this morning. So maybe yoga tomorrow!
I think I've joined, not really sure as it thanked me for paying a registration fee when I haven't done anything apart from register my name and todays activity!
Doggymum, it did that to me too but you have to click on the challenge bit again in your welcome screen where it says something like 'register for the challenge'. I ignored it for ages because I didn't realise that was the final part of registering. It's not very clear. I thought, oh I've already done that.
He was a bit reluctant(!) but I wore him down! He's already training for the local half marathon in June so he's doing plenty already. We heard Kelly on Radio Scotland this morning and he decided to join the team!
I can't join up this year because of work commitments, travel and other stuff (and now a poorly foot ) but I will be cheering you all on from the sidelines and rushing out with lemon and orange slices wherever necessary
heh - what else do I need to do as a supporter? I don't think you'd want me to try cheerleading, and my swiss ball routine isn't very good yet I'm a bit squeamish so first aid won't be my thing either. But general cheering and shouting support - I can do that
Welcome to the team. Now we are 70!!!! Hope I don't end up feeling it
It's NHS Couch to 5K (C25k). Just had a look and you are listed, Clawmum is in the team names, so you are registered OK, assume your son is but don't know as I don't know what he's logged in as.
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Let’s support Swanscot, our seasoned member doing her 2nd year of the Challenge!!! 
Let’s help our intrepid member TJFlute as she completes this challenge, not for 50 days but for 100 days!!!! 
) but I will be cheering you all on from the sidelines and rushing out with lemon and orange slices wherever necessary 
Go carefully though!
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