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All posts for February 2012

Let's talk about weight

I keep seeing posts from folk 2, 3 or 4 weeks in to the program that are all ups...
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week 3 run 2 - this is torture

y y y am I doing this to myself, I hate it, it hurts and I've gained weight!!!!!...
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is age a factor in success here, I am 53, will I cope. I have just started week 4, who is the oldest person to complete the 9 weeks?

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The Joy of Running - it will come! (don't believe me? Read on!)

Joy I hear you say; how can this be enjoyable? You managed Wk1's first run last ...
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Week 4 complete

It went ok, still found the second 3 minute run the hardest of the four runs but...
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W2r2: Running with a dodgy tummy...

Not the best session I have had, having spent most of it listening to my poor ab...
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For w7r2 should I do a flat route or one with a long hill....will go with the most votes!

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wow, have you seen how many members there are now??

to carry on with a blog I have been searching back through old blogs to find a p...
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week 2 run 2 29th /2 /12

what an absolutely fabulous day its been , shame i had to work for most of it bu...
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W2r2 tough secret run today but the dog is fine

Poppy dog is clearly finding her feet. She raced up all the stairs for the firs...
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Has anyone else experienced 'runner's knee'?

I've just completed week 6 run 1 a couple of days ago and my left knee has start...
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Oh god oh god oh god! 2nd 28 min run today and it was...........................

Truly terrible....AGAIN!!!! I am considering re routing to avoid the hills that ...
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DidntRunThat

My first blog on the new forum and my first run since I had to take a brake from...
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Have you signed up to do the run for Sports Relief?

Hiya, Just done wk6 r2 and thinking about setting a goal for myself to keep go...
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Week6 Run2 over........25 mins next

Got up at 6:45 this morning and tackled Run 2 on Week 6. Was a stunning morning...
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Week 5 Run 3 done and dusted!

My alarm went off at 5:40 this morning and the challange was to get out of bed w...
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Week 5

Yesterday after failing miserably to get up in the morning for my run I committe...
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10 x the pain 10 x the gain?

wk3 r1 ....Had the scary thought that as today i ran for 3 minutes then the full...
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Week 7, Run 3

Well, it wasn't my best run. For the first time this week I didn't finish with ...
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20 min jog tomorrow!

I'm soo scared!

Week 2 Run 1

Luckily this time round I have somebody to run with which helps pass the time bu...

Oooh...

Can't talk... Wk3r2 just finished... :) need a lie down
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W1R2

So here I am back again, got up early and went running just after 6, (think I mu...
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Wk 9 - whoever thought it?!!

I have spent the first 34 1/2 years of my life saying "I don't run." Today, I s...
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Blog 1, w4 r2

I found the link to the C25k website through Facebook when a friend's fitness co...
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Starting again...

Hi everyone. I started this C25K back in September time last year and unfortu...
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Treadmill people (or outsiders) - what speed do you run?

I'm on week 3 and I run at 7.5 km on the treadmill, this is very comfortable for...
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What do you do in between run days?

Get the feeling that I should do more than sit with the dog on the couch? I'm a...
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How do you make yourself get up for early morning runs?

So this morning I was set to start Week 5 but my alarm went off at 5.30 and I wa...
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Sore calf and strange pleasures............

My left calf has been really sore this last week, I think I have offended it som...
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