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Running with lower back pain?

Working today lifting chairs and I've managed to hurt my lower back. Not a very painful, more very uncomfortable, which is getting worse the more I sit. I was...

Working today lifting chairs and I've managed to hurt my lower back. Not a very ...

frantastic

•12 years ago

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Done week 1 and started week 2.

So I have completed week 1 and really enjoyed it! I look forward to my run as it gets me out of the house. I am a student and am waiting for my summer job to...

So I have completed week 1 and really enjoyed it! I look forward to my run as it...

alexstad

Graduate•12 years ago

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W9R1...and it's raining "breakthroughs"!

Since W1R1 my breathing has been what I will euphemistically call "difficult". Forget breathing patterns, I'm lucky to get enough oxygen to remain conscious....

Since W1R1 my breathing has been what I will euphemistically call "difficult". ...

Grammadog1947

Graduate•12 years ago

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Crocs got my calf again.

On the running bench again :-(. I had taken just over a week out between my first attempt at w6r1 when I did something to my left calf. Molly-coddled my calf...

On the running bench again :-(. I had taken just over a week out between my firs...

KANdoit

•12 years ago

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Off Topic, But I'm Celebrating!

This has nothing to do with running, but I thought I'd share it with everyone here because it's a huge weight off my shoulders. My PCT, after three months...

This has nothing to do with running, but I thought I'd share it with everyone he...

MuirDragonne

•12 years ago

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Ouch!

Started W3R1 this morning. Everything was going really well - I'd suprised myself by breezing through the first 3 mins run - when Ouch! - something 'went' in...

Started W3R1 this morning. Everything was going really well - I'd suprised mysel...

thepadre

Graduate•12 years ago

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Week one trying to go faster

Today was my first run since graduating on Saturday.(shiny green graduate badge,thankyou). So as planned in the weeks before graduation I wanted to go through...

Today was my first run since graduating on Saturday.(shiny green graduate badge,...

glendam52

Graduate•12 years ago

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Tilly1 and The Terriers, W5R3 We Did It!

After having a wobble at the start of the week, not sure if I could manage W5R3, by yesterday morning (D-Day) I realised that I thought I COULD do it. And I,...

After having a wobble at the start of the week, not sure if I could manage W5R3,...

tilly1

Graduate•12 years ago

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The dreaded week 5 run 3, wondering if it's possible!

Anyone else about to do it? I'm due to do it today. In the rain, by the look of it! I find it hard to imagine 20 minutes is possible - what a jump from 8...

Anyone else about to do it? I'm due to do it today. In the rain, by the look of ...

snowchaser

•12 years ago

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hi everyone I have recently had a 6 week break due to health reasons - I had reached wk 8 and I now want to start back.

my question is do I start from the beginning again? has anyone had any a similar experience and if so which week did they go back to? I am determined to...

my question is do I start from the beginning again? has anyone had any a simil...

sarahcaz

•12 years ago

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2,000 members!

Hello to all 2,000 of you in the Couch to 5k community. That's right, we passed the 2,000 member milestone this morning. Considering this community has...

Hello to all 2,000 of you in the Couch to 5k community. That's right, we pas...

JR21

•12 years ago

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Week 2 Day 1

I found the first 90 second run to be fairly easy, but I forgot to check my speed and thus the other runs were quite a bit slower as I tired myself out with...

I found the first 90 second run to be fairly easy, but I forgot to check my spee...

MuirDragonne

•12 years ago

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Suggestions on getting from W3D3 to W4D1?

Hi all, I am trying to complete C25k keeping my jogging speed at 10kph (on the treadmill). I completed week three but had to really push myself to do the last...

Hi all, I am trying to complete C25k keeping my jogging speed at 10kph (on the t...

arized

•12 years ago

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Why did I change my running time ?

I am an early bird and I do my runs ( Or maybe I should say jogging) at 05:30 am before weather gets too hot. Last night, after a full day spent inside the...

I am an early bird and I do my runs ( Or maybe I should say jogging) at 05:30 am...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Didn't think I could but...

I just did 2 x 5 minute runs in my first try at week 4! I've been doing the plan for 5 weeks and it really works doesn't it?! I have jelly legs now but I...

I just did 2 x 5 minute runs in my first try at week 4! I've been doing the pl...

angela77

•12 years ago

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Deflated and Frustrated :(

Hey everyone. Some kind of viral infection is kicking my butt and it is stopping me from running. Hell I can't even walk without getting a sweat on. Really...

Hey everyone. Some kind of viral infection is kicking my butt and it is stopp...

jennstron

•12 years ago

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Change of mind set and it feels GOOOOOOOD!!

I have just recently had a change of mind set with regards to my jogging. I no longer leave the house thinking "Can I do 5K this morning?" I now leave the...

I have just recently had a change of mind set with regards to my jogging. I no l...

Oldgirl

Graduate•12 years ago

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Doctor Foster went to Gloucester, In a shower of rain; He stepped in a puddle, Right up to his middle, ....................

will it ever stop raining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! beginning to change into a mermaid now, not a good look! :)

will it ever stop raining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! beginning to change into a mermaid now,...

magster

Graduate•12 years ago

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Frustrated

Very frustrated this morning. Week 8 was tough work but we got through it. I started getting really bad nausea after each run which I think was down to low...

Very frustrated this morning. Week 8 was tough work but we got through it. I ...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Week 8, Day 1. I don't know why I say 'Day' and not 'Run'?!

Dodged the rain at 6:00 this morning to get the first 28 minute slog out of the way! The first half was really hard going as I couldn't find my...

Dodged the rain at 6:00 this morning to get the first 28 minute slog out of the ...

Innuendo

Graduate•12 years ago

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Can't believe I've made it to week 5!

WOW, I've just done run 1 and have to keep pinching myself that I've managed to run (ok, shuffle!) for 3 lots of 5 mins... I can't believe this is the same...

WOW, I've just done run 1 and have to keep pinching myself that I've managed to ...

doggymum

Graduate•12 years ago

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Week 5.....0430....groan...

I'm on earlies at work this week so I started week 5 with a 0430 start. Considering the earliness of the hour I felt..... AMAZING!!! I can't believe it. This...

I'm on earlies at work this week so I started week 5 with a 0430 start. Consider...

davehedgehog

Graduate•12 years ago

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Parkrun Results 30/6/12

Three of our runners in the results list this time. Well done:- Elizabeth 33:24 Gillian 37:13 Lucy 28:45 at Aberdeen, Basingstoke and Guildford....

Three of our runners in the results list this time. Well done:- Elizabeth 33:...

tygfuz

Graduate•12 years ago

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Just started

Started running two weeks ago but without c25K had bad chin splints, and felt crap most of the time. Did day 1 today with c25K had chin splints but followed...

Started running two weeks ago but without c25K had bad chin splints, and felt cr...

Philpot

•12 years ago

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Anyone tried the Dukan Diet?

Hidden

•12 years ago

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I did it! Finally!

So... I had a few hiccups during my C25K training. In Week 6 I went on holiday to Corfu which meant I had longer breaks between my runs (3-4 days) although I...

So... I had a few hiccups during my C25K training. In Week 6 I went on holiday ...

bexblonde

Graduate•12 years ago

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W2R2 ups and downs

well after painful knee and legs, weekend away and chest infection i got back to it, did W1 again, then W2R1 was all going well. Did W2R2 first half was hard (...

well after painful knee and legs, weekend away and chest infection i got back to...

wobblybum

•12 years ago

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Newbie Runner Week 2 Run 3 finished

Just finished week 2 run 2. Found the third run tough towards the end. Hopefully I will be able to stick it out for the third week. I am finding I am not...

Just finished week 2 run 2. Found the third run tough towards the end. Hopefully...

ruffmut

Graduate•12 years ago

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Yahoo, week one done!

So chuffed at completing week 1 yesterday, can't wait for week 2 to start tomorrow. No matter what I am determined to see this through to the end, even if it...

So chuffed at completing week 1 yesterday, can't wait for week 2 to start tomorr...

jlow

Graduate•12 years ago

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Week 7 Run 1, Calf pain sorted, I think.

After taking advice on my last blog and a few days rest, I managed to do this run 6.30am today. Having previously had a pain in one calf, I thought I might...

After taking advice on my last blog and a few days rest, I managed to do this ru...

newyorker570

Graduate•12 years ago

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All posts for July 2012

Running with lower back pain?

Done week 1 and started week 2.

W9R1...and it's raining "breakthroughs"!

Crocs got my calf again.

Off Topic, But I'm Celebrating!

Ouch!

Week one trying to go faster

Tilly1 and The Terriers, W5R3 We Did It!

The dreaded week 5 run 3, wondering if it's possible!

hi everyone I have recently had a 6 week break due to health reasons - I had reached wk 8 and I now want to start back.

2,000 members!

Week 2 Day 1

Suggestions on getting from W3D3 to W4D1?

Why did I change my running time ?

Didn't think I could but...

Deflated and Frustrated :(

Change of mind set and it feels GOOOOOOOD!!

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester, In a shower of rain; He stepped in a puddle, Right up to his middle, ....................

Frustrated

Week 8, Day 1. I don't know why I say 'Day' and not 'Run'?!

Can't believe I've made it to week 5!

Week 5.....0430....groan...

Parkrun Results 30/6/12

Just started

Anyone tried the Dukan Diet?

I did it! Finally!

W2R2 ups and downs

Newbie Runner Week 2 Run 3 finished

Yahoo, week one done!

Week 7 Run 1, Calf pain sorted, I think.

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