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I love the big old disgusting sweat stains under both arms and down my back... The scaly skin developing on my skanky feet... and my bright tomato red,...

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I love sweat stains (week 8, run 1)

I love the big old disgusting sweat stains under both arms and down my back... ...

29_and_counting

Graduate•12 years ago

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Angel-Non-Wired-Sports-Bra/dp/B0074YA4K6 in a huge range of sizes from 28A - 38DD ok, so its in the Angel range of bras ~...

M&S sports bra for £12!!! not sale price, normal price :)

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Angel-Non-Wired-Sports-Bra/dp/B0074YA4K6 in a ...

shelleymcb

Graduate•12 years ago

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What device do people use that tells them their speed and distance? And roughly how much does the device cost?

peggy-jean

Graduate•12 years ago

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week 6 part 3

Just about to do part 3 of week 6, a whole 25 minutes, not sure how ready I am for this!!!!!

Just about to do part 3 of week 6, a whole 25 minutes, not sure how ready I am f...

peggy-jean

Graduate•12 years ago

Wow! Simply wow! I have just ran for 30 whole minutes in W9R1. Wow! When I was starting this, even for the second time, 60 seconds seemed like a huge mountain...

Why do you run and what made you start?

laj1987

Graduate•12 years ago

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I endured & I conquered! W9R1

Wow! Simply wow! I have just ran for 30 whole minutes in W9R1. Wow! When I was s...

laj1987

Graduate•12 years ago

I know I haven't been around for nearly a month. And I didn't do a lot of running in that time either. Don't ask me why. Maybe it was the weather or work or...

Uhm, hello?

I know I haven't been around for nearly a month. And I didn't do a lot of runnin...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Be inspired

For those of you just starting couch to 5k or getting near week 9, let me tell you my story. I'm 64 next month and never believed I could run. I was beginning...

For those of you just starting couch to 5k or getting near week 9, let me tell y...

Peter48

Graduate•12 years ago

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omg wk 5 r3 done

actually cant believe i ran for 20 mins today, when laura stopped the music i thought she was gonna say u only got 1 min left but she says u only got 5 mins to...

actually cant believe i ran for 20 mins today, when laura stopped the music i th...

tombraider

•12 years ago

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Week 3 - check

Big yay, completed week 3 final run on the treadmill today. The legs are much better now too, didn't feel the burn on the way to the gym. Maybe the muscles...

Big yay, completed week 3 final run on the treadmill today. The legs are much be...

beatasthma

•12 years ago

I have learned so much about wheelchairs and life in plaster since Saturday. Also the shear hard work it takes to get up a flight of stairs my upper body and...

broken ankle update 1

I have learned so much about wheelchairs and life in plaster since Saturday. Als...

glendam52

Graduate•12 years ago

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Week 8 over, now to go from 28 to 30 minutes!

It seems that for the last few weeks I've been counting minutes which feel like hours between running 20 minutes (week 5) to 25 minutes (week 6 and 7) to 28...

It seems that for the last few weeks I've been counting minutes which feel like ...

happierswimming

Graduate•12 years ago

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Can't run :-(

I'm so disappointed because I haven't been able to run for a week now. I did an intermittent 4 miles last Thursday then didn't run at the weekend for various...

I'm so disappointed because I haven't been able to run for a week now. I did an...

lucylocket10

Graduate•12 years ago

I'm due to start W5R1 this evening. So far I have really enjoyed progressing through the weeks and W4 has been my favourite. BUT! for some reason I'm getting...

W5R1 - Looming on the horizon - will I make it?!!

I'm due to start W5R1 this evening. So far I have really enjoyed progressing th...

Gerry-Po

•12 years ago

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W5R2 done!

This forum is so inspiring and has carried me through so kindly, to get through W5R2 this morning. I feel that it wasn't just the achievement of all the...

This forum is so inspiring and has carried me through so kindly, to get through ...

suki_007

Graduate•12 years ago

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Week 5 run 2 - not good :(

I did the first run of week 5 on Monday, and despite the heat (I went out at 2pm; it was scorching!) I had no trouble with that one - I knew I could do five...

I did the first run of week 5 on Monday, and despite the heat (I went out at 2pm...

svenena

•12 years ago

I'm pretty sure I about hungry constantly since running. Is this normal!?

Is anyone else starving all the time?

lottyburns

•12 years ago

I'm having to put my running on hold at the moment as I appear to have hurt my foot. It's been nigling for a few weeks and I stupidly ignored it. I have been...

A temporary blip

I'm having to put my running on hold at the moment as I appear to have hurt my f...

Benmum

•12 years ago

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It's amazing what you can accomplish when you ignore your brain.

OK, after reading around the community for a few weeks now, I think now is the time to tell my story... 18 months ago I was a 19 stone, morbidly obese...

OK, after reading around the community for a few weeks now, I think now is the t...

nicostar

Graduate•12 years ago

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Bruised shins or shin splints

I have a feeling I have bruised my shin muscles (I'm on w2r2) but don't want to do damage (or stop running). Aghh! I am fairly sure it isn't shin splints as...

I have a feeling I have bruised my shin muscles (I'm on w2r2) but don't want to ...

SarahLB77

•12 years ago

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RunKeeper

Oh yes, and I got this email from RunKeeper: Congratulations! This is a RunKeeper FitnessAlert to let you know that you achieved the following milestones...

Oh yes, and I got this email from RunKeeper: Congratulations! This is a RunK...

Miss_T_Ide

Graduate•12 years ago

This morning I ran for the first time for a week. I last ran last Thursday then I went to a conference and then I came down with a cold. I'm still not...

No heroics, just wanted to keep going!

This morning I ran for the first time for a week. I last ran last Thursday then...

Miss_T_Ide

Graduate•12 years ago

Done W3 R3 this morning dead chuffed. But Hubby who runs with me has lost 3lbs and I have put 2lbs on GUTTED,

This 73 year old

Done W3 R3 this morning dead chuffed. But Hubby who runs with me has lost 3lbs a...

Pat184

Graduate•12 years ago

Ideally I'm hunting a 5 K fun run in Cornwall/Devon in September/October - but for the life of me can't find one online anywhere half close by. Park Runs...

Finding a 5K Fun run in the South West

Ideally I'm hunting a 5 K fun run in Cornwall/Devon in September/October - but f...

Stevetheb

Graduate•12 years ago

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No running for 3 weeks , gutted

The day before I was due to do run 1, week 4 I fell over. Badly sprained my foot, cut tip off my toe and got a nasty graze on my knee. So I'm hobbling around...

The day before I was due to do run 1, week 4 I fell over. Badly sprained my foot...

Former-PE-Skiver

•12 years ago

So once again, I survived a Week 2 run! And, if I dare say it, I found it perhaps a little easier than my first run of this second week. Although my legs...

W2R2 - herons in Yorkshire are a bit dim

So once again, I survived a Week 2 run! And, if I dare say it, I found it perhap...

ediththegeranium

Graduate•12 years ago