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w6r1 - very, very windy!!!!

Today was like taking 3 steps forward and 2 steps back. The wind is terrific up in them thar hills where I live. But, I kept on running despite feeling...

Today was like taking 3 steps forward and 2 steps back. The wind is terrific up...

rfawag

•12 years ago

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W3R2

Dithered about going out for my run because of the wind and rain but I knew if I didn't go out today then I would have to wait until Saturday. First part was...

Dithered about going out for my run because of the wind and rain but I knew if I...

PeaBea

Graduate•12 years ago

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How far we have come

Hi all. I was feeling a bit worried about being able to complete W6R3 tonight, I know I have done every session prior and so have prepared and done everything...

Hi all. I was feeling a bit worried about being able to complete W6R3 tonight, I...

Leyther1

Graduate•12 years ago

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So proud!

When we were on holiday my hubby overheard a comment, it went like this: The setting is a rather steep hill up to hotel from the beach, I used to sometimes...

When we were on holiday my hubby overheard a comment, it went like this: The se...

Oldgirl

Graduate•12 years ago

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W1 R2 Done

I came back from run2 yesterday and didn't ache for as long as I did on R1.My recovery time was much quicker. I am really enjoying it and it is great to blow...

I came back from run2 yesterday and didn't ache for as long as I did on R1.My re...

PacMan

•12 years ago

4 Replies

What a disaster!

Went out today (Thursday) intending to do run 2 of week 8 - started off with laura for five minutes then went to my own music ran for ten minutes. Had to stop...

Went out today (Thursday) intending to do run 2 of week 8 - started off with lau...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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It's been a while...but lots have happened... Graduated... asthma attacks, Santa fun runs...

Hello, So figured I need to update this blog, and tell you of my story so far. So a few months back now, I started week 5, and decided to go against...

Hello, So figured I need to update this blog, and tell you of my story so far...

runfatboy81

•12 years ago

10 Replies

bad hair day = run: good hair day = no run

I didn't manage to get up early enough for a run before coming to the hairdressers this morning. I might squeeze in a run before my meeting this afternoon (so...

I didn't manage to get up early enough for a run before coming to the hairdresse...

vixiej

Graduate•12 years ago

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I Graduated Yesterday - a bittersweet story with thanks to Sue, Delia, Liz, Colette, Gayle, Steve, Julie and all of you and, LAURA

Hi everyone :-) I started this addiction, in the main, because of my parents' dwindling physical health and watching the effect of it on them. I started...

Hi everyone :-) I started this addiction, in the main, because of my parents'...

psarapsych

Graduate•12 years ago

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I just want to go for a run aka the importance of posture

It's now been a whole week since I had my miserable W6R3 run. I whined about it at the time - I was too hot, too tired, didn't enjoy it, blah blah blah. Now...

It's now been a whole week since I had my miserable W6R3 run. I whined about it...

MumOnTheRun

Graduate•12 years ago

1 Reply

Back from holiday but still not had a run

Hi guys and girls, I hope you are all well and staying free from any injuries. I had a smashing holiday, walked loads but did not run at all so I'm now almost...

Hi guys and girls, I hope you are all well and staying free from any injuries. ...

Oldgirl

Graduate•12 years ago

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Some inspiration for those feeling like "frauds".........

Ok, so as I've said before I run at a pace that may be slightly slower than my walk, have been lapped by mothers in pram s and today I felt awfully intimidated...

Ok, so as I've said before I run at a pace that may be slightly slower than my w...

teeandtoast

•12 years ago

4 Replies

5K+ Podcasts: One Down, Two to Go

Did my third run with "Stepping Stone" tonight. Was rather surprised to find that it feels a bit too easy now! Go figure -- I never would have expected this...

Did my third run with "Stepping Stone" tonight. Was rather surprised to find th...

IronMatt

Graduate•12 years ago

3 Replies

twiddling my life away (and running)

I've just spent 2 1/2 hours fiddling with my iPod and matching existing songs to BPM after reading eshaz14's post about being bored with music and lack of...

I've just spent 2 1/2 hours fiddling with my iPod and matching existing songs to...

vixiej

Graduate•12 years ago

12 Replies

I'm on week 4 and my legs hurt so badly from the knee down. They stop as soon as I stop running. Walking is fine. Any suggestions as to why?

64andrunning

•12 years ago

7 Replies

Winter clothing - No logo, No cry.

‘Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.’ Henry Thoreau American poet and philosopher When I was younger the gratifying thing about...

‘Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.’ Henry Thoreau American...

londongirln19

Graduate•12 years ago

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W1R2 - And the dog came too!

So I've realised that one of my problems is that I feel like a bit of a fraud - I don't want anyone to see me 'pretending' to run, so my way around that is to...

So I've realised that one of my problems is that I feel like a bit of a fraud - ...

Cookiedooodle

Graduate•12 years ago

2 Replies

Week 7 you will NOT defeat me!

I've had a couple of days break from running and had W7R2 planned in for tonight. In the event I was reluctant to actually go out just because I was hugely...

I've had a couple of days break from running and had W7R2 planned in for tonight...

ange123

Graduate•12 years ago

1 Reply

it was definitely something nasty...

yep - after the failed run on Monday, from Monday night ive felt really really rotten. bad tummy, bad head, bad bottom......;-0 no wonder my poor lungs...

yep - after the failed run on Monday, from Monday night ive felt really really r...

AuntieAli

Graduate•12 years ago

2 Replies

Done it!

It's take me since July, but tonight I did my last run; it wasn't my best but I manage a teeny bit further and a teeny bit faster each time. I'm still about...

It's take me since July, but tonight I did my last run; it wasn't my best but I ...

tinysuns

Graduate•12 years ago

13 Replies

Anyone get despondent?

I've been loosely following the c25k plan (I could run 5k back in the early summer then had 2 months off due to injury). I'm on W5r2 which I did yesterday but...

I've been loosely following the c25k plan (I could run 5k back in the early summ...

Mum2Runner

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Yeah, finally got around to Week 8 Run 1!!

I've been so busy this week that I wondered if I would ever fit this in. I was starting to build the 28 minutes into something horrendous in my mind too, even...

I've been so busy this week that I wondered if I would ever fit this in. I was s...

Tiddlywink

Graduate•12 years ago

2 Replies

Head gear advice needed.

I wear varifocals. During the summer I wore a long peaked baseball cap which worked well to keep the sun off. I wear a beanie hat in the winter. It has no...

I wear varifocals. During the summer I wore a long peaked baseball cap which wor...

Hidden

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Week 6 run3

DID IT DID IT DID IT !!!!!! I cannot believe that I just ran for 25 mins without walking !!! 6 weeks ago I just thought that this would never happen, but...

DID IT DID IT DID IT !!!!!! I cannot believe that I just ran for 25 mins withou...

kazzers

Graduate•12 years ago

12 Replies

Running, interviewing and flirting?

In all the kerfuffle about US Generals and their emails last week, the thing that leapt out at me as a newish runner was that General Petraeus had invited the...

In all the kerfuffle about US Generals and their emails last week, the thing tha...

londongirln19

Graduate•12 years ago

4 Replies

WK3 R@ bit of a struggle.

Couldn't get out last night so i was a day off today so was looking forward to getting out even though I feel totally drained at the minute :( just with work...

Couldn't get out last night so i was a day off today so was looking forward to g...

BigGinger

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Oh I Do Love to Be Beside the Seaside: Graduation Run

It seems like a long time since I started this. Like thousands of others, inspired by the Olympics, and even more so by the Paralympics, I’d started running....

It seems like a long time since I started this. Like thousands of others, inspir...

londongirln19

Graduate•12 years ago

18 Replies

A little fed up ...

Not with running, but with injuries associated with running. So after my run yesterday I had a slight twinge in my right front thigh, which has miraculously...

Not with running, but with injuries associated with running. So after my run yes...

Clare7645

Graduate•12 years ago

2 Replies

Week 9 is here - and run 1 was GREAT :-)

I really can't believe what a difference a day makes (well two days but whats 24 hours amoungst fellow C25K bloggers?). Monday was w8r3 and was the WORST...

I really can't believe what a difference a day makes (well two days but whats 24...

mo-mentum

Graduate•12 years ago

8 Replies

W4R2. I feel like I'm about to drop.

Hey y'all. I was looking over my blogs for the past few runs. It seems like my R2's are killers. I wonder why that is. I guess that's the added benefit of...

Hey y'all. I was looking over my blogs for the past few runs. It seems like my...

Kimberami

•12 years ago

2 Replies

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All posts for November 2012

w6r1 - very, very windy!!!!

W3R2

How far we have come

So proud!

W1 R2 Done

What a disaster!

It's been a while...but lots have happened... Graduated... asthma attacks, Santa fun runs...

bad hair day = run: good hair day = no run

I Graduated Yesterday - a bittersweet story with thanks to Sue, Delia, Liz, Colette, Gayle, Steve, Julie and all of you and, LAURA

I just want to go for a run aka the importance of posture

Back from holiday but still not had a run

Some inspiration for those feeling like "frauds".........

5K+ Podcasts: One Down, Two to Go

twiddling my life away (and running)

I'm on week 4 and my legs hurt so badly from the knee down. They stop as soon as I stop running. Walking is fine. Any suggestions as to why?

Winter clothing - No logo, No cry.

W1R2 - And the dog came too!

Week 7 you will NOT defeat me!

it was definitely something nasty...

Done it!

Anyone get despondent?

Yeah, finally got around to Week 8 Run 1!!

Head gear advice needed.

Week 6 run3

Running, interviewing and flirting?

WK3 R@ bit of a struggle.

Oh I Do Love to Be Beside the Seaside: Graduation Run

A little fed up ...

Week 9 is here - and run 1 was GREAT :-)

W4R2. I feel like I'm about to drop.

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