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My first attempt at treadmill running and I felt and looked like a plonker ........

..... and don't tell me I didn't, to make it worse I was in front of full length mirrors under flourescent lights. What an odd experience, and one I am not...

..... and don't tell me I didn't, to make it worse I was in front of full length...

chusan51

Graduate•12 years ago

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Brass Monkeys and Short Legs

For the third time in the last week I have run in sub-zero, aka brass-monkey effect, weather. It has been amazing. The countryside is breathtakingly beautiful...

For the third time in the last week I have run in sub-zero, aka brass-monkey eff...

DeliaItaly

Graduate•12 years ago

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W3R1 due tomorrow

I started after a break of 10 days due to flu, but I managed to completed the Week 2. The terrain that I run happens to be up & down. I find it difficult do...

I started after a break of 10 days due to flu, but I managed to completed the We...

CouchCarrot

Graduate•12 years ago

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W8R1 - Done it!

Well I did it - 28mins non-stop but the pace slowed up considerably (7 kph) but managed to do "the slope" twice, I thought it was important to prove to myself...

Well I did it - 28mins non-stop but the pace slowed up considerably (7 kph) but ...

Orroroo

Graduate•12 years ago

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W8R2 done, hip flaming hooray!

I did it! W8R2 was a right dogs dinner yesterday but I nailed it tonight. Mind over reluctant body........It can be done!

I did it! W8R2 was a right dogs dinner yesterday but I nailed it tonight. Mind...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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technology in quick time

off i set tonight at my W1R4, thought it was going really well, feeling quite chuffed with myself until i realised that my phone was playing the podcast in...

off i set tonight at my W1R4, thought it was going really well, feeling quite ch...

joblotone

•12 years ago

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Week one over and I'm worried ........

Well W1R3 completed even though it's freezing outside and pitch dark along some parts of my route (mainly due to the Council not fixing broken lamps !) and...

Well W1R3 completed even though it's freezing outside and pitch dark along some ...

Wybrook

Graduate•12 years ago

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What are the podcast runs?

I use the c25k free app instead of the podcasts and it is one week shorter than the podcasts; the week 8 runs are 28 mins, 28 mins and 30 mins. I just wondered...

I use the c25k free app instead of the podcasts and it is one week shorter than ...

NikkiJayne

•12 years ago

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Chuffing cold or what????

Been a week since my last run due to work and family,,(well its that time of year) so I had some free time and went out tonight. Running tights, thirst and...

Been a week since my last run due to work and family,,(well its that time of yea...

Jimbob74

Graduate•12 years ago

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Wk 8 run 1.. Feeling great but concerned that I am running too slowly?

I can't believe I am a runner! At 48 I have never run before even avoiding cross country at school and now thanks to Laura and the great motivational posts I...

I can't believe I am a runner! At 48 I have never run before even avoiding cro...

expat

Graduate•12 years ago

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Running in the buff......

....or more accurately, a buff. After complaining in previous blogs about the effect the cold air has on my aged asthmatic lungs, I thought I would heed your...

....or more accurately, a buff. After complaining in previous blogs about the e...

earl-grey-sian

Graduate•12 years ago

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Week 2, Run 2.

Up at the crack of dawn so as to get my run in before work. Five runs in I've realised the adrenaline isn't firing in me as it had been, the novelty having...

Up at the crack of dawn so as to get my run in before work. Five runs in I've re...

Fingalo

Graduate•12 years ago

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Calf pain

I've had tightness in my right calf for a while now and I've made sure I stretch it regularly, as well as stretching after runs. On the cross-trainer on...

I've had tightness in my right calf for a while now and I've made sure I stretch...

sfb350

Graduate•12 years ago

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If you graduated in November, post here

Connect with your fellow November graduates by posting a bit about you & your Couch to 5k journey. If you haven't got your graduate badge yet, send me a...

Connect with your fellow November graduates by posting a bit about you & your Co...

JR21

•12 years ago

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Wk7R3 again and again and again

I'm like a stuck record. I reached Wk7R3 about 7 weeks ago. My zippy feet were positively zipping along and I felt on top of the world. I was telling...

I'm like a stuck record. I reached Wk7R3 about 7 weeks ago. My zippy feet were...

zippyfeet

Graduate•12 years ago

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Parkrun results

Results for Ashton Court parkrun, event number 82, 08/12/2012. 109 participants completed the run today. The first male to finish was Tom BARBER (M) in a time...

Results for Ashton Court parkrun, event number 82, 08/12/2012. 109 participants ...

tygfuz

Graduate•12 years ago

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week 2 run1 - YES!!!

Good morning to all you runners. I have done the first run this week and though knackered now have to say it was not too bad. The first 90 seconds seemed like...

Good morning to all you runners. I have done the first run this week and though ...

shakylegs

•12 years ago

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It was all going so well....

I can't tell you all how much I've enjoyed the first two weeks of the programme. On Saturday I set off gingerly for wk2r3 but got an awful pain in my left...

I can't tell you all how much I've enjoyed the first two weeks of the programme....

Mandamus73

Graduate•12 years ago

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Graduated....

Hi All, Well I finished my final run last night in the blistering cold. I had a pretty good week although noticed quite a difference in my personal...

Hi All, Well I finished my final run last night in the blistering cold. I had...

puressence73

Graduate•12 years ago

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W9 R3 complete - Where do I get my badge.

I suppose this one has been asked a thousand times, but here goes again. How do you get your graduation badge once completing the 9 weeks?

I suppose this one has been asked a thousand times, but here goes again. How do ...

puressence73

Graduate•12 years ago

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W8R2 disaster!

Well yesterdays run was a total disaster, my first failure! I set out full of good intentions to do 28 mins yesterday afternoon whilst hubby watched the footy...

Well yesterdays run was a total disaster, my first failure! I set out full of go...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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How do I download the app to help me train?

Bean23

•12 years ago

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I'm a fake!

Ha ha, I had a fab run this morning, decided to set minimum goal of 30 minutes, but aiming for 40, distance no matter. So I set off pretty slowly, with only a...

Ha ha, I had a fab run this morning, decided to set minimum goal of 30 minutes, ...

vixiej

Graduate•12 years ago

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Week one again

Well after a disasterous W1R3 on friday in the rain sleet and hail stones, even the dog didnt want to be in the park friday morning, i had made such an effort...

Well after a disasterous W1R3 on friday in the rain sleet and hail stones, even ...

joblotone

•12 years ago

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Who in their right mind starts a running programme in December?

I've tried to 'become a runner' many times and to some degree I've always suceeded. For a while. Then the enibitable cold weather, dodgy knee or one to many...

I've tried to 'become a runner' many times and to some degree I've always suceed...

ty272

•12 years ago

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Third 10k race today in wet and windy Aberystwyth. Could have done better!

I signed up for this race in Sept as soon as I got back from my last 10k (which was in horrible wet cold gusty rainy conditions on Swansea Bay seafront). The...

I signed up for this race in Sept as soon as I got back from my last 10k (which ...

Deryn61

Graduate•12 years ago

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Santa Dash Ho Ho over

A few months ago, a discussion in the pub led to me discovering the C25K and entering a 5k Santa Dash. Dangerous places pubs....... After completing the...

A few months ago, a discussion in the pub led to me discovering the C25K and ent...

Treborstone

Graduate•12 years ago

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Man this is good......

I had planned to run yesterday as we were going away to visit family and I knew there might be a sherry or two floating around :) Te run didn't happen as we...

I had planned to run yesterday as we were going away to visit family and I knew ...

Jeddahpm

Graduate•12 years ago

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nagging spouses

hey there does anyone out there have a spouse that nags them when they go out running? mine does but i go out regardless anyway!! she hasnt worked out that...

hey there does anyone out there have a spouse that nags them when they go out ru...

givman

•12 years ago

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Week 5 Run 3 take two!

Went out just before 4 to do my Week 5 Run 3 and started struggling after 5 minutes. After several starts and stops I came across an open door on a building...

Went out just before 4 to do my Week 5 Run 3 and started struggling after 5 minu...

auranya

Graduate•12 years ago

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All posts for December 2012

My first attempt at treadmill running and I felt and looked like a plonker ........

Brass Monkeys and Short Legs

W3R1 due tomorrow

W8R1 - Done it!

W8R2 done, hip flaming hooray!

technology in quick time

Week one over and I'm worried ........

What are the podcast runs?

Chuffing cold or what????

Wk 8 run 1.. Feeling great but concerned that I am running too slowly?

Running in the buff......

Week 2, Run 2.

Calf pain

If you graduated in November, post here

Wk7R3 again and again and again

Parkrun results

week 2 run1 - YES!!!

It was all going so well....

Graduated....

W9 R3 complete - Where do I get my badge.

W8R2 disaster!

How do I download the app to help me train?

I'm a fake!

Week one again

Who in their right mind starts a running programme in December?

Third 10k race today in wet and windy Aberystwyth. Could have done better!

Santa Dash Ho Ho over

Man this is good......

nagging spouses

Week 5 Run 3 take two!

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