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•11 years ago

Well W5R3 is done and it went great :) I felt really good while running......my usual slow but steady, but I got there and still ran for another 3 minutes...

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The big day was a double success!!

Well W5R3 is done and it went great :) I felt really good while running......my ...

rockchick69

Graduate•11 years ago

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What snow?

Just finished week 4, with a lovely run in the snow. I'm amazed, but it felt a great deal less difficult then week 1!

Just finished week 4, with a lovely run in the snow. I'm amazed, but it felt a g...

Firstly I'd like to say thank you to everyone who posts on here, it was your inspiring blogs that even made me contemplating going running today. We live out...

•11 years ago

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W6R1 Do I need certifying or am I addicted ?

Firstly I'd like to say thank you to everyone who posts on here, it was your ins...

JacquiToots

•11 years ago

thats I have wonky donkey legs apparently.... So today I have receovered from ice bath and had intended to go Eventing (horse thing, Dressage,...

You can tell by the way I move my butt....

thats I have wonky donkey legs apparently.... So today I have receov...

Lynds

Graduate•11 years ago

The streets and park almost deserted with just a few dog walkers - muffled with so many scarves and hats that they became unisex bundles of clothing. But then...

Took 2 hours to get out of door - but running through snowflakes was worth it

The streets and park almost deserted with just a few dog walkers - muffled with ...

parkbirdy

Graduate•11 years ago

I've been looking up information about pacing, and came across this for planning what to do after you've hit the 5k target:...

How hard to push as a postgrad?

I've been looking up information about pacing, and came across this for planning...

greenlegs

Graduate•11 years ago

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5x50 Challenge – Any more joining our C25K Team?! (We are nearly at 40 members now; could we get to 50?!)

An email dropped into my inbox today reminding me that it was just a week to go until the start of this year’s Challenge; really?? It went on to say that you...

An email dropped into my inbox today reminding me that it was just a week to go ...

SBG356

Graduate•11 years ago

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Slush puppy feet

Well, it really served me right for laughing at the ice-cold bath blog earlier... I went out to run in the snow, put on extra socks (the airholes...

Well, it really served me right for laughing at the ice-cold bath blog earlier.....

greenlegs

Graduate•11 years ago

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W7R2, treadmill, lessons learnt.

Well I managed to complete W7R2. A couple of days later than planned, but better that than never. I thought that as we've got snow a foot and a half - 2...

Well I managed to complete W7R2. A couple of days later than planned, but better...

Was planning to go to the parkrun at braunstone this saturday but due to snow it will have to wait allthough I am sure it would have been cancelled anyway plus...

•11 years ago

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Thwarted by the weather

Was planning to go to the parkrun at braunstone this saturday but due to snow it...

I don't think I've ever had a run that was so hard to get out the door! To be fair to me it was crazily snowing (it's spring!) and I've just come home from uni...

•11 years ago

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So hard to get through the door today. However...

I don't think I've ever had a run that was so hard to get out the door! To be fa...

r4chsm1th

Graduate•11 years ago

Ye Gods, I certainly hope so because that will only be in a year's time, it being my 63rd birthday today. Yay!! I graduated last year on my 62nd birthday...

Will I be running, still out running......when I'm 64

Ye Gods, I certainly hope so because that will only be in a year's time, it bein...

OldNed

Graduate•11 years ago

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W5R3

I know this is an obvious question, but what is the knack in completing this run? I couldn't finish this run last week and I just can't seem to get the pacing...

I know this is an obvious question, but what is the knack in completing this ru...

vespa

Graduate•11 years ago

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Stepping Stone? you must be kidding

Went out with the Stepping Stone post-5k podcast today. What a waste of a run that was. I reckon if you can move your legs in time with Laura's beat, then...

Went out with the Stepping Stone post-5k podcast today. What a waste of a run th...

lucyconnuk

Graduate•11 years ago

In Manchester visiting a supportive friend. Went out in the cold etc, friend walking, I'm listening to Laura. Couldn't wait for the 5min walk to be over so as...

Week 4 completed

In Manchester visiting a supportive friend. Went out in the cold etc, friend wal...

Wishfulthinking

•11 years ago

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Joys of Spring !

Not only has today's Parkrun been cancelled due to the snow but so has the Ironbridge half-marathon tomorrow. The snow is still falling now - we have a...

Not only has today's Parkrun been cancelled due to the snow but so has the Ironb...

sfb350

Graduate•11 years ago

Hi everyone I'm trying to getting back into the fitness/running bug after falling off the wagon majorly. I've always had to work hard at keeping within a...

W1 complete beginner (almost)

Hi everyone I'm trying to getting back into the fitness/running bug after fal...

upandout

•11 years ago

As I put on my trainers I told myself that if it was too cold I could come back in again and there was no shame in that because I'm not a masochist and I do...

W8r3 Glowing

As I put on my trainers I told myself that if it was too cold I could come back ...

Sadiekit

Graduate•11 years ago

After doing 3 x Week 1, I did Week 2 for the first time - and I loved it. I felt so smug and proud of myself - even though I was running through strong winds...

Yes, yes, YES !!

After doing 3 x Week 1, I did Week 2 for the first time - and I loved it. I fel...

newrunner56

Graduate•11 years ago

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No running, so I figure sledging is a good alternative!

There is a lot of snow up here in leeds today, so I recon instead of the usual 30 min run an hour of sledging with the kids will be just as much exercise,...

There is a lot of snow up here in leeds today, so I recon instead of the usual 3...

Bluepiano

Graduate•11 years ago

So week 3....hmmmmm it's snowing - yup SNOWING !!! What's the warm up track on week 3? - "It's a beautiful day" - not! But I did it, I actually ran 3 minutes...

Week 3 Laura's deluded!

So week 3....hmmmmm it's snowing - yup SNOWING !!! What's the warm up track on w...

Janeymiddlewife

•11 years ago

I was a sprinter at school and any long distance I distanced myself from!!!. Since then I have done as we all do exercise classes etc but never regular or for...

Running to get fit!!!

I was a sprinter at school and any long distance I distanced myself from!!!. Si...

karenmac70

Graduate•11 years ago

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Week 1 Run 1

I have decided to take up the challenge. I live in a little village up in the Alps and so wore snowchains over my trainers this morning, but I've started, and...

I have decided to take up the challenge. I live in a little village up in the Al...

minnabluff

•11 years ago

Hi folks, I was wondering if man of you had lost weight during this runnning programme - as my ultimate goal to to become a runner and shift some weight xxx

Weight loss

Hi folks, I was wondering if man of you had lost weight during this runnning ...

mandym0

•11 years ago

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Week 5 started .... In the most horrid weather

So yesterday was the official R1 of W5 - I say official as I had already done this run twice due to choosing the wrong podcast! I wasn't anxious as the...

So yesterday was the official R1 of W5 - I say official as I had already done th...

LondonKel

Graduate•11 years ago

As some of you guys will know I hurt my ankle a few weeks back (just after graduating) and this has been my first week back. Ankle has been holding up, just...

Cold Bath Agony

As some of you guys will know I hurt my ankle a few weeks back (just after gradu...

Lynds

Graduate•11 years ago

I am packing to go to Washington DC for Easter Hols and had packed my running shoes, but then panicked as running out of room and pulled them out. But I...

Must start thinking like a runner...

I am packing to go to Washington DC for Easter Hols and had packed my running sh...

amsjo

Graduate•11 years ago