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Can someone in authority answer this query please, I am a real dumbo :0 If you run, walk, cycle you put in the actual distance covered and the time - yes?...

5x50 tracking query

Can someone in authority answer this query please, I am a real dumbo :0 If yo...

Jane-M

•11 years ago

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W1 R1 - taste of blood!!

Hi to everyone, I have never been a runner I struggled with the breathing because I was a smoker. I am now 1 1/2 years since giving up and have always admired...

Hi to everyone, I have never been a runner I struggled with the breathing becaus...

mrswailer

•11 years ago

I'm not ignoring the challenge peeps, I'm still waiting for the guys at the 5x50 site to sort out letting me register. The info I had back to my email was...

Still waiting to join the 5x50 challenge....

I'm not ignoring the challenge peeps, I'm still waiting for the guys at the 5x50...

doggymum

Graduate•11 years ago

Has anyone set up a just giving page for their 5x50? If so what did you do? I'm also doing the twilight race for life in Watford in October, and wanted to...

Sponsors ??

Has anyone set up a just giving page for their 5x50? If so what did you do? I...

Souki

Graduate•11 years ago

Find out what you can do to give your metabolism a boost to help you lose weight:...

Five ways to speed up your metabolism

Find out what you can do to give your metabolism a boost to help you lose weight...

TheEditor

•11 years ago

Did first day of first week last Saturday 30 March. 2nd go today. Think I might do first week twice before moving on. My goal is to join a friend on...

Started at last!

Did first day of first week last Saturday 30 March. 2nd go today. Think I might...

LandRoverMad

Graduate•11 years ago

"When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden BUTTERCUPS!" Sorry Wordsworth, but the field at the bottom of the valley full of buttercups...

"I plodded lonely as a cloud..." W8R1

"When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden BUTTERCUPS!" ...

con-brio

Graduate•11 years ago

Managed a 4k and 2k on Monday and that was only after a long recovery walk in between, so the intention today was to try for a straight 5k+. Found it tough...

First post-injury 6K!

Managed a 4k and 2k on Monday and that was only after a long recovery walk in be...

dottiemay

Graduate•11 years ago

Hi. I'm starting today, a friend has just told me about the programme and it seems great. I'm more than a little nervous and frightened of not being able to...

C25K I'm Starting today.....anyone else a newbie?

Hi. I'm starting today, a friend has just told me about the programme and it se...

Smilingsuzc

•11 years ago

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Avoidance!

I do believe I am doing everything I can to avoid week six run three! Waaaaaaaaa 25 mins..... Hmmmmm... Perhaps public declaration will help me get off my arse...

I do believe I am doing everything I can to avoid week six run three! Waaaaaaaaa...

Rubies

•11 years ago

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In need of some advice please!

So the last time I blogged I had successfully finished W1R2 and was feeling really good about it so far. It's all gone a bit downhill from there.. During...

So the last time I blogged I had successfully finished W1R2 and was feeling real...

angelsinthesnow

•11 years ago

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5x50 Day 4

Sunny, no wind and very cold here this morning but perfect for running. Doesn't matter that it is -3c the steam is still rising off me at the end :-) Completed...

Sunny, no wind and very cold here this morning but perfect for running. Doesn't ...

PastyMan

Graduate•11 years ago

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Back on the horse (just)

Hello, My last run was awful, didn't even manage a mile, so I was a bit nervous about today. I gave blood last night and thought that might affect my run,...

Hello, My last run was awful, didn't even manage a mile, so I was a bit nervo...

Bluepiano

Graduate•11 years ago

So far so good on the challenge - I ran on days 1 and 3, walked on day 2, so today was time for something new - after all, one of the aims of the challenge is...

5x50 day 4 - I went for a swim!

So far so good on the challenge - I ran on days 1 and 3, walked on day 2, so tod...

thinnerandfitter

Graduate•11 years ago

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Week 7 two down one to go!

Did my run at 9am this morning, I think I am a morning runner for sure. I completed my second run of week 7. YAY ME. :-) I think I have finally found my pace...

Did my run at 9am this morning, I think I am a morning runner for sure. I comple...

caz1_ca

Graduate•11 years ago

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A wonderful surprise, but most of all a big thank you to NHS for C25K!!

Yesterday afternoon the phone rang and a male voice said "Do you know who this is"? Well it could have been a nasty caller but something said I know that...

Yesterday afternoon the phone rang and a male voice said "Do you know who this i...

Oldgirl

Graduate•11 years ago

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One to go!!

Just completed week nine, run two. For a fat fifty six year old Granny, I am feeling so proud of myself and so thankful to C25k. Who would have thought it nine...

Just completed week nine, run two. For a fat fifty six year old Granny, I am fee...

Barbyk

Graduate•11 years ago

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Need to lose half a stone to start. Help please

I haven't tried running outside as I think it will be too painful on my back and knees is the treadmill enough to be actually help me lose weight and tone up...

I haven't tried running outside as I think it will be too painful on my back and...

Benamy

•11 years ago

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How to cheat at Stepping Stone

Tried Stepping Stone the other day and it was a disaster, so decided to cheat. How? Get a convenient teenager (in this case my 15-year old son Aidan) to SLOW...

Tried Stepping Stone the other day and it was a disaster, so decided to cheat. H...

lucyconnuk

Graduate•11 years ago

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5x50 challenge: overcoming sickness.

Day 42 5k run Day 43 30 min swim Day 44 5k walk I was so ill yesterday (day 44). I had been up in the night very unwell and was so weak in the...

Day 42 5k run Day 43 30 min swim Day 44 5k walk I was so ill yeste...

TJFlute

•11 years ago

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Parkrun results 30/03/2013

Results for Ashton Court parkrun, event number 97, 30/03/2013. 196 participants completed the run today. The first male to finish was Adam KULA-PRZEZWANSKI...

Results for Ashton Court parkrun, event number 97, 30/03/2013. 196 participants...

tygfuz

Graduate•11 years ago

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Exhausting 3 hour workout! W6R1!

Hey guys! If you read my last blog, you will know that I was unsure whether to bother doing W6R1 after finding W5R3 extremely easy. Maann am I glad I did it...

Hey guys! If you read my last blog, you will know that I was unsure whether to...

piggyland1

Graduate•11 years ago

I'm not on week 9 yet - hopefully I'll get to it soon - but I'm curious about what to do next once graduated. Is it better to train until achieving actual 5K...

I was due to complete week 2 tonight but pain in my lower legs forced me to just walk. Has anyone else suffered with this or have any tips?

Jenster

Graduate•11 years ago

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After finishing week 9 of C25K: ?

I'm not on week 9 yet - hopefully I'll get to it soon - but I'm curious about wh...

DavD

Graduate•11 years ago

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Back in Black (running socks)!

Runners forgive me but I have couched, it has been nearly 3 weeks since my last run. My calf muscle just hasn't been right but I was determined to go for a...

Runners forgive me but I have couched, it has been nearly 3 weeks since my last ...

CouchtoKiltLegs

Graduate•11 years ago

Well the first half anyway. Second half was more of an effort but I pushed through and completed it. Again, I had judged the distance incorrectly and ended up...

W3R3 - almost a breeze!

Well the first half anyway. Second half was more of an effort but I pushed throu...

PamJK

Graduate•11 years ago