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Q: Why do runners go jogging early in the morning? A: They want to finish before their brain figures out what they're doing....

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Q: Why do runners go jogging early in the morning? A: They want to fi...

gmab51

Graduate•11 years ago

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oh my goodness how did I make 11km?

Surprised myself today on week 3 of bridge to 10k. I am using a running track next to the sports centre for ease. But I jog there and back, more or less....

Surprised myself today on week 3 of bridge to 10k. I am using a running track ne...

Burstcouch

Graduate•11 years ago

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Running on consecutive days

Is it possible or ok to run two days on the trot? My routine is that I do an hour of zumba thurs,rest friday, run sat and sun and swim mon, rest tues and weds;...

Is it possible or ok to run two days on the trot? My routine is that I do an hou...

Hidden

•11 years ago

Toyed with the idea of giving today's run a miss today because (a) the wind is strong and I'd already read a blog where someone had had to give up (sorry,...

W9R1 - slow but secure

Toyed with the idea of giving today's run a miss today because (a) the wind is s...

PamJK

Graduate•11 years ago

Warning: there is no point to this blog other then me having a good old whinge! So I am now nearly 11 weeks pregnant and still running....sort of! So so...

Struggling and miserable because of it!

Warning: there is no point to this blog other then me having a good old whinge!...

lucykate

•11 years ago

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week 6 run 2 - nailed it!

I have had a very grumpy week - to busy at work - home insane and husband away -so not been able to get out all week. So today complete sense of humour...

I have had a very grumpy week - to busy at work - home insane and husband away -...

suzybenj

Graduate•11 years ago

After my first day doing the programme, as stated in my last post I found it extreamly hard, having to stop half way through for an extended breather,...

first day breathers

After my first day doing the programme, as stated in my last post I found it ext...

plugy

•11 years ago

In my last post I likened this run to a beast that needed slaying and thought then it would get the better of me. But the beast is dead! I have been...

W6R3 - The Beast is dead!

In my last post I likened this run to a beast that needed slaying and thought t...

LandRoverMad

Graduate•11 years ago

Today I should be doing W6R3 but I've woken up with a sore throat and a slight tightness in my chest. I'm wondering if I should still go out and try the run,...

Week 6 run 3 - Feeling a little under the weather

Today I should be doing W6R3 but I've woken up with a sore throat and a slight t...

Tigger_212

•11 years ago

So I start Couch to 5k with the best intentions but the furthest I have ever reached is about Week 4... I then become "too busy" to continue, although I know...

Starting again for the millionth time...

So I start Couch to 5k with the best intentions but the furthest I have ever rea...

louisen6

•11 years ago

the first 2 session of Week 1 i managed to get up and out before 8am as it was a lovely sunny day, felt really energised for the rest of the day. I have had...

Come Rain or Shine

the first 2 session of Week 1 i managed to get up and out before 8am as it was a...

eveshamgal

Graduate•11 years ago

So, I did the C25k - all 9 weeks (still can't quite believe it!). Can't say that it was pretty and can't say that I enjoyed the running itself, but really do...

Distance = Speed x time...feel like I'll never get to 5k!

So, I did the C25k - all 9 weeks (still can't quite believe it!). Can't say tha...

agedsnailspace

Graduate•11 years ago

Hello peeps! It's me again. I started strong then had to stop as I had surgery and the recovery time was waaaaaaaaaaaaay longer than I anticipated. Anyway, I'm...

Almost back!

Hello peeps! It's me again. I started strong then had to stop as I had surgery a...

Blessingway

•11 years ago

Really, Really struggled had to stop half way through but got back on the horse and finished. Unsure if I am overdoing it as my resting heart rate is 60-70...

First run mixed feelings

Really, Really struggled had to stop half way through but got back on the horse ...

plugy

•11 years ago

hi now I have finished 3 weeks 0f C2K5 programme but I am not following the diet chart due to constipation as I am suffering from last four months.Before four...

constipation problem

hi now I have finished 3 weeks 0f C2K5 programme but I am not following the diet...

puchi

•11 years ago

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Parkrun Musings

It seems many of us are attempting a parkrun tomorrow and that seems a great thing to me. We happy multitude who have raised bottoms from couch and intend...

It seems many of us are attempting a parkrun tomorrow and that seems a great thi...

CouchtoKiltLegs

Graduate•11 years ago

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Week 2 Completed!

Last time I wrote here I said, that I think that I have to repeat week Nr. 1 because I was sure that I can not do week 2 directly after week 1. But I could do...

Last time I wrote here I said, that I think that I have to repeat week Nr. 1 bec...

MimiMia

•11 years ago

Official time just back........... Da da daaaaaa..... 33min 22sec I am soooo chuffed with that as I've not done 5k below 35 min before. And there was a little...

My first 5k race

Official time just back........... Da da daaaaaa..... 33min 22sec I am soooo ch...

Souki

Graduate•11 years ago

Hey people, I completed my third run on Week 2 this morning and boy did it feel good! I'm using Endomondo to take strategic measurements of my progress and...

W2R3 Completed - legs are feeling weird?

Hey people, I completed my third run on Week 2 this morning and boy did it fee...

danzargo

Graduate•11 years ago

I still find it hard to believe I'm actually doing this! I've read so many scare stories about this week after the last biggy that I was sure I'd struggle!...

W6R1 Done!

I still find it hard to believe I'm actually doing this! I've read so many scare...

runningmam

Graduate•11 years ago

As you can see I had a bad run...run?? don't I mean flat footed plod? I guess it's my own fault for going out so confidently after the most enormous high I...

O how totally horrible W6R1 was for me.

As you can see I had a bad run...run?? don't I mean flat footed plod? I guess i...

lycranotlikely

Graduate•11 years ago

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A big disappointment

Today was W9R3 - and I was really looking forward to it. I did 2.7 miles on Wednesday (W9r2) and was so looking forward to graduating. But the weather...

Today was W9R3 - and I was really looking forward to it. I did 2.7 miles on Wed...

newrunner56

Graduate•11 years ago

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W9 R3 - should I finish a solo run or do the funrun?

Just been looking a little further forward and my W9R3 will be on the weekend 15-16 June. on the same weekend there is a 5k charity fun run in my local park....

Just been looking a little further forward and my W9R3 will be on the weekend 15...

Hidden

•11 years ago

So I'm still settling into a pattern and trying to find the best times during the week to hit the dreadmill at the gym. So far I've been starting my week on a...

Week 3 completed, but a real struggle!

So I'm still settling into a pattern and trying to find the best times during th...

CouchToHockeyPitch

Graduate•11 years ago

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For those of you that are doing 10k..........

Does 5k now seem a bit 'tame'? After my long run last Monday the plan was Wed short and sharp on the treadmill and this morning a 'quick' 5k (that's meaning...

Does 5k now seem a bit 'tame'? After my long run last Monday the plan was Wed...

Beads

Graduate•11 years ago

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Help - Park Run Registration

I understood it was possible to nominate C25K as your "club" but I can't see it in the list! Arghh! Can someone please help? Thanks!

I understood it was possible to nominate C25K as your "club" but I can't see it ...

PamJK

Graduate•11 years ago

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Week 6 Run 2 Completed, and ready to quit :-(

Well, I amazed myself by managing to complete The Big Twenty at the end of Week 5, and commenced to Week 6 feeling pretty positive. A trip away over the...

Well, I amazed myself by managing to complete The Big Twenty at the end of Week ...

TryingSoHard

Graduate•11 years ago

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Thank-You Greenlegs and Mitts - W9R2 done - W9R3 here I come!

Back in February I managed to get a knee injury and planned to try to run through it - Thanks to the advice from Greenlegs and Mitts, I stopped trying to force...

Back in February I managed to get a knee injury and planned to try to run throug...

Hambletron

Graduate•11 years ago