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My graduation run!

I went out and completed W9R3 on the International Labour day! I am a 47 years old male (will be 48 in 2 months) from India. I am very slightly built, so much...

I went out and completed W9R3 on the International Labour day! I am a 47 years o...

CouchCarrot

Graduate•11 years ago

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W1R2 completed :-)

So, I mentioned earlier in the week that I was restarting the Couch to 5k program (started in November, had to put it on hold due to illness and other things)....

So, I mentioned earlier in the week that I was restarting the Couch to 5k progra...

rocketred

•11 years ago

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Great long weekend and 5x50 update :)

Well it's been a few days since I posted as been away for 5 days :) I've now got my shiny green badge....very happy. Went to the coast camping with our new...

Well it's been a few days since I posted as been away for 5 days :) I've now got...

rockchick69

Graduate•11 years ago

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post run stretching - this is what I've found helps me avoid stiffening up too much

Stretch, stretch & stretch again is a definite must - especially in the early weeks to get your leg muscles used to it all. I'm not sure if this is right...

Stretch, stretch & stretch again is a definite must - especially in the early we...

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•11 years ago

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Is this cheating.... and what next...?

Well, amazingly, COMPLETELY amazingly, I find myself having completed Week 5 Run 2. I genuinely cannot believe I've got this far. But I have, ME???!!!!...

Well, amazingly, COMPLETELY amazingly, I find myself having completed Week 5 Run...

TryingSoHard

Graduate•11 years ago

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Techno...better! (Still room for improvement though)

An unexpected run today, and quite a successful one, at that. I was going to wait until Friday, but considered going swimming this morning and then by the...

An unexpected run today, and quite a successful one, at that. I was going to wa...

Anniemurph

Graduate•11 years ago

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Getting ahead of myself!

This blogging lark is useful in lots of ways, one of them being realising you're still on week 3! Whoops, would have started week 4 on my next outing. Anyway...

This blogging lark is useful in lots of ways, one of them being realising you're...

runningwild

Graduate•11 years ago

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Well that wasn't quite what I planned!

Week 7 run 1, I planned a new route, it was flat and looked ok, would take youngest son to athletics and then do the run.....as I walked across the car park to...

Week 7 run 1, I planned a new route, it was flat and looked ok, would take young...

Tessietwo

Graduate•11 years ago

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Timed 1 mile runs - what do you use as a baseline to measure your progress?

Yes I know I am soo far away from being able to run a whole 1 mile, but I was just reading some tips on another running site and one was for complete beginners...

Yes I know I am soo far away from being able to run a whole 1 mile, but I was ju...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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2nd day week 4

This is great! I think I now know where I was going wrong before I discovered this site. I thought that if I reduced the length of my recovery walks, the...

This is great! I think I now know where I was going wrong before I discovered t...

runningmam

Graduate•11 years ago

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My first post

Hi everyone, just found this forum a few days ago, and have been reading everyones blogs. Such an inspirational lot you are, :-) Loving reading other...

Hi everyone, just found this forum a few days ago, and have been reading ever...

bikergirl

Graduate•11 years ago

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Achy legs?

I'm not sure I can describe it terribly well but my knees and hips are not aching all the time but every now and then. And I feel the urge to massage them. I...

I'm not sure I can describe it terribly well but my knees and hips are not achin...

PamJK

Graduate•11 years ago

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Soooo stiff don't know whether I'll be able to run tomorrow... :-(

Completed W1R1 yesterday and was very pleased that I'm not quite as unfit as I thought and did all the runs. BUT I'm still so stiff I can barely walk today...

Completed W1R1 yesterday and was very pleased that I'm not quite as unfit as I t...

claire_w

•11 years ago

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W3R1

doing the first one last night & a little nervous about running for twice as long as I had last week - but then when Laura cut in half way through to tell me...

doing the first one last night & a little nervous about running for twice as lon...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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WHICH IS FASTER....A SNAIL OR A TORTOISE?

Annoyingly Endomondo let me down this morning, he couldn't find the GPS location. I was so disappointed because I'm sure I've got faster. (well the faster of...

Annoyingly Endomondo let me down this morning, he couldn't find the GPS location...

lycranotlikely

Graduate•11 years ago

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Week 4 run 1-second time round.

Well, that's week 4 run 1 over. I did it yesterday beside the sea, and how I enjoyed it! This time round I listened and did exactly as I was told by Laura-nice...

Well, that's week 4 run 1 over. I did it yesterday beside the sea, and how I enj...

Pearsey

•11 years ago

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Glorious Fail

I realised at the weekend that I was on the point of doing something momentous. I’d said at the beginning of April that I intended to do a minimum of 30 mins...

I realised at the weekend that I was on the point of doing something momentous. ...

OldNed

Graduate•11 years ago

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Advice badly needed for (and sorry to be graphic!) sore nipples???

Bit of a weird one, but I'm sure I'm not the only one out there... About halfway through my run last night, my nipples were so sore that I could've quite...

Bit of a weird one, but I'm sure I'm not the only one out there... About half...

jazz15c

Graduate•11 years ago

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Mr Concrete Legs on W1R2

Yo people! I awoke the day after my first run with my legs set in concrete - or at least thats what they felt like. Glory Be to the Rest Day!!! ANyway this...

Yo people! I awoke the day after my first run with my legs set in concrete - or...

danzargo

Graduate•11 years ago

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Walking like a Penguin

My first run yesterday at WK1. Today, my rest day, I'm walking like a Penguin (words of my little girl), cant imagine that I will be ok to do R2...

My first run yesterday at WK1. Today, my rest day, I'm walking like a Penguin (...

bess123

•11 years ago

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Husband sabotaging my runs!

After years of being over weight I have finally managed to get of my bum and do something about it. Im now running/ jogging 4 times a week and 1 and a half...

After years of being over weight I have finally managed to get of my bum and do ...

mrsbluegsmith

Graduate•11 years ago

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Knees hurt!

Week 4 my knees hurt, had running assessment and apparently ankles collapse when I land! So £90 poorer I have new supportive trainers. Now there's an incentive...

Week 4 my knees hurt, had running assessment and apparently ankles collapse when...

Samiah

•11 years ago

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Week 3 run 2

Well, I've been reading all the posts and thought it was about time to write my own. I downloaded the nhs podcast two years ago but have procrastinated (and...

Well, I've been reading all the posts and thought it was about time to write my ...

Crismatlotta

Graduate•11 years ago

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Couch to 5K

All posts for May 2013

My graduation run!

W1R2 completed :-)

Great long weekend and 5x50 update :)

post run stretching - this is what I've found helps me avoid stiffening up too much

Is this cheating.... and what next...?

Techno...better! (Still room for improvement though)

Getting ahead of myself!

Well that wasn't quite what I planned!

Timed 1 mile runs - what do you use as a baseline to measure your progress?

2nd day week 4

My first post

Achy legs?

Soooo stiff don't know whether I'll be able to run tomorrow... :-(

W3R1

WHICH IS FASTER....A SNAIL OR A TORTOISE?

Week 4 run 1-second time round.

Glorious Fail

Advice badly needed for (and sorry to be graphic!) sore nipples???

Mr Concrete Legs on W1R2

Walking like a Penguin

Husband sabotaging my runs!

Knees hurt!

Week 3 run 2

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