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How difficult is the transition from Week 6 to Week 7?

I have just completed Week 6, and as a non-running 56 year old was amazed to find that I could actually do it. I am sure that it's the slow steady build-up of...

I have just completed Week 6, and as a non-running 56 year old was amazed to fin...

ellenyork

Graduate•11 years ago

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Any support appreciated

I just downloaded the podcasts and am charging up my iPOd shuffle. I think I'm going to start tomorrow (Thursday), then do second session (Saturday), next...

I just downloaded the podcasts and am charging up my iPOd shuffle. I think I'...

mancunianpoodle

•11 years ago

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Exhausted and soaked- but done!

Finally finished week 6! Took two goes but just managed to drag myself home. My first run in pouring rain too. Ached for last ten minutes in my shoulder and...

Finally finished week 6! Took two goes but just managed to drag myself home. My ...

nic_bath

•11 years ago

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Another idea for you spoken word / comedy runners...

My husband found it first...Greg proops: the smartest man in the world ... Over an hour a week. Slightly ranty, very funny!

My husband found it first...Greg proops: the smartest man in the world ... Over ...

Plinth

Graduate•11 years ago

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Scared of week 5!

I've just repeated w4r3 today even though I should have done w5r1, I had a really heavy weekend (a wedding and my birthday on the same day!) so I left 2 days...

I've just repeated w4r3 today even though I should have done w5r1, I had a reall...

Harri81

•11 years ago

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I feel bereft - missing my running adventures.

I think the next couple of weeks without running is going to feel like forever :-( I missed my first run yesterday, after being told that I need custom-made...

I think the next couple of weeks without running is going to feel like forever :...

Honorsmum

•11 years ago

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Week 4 Run 1

I did (attempted) run 1 of week 4 yesterday. My goodness me, it was hard, it was a massive step from Week 3 in my opinion and i'm not sure I was ready for it....

I did (attempted) run 1 of week 4 yesterday. My goodness me, it was hard, it wa...

Saraheyoung

•11 years ago

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needing advice. Im starting the c25k on monday but wondered how many days a week you do it , is it one day on one off so 4 times a week?

roydh

•11 years ago

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25 min run turned into 12 min

I went out for my run yesterday wk7 run 2. I started ok but then all the energy just drained out of me and I had a slow walk home after 12 min run. The rest...

I went out for my run yesterday wk7 run 2. I started ok but then all the energy ...

Realfoodieclub

Graduate•11 years ago

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Jogging in the morning!!!

I completed the C25K last year and took a break over the winter! i am back at it 4 weeks only now as i have failed at every other attemp to get back at it all...

I completed the C25K last year and took a break over the winter! i am back at it...

jodymac1983

Graduate•11 years ago

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20 minutes!

I just did week5 run3 today :) 20 minutes without stopping. I do believe I could have gone longer but I didn't wanna strain myself too much. Proud!

I just did week5 run3 today :) 20 minutes without stopping. I do believe I could...

Emsymum

•11 years ago

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Running update or music appreciation post ???

So I'm on my second week of post grad runs and this morning's was a good one -sunny,with just the right amount of early autumn chill in the air.I'm still...

So I'm on my second week of post grad runs and this morning's was a good one -su...

Carolecal

•11 years ago

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How do you know when you have run 5K? How to measure the distance?

I am confused how you will actually know when you can run 5K. Week 9 is a 30 minute run which is supposed to be 5K, but what if you can run for 30 minutes but...

I am confused how you will actually know when you can run 5K. Week 9 is a 30 mi...

nettyk

•11 years ago

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Anyone get red as a reddish while running?

I just started the challenge but I know from experience that if I go more than I'm used to, my face gets so red I look like a lobster by the end of it....

I just started the challenge but I know from experience that if I go more than I...

darjeeling

•11 years ago

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Progressing to 10k - any advice please?

Hi, I graduated at the beginning of the summer. I hoped to move on to 10k running, but got a bit over enthusiastic and ended up with very sore ankles. I have...

Hi, I graduated at the beginning of the summer. I hoped to move on to 10k runnin...

Tootsvanoots

Graduate•11 years ago

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Can I put the podcasts on my Nokia Lumia 920 Windows 8 phone ?

And can I link this website to a tile on my start up screen on my phone ?

MikeBryan

•11 years ago

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Beginning to think I'm a technological disaster!

When I started this I thought my lack of fitness would be what let me down. I have discovered that it's actually far more likely to be my failure to grasp...

When I started this I thought my lack of fitness would be what let me down. I h...

runsandknits

Graduate•11 years ago

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And I used to be able to run for 35 minutes without stopping!

Just done my final run of Week 1. I am fairly sure that I am going faster than I did when I completed this programme last year, so I'm hoping that by the end...

Just done my final run of Week 1. I am fairly sure that I am going faster than ...

Miss_T_Ide

Graduate•11 years ago

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Keeping going while on holiday in Mallorca

Okay, I am moving on to week 7 on Friday then off to Mallorca on Sunday, for 11 days. I am wondering if anyone has carried on with the programme when they are...

Okay, I am moving on to week 7 on Friday then off to Mallorca on Sunday, for 11 ...

lizziebeth57

Graduate•11 years ago

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Easing back

Hello cohorts! Not been lurking about the boards too much since calf injury because quite honestly I didn't want to read about...

Hello cohorts! Not been lurking about the boards too ...

Ryansson

Graduate•11 years ago

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Still Achy, should I run today?

Did W1R1 on Monday night as a complete novice, managed to do the whole thing but I've been quite achy since then. I'm due to do R2 tonight but wonder whether I...

Did W1R1 on Monday night as a complete novice, managed to do the whole thing but...

Melliebob

•11 years ago

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DIGGING RUNNING

After taking a break from running over the summer, yesterday I dropped my teenage son off at his bus stop and drove to my favorite morning run site ~ only to...

After taking a break from running over the summer, yesterday I dropped my teenag...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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Calf muscle agony - from trying to run properly?

I've "never" knowingly run without landing heal first. Had my gait analysed and was told that actually my heal strike isn't too heavy, so to stick with it. On...

I've "never" knowingly run without landing heal first. Had my gait analysed and ...

runningnearbeirut

Graduate•11 years ago

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So now I'm a runner!?

Again I'm surprised by how well it went. I did feel a bit leaden to start with but I relaxed and found my steady pace and suddenly Laura told me I was half...

Again I'm surprised by how well it went. I did feel a bit leaden to start with b...

deb54

Graduate•11 years ago

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One more til Graduation!!!

If anyone read my blog at the weekend, you will perhaps remember how I inadvertantly skipped week 7 run 3 and all of week 8 to complete week 9 run 1 by...

If anyone read my blog at the weekend, you will perhaps remember how I inadverta...

Narmour

Graduate•11 years ago

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Just ran 25 minutes and fair chuffed with myself!

Just come in from running 25 minutes week6 run 3. I cannot believe I did it, especially as I was out on the bevy last night with my newly 21 year old niece....

Just come in from running 25 minutes week6 run 3. I cannot believe I did it, esp...

lizziebeth57

Graduate•11 years ago

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Well, that wasn't the most enjoyable of runs...

...but I did it! It was the first run that I haven't enjoyed, truth be told, and I put it down to hills (well, long inclines... I know, a bit wimpy...). Also...

...but I did it! It was the first run that I haven't enjoyed, truth be told, and...

edqa233

Graduate•11 years ago

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Arrrrggggghhhhh!

It's 3am. I'm back to not sleeping. Have had one nights sleep since Saturday. Had to tell someone, I'm going crazy!

It's 3am. I'm back to not sleeping. Have had one nights sleep since Saturday. Ha...

Plinth

Graduate•11 years ago

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Hello Week 7!

I can't quite believe that I'm here! I struggled with my last run of week 3, but sheer determination got me through it. My splits tell the tale quite vividly....

I can't quite believe that I'm here! I struggled with my last run of week 3, but...

MinxyMissK

Graduate•11 years ago

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Done!

Well, I did it, somehow I managed to get through 25 minutes of running! It was a real struggle I must admit, and part of me wanted to stop, but I just...

Well, I did it, somehow I managed to get through 25 minutes of running! It was a...

MinxyMissK

Graduate•11 years ago

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Couch to 5K

All posts for September 2013

How difficult is the transition from Week 6 to Week 7?

Any support appreciated

Exhausted and soaked- but done!

Another idea for you spoken word / comedy runners...

Scared of week 5!

I feel bereft - missing my running adventures.

Week 4 Run 1

needing advice. Im starting the c25k on monday but wondered how many days a week you do it , is it one day on one off so 4 times a week?

25 min run turned into 12 min

Jogging in the morning!!!

20 minutes!

Running update or music appreciation post ???

How do you know when you have run 5K? How to measure the distance?

Anyone get red as a reddish while running?

Progressing to 10k - any advice please?

Can I put the podcasts on my Nokia Lumia 920 Windows 8 phone ?

Beginning to think I'm a technological disaster!

And I used to be able to run for 35 minutes without stopping!

Keeping going while on holiday in Mallorca

Easing back

Still Achy, should I run today?

DIGGING RUNNING

Calf muscle agony - from trying to run properly?

So now I'm a runner!?

One more til Graduation!!!

Just ran 25 minutes and fair chuffed with myself!

Well, that wasn't the most enjoyable of runs...

Arrrrggggghhhhh!

Hello Week 7!

Done!

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