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Week 1 run 3 done! It really helps knowing others are doing it with you? And the encouragement gives me a boost Good luck week 2 guys!

Oops! That stuff should have been put in this box! I will get the hang of it?

BarryP

•10 years ago

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What to do after week 9?

Can hardly believe I have got here, today I finished week 9 run 3! My question is what do people recommend next. I have really been helped by Laura's voice and...

Can hardly believe I have got here, today I finished week 9 run 3! My question i...

geezercdg

Graduate•10 years ago

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Pleurisy :(

Got to week 5 day 1 and after 2 weeks of having a bad cough went to the doctors as the pain was so severe in my back and side thought I had pulled a muscle...

Got to week 5 day 1 and after 2 weeks of having a bad cough went to the doctors ...

Angie3

•10 years ago

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Sciatica Saga Rumbles On and On and On...

FFS! Please excuse my language but I haven't run for AGES and it's doing my head in! I've had a niggle in my back and down my left leg for a few weeks now and...

FFS! Please excuse my language but I haven't run for AGES and it's doing my head...

Jana83

Graduate•10 years ago

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argh!! technology... awesome run tho :D

So went out for a 40minute run (using the bridge to 10k podcasts) nearly done the first 10 minute run, ipod flies out of pocket, grab it and keep goin, do the...

So went out for a 40minute run (using the bridge to 10k podcasts) nearly done th...

littlehelen20

Graduate•10 years ago

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C25k after having hysterectomy

Hi there, I was wondering if any of the ladies have started/completed C25k after having a hysterectomy. I'm 9 weeks post-surgery and desperate to get back to...

Hi there, I was wondering if any of the ladies have started/completed C25k after...

hsj76

•10 years ago

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week 7 run 2 i have only gone and done it!!!!!

went out this evening as it was getting dark to see if i could run the 2nd run outside and succeed, and yes i have, what an awesome run, comparison to a...

went out this evening as it was getting dark to see if i could run the 2nd run o...

carerof

Graduate•10 years ago

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Week 4 complete

Alas I couldn't persuade my daughter to run with me tonight so did my last week 4 run at the gym. Have decided its much easier outdoors. Looking forward to...

Alas I couldn't persuade my daughter to run with me tonight so did my last week ...

Juski

•10 years ago

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Nine weeks. I am no more a potato.

Tomorrow is my big day. Nine weeks ago I never thought I will see the end, now I am there. 5km. here I come.

Tomorrow is my big day. Nine weeks ago I never thought I will see the end, now ...

renette

Graduate•10 years ago

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W5R3 20 minute run. Tick. Humble pie. Tick.

Well after a lot of faffing around bemoaning the planning of the running intervals in the middle weeks and considering alternative approaches to W5 & W6 that...

Well after a lot of faffing around bemoaning the planning of the running interva...

ChrisL

Graduate•10 years ago

11 Replies

Anybody else feel peckish while running?

Hi all, I started my longer runs a couple of weeks ago, combining two long runs and a 5k one for speed. Although I now take a drink with me sometimes I feel a...

Hi all, I started my longer runs a couple of weeks ago, combining two long runs...

carole01

Graduate•10 years ago

9 Replies

HOT HOT HOT

I banished the demons this morning and conquered my old 10k route I haven't done for months. The last time I did it I got to 3k, and had to ring the GP as I...

I banished the demons this morning and conquered my old 10k route I haven't done...

ju-ju-

Graduate•10 years ago

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W3R3 - Ta da!

Unexpectedly working from home today and thought I'd get run 3 out of the way before lunch. For some reason I was a bit slower than the last run, but I did...

Unexpectedly working from home today and thought I'd get run 3 out of the way be...

MrsClooney

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Week 1 Over and Done!

Yippee, I made it! Week 1 was tough as I am so unfit. Know it will get harder, cannot think to jog longer than 60 seconds. My legs still so heavy, I hope it...

Yippee, I made it! Week 1 was tough as I am so unfit. Know it will get harder,...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Stoke on Trent?

Hello all! A slightly odd question, but is there anyone else on here who runs in the Stoke on Trent area? My usual 2 or 3 haunts are always full of runners...

Hello all! A slightly odd question, but is there anyone else on here who runs i...

BethRF

Graduate•10 years ago

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New shoes - gulp

Ok, so I've taken the advice so many of you post on here and have been and had gait analysis done at my local sports shop. After trying out several pairs of...

Ok, so I've taken the advice so many of you post on here and have been and had g...

yonda1960

Graduate•10 years ago

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QUELLE SURPRISE?

After yesterdays cheeky 3K, having taken a week out to get over some niggly leg pains, I awoke this morning thinking - "I know I should have a days rest,...

After yesterdays cheeky 3K, having taken a week out to get over some niggly leg ...

danzargo

Graduate•10 years ago

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I DID IT !!

After finishing the Zen Labs C25k app programme last week, I've just come in from the 3rd run of a self-imposed Week 9 of 3 x 30 mins runs. Spring has sprung,...

After finishing the Zen Labs C25k app programme last week, I've just come in fro...

NotJessicaEnnis

Graduate•10 years ago

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Sigh - back to the drawing board

After a hiatus over xmas that I managed to get over and increase distance to 7k I have probably undone my good work.... I have just come back from holiday and...

After a hiatus over xmas that I managed to get over and increase distance to 7k ...

ReyC

Graduate•10 years ago

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W8 R6 Back in the Game - I hope :)

Thank you all sooooo much for your support last week when I posted to say I was finding W8 tough. With one thing and another, I think I'd become blase about...

Thank you all sooooo much for your support last week when I posted to say I was ...

Snorkmaiden

Graduate•10 years ago

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How to run 5k in 30mins (part 2) A less scientific approach that may not work for those much under 50yrs

Alice Cooper- School's Out Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me Blondie -Atomic Blondie -One Way Or Another Blue Öyster Cult -Don't Fear The Reaper Blur -...

Alice Cooper- School's Out Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me Blondie -Atom...

ChrisL

Graduate•10 years ago

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post viral sluggishness

I had a virus/cold thing at the end of November, and now have no energy. Managed to run 1.5 miles yesterday, but oh so slowly....almost a minute per mile...

I had a virus/cold thing at the end of November, and now have no energy. Manage...

newrunner56

Graduate•10 years ago

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Nooooo surely it's to early for hayfever

The last two days I have got up with a headache from hell, no I didn't have fun the night before. I think I have hayfever. I vaguely remember this from last...

The last two days I have got up with a headache from hell, no I didn't have fun...

Realfoodieclub

Graduate•10 years ago

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Week one done!

Did the last of the three runs in week one today and feel 'accomplished'! Feet and ankles seem to be the parts that are suffering the most. This morning I did...

Did the last of the three runs in week one today and feel 'accomplished'! Feet a...

chickierock

•10 years ago

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Week 5 Run 3 COMPLETE!!

This morning I went out to try week 5 run 3. I was hopeful but not optimistic about running for the full twenty minutes. I started to struggle at around the...

This morning I went out to try week 5 run 3. I was hopeful but not optimistic ab...

JenniRae

•10 years ago

3 Replies

I'm divorcing Laura

On Monday , I start Week 5 - and it is obvious that this is where it starts to get "hard". I've had no real problems up until now -- although the latter part...

On Monday , I start Week 5 - and it is obvious that this is where it starts to g...

Bazza1234

Graduate•10 years ago

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Day 3!

Felt much the same as day one and two. Day 4 may reveal new struggles....

kimkoste

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Run 2 w8

Found my 28 mins a struggle 2nite and hope I shall not be as tired on My 3 run this week I could have maybe gone a little 2fast ?? :-)

Found my 28 mins a struggle 2nite and hope I shall not be as tired on My 3 run ...

sharfeuch

Graduate•10 years ago

1 Reply

Two pairs of new shoes and I'm off to physio!

I started getting a few aches and twinges a month ago and thought I needed new shoes. I DID need new shoes because when I put my old ones on a flat surface...

I started getting a few aches and twinges a month ago and thought I needed new s...

Irishprincess

Graduate•10 years ago

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Finished Week 4 BUT___!!!

Don't know why - but W4R1 was a piece of cake -- but R2 got tougher and today R3 was awful. I believe my problem may lie in my monitoring of my heart rate. I...

Don't know why - but W4R1 was a piece of cake -- but R2 got tougher and today R3...

Bazza1234

Graduate•10 years ago

6 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for March 2014

Week 1 run 3 done! It really helps knowing others are doing it with you? And the encouragement gives me a boost Good luck week 2 guys!

What to do after week 9?

Pleurisy :(

Sciatica Saga Rumbles On and On and On...

argh!! technology... awesome run tho :D

C25k after having hysterectomy

week 7 run 2 i have only gone and done it!!!!!

Week 4 complete

Nine weeks. I am no more a potato.

W5R3 20 minute run. Tick. Humble pie. Tick.

Anybody else feel peckish while running?

HOT HOT HOT

W3R3 - Ta da!

Week 1 Over and Done!

Stoke on Trent?

New shoes - gulp

QUELLE SURPRISE?

I DID IT !!

Sigh - back to the drawing board

W8 R6 Back in the Game - I hope :)

How to run 5k in 30mins (part 2) A less scientific approach that may not work for those much under 50yrs

post viral sluggishness

Nooooo surely it's to early for hayfever

Week one done!

Week 5 Run 3 COMPLETE!!

I'm divorcing Laura

Day 3!

Run 2 w8

Two pairs of new shoes and I'm off to physio!

Finished Week 4 BUT___!!!

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