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Hello all you lovely people! Laura deserted me :-( I was stricken but otherwise i have LOVED W7, can i tell you a little bit about it? She was there for...

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Week 7 - abandoned by Laura :-(

Hello all you lovely people! Laura deserted me :-( I was stricken but otherwise...

BoPeep9009

Graduate•10 years ago

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Outside

Hello all, I'm on run 3 of week 6 and have until now completed all of the runs on a treadmill in my garage (childcare issues)! Today I went outside for the...

Hello all, I'm on run 3 of week 6 and have until now completed all of the runs o...

Nickyrunning

Graduate•10 years ago

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Yippee, w5r3, completed

Off to My trusty treadmill this am to " have a go" at r3 . I've been using it on an incline of 0.5 to try and manage a slightly more convincing performance...

Off to My trusty treadmill this am to " have a go" at r3 . I've been using it on...

•10 years ago

Really, really loved my run this morning. It's such an amazing feeling to see the progression over the weeks! I started my Runkeeper and I surprised myself by...

Week 8, Run 1 - favourite run to date!

Really, really loved my run this morning. It's such an amazing feeling to see th...

Has anyone tried the 10k runkeeper training plan? How did you find it? It looks quite fast with 8k run in the second or third week! If no good, what would you...

•10 years ago

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Runkeeper training plan? Your views please.

Has anyone tried the 10k runkeeper training plan? How did you find it? It looks ...

I_will

Graduate•10 years ago

I'm going to sort em later

Thanks for all the smelly trainer replys folks

Rockette

•10 years ago

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Milestone today - well 5 milestone that is!

Been gradually extending my regular distances using a run: walk pattern of 4:2 and hit that magic 5 miles today! Although I thought I would aim for a longer...

Been gradually extending my regular distances using a run: walk pattern of 4:2 a...

Ullyrunner

Graduate•10 years ago

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Here comes the sedated snail !!!!

Average a km in 10 minutes, told you my middle name was snail !!!!! BUT ran 30 minutes snail style non stop !, so week 9 R2 in a few days

Average a km in 10 minutes, told you my middle name was snail !!!!! BUT ran 30 m...

grannyjudes

Graduate•10 years ago

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Knee Pain - Carry on or Quit???

In a word - GUTTED!!! OK, so basically my knees are knackered. It feels like when you have a filling on a tooth and then you accidentally bite on something...

In a word - GUTTED!!! OK, so basically my knees are knackered. It feels like wh...

Lorraine1108

•10 years ago

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Breathing

I feel very uncomfortable in having to take deep breaths (As suggested by Laura. In through nose, out through mouth) whist out running and in doing so get out...

I feel very uncomfortable in having to take deep breaths (As suggested by Laura....

trevnfi98

Graduate•10 years ago

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MOOBS

Do any other chaps have a rather 'impressive' pair of moobs? If so, what do you do to stop them bouncing? I am a Testicular Cancer survivor (my dad wasn't so...

Do any other chaps have a rather 'impressive' pair of moobs? If so, what do you ...

What should I do? I took the Mrs out for her W4(?)R3 last night only to find our usual starting point bursting with cars all with LAMM (Lowe Alpine Mountain...

•10 years ago

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Contrary wife!!

What should I do? I took the Mrs out for her W4(?)R3 last night only to find our...

Wonderfully happy with my performance this morning. Did the 25min run with a 10min warm up and 10min cool down, and feel fantastic. Heart rate was a nice...

•10 years ago

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Lovely heart rate as I complete week6 run3

Wonderfully happy with my performance this morning. Did the 25min run with a 10...

pastort

•10 years ago

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Cautionary tale of woe - the amazing knockers will henceforth be silenced. Time for a running belt maybe.

I'm still here only being lazy, icky girlie enforced rest, though I am hopeful that soon I will just be able to run through the signs of exercise and new...

I'm still here only being lazy, icky girlie enforced rest, though I am hopeful t...

spoonierunning

Graduate•10 years ago

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Up date

Hi, early morning jog first again for over a week but not bad did 4.15km in 45 mins. Baz is pulling away from me again getting back into his stride after the...

Hi, early morning jog first again for over a week but not bad did 4.15km in 45 m...

Pat184

Graduate•10 years ago

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Post run compliments!

Today I went to get some breakfast at the end of my run girl at the check out in Tesco asked me how I keep so trim. I couldn't believe it. No ones ever said...

Today I went to get some breakfast at the end of my run girl at the check out in...

the_chips

Graduate•10 years ago

Morning campers... just checking in on this lovely morning to let you know I'm just back from Run 1 of the soon to be world famous Aussie210K plan. First cab...

Aussie210K - Run 1

Morning campers... just checking in on this lovely morning to let you know I'm j...

•10 years ago

Good morning to you all, dearest C25Kers. Happy birthday to Aussie. I won't sing this time, honest. :D After having my somewhat tumultuous day on Sunday...

Plan C: Week Two Run Two - Finally, a Plan!

Good morning to you all, dearest C25Kers. Happy birthday to Aussie. I won't si...

Miles_Yonder

Graduate•10 years ago

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Ive surprised myself!

So ive had 2 wks off runnin. One through wk away all inclusive layin in the sun, another through excuses of why not to go runnin. B4 I went away I was us to...

So ive had 2 wks off runnin. One through wk away all inclusive layin in the sun,...

VictoriaPlumb

•10 years ago

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Who does running drills??

like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAiAvupFT6g

Bazza1234

Graduate•10 years ago

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Who thought negative splits could be so interesting? My own spin on the Stamina podcast...

Tonight I experimented with what they call negative splits. I had some fun thinking up my own take on the Stamina podcast (without the running to the beat...

Tonight I experimented with what they call negative splits. I had some fun think...

TurboTortoise

Graduate•10 years ago

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Smelly trainers

I got drenched yesterday , running shoes got soddened through . Took them off & forgot to dry them out , noticed a wiff when I opened shoe cupboard , it's the...

I got drenched yesterday , running shoes got soddened through . Took them off & ...

Rockette

•10 years ago

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barefoot running - any tips?

I'm currently week 5 day 2 and considering barefoot running. There is a clear field I have access to which is flat, mowed and perfect for giving barefoot a go....

I'm currently week 5 day 2 and considering barefoot running. There is a clear fi...

phillyq

•10 years ago

Now then I've lost it.... I got to week 8 !! I started the c25k as training in the run up to a 100k cycle challenge for charity (I completed that last Sunday...

Lost my mojo....!!!

Now then I've lost it.... I got to week 8 !! I started the c25k as training in ...

Mrsb81

•10 years ago

I've just come back from the first run of the final week of my B210K programme. Today was to be the first time that I ran with no walking and it was 60...

My first 10k

I've just come back from the first run of the final week of my B210K programme. ...

ZoomZoom

Graduate•10 years ago

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You have to spin a good yarn before you can weave a great dream.

(Wednesday) All the quotes come from different sources; this one sounds quite meaningful but I assure you it isn't. Anyway 9/2 completed. I saw grandad's...

(Wednesday) All the quotes come from different sources; this one sounds quite m...

dozzer19

Graduate•10 years ago

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C25k+ - first post grad run

Walked 10.5 miles on Sunday so had a rest day yesterday. Used the stamina podcast and found it to be excellent. Running to beats per minute music keeps the...

Walked 10.5 miles on Sunday so had a rest day yesterday. Used the stamina podcas...

GettingFitter

Graduate•10 years ago