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Please help - Running 5k race before training complete ?

Hi guys Need your suggestions Well I am on week 7 run 2 done today I am more 7 run away from graduation run A very unique event of running is taking...

Hi guys Need your suggestions Well I am on week 7 run 2 done today I am mo...

Viraniparvez

Graduate•9 years ago

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I think I might have a problem

I think I might be getting addicted to running. I am off to Copenhagen and Berlin for the next couple of weeks, and I have packed all my running gear, have...

I think I might be getting addicted to running. I am off to Copenhagen and Berl...

Wristy

Graduate•9 years ago

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What do you use to plan your route?

I'm currently using Google to try and find a good way of accurately planning some new routes (by distance) but I can't seem to find one that works well / isn't...

I'm currently using Google to try and find a good way of accurately planning som...

Birdie74

Graduate•9 years ago

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Not ready for weeks 8 and 9?

Hi all. I finished week 7 today and I'm really pleased I've made it this far. However, at the end of 25 minutes, I don't feel like there's much left, and...

Hi all. I finished week 7 today and I'm really pleased I've made it this far. ...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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What's your motivation?

last year I had a MUFC tattoo even though I'm a City fan for the charity when you wish upon a star and raised more than people doing marathons, I was quoted as...

last year I had a MUFC tattoo even though I'm a City fan for the charity when yo...

Chris41968

•9 years ago

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So excited!

I'm tackling week 5 run 3 tomorrow morning and I'm so excited about it! It's Friday 13th - lucky for some haha! Any tips for a successful run? It seems such a...

I'm tackling week 5 run 3 tomorrow morning and I'm so excited about it! It's Fri...

Krupskaya

Graduate•9 years ago

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Ipod advice please

As my phone doesn't seem to have much memory space, I think I need to get some sort of music device. What should I get? Remember I am a complete technophobe so...

As my phone doesn't seem to have much memory space, I think I need to get some s...

Curlygurly2

Graduate•9 years ago

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Cold stopped play :-(

Arrggh!! I'm on week nine this week, and I've got the most awful cold and a cough so I can't run. Really disappointed! So close but so far... I think a run in...

Arrggh!! I'm on week nine this week, and I've got the most awful cold and a coug...

Andreagetfit1

•9 years ago

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Week 7 run 2 - A new track / A new partner / A confession & A new record -WOW

Hey hi every one Good morning Wow run 2 of week 7 completed -- just one more run to complete the week 7 It was really a great run with a new record...

Hey hi every one Good morning Wow run 2 of week 7 completed -- just one more...

Viraniparvez

Graduate•9 years ago

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Treadmill vs. Outside

Since joining the gym nearly two weeks ago i have discovered the following: Gym 1) Where are all the people with my body shape gone? - have they vanished into...

Since joining the gym nearly two weeks ago i have discovered the following: Gym...

Vixchile

Graduate•9 years ago

19 Replies

W6R1 but a newbie on the forum

Have just joined the forum having dipped in and out for a while. Started the programme in May last year and got as far as week 7 then stopped (head gremlins I...

Have just joined the forum having dipped in and out for a while. Started the pr...

five_a_day

•9 years ago

7 Replies

First-timer (old timer)

Hi all, I just dragged myself through Wk4 day 2 tonight. I was tired, had an achey knee and had unexpectedly taken my 10 year old swimming after school so...

Hi all, I just dragged myself through Wk4 day 2 tonight. I was tired, had an ach...

Potty

Graduate•9 years ago

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Week 5 run 3!!!

I'm doing this tomorrow & feeling very nervous. I've not really done any exercise before & definitely no running. Not sure I'm ready for this one!!

I'm doing this tomorrow & feeling very nervous. I've not really done any exercis...

DawnS278

•9 years ago

9 Replies

W6 R 1

I can actually say that I found this one boring, I actually missed running for longer, but on the other hand, I've been doing the same route since I started...

I can actually say that I found this one boring, I actually missed running for l...

Kerry82

Graduate•9 years ago

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ok for 10 year old?

Hey all, been a long time! My daughter aged 10 wants to do a 5K run in May for a local charity. So we've both signed up and she's agreed to start the couch to...

Hey all, been a long time! My daughter aged 10 wants to do a 5K run in May for a...

kutch70

Graduate•9 years ago

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W6R3 smashed!

Can't quite believe it but I just ran for 25 mins flat. I had energy to add in some welly as Laura suggested in the last minute. It feels like I'm finally...

Can't quite believe it but I just ran for 25 mins flat. I had energy to add in s...

YvetteK

Graduate•9 years ago

11 Replies

Itunes album to run to

I'm wanting to download some music to run to. I've managed to get any music I've purchased on iTunes running in the background so I can still hear Laura....

I'm wanting to download some music to run to. I've managed to get any music I'v...

Debih191

Graduate•9 years ago

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Failed week 4 run 1 miserably :(

Absolutely gutted...... Gave up half way thru, feeling sick and have a massive stitch. My first failed run. So upset.

Absolutely gutted...... Gave up half way thru, feeling sick and have a massive s...

operation2015

Graduate•9 years ago

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BOOOO HOOOO!!!!!

I've iced it. I've given it a damned good hard rub (as instructed by Juicyju) and I've squeezed my foam roller between my thighs to give me some......

I've iced it. I've given it a damned good hard rub (as instructed by Juicyju) an...

danzargo

Graduate•9 years ago

32 Replies

Yes I'm FREE !!

I can't believe it I'm so over the moon. I have a lung disease which nearly killed me had it not been diagnosed early. It gives me the lung capacity of an 8 yr...

I can't believe it I'm so over the moon. I have a lung disease which nearly kill...

Jase44

Graduate•9 years ago

23 Replies

Kraftwerk rules my run!

Decided to try a run without Laura today. Not because she isn't fantastic - I'm just fed up with the music that comes with podcasts (can't use the app as...

Decided to try a run without Laura today. Not because she isn't fantastic - I'm ...

johnjc8

Graduate•9 years ago

8 Replies

Strength and Flex with the lovely Laura :)

Up until now I havnt bothered with any kind of stretching. I just do the 5 minute warm up and cool down at the beggining of each run as I've become acustomed...

Up until now I havnt bothered with any kind of stretching. I just do the 5 minu...

Zev1963

Graduate•9 years ago

7 Replies

Dealing with post-run sleepiness

I normally run in the morning, before breakfast, and find quite a lot of my morning is wiped out through recovery. Sometimes I will get in the bath and stay...

I normally run in the morning, before breakfast, and find quite a lot of my morn...

Coddfish

Graduate•9 years ago

10 Replies

My first 5k!

I did it in 37' 8" so there’s plenty of room for improvement but given that I couldn’t run 100 yards this time last year I’m really very pleased with myself....

I did it in 37' 8" so there’s plenty of room for improvement but given that I co...

breezie

Graduate•9 years ago

10 Replies

Fear of a new route

So.... I'm relatively new to the forum and have found it an amazing source of inspiration and help! I've been plugging away at C25k for a while now. About to...

So.... I'm relatively new to the forum and have found it an amazing source of in...

landers

Graduate•9 years ago

7 Replies

Does anyone spin?

I run. I love running. But can I spin? No, I can not! Tried my first ever class this morning and it was a bit of an epic fail. Those guys on the bikes are...

I run. I love running. But can I spin? No, I can not! Tried my first ever cl...

Birdie74

Graduate•9 years ago

8 Replies

Oh my annoying calves!

Just done week 8 (week 8!!) day one. Still tackling the Parkrun route, which I have been using anyway up til now, but the other way round. I'd been doing it...

Just done week 8 (week 8!!) day one. Still tackling the Parkrun route, which I h...

AllieG

Graduate•9 years ago

5 Replies

New name

He he, I am a complete idiot! I accidentally joined the Strength and Flex community, when I tried to leave that one I removed myself from this one too...so now...

He he, I am a complete idiot! I accidentally joined the Strength and Flex commun...

Curlygurly2

Graduate•9 years ago

20 Replies

Whoop - i've done it!

Taken me a little longer than 9 weeks due to illness in december/january but i've finally completed C25K! Did Week 9 Run 3 last night... now to work on my...

Taken me a little longer than 9 weeks due to illness in december/january but i'v...

nutorun

Graduate•9 years ago

8 Replies

Starting again after injury - get the right shoes!!

I started c25k at start of October 2014 & got 4 wks in before having to give up due to injury. It was all probs with my left side: foot, knee, back. Thanks...

I started c25k at start of October 2014 & got 4 wks in before having to give up ...

mancunianpoodle

•9 years ago

5 Replies

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Couch to 5K

All posts for February 2015

Please help - Running 5k race before training complete ?

I think I might have a problem

What do you use to plan your route?

Not ready for weeks 8 and 9?

What's your motivation?

So excited!

Ipod advice please

Cold stopped play :-(

Week 7 run 2 - A new track / A new partner / A confession & A new record -WOW

Treadmill vs. Outside

W6R1 but a newbie on the forum

First-timer (old timer)

Week 5 run 3!!!

W6 R 1

ok for 10 year old?

W6R3 smashed!

Itunes album to run to

Failed week 4 run 1 miserably :(

BOOOO HOOOO!!!!!

Yes I'm FREE !!

Kraftwerk rules my run!

Strength and Flex with the lovely Laura :)

Dealing with post-run sleepiness

My first 5k!

Fear of a new route

Does anyone spin?

Oh my annoying calves!

New name

Whoop - i've done it!

Starting again after injury - get the right shoes!!

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