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Only gone and done it :-)

4 months (few repeats in there) and not at 5k (yet?) but this afternoon much to my delight I completed W9 r3!! Am so chuffed, surprised and shocked - hurray!!...

4 months (few repeats in there) and not at 5k (yet?) but this afternoon much to ...

RedZebra

Graduate•9 years ago

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Newbie

Hi all, Just signed up to this community. Have tackled C25K several times in the past but always given up. This time - have stuck to it and am about to...

Hi all, Just signed up to this community. Have tackled C25K several times in t...

suebuzz

Graduate•9 years ago

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Is run 3 meant to be the hardest ?

Hi everyone, a question I've been pondering for a while, should the 3rd run of the week be the easiest or the hardest? I have just completed run3 of wk 7 but...

Hi everyone, a question I've been pondering for a while, should the 3rd run of t...

susie_bourne

Graduate•9 years ago

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Completed week 3 run 3! A big pat on my back :-)

I am giving a big pat on my back as I did it...Yes, I completed week 3 run 3 this morning. It wasn't easy but I could feel how I built it on my previous weeks'...

I am giving a big pat on my back as I did it...Yes, I completed week 3 run 3 thi...

the_old_me

Graduate•9 years ago

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W6 R1 - Done !

Up at 3.30am this morning for work, got home, had a sleep and then pounded the streets !! Considering I ran for 20 minutes non stop only two days ago, I was...

Up at 3.30am this morning for work, got home, had a sleep and then pounded the s...

richardvc

Graduate•9 years ago

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Week 7 run 1

Wow, what a difference the weather makes. This run kicked my arse. I was running outside and it was 29 degrees celcius with 54% humidity. I definitely felt...

Wow, what a difference the weather makes. This run kicked my arse. I was running...

RunningForBroke

Graduate•9 years ago

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Interesting read

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0224091972?keywords=Running%20free&qid=1441050172&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1 Read this over the BH weekend - found it very thought...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0224091972?keywords=Running%20free&qid=144105...

Arrietty

Graduate•9 years ago

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Pace and breathing

My pace as a beginning runner is slow...somewhere between 9 1/2-12 minute mile. You guys advised me to slow down if I am having trouble with my 6 minutes of...

My pace as a beginning runner is slow...somewhere between 9 1/2-12 minute mile. ...

Hateit

•9 years ago

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Zippidy do da........what a wonderful day...

.......for running. Headed out in lovely cool slighty damp weather and ended up running for a whole 60 mins- 8.5k. And I could have carried on too but nature...

.......for running. Headed out in lovely cool slighty damp weather and ended up...

Dunnja

Graduate•9 years ago

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Sore knees- advice please

Feeling so great and proud of myself.week 2 completed and I managed it!!!! However, woke up today and was virtually incapable of walking down the stairs....

Feeling so great and proud of myself.week 2 completed and I managed it!!!! Howev...

Juggyf

•9 years ago

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Pumped up, brave, but on reflection foolish

Everything was going pretty well. Week 6/2, well over half way through and I come across two hoodie clad yobbos spray painting the railway bridge. Ignore...

Everything was going pretty well. Week 6/2, well over half way through and I co...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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That train keeps a going!

Week 3 R 1 down and done. Yes, it was harder but the pleasure of achievement made up for it. I'm still a little breathless at the end but so what? I'm doing...

Week 3 R 1 down and done. Yes, it was harder but the pleasure of achievement mad...

Thomson3

•9 years ago

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So that's it, then ...

Been to the neurosurgeon, been inside the MRI machine, seen the piece of disc that's sqeezed out into the nerves on the screen. Before the MRI he was saying I...

Been to the neurosurgeon, been inside the MRI machine, seen the piece of disc th...

gary_bart

•9 years ago

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W2R3 dans la poche!

First day back to school for teachers in France today, but at 9 instead of 7'45, so I ran first, and so that is week 2 completed, YES!

First day back to school for teachers in France today, but at 9 instead of 7'45,...

minnabluff

•9 years ago

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run walk run

I realise that interval training is part of c25k and having completed that I have been running all the time during my runs. However recently I have started...

I realise that interval training is part of c25k and having completed that I ha...

marc_read

Graduate•9 years ago

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New shoes; new adventures....

I'm going off the beaten track with these. Next adventure planned is the coastal trail series run in Northumbria. So excited to try something new.

I'm going off the beaten track with these. Next adventure planned is the coastal...

Sparkyifhungry

Graduate•9 years ago

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Not a total fail

I attempted Wk 5 Run 3 today. Alas I didn't make it to 20 minutes. I had to slow for a 30 secondish walk around 12 and a half minutes and then again after a...

I attempted Wk 5 Run 3 today. Alas I didn't make it to 20 minutes. I had to slow...

Gnet

Graduate•9 years ago

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15lbs down in six weeks

So happy with the progress I'm making and the changes happening to my body...., muscles appearing where I didn't think I had any haha 😁 onwards and downwards...

So happy with the progress I'm making and the changes happening to my body...., ...

dawncoates34

Graduate•9 years ago

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W9R3, done it!

The weather was decidedly uninviting this morning, the hill was shrouded in drizzle and mist, but I'd said on here last week that my graduation run would be...

The weather was decidedly uninviting this morning, the hill was shrouded in driz...

milliepops

Graduate•9 years ago

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Hail Caesar! Nurse Epilepsia

Informed by lackey (diary) that I am seeing Epilepsia tomorrow not today so I have to accept that a long walk is not possible. A trip to buy some paint must...

Informed by lackey (diary) that I am seeing Epilepsia tomorrow not today so I ha...

dozzer19

Graduate•9 years ago

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Rain rain go away!

Eager to complete my R2W1 but it is pouring with rain where I am. However if the BBC weather app is to be trusted I have a window of opportunity coming up at...

Eager to complete my R2W1 but it is pouring with rain where I am. However if the...

Helein

Graduate•9 years ago

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Week 4 - run 2

Is anyone on week 4? I am finding it quite hard still but determined not to give up. Does it get any easier?

Is anyone on week 4? I am finding it quite hard still but determined not to giv...

Ch4rli3K

•9 years ago

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The I'm still here Quest week 3 - Feel free to join.

Welcome to Week 3 (17 August - 27 September) Week 3 To confirm last weeks comments, I find it amazing the journeys that some of us take from the same...

Welcome to Week 3 (17 August - 27 September) Week 3 To confirm last weeks comme...

Realfoodieclub

Graduate•9 years ago

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Naughty Girl in the rain

I know I've been stupid and very naughty but it was so good being out in the rain this morning I decided to stay out for an extra 15 mins and did 5K in 46 mins...

I know I've been stupid and very naughty but it was so good being out in the rai...

JennieHolden

•9 years ago

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wet feet!

The last two runs have been through long wet grass and my super saucany shoes, which are great in the dry, leave my feet squelching! Can you get trail shoes...

The last two runs have been through long wet grass and my super saucany shoes, w...

YoungArn

Graduate•9 years ago

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runiverssaire :O)

I started C25K one year ago. Last year, at the beggining of september, I donned shorts, Tshirt, and mp3 player equipped with Laura for the first time. I can...

I started C25K one year ago. Last year, at the beggining of september, I donned ...

Zev1963

Graduate•9 years ago

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Got pulled ahead of week of week 4 a bit

So as much as I tried to stick to the times given, at running club they were well ahead of me and so dragged me along with them on their week 6 - end!...

So as much as I tried to stick to the times given, at running club they were wel...

Haybop86

•9 years ago

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Hills and france

Felt better today and managed 2 long small slopes , hills are my friends !!! Giggled a bit at that whilst struggling up one , didn't manage 20 mins but nearly...

Felt better today and managed 2 long small slopes , hills are my friends !!! Gi...

Dessie01

Graduate•9 years ago

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Week 3 run 1!

I did it!!! Ok it was kinda hard but I think my problem was that I didn't pace myself and by the last run I was going at a snails pace! I almost I say almost...

I did it!!! Ok it was kinda hard but I think my problem was that I didn't pace m...

Tvarley

•9 years ago

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Practising in our Great North Run T shirts

Coach Brody thought we should have a training session in our new t shirts for the mini run we are all doing the day before The Great North Run. Jessie and...

Coach Brody thought we should have a training session in our new t shirts for th...

Fitfor60

Graduate•9 years ago

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Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for August 2015

Only gone and done it :-)

Newbie

Is run 3 meant to be the hardest ?

Completed week 3 run 3! A big pat on my back :-)

W6 R1 - Done !

Week 7 run 1

Interesting read

Pace and breathing

Zippidy do da........what a wonderful day...

Sore knees- advice please

Pumped up, brave, but on reflection foolish

That train keeps a going!

So that's it, then ...

W2R3 dans la poche!

run walk run

New shoes; new adventures....

Not a total fail

15lbs down in six weeks

W9R3, done it!

Hail Caesar! Nurse Epilepsia

Rain rain go away!

Week 4 - run 2

The I'm still here Quest week 3 - Feel free to join.

Naughty Girl in the rain

wet feet!

runiverssaire :O)

Got pulled ahead of week of week 4 a bit

Hills and france

Week 3 run 1!

Practising in our Great North Run T shirts

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