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Week 5 Day 3...is this the mystical 'Runners' Elation'?!?!

Hi all, Just had to share the fact that at 5am this morning, after a restless night tossing and turning (and when sleeping, DREAMING about running, for...

Hi all, Just had to share the fact that at 5am this morning, after a restless n...

jesseker

•9 years ago

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Graduated!!

As a 55 year old man who hadn't done any running of note since leaving school, I was somewhat apprehensive about embarking on the program. However 10 weeks...

As a 55 year old man who hadn't done any running of note since leaving school, I...

DriedVegan

Graduate•9 years ago

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training for a half-marathon

Hi folks, has been a while since I posted on the forum but I have been reading posts regularly. Wondering if there are any C25K graduates out there who have...

Hi folks, has been a while since I posted on the forum but I have been reading p...

tazmania

•9 years ago

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is my fitbit accurate

I keep reading posts with people saying they are nowhere near 5k after 30 minutes. I normally run as son as i get up and when i got home yesterday (w9r1) my...

I keep reading posts with people saying they are nowhere near 5k after 30 minute...

LauraLouP

Graduate•9 years ago

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W4r2 happy happy :D

Set off this morning very nervous after my first w4 run on Sunday which ended with me not completing the final 5 mins. It was really cold and autumny too so...

Set off this morning very nervous after my first w4 run on Sunday which ended wi...

T0rtoise

•9 years ago

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so close... but still need help and advice

on a rest day after completing w9r1 yesterday morning. It was cold! But I'm glad I wasn't out this morning as it was raining! I was wearing a long sleeved...

on a rest day after completing w9r1 yesterday morning. It was cold! But I'm glad...

LauraLouP

Graduate•9 years ago

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W4R1 done

Finally I am back where I was before the chest infection. This time I felt much better when I finished W4R1. Did it yesterday evening. Looking for W4R2...

Finally I am back where I was before the chest infection. This time I felt much...

ashishkulkarni

Graduate•9 years ago

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Week 6 R2

Closest I've come to a DNF. I've had a few issues that have messed my running about. A week off after week 5 due to shin pain then family visits and work...

Closest I've come to a DNF. I've had a few issues that have messed my running ab...

RachySP

•9 years ago

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W5R2, done!

Strange sort of run... at the end of the 1st 8-minute run I felt like I didn't want to slow down. Just wanted to keep going. Then for the last two minutes of...

Strange sort of run... at the end of the 1st 8-minute run I felt like I didn't w...

simonwilliamstutor

Graduate•9 years ago

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Victory moment

So I've been running now for 8 weeks I gave up smoking and started running ;) and on my first week I walked up huge hill in New Zealand called one tree hill...

So I've been running now for 8 weeks I gave up smoking and started running ;) an...

SammyJ25

•9 years ago

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Ankle pain ?

Hey everyone I just wanted to ask if anyone has had this before .. 3 days ago I went for a run and got a bit of a sore ankle about an hour after I had finished...

Hey everyone I just wanted to ask if anyone has had this before .. 3 days ago I ...

SammyJ25

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Week 4 Day 1

I cannot believe I just ran 16 minutes. I'm so chuffed. It wasn't easy but I didn't stop. I certainly looked a little more red faced when I got home. Feel...

I cannot believe I just ran 16 minutes. I'm so chuffed. It wasn't easy but I d...

Lazynotforlong

•9 years ago

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Amazing...

Well went for my first run tonight, after not being for one since last Monday, I am pleased to say I managed 25 mins....ok I know this isn't the 30 minutes but...

Well went for my first run tonight, after not being for one since last Monday, I...

Lotty41

Graduate•9 years ago

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How do you fit running in?

I'm struggling here to get it all fitted it- husband up at 5.20am get wee man up fed & to school, work, pick up little man, make tea, wait for husband and...

I'm struggling here to get it all fitted it- husband up at 5.20am get wee man u...

Sparkyifhungry

Graduate•9 years ago

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week 2 begins

Well having completed week 1 on Friday i was feeling confident going into week after 2 days rest over the weekend.How hard can it be its only an extra 30...

Well having completed week 1 on Friday i was feeling confident going into week a...

Willy-wonka

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Sore knee saga continues....

I posted a few days ago that my knee was feeling really sore after the first two weeks of the programme. I've been resting it but it's still really sore and...

I posted a few days ago that my knee was feeling really sore after the first two...

Pinguette

Graduate•9 years ago

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First run for 13 days!!!!

Well that was not as hard as I thought 4.9k in 33 minutes Tonight was about doing a run time and distance really didn't matter As not run for nearly 2 weeks...

Well that was not as hard as I thought 4.9k in 33 minutes Tonight was about doin...

ShannieP

Graduate•9 years ago

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Your Cto5K Tshirt

To whom it may concern: I only realised yesterday, when I pinned my race number over my Cto5K t-shirt that there is no logo on the back, so nobody would know...

To whom it may concern: I only realised yesterday, when I pinned my race number ...

turnturtle

Graduate•9 years ago

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Fund-raising

When I entered my Yorkshire 10-miler I started a just-giving page to raise sponsorship for the Red-Cross Syrian Appeal. I've never done it before as I don't...

When I entered my Yorkshire 10-miler I started a just-giving page to raise spons...

turnturtle

Graduate•9 years ago

1 Reply

Yet another Oxford Half Posting :(

Towards the end of last April when I was 3 weeks in to C25K and looked like the bottom right picture - ugh! I decided, in a moment of madness, to have a...

Towards the end of last April when I was 3 weeks in to C25K and looked like th...

Usain_Balti

Graduate•9 years ago

24 Replies

Week 2 completed!

Well much to my surprise I managed to complete week 2 yesterday! I found the second run of the week manageable however yesterday (run 3) was awful! I felt like...

Well much to my surprise I managed to complete week 2 yesterday! I found the sec...

Anewrunner

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Beacon of Redness (BOR) - it's The Yorkshire Marathon! (TYM)

Good morning one and all. :) I hope this fine morning finds you well and that if you raced or ran yesterday, that you're not aching too much. I was going to...

Good morning one and all. :) I hope this fine morning finds you well and that if...

Miles_Yonder

Graduate•9 years ago

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Four deer, a buzzard, two rabbits and a skein of wild geese!

Following the snottiest cold on record I had my first run out this morning in the autumn sunshine accompanied at various stages by the above assortment - sadly...

Following the snottiest cold on record I had my first run out this morning in th...

Ullyrunner

Graduate•9 years ago

14 Replies

Body blade exerciser

Have ordered a body blade from QVC and watched the demo video and it looks good. Now I'm into running, feel I'd like to tone up the upper body muscle.. Doe's...

Have ordered a body blade from QVC and watched the demo video and it looks good....

davelinks

Graduate•9 years ago

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Katherine's Quest week 3 - Feel free to join.

Welcome to Week 3 (27 September -8 November) Week 3 another week under our belts. What the quest is:- The quest takes six weeks. You can join any time within...

Welcome to Week 3 (27 September -8 November) Week 3 another week under our belt...

Realfoodieclub

Graduate•9 years ago

14 Replies

SO Excited!!!!

I set off on my 25 min w7r2 this morning and while I was running and feeling absolutely fine I thought that if still felt ok at the end I might keep going a...

I set off on my 25 min w7r2 this morning and while I was running and feeling abs...

Hafaaf61

Graduate•9 years ago

5 Replies

Couch25K

Not sure if I'm in the right place here , but about 5 years ago I had a brilliant podcast on my phone for couch25k which included Laura AND music. I have...

Not sure if I'm in the right place here , but about 5 years ago I had a brillian...

kazzers

Graduate•9 years ago

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Half Marathon should I ...

I am very tempted to do a half Marathon as there is a big one coming up in Auckland New Zealand but i dont know if im ready, (there is also a 12km option). I...

I am very tempted to do a half Marathon as there is a big one coming up in Auckl...

SammyJ25

•9 years ago

16 Replies

I did Week 5 Run 3 thanks to you all!!

I need to say this forum is brilliant. Yesterday I shared my concerns and thanks to the encouragement I felt I could do it. Then during the day I felt really...

I need to say this forum is brilliant. Yesterday I shared my concerns and thanks...

Nussaybah

Graduate•9 years ago

32 Replies

Isle of Wight Marathon.

Went to watch the Isle of Wight Marathon with little sister Aliboo70, her boyfriend Boz and George the dog today. It's reckoned to be one of the toughest...

Went to watch the Isle of Wight Marathon with little sister Aliboo70, her boyfri...

paulb67

Graduate•9 years ago

8 Replies

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All posts for October 2015

Week 5 Day 3...is this the mystical 'Runners' Elation'?!?!

Graduated!!

training for a half-marathon

is my fitbit accurate

W4r2 happy happy :D

so close... but still need help and advice

W4R1 done

Week 6 R2

W5R2, done!

Victory moment

Ankle pain ?

Week 4 Day 1

Amazing...

How do you fit running in?

week 2 begins

Sore knee saga continues....

First run for 13 days!!!!

Your Cto5K Tshirt

Fund-raising

Yet another Oxford Half Posting :(

Week 2 completed!

Beacon of Redness (BOR) - it's The Yorkshire Marathon! (TYM)

Four deer, a buzzard, two rabbits and a skein of wild geese!

Body blade exerciser

Katherine's Quest week 3 - Feel free to join.

SO Excited!!!!

Couch25K

Half Marathon should I ...

I did Week 5 Run 3 thanks to you all!!

Isle of Wight Marathon.

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