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Week 8 and counting

Hello everyone, just thought I'd join in.... I'm about to start week 8 of the plan and I have to say I am feeling pleased with myself. When I started week one...

Hello everyone, just thought I'd join in.... I'm about to start week 8 of the pl...

shinyhappy123

Graduate•8 years ago

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Fitting in the runs

I graduated beginning of October and I just can't seem to get into a routine of 3 runs a week which I was hoping for. There are several things that seem to...

I graduated beginning of October and I just can't seem to get into a routine of ...

farawaytree74

Graduate•8 years ago

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Just a bit of a rubbish run...😦

Having had a few fab runs recently, 2 x 5k plus a longer one each week (last long run was 6.3k), I came back down to earth with a bit of a bump today, when it...

Having had a few fab runs recently, 2 x 5k plus a longer one each week (last lon...

Sandraj39

Graduate•8 years ago

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Fed up

Couldn't go out running for a few weeks family problems. So started again at week 5/2 and did a couple of runs,so it wasn't bad. Now I've got flu so not going...

Couldn't go out running for a few weeks family problems. So started again at wee...

Diane57

Graduate•8 years ago

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I needn't have worried!

Due to a few unforeseen circumstances I hadn't managed to run for 11days. As a recent graduate I was really worried that I would lose fitness and not be able...

Due to a few unforeseen circumstances I hadn't managed to run for 11days. As a...

KerryT72

Graduate•8 years ago

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Blustery day!!!!

Whew! I'm just cooling down from a 30 minute run. It is gray and blustery outside with temperight at the freezing mark. Yes, I was on the lookout for ice. I...

Whew! I'm just cooling down from a 30 minute run. It is gray and blustery outsid...

RunningForBroke

Graduate•8 years ago

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Arthritic knee

I was doing so well but week 5 just overdid it😞. My physio has assured me to rest for a week and then go back to week 3. So annoying when your brain wants to...

I was doing so well but week 5 just overdid it😞. My physio has assured me to re...

littleduck

•8 years ago

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No Motivation, help!

Hi all, I literally have no motivation to run. I'm on week 3- should be further by now since this is my fifth week of running but I spent a bit of extra time...

Hi all, I literally have no motivation to run. I'm on week 3- should be further...

bettyemma

•8 years ago

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So pleased!

Feeling so pleased! Wk8 run2, listened to the lovely Laura telling me to start running, which I obediently did. After a little while Laura told me again my 5...

Feeling so pleased! Wk8 run2, listened to the lovely Laura telling me to start r...

Cali-123

Graduate•8 years ago

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Slightly perplexed....

For those who haven't read my posts before, I'm 57, several stones overweight still (tho lost 2st 2 so far), and am only 4ft 10 tall (so very diddy, chubby...

For those who haven't read my posts before, I'm 57, several stones overweight st...

Pinguette

Graduate•8 years ago

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Great way to spend my day off

Lie in Washing Tv catch up 5k run in 31 minutes Coffee and cake Great run at Olympic park again,not as sunny as Sunday and hard work without my run buddy...

Lie in Washing Tv catch up 5k run in 31 minutes Coffee and cake Great run at Ol...

ShannieP

Graduate•8 years ago

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Going backwards looking forwards

I have been somewhat silent of late... As some of you know I was struggling with week 7, the 25 min runs. I can come up with a while bunch of excuses... It's...

I have been somewhat silent of late... As some of you know I was struggling with...

T0rtoise

•8 years ago

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On to week 8!

I have been struggling alot with this programme but now I know that I will complete it. I just wanted to thank everyone who has helped me on my path and share...

I have been struggling alot with this programme but now I know that I will compl...

Bralo

•8 years ago

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Graduation

Last run today, I travelled 5.5k total of which 4.3k was running the thirty minutes. Harder work than run 2 but I did it and apparently I did it faster too.

Last run today, I travelled 5.5k total of which 4.3k was running the thirty minu...

Saralexis

Graduate•8 years ago

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Audiofuel podcasts

I'm thinking of trying these - has anyone bought them? Which did you get? How do you like it and why?

I'm thinking of trying these - has anyone bought them? Which did you get? How do...

Curlygurly2

Graduate•8 years ago

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Audiofuel podcasts

Who has bought these and which did you get? How do you like them and why? SOMEHOW TECHNOPHOBE CURLY HAS DUPLICATED THIS POST, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS...

Who has bought these and which did you get? How do you like them and why? SOMEH...

Curlygurly2

Graduate•8 years ago

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Solo!

Took the advice about not leaping in to Stepping Stones just yet but to have fun with my running instead. Had planned to put music on my mp3 but with no clue...

Took the advice about not leaping in to Stepping Stones just yet but to have fun...

fimcbe

Graduate•8 years ago

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First post graduation run - 6K outdoors in an hour!

I now have a running buddy who is training for a marathon. I went out for my first post graduation run outdoors. My buddy pushed and pushed. We managed 6K...

I now have a running buddy who is training for a marathon. I went out for my f...

ashishkulkarni

Graduate•8 years ago

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1 week post grad

On Sunday I set out for my 1st run after graduating. It didn't go too good, after 15 minutes I had to start walking and I ran/walked for the rest of the way,...

On Sunday I set out for my 1st run after graduating. It didn't go too good, aft...

Sandra55

Graduate•8 years ago

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3rd Half marathon Post Graduation

Hello all i just wanted to share with you all that, I am running my 3rd Half marathon this Sunday I still remember the first day of the training that i...

Hello all i just wanted to share with you all that, I am running my 3rd Half ma...

Viraniparvez

Graduate•8 years ago

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Alcohol

Can I ask a 'newbies' question -only on week 3 & been cutting out wine.... But do I have to give it up completely 😢.. Mother of a young child😁..... Sometimes...

Can I ask a 'newbies' question -only on week 3 & been cutting out wine.... But d...

Fishgirl

•8 years ago

62 Replies

Troilism!

New shoe porn being fairly accepted on here now, I felt it fell to me to up the ante with a threesome. Not entirely sure how this happened actually. Luckily,...

New shoe porn being fairly accepted on here now, I felt it fell to me to up the ...

Rignold

•8 years ago

31 Replies

30,20,10 #2

I'm not going all, 'tango, foxtrot, delta = Juliet Bravo' but I am giving you an update on my second outing with the 30,20,10 interval technique as......

I'm not going all, 'tango, foxtrot, delta = Juliet Bravo' but I am giving you an...

ju-ju-

Graduate•8 years ago

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W5R3

I somehow made it through the entire 20 minutes!! There were several times when I put my arms down and prepared to stop but somehow kept going until eventually...

I somehow made it through the entire 20 minutes!! There were several times when ...

Feliiicia

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Soggy grey snail

Yes.. Week 7 Run 1 and a very damp morning... It had just started to rain lightly as I set out from home, But I decided to be plucky and venture forth......

Yes.. Week 7 Run 1 and a very damp morning... It had just started to rain light...

Oldfloss

Administrator•8 years ago

13 Replies

Running watch wearers - design?

Hi, I've been running with my TomTom Cardio Runner for a few months now and I've noticed that while running, to turn my wrist by 90° so I can see the display,...

Hi, I've been running with my TomTom Cardio Runner for a few months now and I've...

John_W

Graduate•8 years ago

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C25K+

Since graduating I stuck with W9R3 for a further week and am now about to start Stepping Stone but having read various comments I have to admit to being scared...

Since graduating I stuck with W9R3 for a further week and am now about to start ...

fimcbe

Graduate•8 years ago

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Evidence of definite improvement!

No, not a massive weight loss, that's still a struggle for some freaky reason, but my times show how much I've improved! Over the past few months I've been...

No, not a massive weight loss, that's still a struggle for some freaky reason, b...

Coin_

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Knees again

I wrote a post yesterday but it seems to have evaporated, so I am trying again. After a break of almost two weeks in a very warm location (good) with no...

I wrote a post yesterday but it seems to have evaporated, so I am trying again. ...

Austen304

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Here I go...

Week 7 Run 1...getting ever closer? Here goes nothing!:)

Oldfloss

Administrator•8 years ago

1 Reply

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for November 2015

Week 8 and counting

Fitting in the runs

Just a bit of a rubbish run...😦

Fed up

I needn't have worried!

Blustery day!!!!

Arthritic knee

No Motivation, help!

So pleased!

Slightly perplexed....

Great way to spend my day off

Going backwards looking forwards

On to week 8!

Graduation

Audiofuel podcasts

Audiofuel podcasts

Solo!

First post graduation run - 6K outdoors in an hour!

1 week post grad

3rd Half marathon Post Graduation

Alcohol

Troilism!

30,20,10 #2

W5R3

Soggy grey snail

Running watch wearers - design?

C25K+

Evidence of definite improvement!

Knees again

Here I go...

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