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Week 9, Day 1 ... with the lurgy!!!

Jeez! Someone is trying to make this hard for me!!! Started my final week today after waking up yesterday with a throat full of razorblades and the beginning s...

Jeez! Someone is trying to make this hard for me!!! Started my final week today ...

wez70

Graduate•8 years ago

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Boxing Day parkrun tourism

I must be keen. To the amazement of my in laws me and hubby were out by 8am on Boxing Day morning to run the nearest parkrun to them in Boston. It's a new...

I must be keen. To the amazement of my in laws me and hubby were out by 8am on B...

BethC

Graduate•8 years ago

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Hello 2016 Quest wk 2 - Feel free to join

Hello 2016 Quest week two Well I can't believe it we are starting another year of Quests. It is so much fun doing these and watching everyone's commitment. It...

Hello 2016 Quest week two Well I can't believe it we are starting another year o...

Realfoodieclub

Graduate•8 years ago

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Groovy Garmin

I am the proud owner of a Forerunner 235, complete with a 20-page A4 owners' manual ..... Now I do consider myself to be reasonably tech savvy, but am gonna...

I am the proud owner of a Forerunner 235, complete with a 20-page A4 owners' man...

shinyhappy123

Graduate•8 years ago

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Home

Back home after spending Christmas with my folks New trainers of my hubby and leggings and top of my brother Managed a run this morning before traveling home...

Back home after spending Christmas with my folks New trainers of my hubby and le...

ShannieP

Graduate•8 years ago

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If you're thinking about trying running, do it, it's awesome

I'm still here, 2 years later and I'm still running ... Well not so much at the moment, mostly I am still on the sofa wondering when I can run again. My last...

I'm still here, 2 years later and I'm still running ... Well not so much at the ...

spoonierunning

Graduate•8 years ago

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New Daps

Bit late but first run after a Cold which turned into Flu which turned into a Chest Infection then Sickness and D....... Heres the new Chrimbo Daps Back in...

Bit late but first run after a Cold which turned into Flu which turned into a Ch...

millwalki8

Graduate•8 years ago

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Dryathlon

Anyone else doing this? I have managed to persuade my wife to attempt this with me. Alongside the running I bet I can lose about 6lbs in January!

Anyone else doing this? I have managed to persuade my wife to attempt this with ...

simonwilliamstutor

Graduate•8 years ago

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Club run

Enjoyed the club run today, although weather was dull & drizzly, and the hill was hard for me again, think I may need some more core strength, as seeming to...

Enjoyed the club run today, although weather was dull & drizzly, and the hill wa...

davelinks

Graduate•8 years ago

1 Reply

Completed week 2!!!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! Just a quick update to say I completed the 3rd run from week two today so on to week 3 next week. I did one of this weeks...

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! Just a quick update to say I completed the ...

Skennedy0909

Graduate•8 years ago

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Update

Hi guys - using the Christmas break to get me through weeks 8 and 9 - so looking for a similar programme to get me to my 10k run in Brighton in April - all...

Hi guys - using the Christmas break to get me through weeks 8 and 9 - so looking...

HassocksSteve

•8 years ago

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Winning the mental game http://swimsmooth.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8151913ab5f0ee26cedb679d8&id=64ec01d810&e=a4d2cbe223

A lot of you know I no longer swim, but I still read the emails from Swim Smooth every week. I thought this one was particularly useful, as he says at the end,...

A lot of you know I no longer swim, but I still read the emails from Swim Smooth...

Curlygurly2

Graduate•8 years ago

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parkrun xmas!!

hi all well just done two parkruns consecutive days!! found todays hard but ive done it Heres to to the New Year HAppy xmas to you all!! Gra

hi all well just done two parkruns consecutive days!! found todays hard but ive ...

givman

•8 years ago

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C25k as a theory.....

So, we all know that C25k works as an introduction to running. My question is, is there any similar programme for other forms of exercise? My OH really...

So, we all know that C25k works as an introduction to running. My question is,...

folkieboater

Graduate•8 years ago

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Boxing Day 7k...tick!

Managed to get out for my second 'Christmas' run this morning. I usually run alone but today ran with my sister who has been staying for the...

Managed to get out for my second 'Christmas' run this morning. I usually run alo...

Sandraj39

Graduate•8 years ago

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Last parkrun for my age group

Boxing day park run at Woodley which I thought would be slow after all the food eaten on Christmas day but managed a time of 27:53. Only afterwards did I...

Boxing day park run at Woodley which I thought would be slow after all the food ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Graduated at last!

It took five months with ten weeks on the injury couch over three injuries (one not running related) and several repeated runs in the middle weeks when I...

It took five months with ten weeks on the injury couch over three injuries (one...

Gnet

Graduate•8 years ago

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Christmas Gadgets

I'm a lucky boy. Been coveting everybody else's Garmins etc. for ages and my lovely Mrs. 5k bought me this for Christmas :) Out tomorrow to test it (we have...

I'm a lucky boy. Been coveting everybody else's Garmins etc. for ages and my lov...

5kOrBust

Graduate•8 years ago

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I have finished!

It is so wonderful to think I have actually kept up this running. I have never (EVER) done it so consistently. I actually look forward to it now - how did...

It is so wonderful to think I have actually kept up this running. I have never ...

jojo57

Graduate•8 years ago

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Boxing Day record

Went on a morning run with my (very fit) cousins- one of whom is marathon training and the other a regular 10k runner. They have a much faster pace than me but...

Went on a morning run with my (very fit) cousins- one of whom is marathon traini...

beatricerose

Graduate•8 years ago

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Boxing Day gadget run!

Had to get up mega early this morning to drop daughter off as she's working in the Boxing Day sales...so got home and decided to make the most of the peaceful...

Had to get up mega early this morning to drop daughter off as she's working in t...

AbracaDeborah

Graduate•8 years ago

1 Reply

Week 8 done! No idea how ;-)

Big day of scoffing and quaffing yesterday but I knew it had to be done ... this morning I braved the wind and intermittent raindrops and off I went. Not easy,...

Big day of scoffing and quaffing yesterday but I knew it had to be done ... this...

wez70

Graduate•8 years ago

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First 5k run

I graduated last weekend, running just over 4K in the 30 mins. Had a couple of similar runs during the week, doing what I've always done, trying to speed up a...

I graduated last weekend, running just over 4K in the 30 mins. Had a couple of s...

Sarahredhaira

Graduate•8 years ago

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Xmas morning drivers

So went for a 5k run this morning, about 8:50. Lovely run a few youngsters out with dad on shiny new cycles, all nodding wishing each other a merry xmas. I...

So went for a 5k run this morning, about 8:50. Lovely run a few youngsters out w...

jenman1

Graduate•8 years ago

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Did it!

When I started C25K last May, my aim was to do a Parkrun with my family on Christmas Day. I didn't think ancient bones would be up to it but I was beguiled by...

When I started C25K last May, my aim was to do a Parkrun with my family on Chris...

Austen304

•8 years ago

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1st parkrun in the morning and feeling very nervous!

Tomorrow is graduation day if all goes well. Quite nervous about the fact that it is planned to happen at a parkrun (I thought that was a good idea 9 weeks...

Tomorrow is graduation day if all goes well. Quite nervous about the fact that i...

jojo57

Graduate•8 years ago

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Christmas Day run

Did my Christmas Day run. Was out early with my dog (or pace setter) who most people think is too cute to let past without a bit of patting etc. My time was...

Did my Christmas Day run. Was out early with my dog (or pace setter) who most p...

OldWheezer

•8 years ago

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Merry Christmas from Oz

What better time for a run than Christmas morning.... On my second round of couch to 5k this year, my brother and mum died within 10 months of each other so it...

What better time for a run than Christmas morning.... On my second round of couc...

CaminoPilgrim

Graduate•8 years ago

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Christmas Eve graduation!

Hi everybody, i thought I would let everybody on this wonderful community know that I graduated today. I did 4.38km in 30 mins and couldn't be happier. I've...

Hi everybody, i thought I would let everybody on this wonderful community know t...

boogie991

Graduate•8 years ago

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Seasons Greetings

Just to wish everyone a very Happy and Merry Christmas ... Parkrun on Christmas day? don't mind if I do :D

Just to wish everyone a very Happy and Merry Christmas ... Parkrun on Christmas...

Hidden

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for December 2015

Week 9, Day 1 ... with the lurgy!!!

Boxing Day parkrun tourism

Hello 2016 Quest wk 2 - Feel free to join

Groovy Garmin

Home

If you're thinking about trying running, do it, it's awesome

New Daps

Dryathlon

Club run

Completed week 2!!!

Update

Winning the mental game http://swimsmooth.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8151913ab5f0ee26cedb679d8&id=64ec01d810&e=a4d2cbe223

parkrun xmas!!

C25k as a theory.....

Boxing Day 7k...tick!

Last parkrun for my age group

Graduated at last!

Christmas Gadgets

I have finished!

Boxing Day record

Boxing Day gadget run!

Week 8 done! No idea how ;-)

First 5k run

Xmas morning drivers

Did it!

1st parkrun in the morning and feeling very nervous!

Christmas Day run

Merry Christmas from Oz

Christmas Eve graduation!

Seasons Greetings

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