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W5r2 - Amazed

I have just run for 8 minutes.... TWICE!!!! I am amazed. OK so I did it on a cross trainer, as I can't actually run due to a condition which makes my joints...

I have just run for 8 minutes.... TWICE!!!! I am amazed. OK so I did it on a c...

Littlesos

•8 years ago

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Week 2!

So pleased to get past week 1 and on to the first run of week 2 - surprised myself at getting this far!

So pleased to get past week 1 and on to the first run of week 2 - surprised myse...

philmoore

•8 years ago

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W2r2

Ohhhh my calves hurt but I will keep going have 2 days off now. Right am a bit confused I listen to Laura and when she's finished have only done 2 miles!!!!!...

Ohhhh my calves hurt but I will keep going have 2 days off now. Right am a bit c...

Mozzy67

•8 years ago

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Newby Help!

Hi all, This might seem like a stupid question but can anyone tell me what the programme consists of? I've never run before and underlying health problems...

Hi all, This might seem like a stupid question but can anyone tell me what the ...

HughesC3

•8 years ago

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I'm back :) 6k done today

Hello everyone! Haven't posted for a while as I had a really busy December, and then time goes so fast over the festive season! But I have been lurking and...

Hello everyone! Haven't posted for a while as I had a really busy December, and ...

laurav33

Graduate•8 years ago

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Week Two Nerves

My first day of week two is scheduled for tomorrow and I'm more than a little nervous. I'm so unfit and struggled a little with week one another 30 seconds...

My first day of week two is scheduled for tomorrow and I'm more than a little ne...

VickyWar2209

•8 years ago

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W5R2

So back on it & found W5R2 a wee bit easier.... Think I will repeat W5R2, Tues & Thursday this coming week & do the last 'finale' run on Sat! Then hopefully...

So back on it & found W5R2 a wee bit easier.... Think I will repeat W5R2, Tues &...

Fishgirl

•8 years ago

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Feeling quite pleased. Week 4 run 1 completed.

Went quite well, was a little apprehensive about the 5, minute runs but kept it slow and steady and got through it. Have been getting some hip pain so tried a...

Went quite well, was a little apprehensive about the 5, minute runs but kept it ...

Big-Andy

Graduate•8 years ago

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club run totalled 6.88km which perked me up!

Did a club run this morning, which went well, after I had being feeling a tad low lately, and I think is down to the dull rubbish weather, think it affects a...

Did a club run this morning, which went well, after I had being feeling a tad lo...

davelinks

Graduate•8 years ago

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Graduated with 5K under my belt !

W9R3 done this morning, and I accidentally covered 5,2 kilometers. On previous run I only made 3,6 km in 30 minutes. Today I had both C25K w9 podcast and...

W9R3 done this morning, and I accidentally covered 5,2 kilometers. On previous r...

tidirhin2548

Graduate•8 years ago

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If we did all the things we are capable of...

This morning, it wasn't raining! Hard to believe, but true. I have been really, really, trying to embrace each different kind of weather for the part it...

This morning, it wasn't raining! Hard to believe, but true. I have been really...

Oldfloss

Administrator•8 years ago

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Wet start to week 2

I intended to do my first week 2 run last night but I got home late which meant I ate late which gave me the perfect excuse not to do it! Woke up this morning...

I intended to do my first week 2 run last night but I got home late which meant ...

PumpKim

Graduate•8 years ago

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Mojo

A brief ish update on my missing mojo from before christmas, things are improving slowly but surely ... After sleeping late on Christmas day and missing park...

A brief ish update on my missing mojo from before christmas, things are improvin...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Warm up

Found this and thought it might be useful especially if you considering park run and didn't want to do the usual 5 min walk before hand , those will be in my...

Found this and thought it might be useful especially if you considering park run...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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😀First 10k achieved...bit of a wet one!

As you can see from the photo, some of my lovely railway line run is pretty wet at the moment! Needless to say I ploughed on regardless, and despite having to...

As you can see from the photo, some of my lovely railway line run is pretty wet ...

Sandraj39

Graduate•8 years ago

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Zombies Run

Hi all, has anyone used the Zombies Run App? I have looked at it and it looks a fun running app. Would be interested to know views. Thank you 👍

Hi all, has anyone used the Zombies Run App? I have looked at it and it looks a...

suebuzz

Graduate•8 years ago

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Done it! wk 2 over!

Feel very proud, but very scared about next week as I suspect that rather than adding seconds, I will have to double my run time! Am only leaving one rest...

Feel very proud, but very scared about next week as I suspect that rather than a...

Ucandothis

Graduate•8 years ago

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New year update 😀

I still get a lot from reading everyone's posts on here - great forum! Thought I'd better give you an update 😀 Found a real life Laura to run with at at the...

I still get a lot from reading everyone's posts on here - great forum! Thought I...

AbracaDeborah

Graduate•8 years ago

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Cute dogs

I had to post this just for popypug This is buster our 4 yr old puggle, a rescue, he's a lovely if strange at times doggy, I've not taken him running yet as...

I had to post this just for popypug This is buster our 4 yr old puggle, a rescu...

Paul46-ipswich

Graduate•8 years ago

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TV review: Fitness apps, trackers, watches

Thought a few of you might be interested in this, shown last night on BBC2. Featuring great views of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park it compares a fitness...

Thought a few of you might be interested in this, shown last night on BBC2. Fea...

John_W

Graduate•8 years ago

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week 9 run 3 .....5k !

Well I finally did it, on run 1 and 2 of this week I got within a stones throw of the 5k. today I was determined and I did it. To anyone thinking of trying...

Well I finally did it, on run 1 and 2 of this week I got within a stones throw o...

hayleykinzz

Graduate•8 years ago

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W9r3 I did it, I did it, yeah, yeah,yeah!!!!!!! :) :) :)

And I LIKED it! I was thinking as I ran about the place of running in my life. Back in the 80s when I was a teenager with an avid interest in teenage boys, a...

And I LIKED it! I was thinking as I ran about the place of running in my life....

boptillyoudrop49

Graduate•8 years ago

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Fingers-crossed; 5k here I come!

Well, this really is breaking new ground - I've never written a blog nor have I, as an adult, run further than to the foot of our stairs. But I fancied a...

Well, this really is breaking new ground - I've never written a blog nor have I,...

Wendy5

•8 years ago

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Great Run Edinburgh Winter Warmer done! New PB!

4 layers on top 2 on the bottom Tissues at the ready Mitts on Cap on Neck gaitor on You would have thought I was getting ready to scale Ben Nevis! But no, I...

4 layers on top 2 on the bottom Tissues at the ready Mitts on Cap on Neck gaitor...

ashishkulkarni

Graduate•8 years ago

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C25K 2nd Time Around

Got out today after 10 weeks out with a sprained ankle. Beginning again at wk1. Quite happy, ankle felt ok. Managed 5K in 45 minutes. Once the podcast had...

Got out today after 10 weeks out with a sprained ankle. Beginning again at wk1. ...

ladyharvills

Graduate•8 years ago

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First runs on a holiday!

I'm just back from a week in Tenerife. Fantastic holiday with lovely weather (25c with virtually unbroken sunshine) and food. We went whale and dolphin...

I'm just back from a week in Tenerife. Fantastic holiday with lovely weather (2...

Steve_L

Graduate•8 years ago

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I've done it!!! (well, WE have really) :-)

Week 9, Day 3 just completed and without being too boastful, this week I've done 3 runs all around 35 minutes and just over 5k each time! I know it was...

Week 9, Day 3 just completed and without being too boastful, this week I've done...

wez70

Graduate•8 years ago

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Family run

Just completed a great family run with my hubby (Kevin) and 17 year old son (Ryan) Olympic Park was bathed in watery sunshine and gentle breeze along the......

Just completed a great family run with my hubby (Kevin) and 17 year old son (Rya...

ShannieP

Graduate•8 years ago

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Week 1 done and can't wait to start week 2

As tbe title says, cant wait for Monday to come around to start week 2. I am conscious that up to now I am only going on flat surfaces and at a gentle pace....

As tbe title says, cant wait for Monday to come around to start week 2. I am co...

mummybrummy

Graduate•8 years ago

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Week 6 over thank God!

Just got back from my 25 minute run on a new route, I didn't want any reminder markers letting me know how far I had to go. I'm not going to lie, that was...

Just got back from my 25 minute run on a new route, I didn't want any reminder m...

Paul46-ipswich

Graduate•8 years ago

8 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for January 2016

W5r2 - Amazed

Week 2!

W2r2

Newby Help!

I'm back :) 6k done today

Week Two Nerves

W5R2

Feeling quite pleased. Week 4 run 1 completed.

club run totalled 6.88km which perked me up!

Graduated with 5K under my belt !

If we did all the things we are capable of...

Wet start to week 2

Mojo

Warm up

😀First 10k achieved...bit of a wet one!

Zombies Run

Done it! wk 2 over!

New year update 😀

Cute dogs

TV review: Fitness apps, trackers, watches

week 9 run 3 .....5k !

W9r3 I did it, I did it, yeah, yeah,yeah!!!!!!! :) :) :)

Fingers-crossed; 5k here I come!

Great Run Edinburgh Winter Warmer done! New PB!

C25K 2nd Time Around

First runs on a holiday!

I've done it!!! (well, WE have really) :-)

Family run

Week 1 done and can't wait to start week 2

Week 6 over thank God!

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