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Breathing through the nose

Most articles I have read indicate that when running you should breath through your nose but I just can't! I don't feel I can breath in enough oxygen through...

Most articles I have read indicate that when running you should breath through y...

Trish_h

Graduate•8 years ago

17 Replies

I did it!!!

Not a big poster but have completed the 9 weeks today! I put a pair of trainers on the 4th of January and have got up every second day thru rain, gale force...

Not a big poster but have completed the 9 weeks today! I put a pair of trainers ...

Fatcj

Graduate•8 years ago

35 Replies

Skin cancer update

To all my fellow runners and colleagues who've followed C25K. Like many of you a few years ago, I decided to change my lifestyle, lose weight, get fit etc and...

To all my fellow runners and colleagues who've followed C25K. Like many of you a...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Week 5 run 3... Second time success!

After a horrific first try of W5R3 with shin splints, i rested for 4 days and went out again today and completed it!!! The relief of doing it was incredible...

After a horrific first try of W5R3 with shin splints, i rested for 4 days and we...

Lcsurfer

•8 years ago

4 Replies

2 nights running............haha!

Hi all, Scuse the pun but I did run for 2 nights running!!! Wasn't sure if it was a good idea but thought I'd give it a go as I'm not going to be able to...

Hi all, Scuse the pun but I did run for 2 nights running!!! Wasn't sure if it...

ElsieW

Graduate•8 years ago

2 Replies

Week 1 completed

Week 1 done! So pleased can't wait to smash week 2!!

Cchestney

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Manchester winter 10k - here I come !!

I have my first 10k race on Sunday - the Manchester winter series run at the Etihad stadium. Just been for a short run (when exactly did a 2 mile run become...

I have my first 10k race on Sunday - the Manchester winter series run at the Eti...

Girlyswot

Graduate•8 years ago

4 Replies

Phew, well on my way ☺️

Loving the app, week 2 r2 , finding it easier each time, going to canary island next week and I'm taking my running gear with me! Can't wait to run along the...

Loving the app, week 2 r2 , finding it easier each time, going to canary island ...

TINADICKINSON

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Aching week 5 run 3

Today I completed week 5 it was hard going and really didn't think I could do the full 20 mins but I did, although a lot more of my body seemed to ache and...

Today I completed week 5 it was hard going and really didn't think I could do th...

sarahlinnett

•8 years ago

4 Replies

W8 over

I ran the last run of week 8 yesterday morning. It was a mixture of the two previous runs - which was what I wanted. Five minutes slow followed by five minutes...

I ran the last run of week 8 yesterday morning. It was a mixture of the two prev...

JaySeeSkinny

Graduate•8 years ago

8 Replies

Week 5, Run 3

4 weeks ago I could hardly do the first 60 second run, so when I saw 20minute on the Running Plan this week I had a bit of a panic! It WAS hard; it IS a big...

4 weeks ago I could hardly do the first 60 second run, so when I saw 20minute on...

Racdeac

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Couch to 5 ?

Hi. I am determined now. tried running before but 'failed' got bored, lost interest. knee hurt. couldnt get the breathingright. always started off to quick and...

Hi. I am determined now. tried running before but 'failed' got bored, lost inter...

beth3618

•8 years ago

25 Replies

Just one of the reasons I love to run :)

My posts on here have got fewer and far between but I'm still going. Still reading the occasional post when I have time and would still like to say to all you...

My posts on here have got fewer and far between but I'm still going. Still read...

hilbean

Graduate•8 years ago

19 Replies

Week 9 update

Haven't posted for a few days. W9R1 on Monday was horrendous, body and mind competing for negative attention but told them both I would ignore them till they...

Haven't posted for a few days. W9R1 on Monday was horrendous, body and mind com...

Slowstart

Graduate•8 years ago

1 Reply

Running in specs

Anyone got any tips for running in specs? I'm very short sighted and wear contact lenses but had some medical treatment on my left eye yesterday which means...

Anyone got any tips for running in specs? I'm very short sighted and wear conta...

vivster

Graduate•8 years ago

9 Replies

Ankle pain

Hello everyone, I've just completed week 2 run 3 but barely. While I notice that my lungs and my legs can certainly take it, my ankles cannot and I think that...

Hello everyone, I've just completed week 2 run 3 but barely. While I notice tha...

FU2016

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Started

Did my first day of couch to 5k today. Found it really hard.

vere

•8 years ago

33 Replies

Strange Pain

I have a really odd pain in my foot. I've tried googling typical running injuries but nothing seems similar. The pain is on my right foot down the outside...

I have a really odd pain in my foot. I've tried googling typical running injurie...

Sezza2u

Graduate•8 years ago

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Fat man in lycra graduates!!!!

Well a not quite so far man in lycra graduates. Woop woop woop. Just back from week 9 run 3! Carried on the extra 4 minutes so I covered the 5k again. Week1...

Well a not quite so far man in lycra graduates. Woop woop woop. Just back from w...

Big-Andy

Graduate•8 years ago

36 Replies

Week 7 not off to a great start 😕

Evening all I embarked on week 7 earlier but I just wasn't feeling it tonight. My nose kept running, eyes were streaming and ear bud kept falling out of...

Evening all I embarked on week 7 earlier but I just wasn't feeling it tonight...

mummybrummy

Graduate•8 years ago

8 Replies

Wk8 R2

So today I managed to go for a run before picking up the kids. It was a glorious sunset, sunny, not too cold and in the park! So lucky! It was slow because my...

So today I managed to go for a run before picking up the kids. It was a glorious...

CatRuns

Graduate•8 years ago

11 Replies

Hard 5k

It happens to us all I know but it's always frustrating when I have a rough run. I'm sure it's only having a busy day on my feet all day but still annoying. Oh...

It happens to us all I know but it's always frustrating when I have a rough run....

samsonandrew

Graduate•8 years ago

6 Replies

Week 7 Run 3 - Fox! Sprint!

Hello everyone! I may have just had a whole week off for half-term, but already I feel exhausted and, in all honesty, down in the dumps again. Some of the...

Hello everyone! I may have just had a whole week off for half-term, but already...

yamiskoi

Graduate•8 years ago

27 Replies

Laura, Billy, Anthony...and me!

Okay, I've got myself slightly back on track again, after lots of advice from you lovely people... and I headed on out into the sunshine... with a new...

Okay, I've got myself slightly back on track again, after lots of advice from yo...

Oldfloss

Administrator•8 years ago

15 Replies

Man with a 10K Plan

Hi guys, I have started using a 10K app and have started 10K training. C25K has been very helpful to get me this far. I felt that since I finished C25K, I...

Hi guys, I have started using a 10K app and have started 10K training. C25K ha...

ashishkulkarni

Graduate•8 years ago

7 Replies

W2R2

I am so pleased I have done the second run of week 2 and to be honest it's not as bad as I thought. The worst thing about doing something like this, for me...

I am so pleased I have done the second run of week 2 and to be honest it's not a...

Happy-runner

Graduate•8 years ago

6 Replies

W6R1...surprisingly okay

Hello everybody, After doing the dreaded twenty minute run last week and having 4 rest days (!!!) I set out last night to start week 6 feeling a bit...

Hello everybody, After doing the dreaded twenty minute run last week and having...

lochnessx

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Any anxiety sufferers out there??

Hi. I started this wonderful programme in a bid to get fit in my mid-50s after a life of no exercise, fags till 3 years ago and lots of lovely red wine....

Hi. I started this wonderful programme in a bid to get fit in my mid-50s after ...

Ucandothis

Graduate•8 years ago

16 Replies

Running in Bad air ? ☁️

My son and I watched an interesting episode of Dispatches about the effects of air pollution and as an asthma sufferer I am very interested because of my...

My son and I watched an interesting episode of Dispatches about the effects of a...

ju-ju-

Graduate•8 years ago

6 Replies

Sorry Laura it's been a blast..... W7R2

Thought I'd have a change today. I wanted to listen to my own music as I jogged. I know how to tell the time and I wanted to see how far I had gone in the 25...

Thought I'd have a change today. I wanted to listen to my own music as I jogged....

Hidden

•8 years ago

11 Replies

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Couch to 5K

All posts for February 2016

Breathing through the nose

I did it!!!

Skin cancer update

Week 5 run 3... Second time success!

2 nights running............haha!

Week 1 completed

Manchester winter 10k - here I come !!

Phew, well on my way ☺️

Aching week 5 run 3

W8 over

Week 5, Run 3

Couch to 5 ?

Just one of the reasons I love to run :)

Week 9 update

Running in specs

Ankle pain

Started

Strange Pain

Fat man in lycra graduates!!!!

Week 7 not off to a great start 😕

Wk8 R2

Hard 5k

Week 7 Run 3 - Fox! Sprint!

Laura, Billy, Anthony...and me!

Man with a 10K Plan

W2R2

W6R1...surprisingly okay

Any anxiety sufferers out there??

Running in Bad air ? ☁️

Sorry Laura it's been a blast..... W7R2

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