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Parkrun on your 8th birthday!

Today was my daughters 8th birthday and she wanted to run a parkrun with mummy or daddy. She had managed 1.5 and 2 miles before in cross country at school or...

Today was my daughters 8th birthday and she wanted to run a parkrun with mummy o...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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2nd Parkrun done

Cold start, 3.5 degrees showing on the car. Misty as well. Wore cycling gloves which I've been using for my solo runs but my fingertips froze! (Daughter says...

Cold start, 3.5 degrees showing on the car. Misty as well. Wore cycling gloves w...

Joy57

Graduate•8 years ago

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First 5K on Wk8

I'm on week 8, though only did one run this week rather than two as easing off ahead of my first ever 5K at the Chasewater Christmas Pudding Dash. I'm enjoying...

I'm on week 8, though only did one run this week rather than two as easing off a...

CanicrossK

Graduate•8 years ago

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W7 R1 & R2 which is really R1 x2

Ha! Bet that title is confusing. So this week I have run 3 times (W6 R3 last Saturday) and should be out today but a little interruption came along, that...

Ha! Bet that title is confusing. So this week I have run 3 times (W6 R3 last Sat...

Sofargoner

Graduate•8 years ago

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Yay get up and go has returned

Just back from a little run. Decided to go back to week 2 - I was on week 4 - and I'm glad I've done so. I'd rather build up again than go straight back to...

Just back from a little run. Decided to go back to week 2 - I was on week 4 - a...

janey38

Graduate•8 years ago

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Week 9 run 3 completed

Perfect Autumnal weather for completing C25K. For me this was the hardest run in week 9, no idea why, but I still felt great when it was done. So thrilled to...

Perfect Autumnal weather for completing C25K. For me this was the hardest run in...

RM2016

•8 years ago

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Parkrun in the bag

Hi all After a week from hell juggling sick wee ones, work and life.... I completed my first parkrun in 38.30 so that's a new bench mark for me I wasn't last...

Hi all After a week from hell juggling sick wee ones, work and life.... I comple...

Cuig1975

•8 years ago

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W10R4, B1-3 Left knee moaned!

Oh well, I guess it had to happen sometime! :( Now I can properly empathise with anyone with a running injury. I was so excited this lunchtime as I had...

Oh well, I guess it had to happen sometime! :( Now I can properly empathise wit...

Flossie22

Graduate•8 years ago

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We did it!

Glorious sunshine, plus a bit of frost first thing: great day for our first public 5k. Daughter dropped me off early enough to be able to walk the dogs and let...

Glorious sunshine, plus a bit of frost first thing: great day for our first publ...

Maddee_6333

Graduate•8 years ago

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Week Three here I come

Just wanted to share my excitement at completing week 2! Cant wait to have a go at week three, though the 3 min run doesn't seem a bit scary, going for it...

Just wanted to share my excitement at completing week 2! Cant wait to have a go...

Di-L

Graduate•8 years ago

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W8 R2 in daylight what a pleasure.

W8 R2 completed with a red face and lot of huff and puff at the end. I ran the same route as Thursday, but this time at 7.30am. Daylight Yippee!. I find...

W8 R2 completed with a red face and lot of huff and puff at the end. I ran the s...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Week 8 has begun

Had a week off due to a calf strain, week 8 run 1 done this morning on the track in the fog and frost, calf held up until 6 mins from the end, but carried on...

Had a week off due to a calf strain, week 8 run 1 done this morning on the track...

kaz56

Graduate•8 years ago

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Get up and go seems to have got up and gone 😭

I haven't done anything for several weeks now after a painful knee followed by a chesty cough that wouldn't budge - it still likes to say hello now and again....

I haven't done anything for several weeks now after a painful knee followed by a...

janey38

Graduate•8 years ago

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Mad woman on the loose!

This morning, while it was still dark and the temperature a smidge above freezing, I willingly went out and ran up and down the same hill for half an hour. The...

This morning, while it was still dark and the temperature a smidge above freezin...

tortoisegirl

Graduate•8 years ago

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Some decorum in the forum! Advice please on trail shoes and wireless headphones

Nothing to do with decorum, just liked the words together! Thank you to those who have given me a little bit of advice already, but could you let me know if...

Nothing to do with decorum, just liked the words together! Thank you to those wh...

Flossie22

Graduate•8 years ago

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Wwek 9 run 3 :-)

Week 9 run 3 completed this morning :-) Got to 30 mins but hadn't reached 5k so I continued till I got there. 39.17 slow but if anyone had said when I'd done...

Week 9 run 3 completed this morning :-) Got to 30 mins but hadn't reached 5k so...

mshuffnpuff

Graduate•8 years ago

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5k - after 13 weeks I did it!

Yay - so chuffed! I ran my first 5k ever yesterday! OK so Usain Bolt has nothing to fear but I did it - in 41 mins 45 seconds. And to think when I started...

Yay - so chuffed! I ran my first 5k ever yesterday! OK so Usain Bolt has nothi...

CarolStr

Graduate•8 years ago

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Day 4 - My Journey

So...day 4!! Thoroughly enjoying my runs. Love to go out at night, it is hard not going to lie but I am so determined and just love being outside and...

So...day 4!! Thoroughly enjoying my runs. Love to go out at night, it is hard no...

EmilyRoberts

•8 years ago

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Consolidating and moving on beyond C25K

So the first week beyond C25K has been a bit mixed (see previous posts) so not sure what I should do or be doing now. Thought consolidating the 5k was a good...

So the first week beyond C25K has been a bit mixed (see previous posts) so not s...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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MoRunning; Advice needed

I signed up to do a 5k MoRun* a while back, fully expecting to be on Week 6, Run 3! Which hasn't happened, following a few minor niggles in my ankles and...

I signed up to do a 5k MoRun* a while back, fully expecting to be on Week 6, Run...

Maddee_6333

Graduate•8 years ago

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Can't believe I've finished Week 4 already

As someone who never, never did sports, always the last to be picked for teams, characterised by my dear mother at various times as overweight, flatfooted and...

As someone who never, never did sports, always the last to be picked for teams, ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Week 6 finished!

Hiya, there seems to be a few of us on here finishing week 6 at the moment, which has been v handy for me.... always grateful for advice and story sharing! I...

Hiya, there seems to be a few of us on here finishing week 6 at the moment, whic...

russellwalker

•8 years ago

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Laura says I'm now a runner !!!

Hi, just checking in from my sofa - did W6R3 this morning (25 mins), which went ok. I now understand the mind over matter thing - I'm slogging along, legs feel...

Hi, just checking in from my sofa - did W6R3 this morning (25 mins), which went ...

Runfromfat

•8 years ago

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Week 9 run 1 ...I'm not a morning person!

Ok so my last morning run was tough, but I had to run this morning due to work shifts so off I went. It was a lovely morning out there, blue skies, blue sea...

Ok so my last morning run was tough, but I had to run this morning due to work s...

debze

Graduate•8 years ago

28 Replies

W1 R2 Completed

Thanks to everyone for your words of encouragement after my very first session on Wednesday morning. I did W1 R2 this morning and it wasn't too bad at all. I'd...

Thanks to everyone for your words of encouragement after my very first session o...

Sarah1703

•8 years ago

14 Replies

Is it time to return yet?

I posted on here in October. I've been a fan of C25K for over a year now but tore my ligaments in my left foot in September so had to take a reluctant break...

I posted on here in October. I've been a fan of C25K for over a year now but tor...

squirrelsflugel

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Help please!!

i started c25k a few months ago, got up to week 5 then had such awful upper back pain that I couldn't move for a few days. The doctor said my back was really...

i started c25k a few months ago, got up to week 5 then had such awful upper back...

jaded1987

•8 years ago

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New shoes👟👟👟👟

Mr Raven and I went to the shops......he is on wk5. The smaller shoes are mine😍

Mr Raven and I went to the shops......he is on wk5. The smaller shoes are mine�...

Raven2016

Graduate•8 years ago

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Watch out Mo Farah

According to Strava, I did the second kilometre of this evening's run in 2 minutes 53 seconds. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Of course I did, Strava. I've just...

According to Strava, I did the second kilometre of this evening's run in 2 minut...

AnneDroid

Graduate•8 years ago

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Terra (muddy) nova

So I went out this morning with Laura on the Stamina podcast. I did put together a running podcast for myself of favourite upbeat tracks, but I've decided I'm...

So I went out this morning with Laura on the Stamina podcast. I did put together...

Joy57

Graduate•8 years ago

11 Replies

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Couch to 5K

All posts for November 2016

Parkrun on your 8th birthday!

2nd Parkrun done

First 5K on Wk8

W7 R1 & R2 which is really R1 x2

Yay get up and go has returned

Week 9 run 3 completed

Parkrun in the bag

W10R4, B1-3 Left knee moaned!

We did it!

Week Three here I come

W8 R2 in daylight what a pleasure.

Week 8 has begun

Get up and go seems to have got up and gone 😭

Mad woman on the loose!

Some decorum in the forum! Advice please on trail shoes and wireless headphones

Wwek 9 run 3 :-)

5k - after 13 weeks I did it!

Day 4 - My Journey

Consolidating and moving on beyond C25K

MoRunning; Advice needed

Can't believe I've finished Week 4 already

Week 6 finished!

Laura says I'm now a runner !!!

Week 9 run 1 ...I'm not a morning person!

W1 R2 Completed

Is it time to return yet?

Help please!!

New shoes👟👟👟👟

Watch out Mo Farah

Terra (muddy) nova

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