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Shall I give Laura a day off?

My re-run of W2R3 completed, yipee!!: the last run still felt like hard going, but just about managed to get there. Already worrying now about how I can...

My re-run of W2R3 completed, yipee!!: the last run still felt like hard going, b...

davidhwynn

Graduate•7 years ago

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Wow I could see sweat evaporating off my arms today!

Still doing week 4 and was very excited to see steam evaporating off my arms at the end of the run today! Never seen that before and I was amazed and very...

Still doing week 4 and was very excited to see steam evaporating off my arms at ...

The_Mighty_Webb

Graduate•7 years ago

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W8r2 and surprisingly my legs feel great

Managed the full 28 minutes (apart from the bit between the fields where I fell over in the mud). I have been running up and down stairs since my run and my...

Managed the full 28 minutes (apart from the bit between the fields where I fell ...

imreez

Graduate•7 years ago

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Blue Monday

Hello all. Not a blue Monday at all for me but a) apparently today is the gloomiest day of the year (ages til payday, everyone off the booze and needing the...

Hello all. Not a blue Monday at all for me but a) apparently today is the gloomi...

Janey1012

•7 years ago

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Wk4 D2: Of Gym Sessions and Park Running

Having dropped Hubby-To-Be at his first Gym session, I and my running shoes, along with Goblin Cecelia who was clinging to my shoulder for dear life, headed to...

Having dropped Hubby-To-Be at his first Gym session, I and my running shoes, alo...

MrsPsycho

Graduate•7 years ago

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Change in mindset

I realised today that I have started thinking about my body more in terms if what it can do and what it is capable of, rather than what it looks like. That...

I realised today that I have started thinking about my body more in terms if wha...

PamJ58

Graduate•7 years ago

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Overcoming the fears

This morning the spaniels decided I needed to be up extra early. Taking the bull by the horns I decided to head out and start Week 3 straight away. First...

This morning the spaniels decided I needed to be up extra early. Taking the bul...

first_mate

Graduate•7 years ago

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Starting again from scratch

Hi everyone I graduated last year, however due to ankle injury I haven't been running for months ( slipped on dog ball going down a hill), I feel ready to...

Hi everyone I graduated last year, however due to ankle injury I haven't been ru...

diamondgirl902

Graduate•7 years ago

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W3R1

Strangely nervous when I was getting my NBs on - what's that all about! Was thinking 'how am I going to run with these palpitations'! So obviously feeling...

Strangely nervous when I was getting my NBs on - what's that all about! Was thi...

ANewMe2022

Graduate•7 years ago

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Wk3 - easier than I anticipated!

Despite the rain which wasn't forecast when I checked last night.. Week 3 Run 1 was easily doable which surprised me. The first run was uphill and a slight...

Despite the rain which wasn't forecast when I checked last night.. Week 3 Run 1 ...

KS69

Graduate•7 years ago

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Darkside

I know its not really c25k relevant, hopefully admins wont mind, its just since this is where it all started I thought I would put it here as well as on the...

I know its not really c25k relevant, hopefully admins wont mind, its just since ...

Qscout

Graduate•7 years ago

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W5R3 - Nearly but not quite.....

Well W5R3 wasn't as bad as I'd feared, and I managed to get just beyond 18 minutes before I just had to slow to a walk. I did manage to find a rhythm for most...

Well W5R3 wasn't as bad as I'd feared, and I managed to get just beyond 18 minut...

Sarah1703

•7 years ago

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'Practice' graduation run

So I was a bit naughty and did R1 and R2 of week 9 on consecutive days, because I had really hoped to graduate today as it is my birthday. R2 was actually...

So I was a bit naughty and did R1 and R2 of week 9 on consecutive days, because ...

motherduckling

Graduate•7 years ago

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It's cold outside!

I haven't run since July due to injury followed by sheer laziness anyway now Christmas is out of the way and the scales are swinging worryingly close to 14...

I haven't run since July due to injury followed by sheer laziness anyway now Chr...

plop

Graduate•7 years ago

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week1 daily?

Ok, this a facepalmer I bet. Ive dcided to try the C25K as a build up for the 5x50 challenge later this year. Im well out of shape!! Ie a real noob...

Ok, this a facepalmer I bet. Ive dcided to try the C25K as a build up for the 5x...

ajmca

•7 years ago

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W3R1 "Anxiety attacked me like a tonne of bricks"

Got a new duvet. Slept like a baby. Wait, that's irrelevant. Or is it? It's an amazing feeling when one has well rested. Okay I will stop rambling to myself...

Got a new duvet. Slept like a baby. Wait, that's irrelevant. Or is it? It's an a...

nchunc

Graduate•7 years ago

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Starting all over again. Any advice?

About two or three years ago I decided to start running and began my couch to 5k journey. I never wanted to lose weight, I wanted to go running, get fresh air...

About two or three years ago I decided to start running and began my couch to 5k...

Marsh_mallow1361

•7 years ago

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Sunday running

Hi all Well woke up this morning and wasn't able to do my usual morning run due to inclement weather Had to go out at tea time instead!! Still a runs a run any...

Hi all Well woke up this morning and wasn't able to do my usual morning run due ...

givman

•7 years ago

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Weekly chat 15th to the 22nd January 👣👣👣

Please feel free to share your runs here and chat about how it's all going, sometimes we don't feel like putting a whole post up but just want to share...

Please feel free to share your runs here and chat about how it's all going, some...

ju-ju-

Graduate•7 years ago

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Exhilarating even though can't run

My latest gremlin has been tingling, niggling Achilles' tendon, so haven't run since Monday, even though I've been itching to. As a lower impact alternative,...

My latest gremlin has been tingling, niggling Achilles' tendon, so haven't run ...

Razouski

•7 years ago

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We don't stop running because we get old, we get old because we stop running

Here's a must-read book for you - Born to Run - great story of extreme running combined the science of how we evolved to run! Has changed my thinking and I may...

Here's a must-read book for you - Born to Run - great story of extreme running c...

Yorkshirerunner

Graduate•7 years ago

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I'm running in the rain...! W8r3

Well, I missed the opportunity for a dry run yesterday, so thought I'd better head out this afternoon despite the soggy weather. At least going out in the...

Well, I missed the opportunity for a dry run yesterday, so thought I'd better he...

RainbowC

Graduate•7 years ago

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W7R1

28 minutes continuous running this morning!! Is it getting a bit easier I'm asking myself? 🤔 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

28 minutes continuous running this morning!! Is it getting a bit easier I'm aski...

Redbillie21

Graduate•7 years ago

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What weight loss or toning has anyone achieved?

Curious to know what improvements people have made specifically in the 9 weeks whether fat loss, muscle tone (my main goal is to tone my legs), obvious aerobic...

Curious to know what improvements people have made specifically in the 9 weeks w...

KS69

Graduate•7 years ago

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C25k started today!

Found it tough towards the end of the session which worried me a bit but reading posts in here has filled me with a little more confidence. Also joined a...

Found it tough towards the end of the session which worried me a bit but reading...

Blackbird77

•7 years ago

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Grannybags

W2D2 of C25K ✅. Found it ok. Because the weather is icy here , had to use a running machine. Found it a little easier. Enjoyed it.

W2D2 of C25K ✅. Found it ok. Because the weather is icy here , had to use a runn...

Grannybags

•7 years ago

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W7R2 done - Getting there!

Ran in a drizzle today. Hearing nothing but breaths in and out, shoes pounding the pavement. Felt like 25 mins of cleansing meditation. Slight twinges barely...

Ran in a drizzle today. Hearing nothing but breaths in and out, shoes pounding ...

AimtoRun

•7 years ago

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davelinks

Graduate•7 years ago

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Regrets, I have a few...!

AKA why on earth didn't I run yesterday??? I had nothing planned all day, but filled it with a long dog-walk (which included scoping out a potential future 5k...

AKA why on earth didn't I run yesterday??? I had nothing planned all day, but fi...

RainbowC

Graduate•7 years ago

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W2r3 completed....however......

Although completed feeling a bit if a cheat because the weather was dreadful, north Norfolk coast, I completed it indoors. To be fair I still worked up a sweat...

Although completed feeling a bit if a cheat because the weather was dreadful, no...

Otobe50andfit

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for January 2017

Shall I give Laura a day off?

Wow I could see sweat evaporating off my arms today!

W8r2 and surprisingly my legs feel great

Blue Monday

Wk4 D2: Of Gym Sessions and Park Running

Change in mindset

Overcoming the fears

Starting again from scratch

W3R1

Wk3 - easier than I anticipated!

Darkside

W5R3 - Nearly but not quite.....

'Practice' graduation run

It's cold outside!

week1 daily?

W3R1 "Anxiety attacked me like a tonne of bricks"

Starting all over again. Any advice?

Sunday running

Weekly chat 15th to the 22nd January 👣👣👣

Exhilarating even though can't run

We don't stop running because we get old, we get old because we stop running

I'm running in the rain...! W8r3

W7R1

What weight loss or toning has anyone achieved?

C25k started today!

Grannybags

W7R2 done - Getting there!

Useful information here

Regrets, I have a few...!

W2r3 completed....however......

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