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Night lights.

I really didn't want to go running tonight but I hadn't run since Monday and I still think that if I miss more than two days I'll forget how to run, which I...

I really didn't want to go running tonight but I hadn't run since Monday and I s...

AnneDroid

Graduate•7 years ago

12 Replies

Comeback Run 4

Hello peeps, So after a dismal run the other night, I was determined to do better tonight. Decided this from morning and kept myself nice and calm during...

Hello peeps, So after a dismal run the other night, I was determined to do bet...

saul01

Graduate•7 years ago

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I braved the weather and I did it! Week 8 done!

Thank you for all the encouraging messages. I decided to just get out and get it done, can't say I enjoyed it but I finished it and round my nearest local...

Thank you for all the encouraging messages. I decided to just get out and get i...

Foxes1961

Graduate•7 years ago

3 Replies

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W3R3 & W4R1

Well W3R3 passed off in a slow mediocre way, nothing to report really other than it was a bit chilly. I then had 2 rest days before commencing Week4 tonight. I...

Well W3R3 passed off in a slow mediocre way, nothing to report really other than...

MotherPip

Graduate•7 years ago

6 Replies

Map My Fitness makes it look like I live on a mountain!

I don't. I live on rolling Downland. Laura only got turned on after I had been out of the house for a couple of minutes, mostly because I was looking for her...

I don't. I live on rolling Downland. Laura only got turned on after I had been ...

Maddee_6333

Graduate•7 years ago

3 Replies

Am I dreaming?

Cannot believe that I have just completed week 5 day 3! So pleased!

Bizzilizzi71

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Week 3 done!

Hello everyone, just completed wK3 tonight in the wind and rain. Why is it that the wind is against you when running uphill (not a very steep uphill I have to...

Hello everyone, just completed wK3 tonight in the wind and rain. Why is it that ...

Chrysanthemum

Graduate•7 years ago

2 Replies

Me and my shadow!

After completing Run 3 Wk 1 my 72 yr old husband decided that he would like to join me! We decided to start Wk 1 again together. I was pleasantly surprised by...

After completing Run 3 Wk 1 my 72 yr old husband decided that he would like to j...

Gretandra

•7 years ago

15 Replies

There is a voice that does not use words...Listen.

That voice is in all of us. Listen to your body… the advice we have been giving, and been given so many times over our running journeys and never more so at...

That voice is in all of us. Listen to your body… the advice we have been givin...

Oldfloss

Administrator•7 years ago

71 Replies

Winning Back My Crown 👑 of Faff!

After a complete load of faffage before my previous run, and the Davoda completing trumping me in the faff department yesterday, I was determined not to win it...

After a complete load of faffage before my previous run, and the Davoda completi...

Razouski

•7 years ago

26 Replies

W5R3

I can't believe I actually managed to complete W5R3 1st time. What makes it so special is that I have recovered from M.E. (I had for 15 years!) And have...

I can't believe I actually managed to complete W5R3 1st time. What makes it so s...

NickiCS

Graduate•7 years ago

7 Replies

W5R3 Cheshire Cat has nothing on me

Woo. Up and out as soon as I was awake this morning determined not to hang about and get R3 underway. I'd been thinking about it and reading about so much...

Woo. Up and out as soon as I was awake this morning determined not to hang about...

first_mate

Graduate•7 years ago

16 Replies

Thanks for the encouragement!

Very much to my surprise, I actually managed to get through my W5R1 today ... those gremlins told me I was going to die, but I didn't, hence this post. Back...

Very much to my surprise, I actually managed to get through my W5R1 today ... th...

davidhwynn

Graduate•7 years ago

12 Replies

Rest days..?

Does anyone else want to sneak a cheeky run in on their rest days? Todays my rest day but my run last night didn't fill me with its usual joy because I went...

Does anyone else want to sneak a cheeky run in on their rest days? Todays my r...

EFox89

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Struggling week 7

I ve done week by week ok. But I can't get pass week 7. Always need to walk about 10 mins in and then can continue to the end. I just can't seem to run...

I ve done week by week ok. But I can't get pass week 7. Always need to walk abou...

willing2improve

Graduate•7 years ago

13 Replies

10k sign up regrets??

Hi everyone, In a fit of post-run excitement I signed up for a 10k in May, thinking it would be fun. Now I'm quite worried though - it's right before when my...

Hi everyone, In a fit of post-run excitement I signed up for a 10k in May, thin...

optimisticoxford

Graduate•7 years ago

5 Replies

New Gear, new record!

Ah, new gear! When I started out, I did so initially wearing t-shirt, walking trousers or shorts (knee length), a lightweight jacket if it was raining, and for...

Ah, new gear! When I started out, I did so initially wearing t-shirt, walking tr...

AlbertRoss

Graduate•7 years ago

4 Replies

Beautiful day!

Well got out there and did Week 1, Run 2. All ok and even did an extra minute at the end! :) A beautiful day and plenty of ducks and swans out on the lake (I...

Well got out there and did Week 1, Run 2. All ok and even did an extra minute a...

SuperMouse

Graduate•7 years ago

8 Replies

W8R3 - niggly doubts creeping in 😧

Well it's Thursday, my day off and since starting C25K a day I look forward to with relish. So why am I sitting looking out the window telling myself it's too...

Well it's Thursday, my day off and since starting C25K a day I look forward to w...

Foxes1961

Graduate•7 years ago

10 Replies

Run Together

I just received my newsletter and thought I would share this again to anyone who would like to run with a group. https://runtogether.co.uk/groups/ They also...

I just received my newsletter and thought I would share this again to anyone who...

RunaroundSue

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Advice on starting Week 9 please

OK, I'm about to finish Week 8 and looking forward to Graduating soon. I normally run Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays but next Tuesday I have to go for an NHS...

OK, I'm about to finish Week 8 and looking forward to Graduating soon. I normall...

Tractorman

Graduate•7 years ago

4 Replies

W3R1 done😊

Now completed W3R1 .Pleased to have run for Three minutes, never before starting Cto5k would i have believed possible for me to do that.Tips are really helping...

Now completed W3R1 .Pleased to have run for Three minutes, never before starting...

pjs1764

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Hello Everyone - First Post

I just finished W4R2 and feel ok but sloooooow. Years ago, I was a runner and had a tradition of going out for a run on the morning of my birthday. Then,...

I just finished W4R2 and feel ok but sloooooow. Years ago, I was a runner and h...

srh61254

•7 years ago

8 Replies

W4 R3 done ( finally )

Well, after a couple of rest days.....lead legs, cold and any excuse I could come up with🙄 I set out today to complete w4 I was dreading the 5 minute runs,...

Well, after a couple of rest days.....lead legs, cold and any excuse I could com...

Jalapenolover101

Graduate•7 years ago

13 Replies

Not a fair weather runner!

Di's W4R2 Completed in rain and gale. Tje first half was hard nduw to wind direction but luckily second half was helped by wind pushing me along. I don't get...

Di's W4R2 Completed in rain and gale. Tje first half was hard nduw to wind direc...

annie1970

Graduate•7 years ago

1 Reply

W4R2 - Done .... and no back ache..YAY ME!!

So - thanks again to everyone, firstly for all your concern/interest, and secondly for all your comments and advice. it was greatfully appreciated. i DID take...

So - thanks again to everyone, firstly for all your concern/interest, and second...

kazdoc

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Week 6/Run 1-difficult!

Good evening everyone! This evening,I have completed Week 6/Run1. It is the first time I have felt like it was a struggle and don't really know why!I found it...

Good evening everyone! This evening,I have completed Week 6/Run1. It is the firs...

Hidden

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Other runners

Does anyone else feel a little bit disappointed when other runners don't acknowledge you when you encounter them? And no, I'm not talking about when you're out...

Does anyone else feel a little bit disappointed when other runners don't acknowl...

loisamelia

Graduate•7 years ago

13 Replies

W2R2 done

Another 6am start; better breathing and pacing over all but a stitch or too and my left knee is hurting a bit; did some cool down stretches afterwards as per...

Another 6am start; better breathing and pacing over all but a stitch or too and ...

Ajtarbotton

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Learning disability and running

My council has just put out some nice videos to challenge myths about LD, and I thought the beginning of this one about social life was worth your time to see....

My council has just put out some nice videos to challenge myths about LD, and I ...

GoogleMe

Graduate•7 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for February 2017

Night lights.

Comeback Run 4

I braved the weather and I did it! Week 8 done!

W3R3 & W4R1

Map My Fitness makes it look like I live on a mountain!

Am I dreaming?

Week 3 done!

Me and my shadow!

There is a voice that does not use words...Listen.

Winning Back My Crown 👑 of Faff!

W5R3

W5R3 Cheshire Cat has nothing on me

Thanks for the encouragement!

Rest days..?

Struggling week 7

10k sign up regrets??

New Gear, new record!

Beautiful day!

W8R3 - niggly doubts creeping in 😧

Run Together

Advice on starting Week 9 please

W3R1 done😊

Hello Everyone - First Post

W4 R3 done ( finally )

Not a fair weather runner!

W4R2 - Done .... and no back ache..YAY ME!!

Week 6/Run 1-difficult!

Other runners

W2R2 done

Learning disability and running

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