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iPad users

I suppose I should have asked this questions sooner but when I read the forum on my iPad I have to sign in every time. My smart phone remembers, is that a...

I suppose I should have asked this questions sooner but when I read the forum on...

Raymond16460

•8 years ago

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Missing running!! - who'd have thought it?

I can't believe how much I want to run, I'm really missing it now the nights are getting lighter. The shoulder operation went well, they shaved some bone off...

I can't believe how much I want to run, I'm really missing it now the nights are...

b275

Graduate•8 years ago

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W8R2 "Not Sure!"

1 X 28 minute running . 8 PM run . Last night was windy with 17 mph headwind. Every.Single.Time! Our weather has to offer something new and exciting(!)...

1 X 28 minute running . 8 PM run . Last night was windy with 17 mph headwind. E...

nchunc

Graduate•8 years ago

10 Replies

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Week 8 completed

I haven't posted since the early days. Now here I am having completed Week 8 today. And I'm wondering about the transition to running without the app. I used...

I haven't posted since the early days. Now here I am having completed Week 8 tod...

AHS23

Graduate•8 years ago

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W5 R2

I was a little apprehensive before I started, thinking this is 8 minutes twice! Am I too old for this! So I talked to myself, saying you did 3x5 mins on...

I was a little apprehensive before I started, thinking this is 8 minutes twice! ...

wizzbang

Graduate•8 years ago

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A training run success

It turned out to be a training run today, but given how I felt yesterday it was quite a good result. I went out into the park and practiced W6R3 around the...

It turned out to be a training run today, but given how I felt yesterday it was ...

davidhwynn

Graduate•8 years ago

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Finally.... but an anticlimax!

I normally run in the morning as soon as the kids are packed off to school and my energy levels are still high, but with the half term in full swing its...

I normally run in the morning as soon as the kids are packed off to school and m...

Hidden

•8 years ago

12 Replies

W8D2 new shoes, first blisters.....

So... I've got tiny, narrow (size 35) feet and didn't possess any trainers until I started this C25K, when I bought a child's pair because they don't appear to...

So... I've got tiny, narrow (size 35) feet and didn't possess any trainers until...

Emmy9

Graduate•8 years ago

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Here we go, It's getting close Wk9R1

Mam did her first run of week 9 this morning but, as I had a job interview, mine was delayed until later. Much later. 'Hubby-to-Be taking me to lunch then...

Mam did her first run of week 9 this morning but, as I had a job interview, mine...

MrsPsycho

Graduate•8 years ago

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Week 6 hit and miss...

I'm away for work training this week, and running during lunch breaks (we're allowed to eat in class, so...) Run 1 was grim. I really struggled during the...

I'm away for work training this week, and running during lunch breaks (we're all...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Am I really going too slow?

W3r2 in the bag and I am feeling ridiculously pleased with myself. BUT...according to my husband I should try to go faster when I walk, as this will improve my...

W3r2 in the bag and I am feeling ridiculously pleased with myself. BUT...accordi...

allegrachick

Graduate•8 years ago

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Day 1 W 9:)

I can honestly say I thought id never see this day. I did it. I got the time in, tired but focused and determined. Nearly there!!!!:)

I can honestly say I thought id never see this day. I did it. I got the time in,...

Gladioli

Graduate•8 years ago

12 Replies

New one checking in

Hello Just signed up today motivated by being told that my blood pressure is quite high. Need to lose weight so am trying to eat healthy and cut out alcohol....

Hello Just signed up today motivated by being told that my blood pressure is qui...

gozolady

•8 years ago

19 Replies

Week5 R2 versus new window frames!

Hello everyone hope you are all well today! Anyway today I completed my week5R2 and won't lie it was at one point a bit hard. But I still managed it and felt...

Hello everyone hope you are all well today! Anyway today I completed my week5R2 ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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W8R2

That wind is really getting on my nerves now! You can see by Winny’s ears how windy it is up here :( I hate the wind!!!!! It’s blooming hard enough this...

That wind is really getting on my nerves now! You can see by Winny’s ears how w...

ANewMe2022

Graduate•8 years ago

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App still going??

Hi all, Well I have been away for a while and want to get back to it. I went on the app and it kept telling me that it couldn't sync with the server. I tried...

Hi all, Well I have been away for a while and want to get back to it. I went on...

Siaran

•8 years ago

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W8R3 Me and Julie !

Todays run had been nicknamed 'the find Julie run' after a few people had talked about her in this week, but having had 2 runs so far she was no where in...

Todays run had been nicknamed 'the find Julie run' after a few people had talked...

first_mate

Graduate•8 years ago

33 Replies

Need to share my great news!

Hi I wanted to share my great news with the community. I have just come out of an appointment with my doctor who has confirmed that I have gone from being...

Hi I wanted to share my great news with the community. I have just come out of ...

The_Mighty_Webb

Graduate•8 years ago

24 Replies

Wk 9 day 1

It has finally arrived, the last week of the program; did I think I would make it this far? Nope, did I breeze through it this morning? No I certainly didn't...

It has finally arrived, the last week of the program; did I think I would make i...

Dhiny

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Arrrgh! Foot advice anyone?

I was so looking forward to graduating today, having finished week 9 run 2 on Monday, and had planned my first park run on Saturday. On Tuesday, though, I...

I was so looking forward to graduating today, having finished week 9 run 2 on Mo...

artistclairep

Graduate•8 years ago

8 Replies

Back to basics

Well I've decided to go back to the principles of the Couch to 5K plan . I don't really intend to follow the app at all but I am going to take more time and...

Well I've decided to go back to the principles of the Couch to 5K plan . I don't...

Rickne

Graduate•8 years ago

8 Replies

I'm here again!

In my last post a few weeks ago I was musing about running with a friend, it meant I had to repeat week one three times eventually but I actually think it was...

In my last post a few weeks ago I was musing about running with a friend, it mea...

Bigfatsal

Graduate•8 years ago

11 Replies

W5R3 - nailed it!

Having given in to the couch gremlins yesterday, I was faced with the choice of tackling the much-feared W5R3 today, or putting it off until Friday, which...

Having given in to the couch gremlins yesterday, I was faced with the choice of ...

Snufflegruff

Graduate•8 years ago

13 Replies

No Winter lasts forever; No Spring skips its turn.

For davidhwynn ...Like so many of us have done... just stay strong. Like the snowdrops...you will come through...:)

For davidhwynn ...Like so many of us have done... just stay strong. Like the sno...

Oldfloss

Administrator•8 years ago

6 Replies

So you wanna throw in a 3 minutes special eh Laura on Week 3 Run 1...I'm typing this in Casualty love!

OK I'm not actually in Casualty but for the Love of God woman.... Whhhhhyyyyyy....😁 after doing W2R3 about 5 times now I've moved onto W3R1 tonight....well...

OK I'm not actually in Casualty but for the Love of God woman.... Whhhhhyyyyyy.....

trafford99

•8 years ago

38 Replies

week 6.... but looks like its all over for me :(

well folks - i have done W6 runs 1 and 2 - completed each one - back was sore again but after cool down walk i was fine - again. however - from later in the...

well folks - i have done W6 runs 1 and 2 - completed each one - back was sore ag...

kazdoc

•8 years ago

24 Replies

2nd 5K under my belt!

Hello everyone!! :D I made a post nearly three weeks ago all about running my 1st 5K; I was buzzing and ran it in 33 minutes and 52 seconds...I had every...

Hello everyone!! :D I made a post nearly three weeks ago all about running my 1s...

Hidden

•8 years ago

31 Replies

My n-time of first run

Welcome everybody, I am new in here. I started running last September then I had to stop mid-October, as I got really ill and I couldn't get better for a long...

Welcome everybody, I am new in here. I started running last September then I had...

IgaT

Graduate•8 years ago

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Wind, rain, and feeling no shame. W1R3 complete

I was rather dubious as I looked out the window at the end of the working day. At an elevated position it looked like we were actually in a blustery rain cloud...

I was rather dubious as I looked out the window at the end of the working day. A...

charliep121

Graduate•8 years ago

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Very gentle 6k today

Because Saturday is going to be a bit of a hilly day (though not quite as hilly as the picture makes it seem), I went for a run by the river with some of my...

Because Saturday is going to be a bit of a hilly day (though not quite as hilly ...

Maddee_6333

Graduate•8 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for February 2017

iPad users

Missing running!! - who'd have thought it?

W8R2 "Not Sure!"

Week 8 completed

W5 R2

A training run success

Finally.... but an anticlimax!

W8D2 new shoes, first blisters.....

Here we go, It's getting close Wk9R1

Week 6 hit and miss...

Am I really going too slow?

Day 1 W 9:)

New one checking in

Week5 R2 versus new window frames!

W8R2

App still going??

W8R3 Me and Julie !

Need to share my great news!

Wk 9 day 1

Arrrgh! Foot advice anyone?

Back to basics

I'm here again!

W5R3 - nailed it!

No Winter lasts forever; No Spring skips its turn.

So you wanna throw in a 3 minutes special eh Laura on Week 3 Run 1...I'm typing this in Casualty love!

week 6.... but looks like its all over for me :(

2nd 5K under my belt!

My n-time of first run

Wind, rain, and feeling no shame. W1R3 complete

Very gentle 6k today

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