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On Wednesday after about 3K a pain started in my right foot I stopped running and when I got home sat with an ice pack on. If the pain on Wednesday was a 10...

Injured foot!

On Wednesday after about 3K a pain started in my right foot I stopped running an...

Mochta

•7 years ago

Im a bit of an overweight old guy and I guess like a lot of people I started couch to 5K because I thought I needed to get more exercise. I have to admit that...

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Week 7 run 3 - First time I could listen to the music

Im a bit of an overweight old guy and I guess like a lot of people I started cou...

beetox

•7 years ago

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Curlygurly2

Graduate•7 years ago

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Noo Shoos

As per The Rules around here I'm posting a photo (sorry it's sideways) of my lovely new shoes. Yes I know I quite recently bought new shoes but they were for...

As per The Rules around here I'm posting a photo (sorry it's sideways) of my lov...

AnneDroid

Graduate•7 years ago

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week4 run3

hi week 4 been a bit of a test so far and an even bigger test today due to time issues i find myself again having to do consecutive runs (third time now ) but...

hi week 4 been a bit of a test so far and an even bigger test today due to time ...

2Fit2Sit

Graduate•7 years ago

Just back from a stunning morning shuffle. Sun on my face, wind on my back (mainly) and a beautiful place to run. Hope everyone has a cracking weekend x

Good morning from sunny Devon

Just back from a stunning morning shuffle. Sun on my face, wind on my back (main...

Devonwalker

•7 years ago

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A very blustery day ...

Harrumph - yet again too windy out there for my week 7 run! Perhaps a long walk with the dogs instead 🐶🐶🐶🌬. So frustrating though - especially when I'm...

Harrumph - yet again too windy out there for my week 7 run! Perhaps a long walk ...

EricaMcC

•7 years ago

I would really love a lie in but my 7 year old would like to run parkrun with me. So up I get and embrace a mothers day run (I know it is a day early)! Anyone...

Up and out for a mothers day run

I would really love a lie in but my 7 year old would like to run parkrun with me...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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4.4 k

Road runner here..beep beep..Yay c25k week 9 day 3 accomplished I didn't manage to do 5k but I don't think 4.4k in just 9 was is bad going. I'm going to stick...

Road runner here..beep beep..Yay c25k week 9 day 3 accomplished I didn't manage ...

Kimscholey

•7 years ago

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Plodded through W6!!

I did it!! Albeit very slowly, I still did it - 25 minutes of non-stop plodding! I battled through my mind telling me I wasnt going to make it, my calves and...

I did it!! Albeit very slowly, I still did it - 25 minutes of non-stop plodding!...

slowpoke_annie

Graduate•7 years ago

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cream crackered

to everyone who replied , thank you very much. i know that this is a challenge , but im pig headed and bloody minded , so that means weekend off and monday is...

to everyone who replied , thank you very much. i know that this is a challenge ,...

doubletap

Graduate•7 years ago

ve been using the app for 3weeks and just completed wk 3 . My question is why do i feel like its all such a struggle im not a little bloke , im 17 1/2 stone...

w3r3 complete

ve been using the app for 3weeks and just completed wk 3 . My question is why do...

doubletap

Graduate•7 years ago

ive been using the app for 3weeks and just completed wk 3 . My question is why do i feel like its all such a struggle im not a little bloke , im 17 1/2 stone...

i am new here and im cream crackered

ive been using the app for 3weeks and just completed wk 3 . My question is why d...

doubletap

Graduate•7 years ago

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Damn. Sore knee

I got to week 8 last time before a sore left knee took me out for a bit and then a back problem stretched the time off. I've made it back to W7R2 and now my...

I got to week 8 last time before a sore left knee took me out for a bit and then...

Lauracorin

•7 years ago

Hi everyone, I'm feeling guilty that I've started week 7 today but never posted. I can't believe that I've now completed two 25 min runs, I've found every run...

A message to any newbies ....

Hi everyone, I'm feeling guilty that I've started week 7 today but never posted....

Wizziewood

•7 years ago

Well, I would never have guessed that I would have done it, even if i say so myself! Enjoyed every run and hope my enthusiasm continues. Thankyou to all of...

I've done it!!!!! Week9run3 done!

Well, I would never have guessed that I would have done it, even if i say so mys...

Chrysanthemum

Graduate•7 years ago

I DID IT! Ran my first 5k round the block in 30:54 - feeling so accomplished right now! Your encouragement through this forum has helped me keep on going;...

W8R3 - tomato selfie and first 5k under my belt

I DID IT! Ran my first 5k round the block in 30:54 - feeling so accomplished rig...

Ajtarbotton

•7 years ago

Went out for my first run this week since Sunday and for the first time my Forerunner 10 just wouldn't find a signal. How annoying! I've traced my route in...

Garmin frustration

Went out for my first run this week since Sunday and for the first time my Forer...

loisamelia

Graduate•7 years ago

Well completed my first run of wk8 this morning Was a bit hard as I had the wind in my face but manage it ,would have liked it on my derrière to get me round...

WK8.

Well completed my first run of wk8 this morning Was a bit hard as I had the wind...

Hidden

•7 years ago

I know, from reading here and past experience, that there will be good and bad runs but this evening (our time!) I experienced a wonderful and enjoyable run. I...

Week 9 begins

I know, from reading here and past experience, that there will be good and bad r...

Shorty7

Graduate•7 years ago

So I just completed Week3 last night, and unfortunately took a trip on a twig...the twig won, and my left ankle has puffed up. I can move my ankle up and down,...

Ankle Injury :(

So I just completed Week3 last night, and unfortunately took a trip on a twig......

MrsQ

Graduate•7 years ago

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W9R3 completed.....but worried!

I have just completed w9r3 so have a great sense of achievement given that when I started in January I could hardly run 10 yards. I am not fast.... in fact...

I have just completed w9r3 so have a great sense of achievement given that when ...

Skiddaw2

Graduate•7 years ago

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W8 R1

W8 R1 done today. Two more runs to graduate!! Still can't run the entire 5k in 30 mins but at least I'm running or jogging for 30mins albeit very slowly....

W8 R1 done today. Two more runs to graduate!! Still can't run the entire 5k in 3...

Ifomsky

Graduate•7 years ago

I can't say that was easy, but W5R3 is under my belt! Good job I'm stubborn, it was hard work. After plodding along for ages I'd decided Laura was waiting til...

20 minutes! 20 MINUTES!!!

I can't say that was easy, but W5R3 is under my belt! Good job I'm stubborn, it ...

KJR60

Graduate•7 years ago

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New Shoes

An important event in my plodding history. The running shoes that carried me through C25K and almost 50 parkruns, between which were numerous runs that...

An important event in my plodding history. The running shoes that carried me thr...

Austen304

•7 years ago

I attempted to do W1R1 (a long time ago) more or less as soon as I got up. It was a bit of a disaster, and ever since then I've tended to go out a couple of...

Running on empty (stomach)?

I attempted to do W1R1 (a long time ago) more or less as soon as I got up. It wa...

Dpsl

Graduate•7 years ago

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Let the sunshine

after a mild blanking of my brain when I woke up to the Star Wars Theme (Hubby-to-Be's new alarm song) wondering what day was it? What time was it? Where the...

after a mild blanking of my brain when I woke up to the Star Wars Theme (Hubby-t...

MrsPsycho

Graduate•7 years ago

Just in the door from the last run of week 4. Feel tired, feel achy, feel exhausted but most important of all..... feel amazing! For someone who hasn't run...

Goodbye Week 4.

Just in the door from the last run of week 4. Feel tired, feel achy, feel exhau...

cmaxx

•7 years ago