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I've only gone and done it 😁😁😁😁

So last night this happened- I ran 5.2k in 41 mins . Not the fastest time ever I know but 8 weeks ago a minute of running was sheer torture, and in week 3 I...

So last night this happened- I ran 5.2k in 41 mins . Not the fastest time ever I...

lisere

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week 2 Run 3

Well thats week 2 completed and can even say beginning to enjoy it. The music for me I think is key to take your mind off the fact your running. Todays find...

Well thats week 2 completed and can even say beginning to enjoy it. The music fo...

Paullyon

•7 years ago

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wk1 r2

Run 2 ticked off the list and I improved my pace. I'm looking forward to run 3 then stepping it up a bit in week 2. Have a great weekend everyone 🌞🌞🏃🏻🏃🏻

Run 2 ticked off the list and I improved my pace. I'm looking forward to run 3 t...

acheymakey

Graduate•7 years ago

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Advice please

I have recently completed the C25k and have have run 5k a few times now but very slowly (45 minutes) but I am having trouble with energy. I look forward to my...

I have recently completed the C25k and have have run 5k a few times now but very...

Tp36

Graduate•7 years ago

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W5R1 Complete!

Finally managed to start Week 5, and actually had an enjoyable run! :) It was nice to actually be able to get out of the flat and run again - I've been having...

Finally managed to start Week 5, and actually had an enjoyable run! :) It was ni...

Adler92

•7 years ago

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Grad-U-ation - at last!!!

Well its been delayed by a couple of weeks due to a sustained knee injury right before starting W9. But today I ran my last run of the C25k program and I'm...

Well its been delayed by a couple of weeks due to a sustained knee injury right ...

Graduate•7 years ago

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W4 R1

Omg that run was brutal! But I did it, pushed through the last 5 mins run, hoping the next run will be that bit easier.. I will do this!!!!

Omg that run was brutal! But I did it, pushed through the last 5 mins run, hopin...

Jsimmonds

•7 years ago

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A nice early 5k

Well up at 4:27 this morning must get some darker curtains because of the light mornings. started with a nice steady warm up changed direction this morning...

Well up at 4:27 this morning must get some darker curtains because of the light ...

MichaelH070862

Graduate•7 years ago

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W5R3 - WOOP WOOP 😃

All I can say is ..... we smashed it 😃🎉🏃🏃‍♀️ 😃😃. SO chuffed x

TJEL

Graduate•7 years ago

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W1 r2

Why do my shins hurt and just below my calfs did finish the second run but the pain Hopefully it gets easier Loving it though must soldier on

Why do my shins hurt and just below my calfs did finish the second run but the p...

Debbiecosso

•7 years ago

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Due to run W5 R3...

But I've not managed to get out since last Wednesday! Is this achievable or should I repeat R2 (or 1 eve ?!) Trying not to talk myself out of quitting...!

But I've not managed to get out since last Wednesday! Is this achievable or shou...

EmmaLB

•7 years ago

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WK4

How is everyone finding W4? Last week I thought it unachievable but I'm managing it ... just ! Never gets easier but I'm doing it . Already thinking about Wk5...

How is everyone finding W4? Last week I thought it unachievable but I'm managin...

Char-

•7 years ago

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Week 6 Run 3.....done (just!!)

Well that was my toughest run yet !! Have to say I struggled the whole time - the only enjoyable bit was the last 60 seconds - full of mixed emotions now -...

Well that was my toughest run yet !! Have to say I struggled the whole time - th...

SamMc1

•7 years ago

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Week 5

Today I'm going to attempt the infamous 20 min run I can't believe I am up to this stage already the weeks have flown by. Check out my c25k vlog on YouTube...

Today I'm going to attempt the infamous 20 min run I can't believe I am up to th...

HiddenGem

Graduate•7 years ago

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Spotify run!

Can't believe I've only just found this. Spotify has a built in way of matching your playlists to your running cadence! Looking forward to trying it out and...

Can't believe I've only just found this. Spotify has a built in way of matching ...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Helllllllp

Hi! So to put it frankly I'm a 5'8 5'9 (it's debatable) boy who weighs 15 stone I've done my first week of couch to 5K and I'm starting to think of ways to...

Hi! So to put it frankly I'm a 5'8 5'9 (it's debatable) boy who weighs 15 stone ...

OliFitz

•7 years ago

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W9R2 - thank goodness for a few days off before the last run

Oh my thighs! we've been running every other day for the last few runs and I've felt the ache in my thighs slowly getting worse. Only one run to go, but that...

Oh my thighs! we've been running every other day for the last few runs and I've ...

linda9389

Graduate•7 years ago

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Starting again

So it's been a year since I started c25k. Got to week6 then chucked it. Various health issues which still plague me but hopefully I'll finish this time.

So it's been a year since I started c25k. Got to week6 then chucked it. Various ...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Week 2 ✔️

W2 R3 completed this evening. 1.5 min runs seemed slightly easier tonight and much better on grass (no calf pain). Seem to hit a bit of a wall half way...

W2 R3 completed this evening. 1.5 min runs seemed slightly easier tonight and mu...

Flubby

•7 years ago

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That was more than I planned - but not by much!

Having posted a whiny message earlier about how much I didn't want to run tonight, I knew I had to go, so back from Maternal Taxi duties, children nagged...

Having posted a whiny message earlier about how much I didn't want to run tonigh...

RainbowC

Graduate•7 years ago

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Help! 😫😢

I have been feeling really positive about my running - just completed week 3 run 3 yesterday in training for a 5k in the summer. I've been training on a...

I have been feeling really positive about my running - just completed week 3 run...

miss_spozzy

•7 years ago

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Week Two Run Three

Well I did stick with the hill and thanks to all the advice. It is slow but I got up the hill. The run was actually I good one even with the strange music at...

Well I did stick with the hill and thanks to all the advice. It is slow but I g...

charthedreamer

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week 2 or week 3 whoops

Ok so I was on w2r2 the other day and thought it had jumped up a bit in toughness but tonight I realised I had done w3r3. Kind of a disappointment as now I...

Ok so I was on w2r2 the other day and thought it had jumped up a bit in toughnes...

Ollski

Graduate•7 years ago

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Speed

I decided to try the speed podcast from 5k+ today. No problem I thought. 16 minutes, easy. Yeah, not so easy. I managed the first 3 runs but then I had to...

I decided to try the speed podcast from 5k+ today. No problem I thought. 16 minu...

Ploddingon

Graduate•7 years ago

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Finding routes

Hi all. Ok, so this is not my first attempt at doing a couch-to-5k plan but it's the first one that I have come so far with (w8r2) & will succeed with. I love...

Hi all. Ok, so this is not my first attempt at doing a couch-to-5k plan but it's...

SunnyMummy

Graduate•7 years ago

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Just ran for a full 30 mins - yay!

W9R1 complete, but have to confess it was tough, my gremlin is certainly not giving up easily. But sheer bl@@dy mindedness got me through 😬. Feeling chuffed...

W9R1 complete, but have to confess it was tough, my gremlin is certainly not giv...

SueKen

Graduate•7 years ago

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W2R2

Struggled to find the enthusiasm for tonight's run...but after getting same crappy news today, it was good to sweat out some stress.

Struggled to find the enthusiasm for tonight's run...but after getting same crap...

simon7730

•7 years ago

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W5R3 in the bag!

This is getting serious now. I expected to drop out in week 3 or 4. Now week 6 is staring me in the face! Eek! But wow! Who knew how amazing this feels? Mind...

This is getting serious now. I expected to drop out in week 3 or 4. Now week 6 i...

Minty4

Graduate•7 years ago

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W5r3 done but finding long runs boring

Managed my first 25 minute run this evening. Did OK except last 5 minutes were hard going. But found it really boring. The prospect of three weeks with just...

Managed my first 25 minute run this evening. Did OK except last 5 minutes were h...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Just completed week 3!

I've just ran my last run of week 3 and I'm so scared to do week 4. Sometimes I think I'm going slower than I walk and I know it's better than nothing but it's...

I've just ran my last run of week 3 and I'm so scared to do week 4. Sometimes I ...

RunnerBecks

•7 years ago

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Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for June 2017

I've only gone and done it 😁😁😁😁

Week 2 Run 3

wk1 r2

Advice please

W5R1 Complete!

Grad-U-ation - at last!!!

W4 R1

A nice early 5k

W5R3 - WOOP WOOP 😃

W1 r2

Due to run W5 R3...

WK4

Week 6 Run 3.....done (just!!)

Week 5

Spotify run!

Helllllllp

W9R2 - thank goodness for a few days off before the last run

Starting again

Week 2 ✔️

That was more than I planned - but not by much!

Help! 😫😢

Week Two Run Three

Week 2 or week 3 whoops

Speed

Finding routes

Just ran for a full 30 mins - yay!

W2R2

W5R3 in the bag!

W5r3 done but finding long runs boring

Just completed week 3!

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