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W5R1 😝

Well started week 5 1st 2 5 min runs I felt really good but the 3rd one really did test me ..... but then to think 5 weeks ago I struggled to run a min at a...

Well started week 5 1st 2 5 min runs I felt really good but the 3rd one really d...

Nursebeverley

•7 years ago

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Trying out the other voices (Week 3, run 1, round 3)

This is my third time running week three. It seems that every time I complete that week, I get too bogged down with work to do the next one the week after, and...

This is my third time running week three. It seems that every time I complete th...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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W3R2 - need some motivation

Feel like I've been doing this forever 🙄 Started beginning of June, had to repeat a few weeks, out with injury end of July. Started again September, now half...

Feel like I've been doing this forever 🙄 Started beginning of June, had to repe...

Cleop

Graduate•7 years ago

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Back from holiday! Scared to get back on track 😢

Well, I had a lovely week long holiday in Menorca. I took my running stuff and promised myself that I would eat fruit everyday and not overindulge at all. Of...

Well, I had a lovely week long holiday in Menorca. I took my running stuff and p...

Kerrisue

Graduate•7 years ago

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Do I need to wait a day?

Did w3r1 last night..and as im away at the weekend i really wanted to get r2 and r3 done before i go on Friday morning. Woukd it be really silly to r2 tonight...

Did w3r1 last night..and as im away at the weekend i really wanted to get r2 and...

Devonginge

•7 years ago

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W5R3 – did it!

This forum had built up Run 3 / Week 5 to such a point that I was a little worried. But I just kept going (helped of course by the wonderful Michael Johnson)...

This forum had built up Run 3 / Week 5 to such a point that I was a little worri...

Lizzy_D

•7 years ago

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Yippee!

Just completed my W1R3. I'm so pleased with myself. Enjoyed going out early in the morning. Easier than after a long days work and only saw one person which is...

Just completed my W1R3. I'm so pleased with myself. Enjoyed going out early in t...

TJMazz

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week 5 run 2

Survived it !! (yesterday) Super slow, but kept jogging - and that's what matters. Still feeling challenged - but not to an extent that at any point I'm ready...

Survived it !! (yesterday) Super slow, but kept jogging - and that's what matter...

Ashleev

Graduate•7 years ago

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Chest infection...what a pain

I am banned from running till my chest stops whistling. Hopefully with anti biotics that wont be long.

I am banned from running till my chest stops whistling. Hopefully with anti biot...

fayecheshire

•7 years ago

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Week 1

Run 2 completed not feeling too bad although legs will probably argue with me over that statement

Run 2 completed not feeling too bad although legs will probably argue with me ov...

happyhammer73

Graduate•7 years ago

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Profile pic

Hi! I'm using an iPhone and wonder if anyone could tell me how to get my profile pic to fit into wee bubble! Thank you!😀

Hi! I'm using an iPhone and wonder if anyone could tell me how to get my profile...

Sarakc

Graduate•7 years ago

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Written by someone I love very much

https://medium.com/@joelbarlow/know-your-own-brilliance-fc2ceaf29b22 I really hope you can read this - it is brilliant writing and can be resonant of many...

https://medium.com/@joelbarlow/know-your-own-brilliance-fc2ceaf29b22 I really h...

Wannabefit19

Graduate•7 years ago

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I'm back and w8 .... let's do this 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Hi All I'm back !!!!! I know it's only been just over a week but seemed forever As my last post explained I was ill a few days following my holiday ( not...

Hi All I'm back !!!!! I know it's only been just over a week but seemed foreve...

Wannabefit19

Graduate•7 years ago

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Dilemma! Help, please...

W5 run3 - the 20 min run completed, feeling particular please with myself because in addition to running (slowly) for the whole thing, I had a further obstacle...

W5 run3 - the 20 min run completed, feeling particular please with myself becaus...

BeccaMM

•7 years ago

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Week 8 Run 3

Wooooboooo week 8 over and done! Onto the big 30 minutes on Thursday! Not my fastest or farthest run but I did tackle the Hell Hill as I've started to call it....

Wooooboooo week 8 over and done! Onto the big 30 minutes on Thursday! Not my fas...

ReluctantCardio

•7 years ago

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Newbie

Gotta start somewhere... but never ran for fitness before...

Hannabanna

•7 years ago

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Anyone running for weight loss?

I've lost 2 stone & it's slowed right down so I'm trying to speed things up & get fit & healthy! Would love to hear from anyone who has lost weight by doing...

I've lost 2 stone & it's slowed right down so I'm trying to speed things up & ge...

JB173

•7 years ago

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Week 7 - Help, epic fail.

After feeling quite pleased with myself for nailing run one of week 7 on Sunday, tonight's run was an epic fail. I had to stop after ten minutes, I walked for...

After feeling quite pleased with myself for nailing run one of week 7 on Sunday,...

TraceyS123

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week 2

I've just done week 2 run 1. I can't believe that I will get to the point where I will be able to run for more than just a few minutes. Even though I'm...

I've just done week 2 run 1. I can't believe that I will get to the point where...

Bexylu

•7 years ago

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Hill attack

Had a bad week last week as only managed to fit in one run with one thing and another getting in the way. I was feeling downhearted being post Mr Smooth and...

Had a bad week last week as only managed to fit in one run with one thing and an...

antet

Graduate•7 years ago

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Starting out!

Hi! I'm Sara and I've just completed my first run! I do quite a lot of walking and swimming but wanted something to motivate me to try running! Have lost 2...

Hi! I'm Sara and I've just completed my first run! I do quite a lot of walking a...

Sarakc

Graduate•7 years ago

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W5R2 easier than I thought but soaked by silly hose woman!!

So I set off thinking I'd see how I go as I thought 8 minutes was a bit of a big jump but my breathing just seemed to sort itself out and after the first 8...

So I set off thinking I'd see how I go as I thought 8 minutes was a bit of a big...

Melons1965

Graduate•7 years ago

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Shin splints 😫

Well that's week 2 in the bag but .... ouch!! My shins were sore tonight! Is this bad running technique or will it get better the more I run?? Anyway, super...

Well that's week 2 in the bag but .... ouch!! My shins were sore tonight! Is t...

LauraTurtle

Graduate•7 years ago

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W8R1

Since knee pain around W3, I've been running on grass - round rugby pitches and school play areas - all very flat. It was with trepidation that I tackled W7R3...

Since knee pain around W3, I've been running on grass - round rugby pitches and ...

Ianson

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week 2 done!

Hooray run 3 done despite a banging headache and feeling a bit unwell. Keeping going now I've started, got to finish 😀

Hooray run 3 done despite a banging headache and feeling a bit unwell. Keeping g...

Mumof2lauralou

•7 years ago

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W4R2 Complete Newbie Alert

Hi everyone, first post on here :) So I've started my C25K journey recently (as you can tell) and today completed w4r2...oh my word by legs hurt! Thought it...

Hi everyone, first post on here :) So I've started my C25K journey recently (as ...

Forest_89

•7 years ago

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Talk to me about early morning runs

Hi all! First post on here, although I've been lurking for a week or so reading all your stories. I'm due to do Wk 3 Run 1 tomorrow but can't do it after work...

Hi all! First post on here, although I've been lurking for a week or so reading ...

ClarkeyCat

Graduate•7 years ago

17 Replies

Starting W3

Running with my pups...best feeling ever!

Jen07

•7 years ago

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I did it!!!

I can't believe it but I've completed it! When I started on the 3rd of August I couldn't run for a minute and now I can do 30, sometimes 32! This app is...

I can't believe it but I've completed it! When I started on the 3rd of August I ...

Cjcairns

•7 years ago

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Lovely ladies in Arborfield - Thank you

If you were the 2 lovely ladies out running C25k this evening in Arborfield thank you for cheering me on! You made the last 2 runs easier! 😄 Thank you

If you were the 2 lovely ladies out running C25k this evening in Arborfield than...

RunningVicki

•7 years ago

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Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for September 2017

W5R1 😝

Trying out the other voices (Week 3, run 1, round 3)

W3R2 - need some motivation

Back from holiday! Scared to get back on track 😢

Do I need to wait a day?

W5R3 – did it!

Yippee!

Week 5 run 2

Chest infection...what a pain

Week 1

Profile pic

Written by someone I love very much

I'm back and w8 .... let's do this 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Dilemma! Help, please...

Week 8 Run 3

Newbie

Anyone running for weight loss?

Week 7 - Help, epic fail.

Week 2

Hill attack

Starting out!

W5R2 easier than I thought but soaked by silly hose woman!!

Shin splints 😫

W8R1

Week 2 done!

W4R2 Complete Newbie Alert

Talk to me about early morning runs

Starting W3

I did it!!!

Lovely ladies in Arborfield - Thank you

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