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W3R2

Well I've just completed my 2nd run of week 3 and feeling pretty good about it! A few aches and pains but the legs seem to be recovering quicker and did some...

Well I've just completed my 2nd run of week 3 and feeling pretty good about it! ...

PilgrimSoldier

•7 years ago

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Brighton Rocks

Staying overnight with some like minded souls so running at dawn together along the beautiful sea front was one of the options. With PInk Floyd in the cans and...

Staying overnight with some like minded souls so running at dawn together along ...

mrrun

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week five day two.....oh those hills!

Still not feeling in great shape. Slept on and off all day yesterday with little work done but when you have RA you have to accept that the body does it's own...

Still not feeling in great shape. Slept on and off all day yesterday with little...

Geo-Lesley

•7 years ago

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Walk, run, weight?

I'm 59, and did the programme 4yrs ago and got my badge. Then I went on holiday and ran on a beach for two days. By the second day, my right leg was in a...

I'm 59, and did the programme 4yrs ago and got my badge. Then I went on holiday ...

CaveBear

Graduate•7 years ago

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Wk9R2

Woke up early for the penultimate run, thought I was going for a wet one but it was worse than that very strong winds that took away what little breath I have...

Woke up early for the penultimate run, thought I was going for a wet one but it ...

happyhammer73

Graduate•7 years ago

17 Replies

Toenail surgery. Will I make my first Parkrun.

I was about to do W7R2 when I went in for surgery 4 days ago and so pleased with my C25K progress as I haven’t done any exercise for over 40 years. It had to...

I was about to do W7R2 when I went in for surgery 4 days ago and so pleased with...

RunBrianRun

Graduate•7 years ago

2 Replies

Too fat to run?

Hi! I am five foot 4 and weigh a little over 13 stone- I'm 45. Back in 2011 I weighed 10 stone and ran well and had no issues but then I was struck down with a...

Hi! I am five foot 4 and weigh a little over 13 stone- I'm 45. Back in 2011 I we...

RunFi

•7 years ago

16 Replies

At last

First run for 10 days of manflu, I'm going to struggle to get out as often as I'd like, I've just got my third foster child, I now have an eight year old, a...

First run for 10 days of manflu, I'm going to struggle to get out as often as I'...

Martin_Rose

Graduate•7 years ago

17 Replies

Wk3 run3

That was tough,my knees are aching and don’t know how I’m going to manage wk 4 and run for 5mins, my knees are so stiff.

That was tough,my knees are aching and don’t know how I’m going to manage wk 4 a...

Alimark

•7 years ago

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Graduation run managed - just.

Well, 9 weeks ago I would have known (ha! ) that I couldn't do this! Truthfully it wasn't a happy run today - I hadn't realised until I got going that I was...

Well, 9 weeks ago I would have known (ha! ) that I couldn't do this! Truthfully ...

Elfe5

Graduate•7 years ago

29 Replies

First session

Started Couch to 5k today! Completed the first session! Very pleased with myself :)

Started Couch to 5k today! Completed the first session! Very pleased with myself...

LydiaMackie

•7 years ago

7 Replies

What’s more important?

Hello all 👋🏻 Just wondering. Is it more important to run 3 times in one week, or just have one rest day after each run? I was due to do w5r1 today but I...

Hello all 👋🏻 Just wondering. Is it more important to run 3 times in one week,...

Trying2run

Graduate•7 years ago

24 Replies

I think I am addicted

I wouldn’t normally leap out of bed at 5:30am when on holiday but this morning I couldn’t wait to get out for a run. This was my first run since Saturday due...

I wouldn’t normally leap out of bed at 5:30am when on holiday but this morning I...

KatyKaycd

Graduate•7 years ago

16 Replies

W3R2 with added distractions

Amazingly I completed this run this evening with two small children whizzing off on a scooter and a bike, no music ,( in order to hear small children fall off...

Amazingly I completed this run this evening with two small children whizzing off...

Moomomop

Graduate•7 years ago

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Bye bye Week 8!

Just run Wk8 Run3, it was so warm out this evening! Can't believe only 3 runs left till graduation, think I'm more excited than when I graduated from Uni! On...

Just run Wk8 Run3, it was so warm out this evening! Can't believe only 3 runs le...

JB173

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Shades of Red

Made a mistake and wearing my long sleeve running top and blimy it’s warm out there! Hey it’s November 😂 Started my run up the hill again and got a bit...

Made a mistake and wearing my long sleeve running top and blimy it’s warm out th...

Cornet-Carolyn

Graduate•7 years ago

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Wk8 run1 in the bag

Got this one done. Ran really, really, really slowly.... I found listening to an audio book really took my mind off my breathing, temperature etc., but this...

Got this one done. Ran really, really, really slowly.... I found listening to a...

Diana63

•7 years ago

7 Replies

I’m a runner!

Well completed w6r3 today without the need to do any reruns this week, so feeling really elated. Feel that I have finally hit the right way to do this. Haven’t...

Well completed w6r3 today without the need to do any reruns this week, so feelin...

Oldgal68

Graduate•7 years ago

8 Replies

We all feel like this .....

Pretty sure we can all relate to this 😂😂😂 https://www.buzzfeed.com/floperry/things-anyone-whos-done-couch-to-5k-will-understand

Pretty sure we can all relate to this 😂😂😂 https://www.buzzfeed.com/floperry/...

Runningraspberrydiva

Graduate•7 years ago

6 Replies

Week 1 run 3

Well that one seriously hurt tonight but felt good once I’d finished apart from my right shin hurting which I haven’t had in the previous 2 runs, onto week 2...

Well that one seriously hurt tonight but felt good once I’d finished apart from ...

Markipc

•7 years ago

10 Replies

week 2 run 1

Cant believe I have just done week 2 run 1! Anybody at the same level? I am using the oneYou app and its pretty good! Anybody in Manchester, UK?? Week 2 run 2...

Cant believe I have just done week 2 run 1! Anybody at the same level? I am usin...

Barry-P

•7 years ago

7 Replies

I think it was Martine Mcutcheon...

Who sang "this is my moment, my perfect moment" I've just had one of those! I ran half a mile up the barstars of a hill, and kept going at the top, and...

Who sang "this is my moment, my perfect moment" I've just had one of those! I ...

CT2017

Graduate•7 years ago

10 Replies

W1 R3

Thought I would do c25k at the same time as taking my dogs for a walk in the woods. It wasn’t quite as inconspicuous as I was hoping for because my dog thought...

Thought I would do c25k at the same time as taking my dogs for a walk in the woo...

Bridget007

Graduate•7 years ago

8 Replies

Week 4 Run 2

Bad day at work, wet and windy when I got home - it was the hardest day so far just finding the motivation to get changed and get out there. Within twenty...

Bad day at work, wet and windy when I got home - it was the hardest day so far j...

Hidden

•7 years ago

9 Replies

What is there after c25k

Just finished week 9 run 3 and for the most part loved ever step of it so where to nextwell I'm looking to joining a running club but was wondering if there...

Just finished week 9 run 3 and for the most part loved ever step of it so where ...

PathfinderPat

Graduate•7 years ago

6 Replies

The delayed W4R1 ticked off.

My life-long devotion to finding new and amusing ways to hurt myself has always been a deep well of belly laughs for my friends and family: 2017 has (up until...

My life-long devotion to finding new and amusing ways to hurt myself has always ...

Pm3eak

Graduate•7 years ago

4 Replies

Wk8 R3!

Gutted!! Although it is completed, it was very difficult due to tightening in both calves, which got worse as run went on but eased on walking. I’m also gutted...

Gutted!! Although it is completed, it was very difficult due to tightening in bo...

Ajs07

Graduate•7 years ago

11 Replies

Wk3 too short?

I'm intrigued why wk3 drops from 30mins down to 23. It's almost as if something is missing.

I'm intrigued why wk3 drops from 30mins down to 23. It's almost as if something...

scubasmiff

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Did I really run further? Can Strava be trusted?

I can't believe I did it! But how accurate is Strava?? I had restarted my C25K that I did with our work running club last year. I've done one run per week...

I can't believe I did it! But how accurate is Strava?? I had restarted my C25K t...

Zamzam12

Graduate•7 years ago

4 Replies

Week 8 run 2

Struggled today as my cough and cold has come back with a vengeance- the run was fine apart from coughing fits every now and again! Oh and when Leo spotted...

Struggled today as my cough and cold has come back with a vengeance- the run was...

Djraw

Graduate•7 years ago

6 Replies

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Couch to 5K

All posts for November 2017

W3R2

Brighton Rocks

Week five day two.....oh those hills!

Walk, run, weight?

Wk9R2

Toenail surgery. Will I make my first Parkrun.

Too fat to run?

At last

Wk3 run3

Graduation run managed - just.

First session

What’s more important?

I think I am addicted

W3R2 with added distractions

Bye bye Week 8!

Shades of Red

Wk8 run1 in the bag

I’m a runner!

We all feel like this .....

Week 1 run 3

week 2 run 1

I think it was Martine Mcutcheon...

W1 R3

Week 4 Run 2

What is there after c25k

The delayed W4R1 ticked off.

Wk8 R3!

Wk3 too short?

Did I really run further? Can Strava be trusted?

Week 8 run 2

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