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Week 1 completed!

I've completed week 1! However I really don't see how I will ever be able to run for 30 minutes without stopping.. 60 seconds is hard enough! Please tell me...

I've completed week 1! However I really don't see how I will ever be able to run...

MaddyP44

•6 years ago

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W5R2 - Couch To 5k Diary

Lessons learned from tonight's run . . . . The first 8 minute run tonight went very well, possibly too well. I don't think I got my pace correct, making the...

Lessons learned from tonight's run . . . . The first 8 minute run tonight went ...

Julian1970

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 2...DONE!

Well, at the beginning of the week 90 seconds of running seemed so out of reach, but I did it! In actual fact W2R3 seemed, dare I say, easy. Bet I won't be...

Well, at the beginning of the week 90 seconds of running seemed so out of reach,...

Cjf3267

Graduate•6 years ago

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Bad back halts progress

Completed week 2 successfully, with no major problems - woke up the following morning fine. Two hours later somehow pulled a muscle in my back, Can't progress...

Completed week 2 successfully, with no major problems - woke up the following mo...

JulesAllostock

Graduate•6 years ago

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I’ve Done It!!

I’ve run my last run of week 9 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️😁😁. I really pushed myself tonight since it was the last run in the programme, I was determined to finish on a high....

I’ve run my last run of week 9 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️😁😁. I really pushed myself tonight si...

Elaine247

•6 years ago

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W3 ✔️

Finished week 3 today after my neighbour got home and was playing techno music at antisocial volumes as he tends to do. To abate my anger I got myself out of...

Finished week 3 today after my neighbour got home and was playing techno music a...

RunGirlyRun

•6 years ago

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W2R3 done!!!

‪W2R3 #c25k done! Feel great!!! 😀Where’s the gin? 🍸🏃🏻‍♀️💪‬

Dralimc

Graduate•6 years ago

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W8R3

Almost there! I cannot believe I can now run for 28 minutes! Eight weeks ago this would have seemed a distant dream and yet here I am about to start my final...

Almost there! I cannot believe I can now run for 28 minutes! Eight weeks ago t...

Birdsong53

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 4

Haven't run for awhile as been away and couldn't get myself motivated, but decided to get out tonight and started where I left off ....so just done week 4 run...

Haven't run for awhile as been away and couldn't get myself motivated, but decid...

Heather03

Graduate•6 years ago

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Shoe laces

Hi all, I’m just about to start my last week, I discovered a how to tie your laces video on YouTube, wish I’d found it earlier, daft yet incredible, no more...

Hi all, I’m just about to start my last week, I discovered a how to tie your lac...

Tkaye

Graduate•6 years ago

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Treated myself!

Now I really feel like a runner!!

Marvo69

Graduate•6 years ago

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W9 begins on Sunday :) :)

Well it's been a tough week at work, you know when you just want to say "I'm out of here" but without lotto that's not an option. The saving grace for me has...

Well it's been a tough week at work, you know when you just want to say "I'm out...

Lorijay

Graduate•6 years ago

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W5 R3 done

First time post. Well I have just run for 20 minutes without stopping. Can’t believe it. I have never been a runner and I have done 20 mins, so happy. My pace...

First time post. Well I have just run for 20 minutes without stopping. Can’t bel...

Ljenkins

•6 years ago

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Week 5

Well I did it , W5R3... I've been talking myself in and out of this run since Tuesday... Ok it was at the gym not on the road but I don't care , 20 mins no...

Well I did it , W5R3... I've been talking myself in and out of this run since Tu...

GM32

•6 years ago

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Week 1 day 1

So day 1 week 1 done, one minute runs I can cope with. God help me when I have to run for longer. Any suggestions for tight calf muscles?

So day 1 week 1 done, one minute runs I can cope with. God help me when I have t...

Fairyfloss

•6 years ago

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Can’t believe I’ve got this far! W7R2

Just run my third 25min run, week 7r2! Not too out of breath either thanks to extra deep breaths and better posture. Slow and steady is definitely key 👍

Just run my third 25min run, week 7r2! Not too out of breath either thanks to ex...

Helenpa

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week one in the bag!

Well I did it, week one ✅ I know it says leave a day between each run, but I can’t run until Sunday this week will it make a difference if I leave 2 days...

Well I did it, week one ✅ I know it says leave a day between each run, but I can...

Hulabaloo

•6 years ago

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Overconfident

W6R1 was a tricky one! I definitely went off too quick - a whole minute per km quicker than my W5R3, so there was my problem. I really struggled during both 5...

W6R1 was a tricky one! I definitely went off too quick - a whole minute per km q...

Caotykim

•6 years ago

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aldi running tights

Just a quick note, my local Aldi has running tights M/F (Inoc branded but made for Aldi) I bought Mens L the waist is ok but the thighs are too slack and...

Just a quick note, my local Aldi has running tights M/F (Inoc branded but made f...

huffnpuffin

Graduate•6 years ago

1 Reply

From sofa bunny to slow loris in 3 weeks..

Just started wk 3 ..does it matter that my aching burning calves cause me to slow down slower than I usually walk or run ? Can I get to at least panda speed...

Just started wk 3 ..does it matter that my aching burning calves cause me to sl...

Sofabunny

•6 years ago

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Week 7 run 2

Just got back from my run, I reluctantly headed out and when I started I knew I was running a little faster then my snail pace, first five minutes done feeling...

Just got back from my run, I reluctantly headed out and when I started I knew I ...

SammieCh

•6 years ago

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Week 1 done!

Yay! Found week one ok, not looking forward to week 2 just yet though 😂

Bella_Lamor

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Loving this

I was a gym addict, six days a week, two hours a day I 2011, had a big med problem and surgery, procedures and medications caused med to gain 65 pounds!!!!!!...

I was a gym addict, six days a week, two hours a day I 2011, had a big med prob...

CariCanRun

•6 years ago

1 Reply

Can’t believe I did it!

Finished week 5!! I actually run for 20 minutes I feel in shock but so pleased with myself!! Beginning of this really lost my mojo - bad few days at work lots...

Finished week 5!! I actually run for 20 minutes I feel in shock but so pleased w...

hels189

•6 years ago

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Week 6 Finished !! 😀😀

I really can't believe I've completed week 6. Thought Laura had deserted me at one point until she came back and said I was half way ! Gotta love that girl 😁...

I really can't believe I've completed week 6. Thought Laura had deserted me at o...

Dawnie16

Graduate•6 years ago

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R3 W6 Done!

So I came home from work feeling pretty terrible and I’m tears after someone at work made me feel two inches tall during a presentation. Didn’t feel like...

So I came home from work feeling pretty terrible and I’m tears after someone at ...

JenRun2018

•6 years ago

16 Replies

W4R3 done!! :D

So I went out around 6am this morning, did my 3 then 5 min run then noticed my phone had died and Sarah had left me :( Eager to put things right and make sure...

So I went out around 6am this morning, did my 3 then 5 min run then noticed my p...

Chrisj31

Graduate•6 years ago

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WK5 R2

In the bag!! Second set of 8 mins so much better than the first. Just did my mental shopping list and then it was over lol. Worr my sexy compression socks...

In the bag!! Second set of 8 mins so much better than the first. Just did my me...

kazzy40

•6 years ago

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Thanks

I wish I’d found forum a bit earlier run 1 of week 9 done well pleased 😊

ruckinfight

•6 years ago

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hello, police? week six run one tried to kill me

After a very successful week five run three, I was feeling confident for today’s run - perhaps a little too confident because I just finished and feel like I’m...

After a very successful week five run three, I was feeling confident for today’s...

rootruns

•6 years ago

45 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for May 2018

Week 1 completed!

W5R2 - Couch To 5k Diary

Week 2...DONE!

Bad back halts progress

I’ve Done It!!

W3 ✔️

W2R3 done!!!

W8R3

Week 4

Shoe laces

Treated myself!

W9 begins on Sunday :) :)

W5 R3 done

Week 5

Week 1 day 1

Can’t believe I’ve got this far! W7R2

Week one in the bag!

Overconfident

aldi running tights

From sofa bunny to slow loris in 3 weeks..

Week 7 run 2

Week 1 done!

Loving this

Can’t believe I did it!

Week 6 Finished !! 😀😀

R3 W6 Done!

W4R3 done!! :D

WK5 R2

Thanks

hello, police? week six run one tried to kill me

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