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I only went and did it!!

Hello you lovely lot! This evening my friend and I completed week 9 run 3. We started this journey together and finished it together and it feels amazing 😊...

Hello you lovely lot! This evening my friend and I completed week 9 run 3. We s...

Susietirzah78

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 6 Run 2

Week 6 is definitely challenging me. Took an extra day rest after a hard first run and have just done run 2. I think I went too fast at the start and ended up...

Week 6 is definitely challenging me. Took an extra day rest after a hard first r...

Agaig

Graduate•6 years ago

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Two milestones reached

So this week I did some things I was scared of. 1) I have been running with the dead. In my local cemetery there is a lovely path that very few people know....

So this week I did some things I was scared of. 1) I have been running with th...

Flowell

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 7 never ever thought I'd be a runner

Having once weight over 21 stone no way did I think I'd be told I could call myself a runner. Having lost 6 stone dieting now want to get fit and as I hated...

Having once weight over 21 stone no way did I think I'd be told I could call mys...

Aceslady74

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 9, run 1 - shark week

One of the hard things about the longer runs at the end of the programme is finding good routes. I prefer circular runs to “out and back” ones, which means I’m...

One of the hard things about the longer runs at the end of the programme is find...

thegirlfrommarz

Graduate•6 years ago

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Confidence - that feeling you get before you fully understand the situation

Week 1: I was confident I couldn't run at all - WRONG Week 5R3: I was confident that there was no way I could run for 20 minutes - WRONG Week 6: I was...

Week 1: I was confident I couldn't run at all - WRONG Week 5R3: I was confident ...

trogdelight

Graduate•6 years ago

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Wk3 completed 😁

Didn’t think I was going to manage it but have bit worried about starting week 4 can I ask for some advice I am suffering from pins and needles in my feet and...

Didn’t think I was going to manage it but have bit worried about starting week ...

Emma466

•6 years ago

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Week 9 run 2

Run 2 done one more to go, I found it hard going tonight the first 20 mins was ok then I found it hard going and really felt it on my chest I don’t think the...

Run 2 done one more to go, I found it hard going tonight the first 20 mins was o...

SammieCh

•6 years ago

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Woop woop! Wk5R3 done!

Just need to put it out here that I have just ran for 20 minutes 😆. I am so chuffed!! I know it's not much in the scale of things but to a 46 year old woman...

Just need to put it out here that I have just ran for 20 minutes 😆. I am so ch...

Lea71

Graduate•6 years ago

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W5R1.....I did it.....!?

Well.......I took this rather indulgent selfie just after my cool down walk (sorry about that), it was so lovely and peaceful out there....I'm a bit amazed at...

Well.......I took this rather indulgent selfie just after my cool down walk (sor...

Cakerunner

Graduate•6 years ago

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Anyone else heard the one about dark chocolate??

Let me explain! My husband used to be a super-dooper runner (20 minutes for 5k...I kid you not. Hasn't run for a while but getting back into it) Anyway, when I...

Let me explain! My husband used to be a super-dooper runner (20 minutes for 5k.....

18Windmill

Graduate•6 years ago

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W5R2

Picked as flat a route as I could tonight (is that cheating?) and managed to complete run without much drama. Again surprised by how my recovery time has come...

Picked as flat a route as I could tonight (is that cheating?) and managed to com...

Scoobysghost

•6 years ago

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Week 6 run 3

So 25 mins. Bring ot on. Stopping npw is worse than running through. So off we go 10 mins is relatively easy now (who would have thought It). Hurray massive...

So 25 mins. Bring ot on. Stopping npw is worse than running through. So off we ...

Dudders61

•6 years ago

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W8R1 much better run today 😊

So after Monday’s downer after poor run I waited two days before starting Week 8. Well at the risk of sounding like a ‘runner’ - Week 8 Run 1 for 28mins, not a...

So after Monday’s downer after poor run I waited two days before starting Week 8...

Maybe58

Graduate•6 years ago

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Breathing

W2R1 Tried to follow Laura's suggested breathing rate & discovered I'm breathing twice as fast as that! I'm a bit asthmatic & an old lady so maybe it's no...

W2R1 Tried to follow Laura's suggested breathing rate & discovered I'm breathing...

Kate2018

•6 years ago

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Newbie

Hi there, I have started doing my couch to 5k on a mini trampoline as I am so unfit. I completed my 2nd run today.

Hi there, I have started doing my couch to 5k on a mini trampoline as I am so un...

Redgal68

•6 years ago

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Week 4 run 2

I am really enjoying the app and the runs though not sure my neighbours are enjoying my jogging round the streets!

I am really enjoying the app and the runs though not sure my neighbours are enjo...

sean123456

•6 years ago

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W2 completed

Week 2 completed. Yet another super, sunny morning. Week 2 didn’t feel any harder than week one. In fact it was easier in that my thigh muscles can now cope...

Week 2 completed. Yet another super, sunny morning. Week 2 didn’t feel any harde...

BaddieThePirate

Graduate•6 years ago

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W5 R3 Completed, legs getting less sore as weeks progress!

Just got in from my first evening run as I had an interview this morning and thought fire engine red would not be a good look! Slow and steady is definitely...

Just got in from my first evening run as I had an interview this morning and tho...

DellyB

•6 years ago

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W9R3: Budge over you lot! Room for one more on that podium?

Schnell. Schnell. Tuesday saw me in action in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, my first international run. Determined not to miss a run, I was squeezing in a run...

Schnell. Schnell. Tuesday saw me in action in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, my firs...

Marvo69

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 4 done!

The thought of doing 20 minutes non-stop this time next week fills me with dread, but the programme has got me this far, it must be possible, right? I'm also...

The thought of doing 20 minutes non-stop this time next week fills me with dread...

Helm108

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week2 community

How do you join a community here? I'm part way through week 2.

JohnTR

Graduate•6 years ago

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Absolutely chuffed to bits!!!! W7R1

Just got back from today’s run and I have finally managed a total overall distance of 5K during this run. I am over the moon with the progress I’m making...

Just got back from today’s run and I have finally managed a total overall distan...

Flukioni

•6 years ago

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W9R1

I just ran for 30 whole minutes! I’m not embarrassed to say my eyes welled up a bit at the end, although the hayfever might have had something to do with that....

I just ran for 30 whole minutes! I’m not embarrassed to say my eyes welled up a ...

Caotykim

•6 years ago

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Getting there slowly ...Week 9 Runs 1 & 2

I believe I am the slowest snail in Oldfloss 's garden. Thats why I have smiled from ear to ear at Hidden 's picture about it doesn't matter how slow you go...

I believe I am the slowest snail in Oldfloss 's garden. Thats why I have smiled ...

Jullaly

Graduate•6 years ago

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Wk6 R3

How did that happen? 24 minutes into run jo Willey says only a minute to go why not pick up the pace if you can and finish with a Sprint so I did. Took me all...

How did that happen? 24 minutes into run jo Willey says only a minute to go why ...

Adamdrew31

•6 years ago

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W2r1 can I up things?

Hi I'm feeling good after each run even though it's early days. I was wondering about leaving just one day between runs what do folks think? I'd pull back if I...

Hi I'm feeling good after each run even though it's early days. I was wondering ...

wagshaz

•6 years ago

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Pre run snack

Hey! Anyone got any good pre-run snack recommendations?!

Sarahjb77

•6 years ago

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All things running....feed me more!

Hey guys, This running bug has got me good and proper and I've developed a hunger for all things running...books, podcasts, magazines...and I want more! Can...

Hey guys, This running bug has got me good and proper and I've developed a hunge...

Little-runner

Graduate•6 years ago

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I've only gone and done it !!!!

W9r3 complete !! I can'tstop smiling...i never thought I would get there but thanks to Laura and all you wonderful people I've done it !! Amazing feeling...on...

W9r3 complete !! I can'tstop smiling...i never thought I would get there but tha...

Dawnie16

Graduate•6 years ago

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Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for June 2018

I only went and did it!!

Week 6 Run 2

Two milestones reached

Week 7 never ever thought I'd be a runner

Week 9, run 1 - shark week

Confidence - that feeling you get before you fully understand the situation

Wk3 completed 😁

Week 9 run 2

Woop woop! Wk5R3 done!

W5R1.....I did it.....!?

Anyone else heard the one about dark chocolate??

W5R2

Week 6 run 3

W8R1 much better run today 😊

Breathing

Newbie

Week 4 run 2

W2 completed

W5 R3 Completed, legs getting less sore as weeks progress!

W9R3: Budge over you lot! Room for one more on that podium?

Week 4 done!

Week2 community

Absolutely chuffed to bits!!!! W7R1

W9R1

Getting there slowly ...Week 9 Runs 1 & 2

Wk6 R3

W2r1 can I up things?

Pre run snack

All things running....feed me more!

I've only gone and done it !!!!

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