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Week 5 smashed!

I did it! I completed week 5 and I feel so good! 😍😍😍 Literally just got home! I few weeks back I couldn't have done even half that time and here I am...

I did it! I completed week 5 and I feel so good! 😍😍😍 Literally just got home!...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Metatarsalgia help

I am getting burning and cramp like pain in the ball of my feet when I run, usually about the 4k Mark have looked on line and think it may be metatarsalgia ....

I am getting burning and cramp like pain in the ball of my feet when I run, usua...

Dawnie16

Graduate•6 years ago

1 Reply

5K .....

I have only written one post on here but I read it every day, you guys are what keeps me going so I have a question. I have been doing this since April, I had...

I have only written one post on here but I read it every day, you guys are what ...

lets-go

Graduate•6 years ago

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Still going

Still hanging on in there with this running malarkey. Ran last night and up early this morning for another. Just two short 20 min runs with 20 mins brisk walk...

Still hanging on in there with this running malarkey. Ran last night and up earl...

jan2563

Graduate•6 years ago

1 Reply

Friday morning 5k

Up early (for me) wasn't really sure what I wanted to do or where I was going to go, but ended up doing 5k, one enforced pause at the level crossing (the main...

Up early (for me) wasn't really sure what I wanted to do or where I was going to...

Berksrover

Graduate•6 years ago

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PG run 1!

I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about running without Jo! I wasn’t even sure I’d be running with Strava man after him not talking to me last week,...

I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about running without Jo! I wasn’t even s...

Elles78

Graduate•6 years ago

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W9r3

May have written this twice. So fed up. Started last run and bottled it. The only time it’s happened and just couldn’t get in to it. Will try again tomorrow....

May have written this twice. So fed up. Started last run and bottled it. The onl...

Woggle

Graduate•6 years ago

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Here it goes

Morning just of to do week 6 last run hope I can do it as was not to well yesterday so finger cross it goes ok

Morning just of to do week 6 last run hope I can do it as was not to well yester...

mandy167

•6 years ago

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Week 6 R2...I fell

So, it's the day ofy W6R2 and I haven't done it. Yesterday at 7.40am as I was rushing out if the shower/bath I slipped. Yes you heard me, I bloody slipped. I...

So, it's the day ofy W6R2 and I haven't done it. Yesterday at 7.40am as I was ru...

Kashy

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Cat supervision

Just doing my back stretches before bed and look who came to help! She always has to stick her nose in. I've tried telling her she's not part of the prescribed...

Just doing my back stretches before bed and look who came to help! She always ha...

Eiralas

Graduate•6 years ago

16 Replies

Never say never

Hi all its nice to be back 😊 This will be my 2nd attempt at C25K Got to week 7 the last time then work and life had a way of turning my life upside down for a...

Hi all its nice to be back 😊 This will be my 2nd attempt at C25K Got to week 7 ...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Slow 5k post graduation recovery

After graduation last Saturday at my 1st park run, today was the 1st time I was able to run again. The reason? Too fast - I tore something in my left calf on...

After graduation last Saturday at my 1st park run, today was the 1st time I was ...

MadDave

•6 years ago

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W9R2 ✅

Only one run left to finish the C25K, cannot believe I’m running 5K now, Not worried about doing it in under 30 minutes, I had a silly YES shout moment this...

Only one run left to finish the C25K, cannot believe I’m running 5K now, Not wor...

Crib

Graduate•6 years ago

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Yay, I've graduated!!

Who'd have thunk it! I could barely make the 30 mins 9 weeks ago. Of course, I had to wait till the hottest day on record to graduate but I couldn't miss my...

Who'd have thunk it! I could barely make the 30 mins 9 weeks ago. Of course, I h...

Designbod

Graduate•6 years ago

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Speeding cyclists on canal towpath

I'm about to finish graduate and when not doing the runs with our group at Portway Leisure Centre in Oldbury I choose to run along the canal into central...

I'm about to finish graduate and when not doing the runs with our group at Portw...

Marinride

•6 years ago

3 Replies

The advice really works!

I've aimed to do 3 30 minute runs a week since I completed C25K in April. I had to have a break for a few weeks recently because of an injury to my hip, so I...

I've aimed to do 3 30 minute runs a week since I completed C25K in April. I had ...

sigasiga

Graduate•6 years ago

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So hot in my Cool Towel!! My fastest run!! How????🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🐌🐌🐌🐌

Sister couldn't run tonight. So solo run on the railway line with husband following with his binoculars. He's a bird watcher. Was so so so hot. Mid twenties at...

Sister couldn't run tonight. So solo run on the railway line with husband follow...

Ang33333

Graduate•6 years ago

35 Replies

Running & Endometriosis

Hi all, I literally was a beginner when I started this programme. Just completed week 6 and I’m totally hooked. I have a history of endo and often experience...

Hi all, I literally was a beginner when I started this programme. Just completed...

DMSNAR

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Ouch

Planned to do R2 W8 in the morning and skid just ran into me with a Santander bike! I was on the pavement but so was she. I guess I’ll see how I feel in the...

Planned to do R2 W8 in the morning and skid just ran into me with a Santander bi...

HappyNoodle

Graduate•6 years ago

5 Replies

Time for change

Hi everyone, First time.user!! I'm 47 and decided it was time to change. Overweight, under exercises, living on eating out and take away. I've rejoined the...

Hi everyone, First time.user!! I'm 47 and decided it was time to change. Overwe...

Piusjam

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Just too hot to trot

I had planned on running tonight at 8:30 but it is 29 degrees!! I haven’t missed a run since I started but I’m too hot and too tired even if I wore all 3 ice...

I had planned on running tonight at 8:30 but it is 29 degrees!! I haven’t misse...

Jelon

Graduate•6 years ago

29 Replies

Graduation Treat

I treated myself to a new pair of trainers today as a reward for completing C25K. Had my running gait tested as well at the shop - well worth doing before...

I treated myself to a new pair of trainers today as a reward for completing C25K...

dlloyd004

Graduate•6 years ago

6 Replies

skipping rest days

Hi all, new to couch to 5k having just completed week 1. I have a question is about rest days - I work shifts which means my runs are never at a consistent...

Hi all, new to couch to 5k having just completed week 1. I have a question is a...

bluwnd360

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Week 1 Complete!!

So I've completed week one and feel amazing!! W1D1 - 21.07.18 - outdoors, early morning 9am-ish, the second half was uphill, obvs didn't plan my route well 🤣...

So I've completed week one and feel amazing!! W1D1 - 21.07.18 - outdoors, early ...

ME_diagnosed

•6 years ago

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Amazing run

W2R2 felt like such a buzz. Really enjoyed tonight’s run. Felt like I could keep going after which means I may be able to push myself a tiny bit more next...

W2R2 felt like such a buzz. Really enjoyed tonight’s run. Felt like I could keep...

Marko5

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Not a smart move

Decided to try a different route tonight which included some rougher terrain and more inclines, really struggled in the heat, it was 32 degrees and half way...

Decided to try a different route tonight which included some rougher terrain and...

Dawnie16

Graduate•6 years ago

14 Replies

Speed!

I realise every single one of us is totally different but - although I am using strava I don’t understand the speed bit! What average speed do the slowest of...

I realise every single one of us is totally different but - although I am using ...

Redtracey

Graduate•6 years ago

15 Replies

Too Hot Outside

It's been very hot (above 37 °C) lately and I've been running indoors on a small track. It gets really boring running in circles. Wondering which would be...

It's been very hot (above 37 °C) lately and I've been running indoors on a small...

marydoan

•6 years ago

1 Reply

How do I get my Graduation Badge?

I've completed my programme of C25K and have notified the admin team but I'm still not showing as a graduate....does anyone know what I have to do please. Big...

I've completed my programme of C25K and have notified the admin team but I'm sti...

Kazbar10

Graduate•6 years ago

7 Replies

Found a use for odd socks at last!

Random I know but I have one foot slightly smaller than the other and on my first week I got a rubbed heel from the friction of it moving inside the shoe....

Random I know but I have one foot slightly smaller than the other and on my firs...

happysouls

Graduate•6 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for July 2018

Week 5 smashed!

Metatarsalgia help

5K .....

Still going

Friday morning 5k

PG run 1!

W9r3

Here it goes

Week 6 R2...I fell

Cat supervision

Never say never

Slow 5k post graduation recovery

W9R2 ✅

Yay, I've graduated!!

Speeding cyclists on canal towpath

The advice really works!

So hot in my Cool Towel!! My fastest run!! How????🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🐌🐌🐌🐌

Running & Endometriosis

Ouch

Time for change

Just too hot to trot

Graduation Treat

skipping rest days

Week 1 Complete!!

Amazing run

Not a smart move

Speed!

Too Hot Outside

How do I get my Graduation Badge?

Found a use for odd socks at last!

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