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OMG!!! I'VE ONLY GONE AND GRADUATED!!!😄😄😄👏👏👏

Didn't think I was ever going to make it but here I am. A runner. 😮😮😮 So my advice to anybody just starting out on there journy. Ask if you need advice or...

Didn't think I was ever going to make it but here I am. A runner. 😮😮😮 So my ...

Emily46

Graduate•6 years ago

12 Replies

New Member

I’ve just joined and would like to get a lot fitter than I am now I have been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism and am having a consultation with a surgeon...

I’ve just joined and would like to get a lot fitter than I am now I have been di...

ILB1

•6 years ago

7 Replies

W8 R2 Posture!!!!!

Did W8R2 last night and shock horror!!!! I caught sight of myself in a shop window across the road during the last 5minutes of my run!!!!! Can anyone help with...

Did W8R2 last night and shock horror!!!! I caught sight of myself in a shop wind...

littlerua

•6 years ago

4 Replies

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Plantar fasciitis

Due to do W6R3, but have taken an extra couple of days rest as it looks like I have managed to get myself plantar fasciitis!🤨 Just wondered if anyone had...

Due to do W6R3, but have taken an extra couple of days rest as it looks like I h...

Jackied77

•6 years ago

1 Reply

NO SORE SHINS!!!! Week 7 Run 2 - I’m back!

So, just by way of an update for all those many posters who talk about shin splints............ After suffering, and reading the vast knowledge of advice on...

So, just by way of an update for all those many posters who talk about shin spli...

Widnesrunner

•6 years ago

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2nd run

Did my 1st run on Monday just about to get ready to do my 2nd run I will and can do this x

Did my 1st run on Monday just about to get ready to do my 2nd run I will and can...

Bertie18

•6 years ago

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R1 W9 😀

Okay nice and cool decided to aim for a PB in speed/distance all going well feel a twang in my back under shoulder blade. Keep running kind of hurts to breathe...

Okay nice and cool decided to aim for a PB in speed/distance all going well feel...

HappyNoodle

Graduate•6 years ago

3 Replies

Starting again

Hello all! After a few weeks of self-pity, paranoia and injury, I went out this morning and did W1R1 again. I’m on the list for gallbladder removal but the...

Hello all! After a few weeks of self-pity, paranoia and injury, I went out this ...

musicalpolarbear

Graduate•6 years ago

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Remember me?

Yip, it's me again. Long time no posts! Short story is that having to stop running through debilitating pains in various random parts of my body in March, I...

Yip, it's me again. Long time no posts! Short story is that having to stop run...

Theziggy

Graduate•6 years ago

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W1R3. Exhausted and happy at the same time

Did it really pleased. On treadmill at the end Jo says should be slightly out of bread. Afraid I can hardly speak. Is it better to continue repeating week 1...

Did it really pleased. On treadmill at the end Jo says should be slightly out of...

Lizos58

•6 years ago

4 Replies

PUTTING ON TRAINERS

I was inspired by a young man who had throat cancer. He told me about his struggles over the last 18 months and his fitness being the thing that was on his...

I was inspired by a young man who had throat cancer. He told me about his strugg...

RUBYNOT

•6 years ago

2 Replies

W6R3 in the bag

Well who would have thought it but I've only gone and done it dare I say it with ease too- took the pace quite slow though so I didn't stop!!!!! Couldn't...

Well who would have thought it but I've only gone and done it dare I say it with...

Cotswold-runner

Graduate•6 years ago

3 Replies

Expat running in USA

Just completed W3R2. I’m an expat Brit and live just outside Washington DC - found out about the app on BBC News website. It’s great, I haven’t run since my...

Just completed W3R2. I’m an expat Brit and live just outside Washington DC - fou...

Taffywasawelshman

Graduate•6 years ago

10 Replies

Week 6 run 2

Milestone run completed this morning, no more broken runs 😱 But that’s ok, I’m ready! Looking forward to my final run of the week! Also love that Sarah said...

Milestone run completed this morning, no more broken runs 😱 But that’s ok, I’m...

EmmaA-F

Graduate•6 years ago

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Dogs. Cows. Barbed wire and Graduation

Well in April of this year I started this app after a long term injury. I found it difficult to run the 90seconds let alone even considering in such a short...

Well in April of this year I started this app after a long term injury. I found ...

PollyThePlodder

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Storm-free 😀

Finally managed another gentle outing tonight after being foiled by storms on Monday. Just general murky dampness to contend with this evening, thank goodness...

Finally managed another gentle outing tonight after being foiled by storms on Mo...

Eiralas

Graduate•6 years ago

12 Replies

Back on it!

So I did that annoying thing where I started this and loved it and then I had a little break, which turned into a long break, and then I started to dread...

So I did that annoying thing where I started this and loved it and then I had a ...

Shelleybellynotjelly

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Abandoned Run 😔

Had to abandon tonights attempt at week 8 run 1, I have IBS and upto now it’s not affected my running but obviously something I’ve eaten today has reacted with...

Had to abandon tonights attempt at week 8 run 1, I have IBS and upto now it’s no...

Hidden

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Graduate?

I see people talking about graduating quite a bit, what is this, please?

jacqualeena

•6 years ago

6 Replies

W4R2

That's another run under the belt :) The first three minutes were hard, for some reason and seemed never ending. The five-minute run that followed was better...

That's another run under the belt :) The first three minutes were hard, for some...

antonioa

Graduate•6 years ago

13 Replies

Bliss!

W1R2 done - it was raining, much cooler than last week, and the summer crowds had vanished... managed to extend my arm of about a foot since the puppy pulls...

W1R2 done - it was raining, much cooler than last week, and the summer crowds ha...

Pigivi

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Overthinking breathing

W4R2 done and it was a breeze. I'm starting to realise its possible to focus too much on your breathing to the point where you're just waiting for the end and...

W4R2 done and it was a breeze. I'm starting to realise its possible to focus too...

Dougyb83

Graduate•6 years ago

5 Replies

A question of pace.

As a novice in just second week, does it matter how fast one runs/jogs ? Although I have completed all the sessions thus far, it feels like a run in name...

As a novice in just second week, does it matter how fast one runs/jogs ? Althou...

trapeze

•6 years ago

4 Replies

New here

Thought I'd say hi but the way I'm feeling right now it may just be a brief one. I've never run before and if I'm being totally honest I don't remember the...

Thought I'd say hi but the way I'm feeling right now it may just be a brief one....

Rhymo

•6 years ago

13 Replies

heck with Doctor, w8r1 done :)

Ok probally just did a dumb thing but i just was going crazy and did all 28 mins. Ankle was a little sore at the end but im icing it and keeping off it. But...

Ok probally just did a dumb thing but i just was going crazy and did all 28 mins...

cheeseheads

•6 years ago

8 Replies

Intervals !! Something new!! 🐌🐌🐌🐢🐢🐢😃😃😃😃

I ran my first 5k on Monday, with my sister. Back on my own for a couple of weeks while she lays by the pool in Spain. Wasn't sure what to do tonight. Was...

I ran my first 5k on Monday, with my sister. Back on my own for a couple of week...

Ang33333

Graduate•6 years ago

15 Replies

Often need a kick up the backside...

...but I’m starting to get giddy. I’ve just started an Instagram blog - today was just my first posting for c25k, but it’s definitely inspiring me to get going...

...but I’m starting to get giddy. I’ve just started an Instagram blog - today wa...

jacqualeena

•6 years ago

1 Reply

W7R1 - The proud hippo runs!!!

Warning: Silly woman talk. Read at your own peril. So, I had too hectic a morning today with dropping kids in different directions for their summer holiday...

Warning: Silly woman talk. Read at your own peril. So, I had too hectic a mornin...

Hotheels

Graduate•6 years ago

21 Replies

First 'run'

OMG, I am dying! did the first 3 runs okish, by 4th run the pee was trickling, only managed 30 seconds of fifth, walked sixth, ra n and peed through 7th walked...

OMG, I am dying! did the first 3 runs okish, by 4th run the pee was trickling, o...

tinzmaz

•6 years ago

9 Replies

Anyone on Strava?

I'm down as Philip Allen and my profile is three little boys running up a beach. Gimme an add!

I'm down as Philip Allen and my profile is three little boys running up a beach....

Jundal

Graduate•6 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for August 2018

OMG!!! I'VE ONLY GONE AND GRADUATED!!!😄😄😄👏👏👏

New Member

W8 R2 Posture!!!!!

Plantar fasciitis

NO SORE SHINS!!!! Week 7 Run 2 - I’m back!

2nd run

R1 W9 😀

Starting again

Remember me?

W1R3. Exhausted and happy at the same time

PUTTING ON TRAINERS

W6R3 in the bag

Expat running in USA

Week 6 run 2

Dogs. Cows. Barbed wire and Graduation

Storm-free 😀

Back on it!

Abandoned Run 😔

Graduate?

W4R2

Bliss!

Overthinking breathing

A question of pace.

New here

heck with Doctor, w8r1 done :)

Intervals !! Something new!! 🐌🐌🐌🐢🐢🐢😃😃😃😃

Often need a kick up the backside...

W7R1 - The proud hippo runs!!!

First 'run'

Anyone on Strava?

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