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Couch to 5K

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Advice

I been advised to cut my running down to twice a week with more time spent in the gym I try do to 5k runs a week not sure what to do advise please

I been advised to cut my running down to twice a week with more time spent in th...

Garden17

•6 years ago

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W5r1 done

A longer warm up for this one I thought, managed it, definitely breathing harder for the last 5mins but got there none the less.

A longer warm up for this one I thought, managed it, definitely breathing harder...

Daddyp

•6 years ago

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So nearly there....

Finished week 8 just now after a hard day at work. Went ok. Three runs to go and I'm there. Can't wait.

Finished week 8 just now after a hard day at work. Went ok. Three runs to go and...

Jules121

Graduate•6 years ago

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Is W5 R3...

Really hard? Seems like a big jump...not sure I will be able to do it any advise ?

Really hard? Seems like a big jump...not sure I will be able to do it any advise...

Simba77

Graduate•6 years ago

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Forced into another running break

Worked up this morning with what felt like muscular pain on the top of my foot close to the ankle but didn’t think anything of it. Went to the gym body pump...

Worked up this morning with what felt like muscular pain on the top of my foot c...

AngryFlower

Graduate•6 years ago

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Running with OA in hips

Hello! I am new here, just joined! I was recently diagnosed with moderate to severe OA in the hips / my left one is the one that aches all of the time, but I...

Hello! I am new here, just joined! I was recently diagnosed with moderate to s...

dmsosa76

•6 years ago

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W4R3 What do you listen to when you’re out running?

That’s another week completed and some more to think about. I find myself thinking about upcoming runs and there are parts of them that I really like. I...

That’s another week completed and some more to think about. I find myself thin...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Too much Tech just slowed up the start!

I decided to set Strava up to follow my W8R1 today. With my C25k app, my music and fiddling about trying to co-ordinate them all starting together and keeping...

I decided to set Strava up to follow my W8R1 today. With my C25k app, my music a...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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W1R2 - enjoyed it

Felt really good mentally ! Enjoyed the run.. My hips and thighs and shins were aching after starting my first 60 seconds which was a little annoying.. And...

Felt really good mentally ! Enjoyed the run.. My hips and thighs and shins were...

DanStoke1

•6 years ago

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First 2 runs

Hi. Just completed second run of first week. Aerobicaly ok but my legs.... Will it get easier for them as I go on?

Hi. Just completed second run of first week. Aerobicaly ok but my legs.... Will ...

Poll-dam

•6 years ago

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Week 2, run 1

Wow, that was hard...took me back to how I felt after run 1 of Week 1 in that I'm purple faced again and rolling my eyes when the app tells me I have a run...

Wow, that was hard...took me back to how I felt after run 1 of Week 1 in that I'...

Newbie2018

•6 years ago

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Paddling is OK too

Unashamedly pointing out that I am having a lovely holiday, taken the time out to have a paddle up and down the beach, it's all exercise right? Think I have...

Unashamedly pointing out that I am having a lovely holiday, taken the time out t...

Berksrover

Graduate•6 years ago

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Should I be upset...

At the fact that, despite my being very proud that I upped my brisk walk to 4km/h today, MyFitness Pal still logs it as “walking leisurely pace”?! My run is...

At the fact that, despite my being very proud that I upped my brisk walk to 4km/...

Pickles1234

•6 years ago

10 Replies

Opportunity for a Group Hug?

I'm sure many of you have seen this from one of the sponsors of the Parkrun organisation:...

I'm sure many of you have seen this from one of the sponsors of the Parkrun orga...

theoldfellow

•6 years ago

1 Reply

Knee ouch

Was outlast night , one knee giving me bother I got support bandage today so still hoping to get out tomorrow, I’ve never had an issue in past .....

Was outlast night , one knee giving me bother I got support bandage today so sti...

Cuig1975

•6 years ago

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W3 R1 complete.....but soooo hungry!

Absolutely chuffed to manage week 3 Run 2 with relative ease. However I am usually and evening or weekend runner but today decided to set my alarm for 5am (I...

Absolutely chuffed to manage week 3 Run 2 with relative ease. However I am usu...

JaneyB311

•6 years ago

6 Replies

smashed

w6r2 done bring on r3 25 mins

paul1960

Graduate•6 years ago

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Adios week 7!

I always think what to write for my title as I run, I’m glad I vetoed ‘wet & wild afternoon’ and stuck with the usual boring description! 😜 but I have come...

I always think what to write for my title as I run, I’m glad I vetoed ‘wet & wil...

Marcia-H

Graduate•6 years ago

17 Replies

Getting going

So having started the couch to 5k again I am 1 run off completing my first week. :)

So having started the couch to 5k again I am 1 run off completing my first week....

Happyrunningfeet

Graduate•6 years ago

7 Replies

5Kw6r2

Hi, just joined the community and getting ready to go out for my week 6 run 2 later this afternoon. Thanks to the app and Jo Whiley I am beginning to feel like...

Hi, just joined the community and getting ready to go out for my week 6 run 2 la...

Dragonflies

Graduate•6 years ago

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Never saw the point in running

I am a musician and has spent my life not seeing the point of running. I've seen some friends who it has really benefited.. so I thought I'd give it a go. I...

I am a musician and has spent my life not seeing the point of running. I've seen...

DoozerMcDooze

Graduate•6 years ago

7 Replies

Encouraged - thank you !

Thank you all for your encouragement - will keep posting progress!! 😊

Gofit

Graduate•6 years ago

1 Reply

Let me start the month again

Yesterday, I succumbed to this weird sore throat thing that my husband brought home with him for his holiday, and spent more time asleep and/or feeling sorry...

Yesterday, I succumbed to this weird sore throat thing that my husband brought h...

Maddee_6333

Graduate•6 years ago

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I did it!!!

I bloody did it, I was so worried! I thought I wouldn’t run the full 8minutes as I didn’t quite manage it with run 1, but I push through the aches and sores...

I bloody did it, I was so worried! I thought I wouldn’t run the full 8minutes as...

Amylouise2205

•6 years ago

8 Replies

I don’t do cold 😂

Just completed my first week on couch to 5k I don’t like the cold so will a treadmill do just the same as running outside

Just completed my first week on couch to 5k I don’t like the cold so will a trea...

Mandapanda1970

•6 years ago

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Week 6 run 2

Just did week 6 run 2 - second 10 Min run was very tough!! So glad that’s done!!!

Just did week 6 run 2 - second 10 Min run was very tough!! So glad that’s done!!...

jen2708

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Week 1 Second Run

WOW, that was a lot easier because I had music in the background. Someight think it strange, but I had ABBA on in the background as most of their songs have a...

WOW, that was a lot easier because I had music in the background. Someight think...

BlueCal52

Graduate•6 years ago

4 Replies

W4R2 - Need to pull it back

So no tech calamities this time thankfully :D Knees were pretty stiff for the first run and a half (Probably again because of a 5 mile walk yesterday). First...

So no tech calamities this time thankfully :D Knees were pretty stiff for the f...

sHAYM4N

Graduate•6 years ago

7 Replies

My poor legs😩

So today is w1r2 but my poor legs, I am dying in pain😩 I have to drop my son off to nursery for 12 and I go straight to the gym from there. I have done so...

So today is w1r2 but my poor legs, I am dying in pain😩 I have to drop my son of...

Amylouise2205

•6 years ago

3 Replies

W4 completed second time round

Or is it third? I've started and had to stop the programme a few times. Anyway, I still forgot one of the lessons I learned that having cereal for breakfast...

Or is it third? I've started and had to stop the programme a few times. Anyway...

Now-runner_NeedsAttn

Graduate•6 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for October 2018

Advice

W5r1 done

So nearly there....

Is W5 R3...

Forced into another running break

Running with OA in hips

W4R3 What do you listen to when you’re out running?

Too much Tech just slowed up the start!

W1R2 - enjoyed it

First 2 runs

Week 2, run 1

Paddling is OK too

Should I be upset...

Opportunity for a Group Hug?

Knee ouch

W3 R1 complete.....but soooo hungry!

smashed

Adios week 7!

Getting going

5Kw6r2

Never saw the point in running

Encouraged - thank you !

Let me start the month again

I did it!!!

I don’t do cold 😂

Week 6 run 2

Week 1 Second Run

W4R2 - Need to pull it back

My poor legs😩

W4 completed second time round

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