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W9r2 done! Yaaaay!!

Having graduated back in 2017 - injuries and then life slowed me down. A couple of months ago I went back to the start and I’m so excited to have now reached...

Having graduated back in 2017 - injuries and then life slowed me down. A couple ...

Biddy62

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 6 Run 3 sorted!

Got through the 25 min run this morning. Not to bad a time doing it either, apart from one of those brain demons trying to tell me at the 20 minute point that...

Got through the 25 min run this morning. Not to bad a time doing it either, apar...

Bassman999

Graduate•6 years ago

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Wk5 R2 in the bag

Two lots of 8 minute runs polished off. Week 5 Run 3 to come - it's the BIG one. first of the programme that's all running - 20 minutes! I wonder how many...

Two lots of 8 minute runs polished off. Week 5 Run 3 to come - it's the BIG one....

Hidden

•6 years ago

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parkrun no. 1 done!!

I have been a long term parkrun lurker for a long time. A brilliant volunteer organisation doing great things. Didn't want to run until I could run 5k. So I...

I have been a long term parkrun lurker for a long time. A brilliant volunteer or...

steviej99

Graduate•6 years ago

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W7R1 Fail!

Just come back from a much abreviated W7R1 😒 It's been a week since my last run which I found hard but manageable. I just couldn't get into it today. My...

Just come back from a much abreviated W7R1 😒 It's been a week since my last run...

Spaghettilegs

•6 years ago

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week 8 run 2 and parkrun

Used parkrun this morning for week 8 run. It was very muddy and slippery, surprised I didn't fall over or twist something. Graduation is getting closer but...

Used parkrun this morning for week 8 run. It was very muddy and slippery, surpr...

Jalk

•6 years ago

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First Parkrun-Not

I've been working towards this - one of my challenges. Finished C25K three weeks ago and have been completing consolidating runs 3 times a week since. So,...

I've been working towards this - one of my challenges. Finished C25K three weeks...

Pemberly

Graduate•6 years ago

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My first parkrun: very proud...

...so I had a little cry! Chose the flattest I could find near to me and ran with a friend who was a star and chatted to me all the way round, including...

...so I had a little cry! Chose the flattest I could find near to me and ran wit...

molly1973

Graduate•6 years ago

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W7R3: third time lucky 😁

I first ran this last Monday but had to stop after 21 minutes with a painful right calf. Tried again on Wednesday but stopped after 11 minutes with more pain....

I first ran this last Monday but had to stop after 21 minutes with a painful rig...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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W3r1

So glad I got up and went out today. Felt like quite a jump from last week. But I did it!!!!

So glad I got up and went out today. Felt like quite a jump from last week. But ...

CateBlack

•6 years ago

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Completed week 3

I honestly can’t believe I have made it this far! Today was a first, due to party season I missed a run day on Wednesday so had to do Thursday and then...

I honestly can’t believe I have made it this far! Today was a first, due to part...

E27M14

Graduate•6 years ago

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W3r3 pacing mishap...

I was reminded today of how improvement is not a smooth upward trajectory. Today’s run was a juddering descent. I was a bit snotty this morning but up for it....

I was reminded today of how improvement is not a smooth upward trajectory. Today...

ktsok

Graduate•6 years ago

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W9R2

Penultimate run of the programme: check! Furthest distance (by 0.04 of a mile!😂) and felt ok despite starting with an achey ankle and a headache. Fingers...

Penultimate run of the programme: check! Furthest distance (by 0.04 of a mile!😂...

musicalpolarbear

Graduate•6 years ago

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Congraduation!! Whoop whoop!

I have just finished my last run! Yay! Never did I think it possible.... what a fabulous programme 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️...now to improve my time! Thank you everyone...

I have just finished my last run! Yay! Never did I think it possible.... what a ...

Dillyseesee

Graduate•6 years ago

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Back after around a month

So I appear have slowed to a stop after some foot pain, a 2 week cold and December social season. Got to the beginning of week 9 late November which may have...

So I appear have slowed to a stop after some foot pain, a 2 week cold and Decemb...

giraffe_me

Graduate•6 years ago

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Graduated 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I have completed C25K and it feels amazing. Thank you everyone for your support there have been bad days and flipping great days and I am now a runner. So...

I have completed C25K and it feels amazing. Thank you everyone for your suppor...

Pinkybee

Graduate•6 years ago

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I run for my mood. Do you?

Years ago I tried running regularly, initially HIIT and down the line couch to 5k, but I really had to force myself to do it and could never stick to it for...

Years ago I tried running regularly, initially HIIT and down the line couch to 5...

Cinnamon_

•6 years ago

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diet or healthy eating plan

Has anybody started a diet or health plan that works well combined to couch to 5k

Has anybody started a diet or health plan that works well combined to couch to 5...

Fatfrog

•6 years ago

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walking or running ?

at the run for 28 mins stage now, week eight . My question is about what exactly constitutes "running" i have managed to tackle each week, but even though I...

at the run for 28 mins stage now, week eight . My question is about what exactly...

trapeze

•6 years ago

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I have graduated !!!!

Well after 8 weeks I started at week 2, I did everything Laura told me to. I have graduated x I can’t tell you how proud of me that I am. I have been on and...

Well after 8 weeks I started at week 2, I did everything Laura told me to. I hav...

Jppjpaula

Graduate•6 years ago

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Struggled on W7R3

I really really found this tough today, almost to the point of giving up... but I didn’t! I’m going to repeat the run on Sunday and start W8 on Xmas Day. I...

I really really found this tough today, almost to the point of giving up... but ...

Pollyanna24

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 6

Week 6 complete it was hard the last 5 minutes slightly uphill was a tester

Homer111

•6 years ago

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W6

I’ve decided to start w6 on Sunday. Wanted to start it on Christmas Day, but managed w5r3 so well I can’t miss a run on Sunday!! Still struggling to believe I...

I’ve decided to start w6 on Sunday. Wanted to start it on Christmas Day, but man...

Shelley2310

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 7 Complete

Completed W7 and feeling even better about it having received a call from the GP to say my thyroid is under active. There was me thinking the running was...

Completed W7 and feeling even better about it having received a call from the GP...

Dixie65

Graduate•6 years ago

1 Reply

Week Six Run 2

Well I did it. It might have looked more like Mo from The Three Stooges than Mo Farah, but both feet left the ground and I followed Sanjiv’s instructions....

Well I did it. It might have looked more like Mo from The Three Stooges than M...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Tips to build distance and speed please?

Hi all. Today I did week 9 run 1. I only managed 3.6km in the half hour. I’d appreciate any advice on how to improve, my speed is obviously really really...

Hi all. Today I did week 9 run 1. I only managed 3.6km in the half hour. I’d ...

Lynnys74r

Graduate•6 years ago

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Week 3 - still going

Just finished W3 R2 and so thank you to those who responded to me weird wrist and arm pain that I posted about. Today was much bette asI tried to follow the...

Just finished W3 R2 and so thank you to those who responded to me weird wrist an...

mafee

Graduate•6 years ago

1 Reply

Merry Christmas

Well decided I'm going to do Park Run on Christmas morning and do a Boxing Day shuffle with my mid week run group, burn a few Xmas Day calories. Have a...

Well decided I'm going to do Park Run on Christmas morning and do a Boxing Day s...

Piglet7969

Graduate•6 years ago

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PCOS PERIODS & RUNNING.

Today I started week 4, run 1. It was a new kind of challenge for me in so many ways as I've started my period. It's also a few days early, which is new to me...

Today I started week 4, run 1. It was a new kind of challenge for me in so many ...

BirdyRose

•6 years ago

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Alzheimer’s Challenge - The Last Leg - Anyone Want To Run It?

Hi all you lovely people. I just wanted to update you on where I am with this. I now have about 17kms to run and my very last run will be on Christmas Eve at...

Hi all you lovely people. I just wanted to update you on where I am with this. ...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for December 2018

W9r2 done! Yaaaay!!

Week 6 Run 3 sorted!

Wk5 R2 in the bag

parkrun no. 1 done!!

W7R1 Fail!

week 8 run 2 and parkrun

First Parkrun-Not

My first parkrun: very proud...

W7R3: third time lucky 😁

W3r1

Completed week 3

W3r3 pacing mishap...

W9R2

Congraduation!! Whoop whoop!

Back after around a month

Graduated 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I run for my mood. Do you?

diet or healthy eating plan

walking or running ?

I have graduated !!!!

Struggled on W7R3

Week 6

W6

Week 7 Complete

Week Six Run 2

Tips to build distance and speed please?

Week 3 - still going

Merry Christmas

PCOS PERIODS & RUNNING.

Alzheimer’s Challenge - The Last Leg - Anyone Want To Run It?

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