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After too many months and a 10K race in between

So I hate not finishing things, I restarted c25k in January after nearly a year of doing anything but, ran my first 10K in March and last week actually...

So I hate not finishing things, I restarted c25k in January after nearly a year ...

Motiv8me1978

Graduate•5 years ago

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First run down...

Watching the london marathon today and recently ive been trying to go to the gym but have no motivation but when i heard them mention couch to 5k app i...

Watching the london marathon today and recently ive been trying to go to the gym...

Junkfoodlover

•5 years ago

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C 25k literally!

Hi All, I’ve just completed wk 6 ! I got an email about a local 5/10k which is happening at the end of my wk 9 ! So Ive decided I’m going to enter!!! As o said...

Hi All, I’ve just completed wk 6 ! I got an email about a local 5/10k which is h...

Sammy-Lou

•5 years ago

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Time to get fit

Completed run 1 week 1😩 I found it difficult but I want to stick at it and get fitter

Completed run 1 week 1😩 I found it difficult but I want to stick at it and get ...

tropicana

•5 years ago

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The big 60!

I have just celebrated my 60th birthday and have decided that it’s now or never if I’m going to start on the road to fitness. I am 2 stone overweight and am...

I have just celebrated my 60th birthday and have decided that it’s now or never ...

Erin11

Graduate•5 years ago

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App and podcast keep stopping

Hi... Just wondered if anyone has any problems with the programme cutting out mid run? I have been using the android app but have never completed a run without...

Hi... Just wondered if anyone has any problems with the programme cutting out mi...

Swanage73

•5 years ago

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My first full 5k! Run Balmoral :-)

I'm absolutely thrilled to have done the 5k Run Balmoral race yesterday. I graduated in February then caught a really nasty cold, then cough, then hurt my foot...

I'm absolutely thrilled to have done the 5k Run Balmoral race yesterday. I gradu...

orcadia

Graduate•5 years ago

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W2R3 Done!

Yay! Week 2 done. Looking forward to next week. All good.

Satfod

•5 years ago

1 Reply

A little about me!

Complete beginner! Wanting to get fit, lose weight and be a healthier version of me!

Complete beginner! Wanting to get fit, lose weight and be a healthier version of...

Spud85

•5 years ago

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W8R3 complete and a new PB! 😆

Feeling sooooooo over the moon!! My C25K journey has been a bit staggered due to various injuries/accidents/illnesses, I think I’ve completed W6 about 15 times...

Feeling sooooooo over the moon!! My C25K journey has been a bit staggered due to...

hillyq

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Motivation Need

Need to get fit and lose weight ! Help !

Fishpie

•5 years ago

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HOBBLE

We'll the ankle is feeling a lot better after a weeks rest. I'm hoping to start and finish 🏁 week nine this coming week👌. Looking forward to the challenge.

We'll the ankle is feeling a lot better after a weeks rest. I'm hoping to start ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Any tips?

Hi all, I’m on W3R3 of C25K and - strangely - I’m enjoying it so far! Just wondered if any of you are doing this with a back problem/sciatica and if you have...

Hi all, I’m on W3R3 of C25K and - strangely - I’m enjoying it so far! Just wonde...

Mollybloom1

Graduate•5 years ago

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2nd go at couch to 5k

Week 3 run 3 done 😀

Rona21

•5 years ago

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Help needed!

Two days ago somehow managed to injure my foot whilst forest walking on holiday. Assuming a bruised heel as can hardly walk on it. Nothing broken and no...

Two days ago somehow managed to injure my foot whilst forest walking on holiday....

Snailspace03

Graduate•5 years ago

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Any tips?

Hi all, I’m on W3R3 of C25k and - surprisingly - enjoying it so far! Just wondered if any of you are attempting it with back problems/sciatica and, if so, any...

Hi all, I’m on W3R3 of C25k and - surprisingly - enjoying it so far! Just wonder...

Mollybloom1

Graduate•5 years ago

1 Reply

Help!!

W5R3 The app shows the run, but Sarah Millican repeats week 3!! Help?! Where can I get support to correct this? If I restart the app I will lose my progress 😢

W5R3 The app shows the run, but Sarah Millican repeats week 3!! Help?! Where ca...

Bustersrunbuddy

Graduate•5 years ago

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Week 9!

It didn’t feel very easy, but I did it!

Pinkpig20

Graduate•5 years ago

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Stuck

I got up to week 7 run 2 and it was going really well, then I injured what I thought was my knee, 3 weeks later after seeing physio I have been told that it’s...

I got up to week 7 run 2 and it was going really well, then I injured what I tho...

JW001

Graduate•5 years ago

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Just finished my running W5R1

I’ve just completed W5R1 as last week I had a week of due to the bank holiday and now this run was a challenge I thought but actually doing it wasn’t as hard...

I’ve just completed W5R1 as last week I had a week of due to the bank holiday an...

Kevtrev

•5 years ago

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Tips for transitioning

Hi I’ve just graduated from the C25k and am quite a new runner please can you suggest any tips or podcasts to go forward with? And I really respond to the...

Hi I’ve just graduated from the C25k and am quite a new runner please can you su...

emmat7

•5 years ago

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Week 4 Run 1

Ughhh and yay! I was really apprehensive about this week, so much so I did week 3 twice 😬 But, it's a grey miserable Sunday, woke up on the wrong side of bed,...

Ughhh and yay! I was really apprehensive about this week, so much so I did week ...

Need_hot_coffee

•5 years ago

10 Replies

Here I go

Hi I have reached 55 and my daughter has just entered the London Marathon ballot so I felt I need to get moving

Hi I have reached 55 and my daughter has just entered the London Marathon ballot...

Technowitch

•5 years ago

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Week 6 done and dusted!

I was really apprehensive about Week 6, especially Run 3 with what seems like a big step up to running 25 minutes non-stop. But I have done it and I feel like...

I was really apprehensive about Week 6, especially Run 3 with what seems like a ...

Debston

Graduate•5 years ago

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Coming back from hols... W4 help.

Hi all, I am returning back from holidays, I had 12 days away in Peru. My last run was W4R1, I’m wondering if I should repeat that run or try the last run in...

Hi all, I am returning back from holidays, I had 12 days away in Peru. My last r...

JaoJao

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Did it

Completed week 9 run 3 last evening. Onward and upwards. I am not very young and my daughter made me do the programme - I have frequently cursed her over the...

Completed week 9 run 3 last evening. Onward and upwards. I am not very young and...

Toonman

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Turned a corner

Week 1 run 3 completed was stuggling up to my 4th run then all of a sudden breathing got easier and legs felt like they had a bit more life in them. Fingers...

Week 1 run 3 completed was stuggling up to my 4th run then all of a sudden breat...

Overweightmalenurse

•5 years ago

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Proud nana is proud 👍

Grandsprocket really seemed to enjoy his first time at Junior Parkrun, though running past the playground (twice) was almost too much for him - he’s only 4 -...

Grandsprocket really seemed to enjoy his first time at Junior Parkrun, though ru...

Maddee_6333

Graduate•5 years ago

7 Replies

Hello all

Hello, I've been a bit poorly over last summer I am okay but I wasn't able to exercise much, I lost so much weight I was wearing a size 6 shirt (I'm normally a...

Hello, I've been a bit poorly over last summer I am okay but I wasn't able to ex...

Gonnabtough

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Inspiring Guardian article

This is a great article and inspiring for anyone who struggles with their mental health. I know that I took up running to try and ease stresses. 😊...

This is a great article and inspiring for anyone who struggles with their mental...

Glitterjav

Graduate•5 years ago

2 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for April 2019

After too many months and a 10K race in between

First run down...

C 25k literally!

Time to get fit

The big 60!

App and podcast keep stopping

My first full 5k! Run Balmoral :-)

W2R3 Done!

A little about me!

W8R3 complete and a new PB! 😆

Motivation Need

HOBBLE

Any tips?

2nd go at couch to 5k

Help needed!

Any tips?

Help!!

Week 9!

Stuck

Just finished my running W5R1

Tips for transitioning

Week 4 Run 1

Here I go

Week 6 done and dusted!

Coming back from hols... W4 help.

Did it

Turned a corner

Proud nana is proud 👍

Hello all

Inspiring Guardian article

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