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App definitely glitches

Hi, I just wanted anyone on week 8 to know- the app definitely stops by itself on run 1 and 2, I have tried it a couple of times. Between the warm and the...

Hi, I just wanted anyone on week 8 to know- the app definitely stops by itself ...

Laura4fit

•4 years ago

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I start tomorrow!

Tomorrow I will start with a 1 mile walk to the station for my commute!

Gers1872

•4 years ago

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Sadie-runs recommends...

Hello lovely running fiends, I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying your runs? Me: I am getting out three times a week, and although very much...

Hello lovely running fiends, I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying you...

Sadie-runs

Graduate•4 years ago

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Got my week 1 run 3 tomorow

Got my week 1 run 3 tomroow but don't think be doing it as my right leg is so sore my muscle back of my leg my calf and my ankle was a little sore this morning...

Got my week 1 run 3 tomroow but don't think be doing it as my right leg is so so...

Mattlad91

•4 years ago

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Lazy

I have just started couch to 5k I am 60 and lazy tried doing it myself but it didn’t work so download the app which is better I have just done my second one...

I have just started couch to 5k I am 60 and lazy tried doing it myself but it di...

Beginnings

Graduate•4 years ago

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Fitness level feels very up and down

Hi, I’m up to week 5 of the app and finding some days I’m really strong and some days I struggle. Can I ask is everyone sticking to the rest day in between?...

Hi, I’m up to week 5 of the app and finding some days I’m really strong and some...

vck-newton

•4 years ago

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WK3 R3 ✔️

Week 3 done and I’m feeling great, actually wanted to start the next running segment... enthusiasm which might go as quick as it arrived when I embark on next...

Week 3 done and I’m feeling great, actually wanted to start the next running seg...

Mar1a

•4 years ago

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Am I up to W5R3...?

Somehow I managed to do W5R2 just now but it seemed a big step to go from 5 mins at a time (W5R1) to this. Can one *really* manage a whole 20 mins next time?...

Somehow I managed to do W5R2 just now but it seemed a big step to go from 5 mins...

palestrina

Graduate•4 years ago

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Runkeeper app fail!

Just completed my best run so far and had the runkeeper app open in the background of my phone but forgot to press start! Does anyone know if there’s any...

Just completed my best run so far and had the runkeeper app open in the backgrou...

Jkm123

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 6 run 3

Just finished week 6 run 3 and actually enjoyed running in the wind and rain! Found it so much easier than the others in the heat. Sarah Millican just told me...

Just finished week 6 run 3 and actually enjoyed running in the wind and rain! Fo...

Jkm123

Graduate•4 years ago

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W6R3 ✅

What a sense of achievement this morning. Cold and windy but I made it. Can’t say I’m enjoying the actual running, but define got a buzz when I’d finished. I...

What a sense of achievement this morning. Cold and windy but I made it. Can’t sa...

MMP175

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 4 smashed 😁

I’ve just finished week 4, legs get tired towards the last few minutes but I keep pushing through and completed all of the runs so think I’m ready for week 5....

I’ve just finished week 4, legs get tired towards the last few minutes but I kee...

Needtoslim

Graduate•4 years ago

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W5R1 did it!

Can’t believe I did it! I always find the first bit of the run the hardest, and my knee is niggling a bit, but did it! And on the last run I probably could...

Can’t believe I did it! I always find the first bit of the run the hardest, and ...

Bloomsbury22

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 7 run 1 done! Miracles do happen!

When I (57, not run since school) started C25K I could never have imagined running for 25 mins nonstop but now I’ve done it (twice with week 6 run 3) and...

When I (57, not run since school) started C25K I could never have imagined runni...

Juno10

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 4 Run 3

Woke up today feeling knackered, the kids have been so full on this week and not been sleeping well. Anyhow I got straight out for my run, it was a struggle...

Woke up today feeling knackered, the kids have been so full on this week and not...

WirralPhil

•4 years ago

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Week 8 Run 1 done 😃

Can’t believe I have managed to run for 28 minutes when just a few weeks ago 1 minute was hard. I am doing this with my son whilst we are working from home and...

Can’t believe I have managed to run for 28 minutes when just a few weeks ago 1 m...

Jak66

Graduate•4 years ago

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7k yesterday

Ran 7 k yesterday in a hour but today o boy I am paying for it tight chest sweating and tied think I over done it but loved doing it trying to reach 10 k

Ran 7 k yesterday in a hour but today o boy I am paying for it tight chest sweat...

mandy167

•4 years ago

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Cold from the North!!! - Week 7 completed

The strong wind/cold/rain in my face and a fall is NOT what I ordered for completion of my Week 7!!! Running for 25 min is hard without this kind of top-ups!!!...

The strong wind/cold/rain in my face and a fall is NOT what I ordered for comple...

Blackshoe76

Graduate•4 years ago

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W6R3...first 5k in the bag!

Ok, I ran for 26.5 minutes, but as I was at 4.7k after 25mins, I thought I may as well carry on and go for the 5k. Very pleased with my time of 26.34 for my...

Ok, I ran for 26.5 minutes, but as I was at 4.7k after 25mins, I thought I may a...

jcflash

Graduate•4 years ago

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Completed

Hi, I cannot believe I have completed this programme today!!!! From completing my cancer treatment to starting this a few weeks later .... I could not run at...

Hi, I cannot believe I have completed this programme today!!!! From completing m...

apps1806

Graduate•4 years ago

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WEEK 9 RUN 3 - 😀

Am I the only one to find the constant reminders about how long left, unhelpful on the 30 min runs! Anyway all done - survived - tendonitis - a distant memory!...

Am I the only one to find the constant reminders about how long left, unhelpful ...

Mac-1

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 6 complete ✅

So I’ve just finished the final run of W6! Feels pretty good to have run 25 minutes without stopping, when 6 weeks ago I struggled with 1 minute. I managed...

So I’ve just finished the final run of W6! Feels pretty good to have run 25 minu...

emilyb95

Graduate•4 years ago

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If you don’t succeed.......

Keep going! I just got up and decided to go first thing so I heeded the advice given - upped my water intake and stretched properly before I repeated my week 3...

Keep going! I just got up and decided to go first thing so I heeded the advice g...

Dreambird

Graduate•4 years ago

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Wk6 run 2 done

My hamstrings feel very tight. I do a good stretch after my run so what else can I do ? My daughter is a sport massage therapist ,she lives at home but we...

My hamstrings feel very tight. I do a good stretch after my run so what else can...

Jillb141

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 5 run 3 complete

Over the moon, can’t believe I’ve just been able to do that run. First ten minutes were harder than the second. It just proves it’s a psychological block not...

Over the moon, can’t believe I’ve just been able to do that run. First ten minut...

I-love-glitter

•4 years ago

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Bye-bye intervals 👋🏼, back to the longer runs again 😊 and a personal thank you to our wonderful NHS 🌈💖

It's been a bit of a crazy time in our house since my last post and I have lost track of which day it is several times. Returning to normality this morning...

It's been a bit of a crazy time in our house since my last post and I have lost ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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W5R3 done, yay

Great feeling to do today's run as I knew this one pushes the bar up a bit. Jo let me know when I'd done 5 minutes, so I thought to myself 'you can do 5 mins...

Great feeling to do today's run as I knew this one pushes the bar up a bit. Jo ...

ChubbyJawa

Graduate•4 years ago

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25 Minutes!!!

‪#Couchto5K Week 6 Run 3. Did 25 minutes non stop (albeit v slow). Couldn’t have done it a few weeks back. Music for this week has to be @PSB_HQ and Spitfire...

‪#Couchto5K Week 6 Run 3. Did 25 minutes non stop (albeit v slow). Couldn’t have...

ExpatMorrisonian

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 4 run 1

I did it!! Ive been dreading this big jump in running. I posted a few weeks ago about my asthma, ive never been able to run more than a few mins without being...

I did it!! Ive been dreading this big jump in running. I posted a few weeks ago ...

Ash1985

•4 years ago

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Help

Hi Im new to c25k week 1 run 3. I am really struggling with the breathing and am only jogging for about 40 seconds does it get any easier?

Hi Im new to c25k week 1 run 3. I am really struggling with the breathing and am...

Kittenx

•4 years ago

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Couch to 5K

All posts for May 2020

App definitely glitches

I start tomorrow!

Sadie-runs recommends...

Got my week 1 run 3 tomorow

Lazy

Fitness level feels very up and down

WK3 R3 ✔️

Am I up to W5R3...?

Runkeeper app fail!

Week 6 run 3

W6R3 ✅

Week 4 smashed 😁

W5R1 did it!

Week 7 run 1 done! Miracles do happen!

Week 4 Run 3

Week 8 Run 1 done 😃

7k yesterday

Cold from the North!!! - Week 7 completed

W6R3...first 5k in the bag!

Completed

WEEK 9 RUN 3 - 😀

Week 6 complete ✅

If you don’t succeed.......

Wk6 run 2 done

Week 5 run 3 complete

Bye-bye intervals 👋🏼, back to the longer runs again 😊 and a personal thank you to our wonderful NHS 🌈💖

W5R3 done, yay

25 Minutes!!!

Week 4 run 1

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