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Help with timing and distance

Being a complete luddite I'm not sure what sort of watch or app I should be looking to have when I want to time my runs and see how far I have run. I know I'm...

Being a complete luddite I'm not sure what sort of watch or app I should be look...

mmp30

Graduate•4 years ago

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Getting back to running by starting at the very beginning .... walking!

Had some strange feeling in my body for 21 days every night had a heart rate of 130 bpm at 02h00, I feel much better, to get back into things I am walking 1 km...

Had some strange feeling in my body for 21 days every night had a heart rate of ...

martinhermanus

•4 years ago

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What is the 'Graduation badge' ?

i keep seeing messages about the graduation badge. i realise i'm a bit premature here haha 😂but what is it ? is it the word 'Graduate' next to your name or...

i keep seeing messages about the graduation badge. i realise i'm a bit premature...

Instructor57

Graduate•4 years ago

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Dual Sports Day!

Exercise is starting to become addictive! Just need to sort out the diet! 🐷 A nice sociable ride with my friend & a consistent 5k +, after! Burnt some...

Exercise is starting to become addictive! Just need to sort out the diet! 🐷 A n...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Week3Run3 getting easier

Completed last run of week 3. Jogging is getting easier i found but my legs shoot some kind of pain from time to time. Will need a bit of stretching..Feeling...

Completed last run of week 3. Jogging is getting easier i found but my legs shoo...

Sabrina77

Graduate•4 years ago

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W6R3

Was not looking to this run. Was seriously flagging after 10 mins and when I had to stop to sort a shoelace, was so going to stop. But I didn’t and somehow...

Was not looking to this run. Was seriously flagging after 10 mins and when I had...

Pollyanna24

Graduate•4 years ago

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JUNE 2020 GRADUATION BADGE POST PART 2......THIS IS WHERE YOU GET YOUR BADGE

★ EDIT: This post is now closed to comments because the latest Graduation Badge post is available! Please go to the Pinned Posts page to find it:...

★ EDIT: This post is now closed to comments because the latest Graduation Badge ...

IannodaTruffe

Mentor•4 years ago

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W8 R3 - all the stars aligned, even 🐢’s came

Everything seemed to fall in place today. It was warm but with a gentle breeze, I’d had a great nights sleep and woke up refreshed and felt ready to meet...

Everything seemed to fall in place today. It was warm but with a gentle breeze...

Reliclullaby

Graduate•4 years ago

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New trainers! Reward for completing 4weeks

Finally got a gait analysis done at Up & Running. The assistant was really nice and videod my running on a tread mill, she could see my ankles were going...

Finally got a gait analysis done at Up & Running. The assistant was really nice ...

f1madman

Graduate•4 years ago

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Annoyed - Injured already?

Hi All Just limped home from W2R3 Completed 4 running sections but had to stop due to pain in my left calf or just below it. So annoyed!! When I started...

Hi All Just limped home from W2R3 Completed 4 running sections but had to stop d...

Fat2Fit79

•4 years ago

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Stuck! Week 6

So was doing really great up to week 5. Got to week 5 Run 3 and was so pleased that it went so well. Repeated it a couple of days later because I could. Week 6...

So was doing really great up to week 5. Got to week 5 Run 3 and was so pleased t...

Surprisedrunner

•4 years ago

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Final run this morning - I've really enjoyed the programme

As it was my 60th Birthday in April, I thought it would be a good idea to do C25K. Other than suffering a cold around half way through (I only missed 6 days)...

As it was my 60th Birthday in April, I thought it would be a good idea to do C25...

Wakeytyke

Graduate•4 years ago

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Struggling week 6???

Finished week 5 felt great, went out to do run wk6 run1 on Monday really struggled had to stop a couple of times, but it was really really hot, the re ran it...

Finished week 5 felt great, went out to do run wk6 run1 on Monday really struggl...

J111eth

•4 years ago

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Ok to run after heart attack

My brother, who’s 51 had a heart attack last year. I told him about Couchto5k and he wants to know if it’ll be safe? He cycles and is ok with that.

My brother, who’s 51 had a heart attack last year. I told him about Couchto5k an...

Mitchm77

•4 years ago

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Another week

A 20 minute gentle run, a 30 minute run just to make sure I still can, and a 40 minute run just to make absolutely sure 😂 Finally twigged this is for me....

A 20 minute gentle run, a 30 minute run just to make sure I still can, and a 40 ...

FreedomToRun

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 5 run 3

A couple of week ago I wrote on here how scared I was to do week 4. I have just completed week 5. Can’t believe I ran for 20 minutes without any stopping! The...

A couple of week ago I wrote on here how scared I was to do week 4. I have just ...

Allstar1975

Graduate•4 years ago

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Educating Enid - Dance on the Summer Solstice!

My inner ego, Enid, needed little encouragement when reading that tonight is the Summer Solstice and that we should wear yellow and dance outside. Dance is a...

My inner ego, Enid, needed little encouragement when reading that tonight is the...

Nilsam

Graduate•4 years ago

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Rest day activity

Is it OK to do a bike ride in my C25K rest days?

Buzzybeeze

Graduate•4 years ago

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What’s your jam?

I don’t mean your favourite song, or even the one you listen to the most, but what is the song that just makes you feel like “yeah, I got this” when you’re...

I don’t mean your favourite song, or even the one you listen to the most, but wh...

Runner_P

Graduate•4 years ago

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First week done!

Not going to lie that did not feel easy, averaged 3km on each walk/run, whenever tried in the past always suffered shin splints but this time invested in some...

Not going to lie that did not feel easy, averaged 3km on each walk/run, whenever...

Garysmith

•4 years ago

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Bit more challenging today

Just finished W4R3 - felt a bit harder on the legs. I'm putting this down to having to occasionally speed up to get past folks on the cycle path which was...

Just finished W4R3 - felt a bit harder on the legs. I'm putting this down to hav...

Whippetywhip

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 8, run 3 done - can't believe next week's the final one!

It's been 11 days since my first post on here. I can't believe next week's the last week of the programme! I've found the last 2 weeks' runs challenging, but...

It's been 11 days since my first post on here. I can't believe next week's the l...

mummyrunner79

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 5 Run 3 - hard and suffering with sprains and strains

Any advice from those who have been there and done this? I've come back from a second attempt and whilst I can run longer than previously, I certainly can't do...

Any advice from those who have been there and done this? I've come back from a s...

SJ44

Graduate•4 years ago

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How do you prepare differently for running at different times of the day?

I much prefer running first thing in the morning, somehow it seems easier, but I have three kids, and with the school run it’s just not possible all the time....

I much prefer running first thing in the morning, somehow it seems easier, but I...

CharlieRunner

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 5 Run 1 😊

Yesterday I wrote a post of despair. I didn’t know whether to repeat week 4 as I found it so hard. But I decided to push on and completed W5R1. It didn’t feel...

Yesterday I wrote a post of despair. I didn’t know whether to repeat week 4 as I...

CharlieRunner

Graduate•4 years ago

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Thank you

Thank you to all the support everyone gives on this site it’s great

Beginnings

Graduate•4 years ago

1 Reply

Pace question

Hello! Just back from week 8 run 1, can’t believe I’m running for 28mins. I started this I was the unfittest I’ve ever been & am now feeling the difference....

Hello! Just back from week 8 run 1, can’t believe I’m running for 28mins. I sta...

Chips28

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 5, Run 2

Hi all, I seem to have hit a bit of a wall on week 5, run 2! This is 8 mins run, 5 mins walk, 8 mins run. I am really struggling on the second 8 mins. I...

Hi all, I seem to have hit a bit of a wall on week 5, run 2! This is 8 mins run...

Weenie92

•4 years ago

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Week 4 Finished ! (and i got lost !) haha

well, back from the final run of week 4, took me about 20 minutes longer to walk home because i missed my turn on my last 5 minute run HaHa 😂 but no other...

well, back from the final run of week 4, took me about 20 minutes longer to walk...

Instructor57

Graduate•4 years ago

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W6R3 Done

I've just completed this and I'm absolutely amazed at myself. Didn't speed up a little for the last 60 seconds as Jo Whiley suggested and knees felt a bit...

I've just completed this and I'm absolutely amazed at myself. Didn't speed up a ...

BirdersMum

Graduate•4 years ago

1 Reply

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for June 2020

Help with timing and distance

Getting back to running by starting at the very beginning .... walking!

What is the 'Graduation badge' ?

Dual Sports Day!

Week3Run3 getting easier

W6R3

JUNE 2020 GRADUATION BADGE POST PART 2......THIS IS WHERE YOU GET YOUR BADGE

W8 R3 - all the stars aligned, even 🐢’s came

New trainers! Reward for completing 4weeks

Annoyed - Injured already?

Stuck! Week 6

Final run this morning - I've really enjoyed the programme

Struggling week 6???

Ok to run after heart attack

Another week

Week 5 run 3

Educating Enid - Dance on the Summer Solstice!

Rest day activity

What’s your jam?

First week done!

Bit more challenging today

Week 8, run 3 done - can't believe next week's the final one!

Week 5 Run 3 - hard and suffering with sprains and strains

How do you prepare differently for running at different times of the day?

Week 5 Run 1 😊

Thank you

Pace question

Week 5, Run 2

Week 4 Finished ! (and i got lost !) haha

W6R3 Done

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