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CR6 and 35 minutes but still 5k evades me! 😡😆

What do I need to do to get to 5k!? 😆 When I set out this afternoon I thought I’d target 35 minutes in the hope that the extra 5 minutes would be enough to...

What do I need to do to get to 5k!? 😆 When I set out this afternoon I thought I...

MinnieMoo55

Graduate•4 years ago

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Windproof Running Jacket or Top

Hi all, i am looking to buy a top to wear over a quickdry tshirt ..now the weather is starting to turn a bit cooler(I live in Israel and dont suffer the cold...

Hi all, i am looking to buy a top to wear over a quickdry tshirt ..now the weath...

smeeagain

Graduate•4 years ago

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Long overdue post... stuck on holiday!

Hi there, haven’t been on here for a while so apologies for not reading and replying to the usual suspects. We flew out on holiday on the 29th, then Boris...

Hi there, haven’t been on here for a while so apologies for not reading and repl...

JulesL69

Graduate•4 years ago

8 Replies

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Done it 😃

Finally finished C25K full 5k in 36:03 so very pleased. I am aiming to do a 10k run in June 2021 for Prostate Cancer UK that will be exactly one year on my...

Finally finished C25K full 5k in 36:03 so very pleased. I am aiming to do a 10k...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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W8R2 - Trialling an ‘Awe-Run’: Gazelle alert! 🦌 🚨

Apart from my c25k app with Laura (who’s mostly silent by w8), this run was ‘naked’ (no music, no podcasts). Just me, M, the elements... and dozens of other...

Apart from my c25k app with Laura (who’s mostly silent by w8), this run was ‘nak...

GailXrunning

Graduate•4 years ago

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Graduation Run

Yesterday I finished the coach to 5k which I have been completing religiously every second day since September .I've always envied runners but have been...

Yesterday I finished the coach to 5k which I have been completing religiously ev...

Dix74

Graduate•4 years ago

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Thanks for the slow running advice!

W2 R3 complete! Whoop. After your advice this morning I tried the slow running along the promenade and I loved it! 😊 Thanks! I was planning on going out...

W2 R3 complete! Whoop. After your advice this morning I tried the slow running a...

Sabby2021

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 8 Run 1

This was the first run since early September where I was looking for the shade! Made some small changes to my route too. I only did 3.1k in 29 minutes probably...

This was the first run since early September where I was looking for the shade! ...

Rennur

Graduate•4 years ago

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W8R2

Wasn't really in the mood to run today?? And spent the first few hours fighting off the urge to postpone my run until tomorrow. Once I got out there the...

Wasn't really in the mood to run today?? And spent the first few hours fighting...

Buddhagal

Graduate•4 years ago

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Week 4 completed, after a small delay...

I attempted W4R1 according to schedule, around two and a half weeks ago. On that run, I managed to inhale a fly, which scuppered the first 3 minute run. I then...

I attempted W4R1 according to schedule, around two and a half weeks ago. On that...

Helm108

Graduate•4 years ago

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Consolidation Run 1..Feel the fear & do it anyway!

Glad to have got my first consolidation run done and it was such a beautiful Autumnal morning, a real pleasure to be out and so mild, and I was happy I'd...

Glad to have got my first consolidation run done and it was such a beautiful Aut...

Runforurlife

Graduate•4 years ago

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w3r1 tomorrow and i have no idea...

...how it's going to happen! :-) we are stumped at the drawing board here. i could hardly do last week. it really pushed me (as did week 1, even more actually)...

...how it's going to happen! :-) we are stumped at the drawing board here. i cou...

changing-woman

Graduate•4 years ago

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Getting back into running again!

After several months of stop/starting I joined a lovely running club to help me get going again. Did a 6-week beginners course which has helped with my...

After several months of stop/starting I joined a lovely running club to help me ...

Mands50

Graduate•4 years ago

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What do you do on non Running days ?

I call them non Running days as apose to rest days ! I have found to my cost that rest is not always the best thing ! My options are of course limited during...

I call them non Running days as apose to rest days ! I have found to my cost tha...

Instructor57

Graduate•4 years ago

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First run this morning

Hi all Well I’m very new just started this morning, hit 50 this year and thought I need to do something! Looking forward to getting some help inspiration...

Hi all Well I’m very new just started this morning, hit 50 this year and though...

GoJo1970

•4 years ago

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Week 9 Run 1 - completed

Not easy but I did complete it, unfortunately I'm too pigheaded 😜 to let the gremlins win. I reduced my speed even further at the half way point but...

Not easy but I did complete it, unfortunately I'm too pigheaded 😜 to let the gr...

shuffleido

Graduate•4 years ago

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Sunday morning run in the grey and the damp - and I’m still smiling 😊

Up and out at 8 - grey and damp outside but off I went. I was tempted to stop at 1.5k because so just wasn’t feeling ‘it’ but I carried on. At around 3k I was...

Up and out at 8 - grey and damp outside but off I went. I was tempted to stop at...

JetsNanna

Graduate•4 years ago

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I made it

Thank you everyone who has encouraged me both in all if your lovely posts and replying when I faltered. Today on a rather grey day i graduated. Nowhere near...

Thank you everyone who has encouraged me both in all if your lovely posts and re...

Grannie49

•4 years ago

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Consolidation run 🏃‍♀️ no 7

Decided to take a different route today, running with my son Scott. We went along the river which was so nice to get away from the traffic. Lots of runners...

Decided to take a different route today, running with my son Scott. We went alon...

Angie09

Graduate•4 years ago

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Second in a week

Friday night after being in the new TUPE job a week with loads of courses through the week and an all day Teams induction on the Friday. I needed another run....

Friday night after being in the new TUPE job a week with loads of courses throug...

Papillon17

Graduate•4 years ago

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Wk 8 Run 3

Left a lot later this morning, actually ran in daylight. A few technical glitches, pausing the app unintentionally when putting the phone in my belt and only...

Left a lot later this morning, actually ran in daylight. A few technical glitch...

LittleMissie

•4 years ago

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Injury

I used the app to complete the programme in the summer having dipped in and out of running previously but not in any organised way. I decided at 61 I needed to...

I used the app to complete the programme in the summer having dipped in and out ...

Katieb2020

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Back to it

Today was the first time I have ran (sort of) since the end of July because I had a dodgy knee and no motivation so this morning I was up bright and early and...

Today was the first time I have ran (sort of) since the end of July because I ha...

Lara1972

Graduate•4 years ago

1 Reply

9 stone off & 1st time running! Yikes 😬

Hello lovelies! Support and encouragement needed please! After a lifetime of being obese (except for the few times I lost weight and yo-yo’d back!) I joined a...

Hello lovelies! Support and encouragement needed please! After a lifetime of be...

Sabby2021

Graduate•4 years ago

67 Replies

C6/7/8 A mixed bag 🤷‍♀️ and a first tumble 🙄

I’m very late with these posts although I have been reading and commenting on everyone else’s. So... here goes! Sorry long post and possibly very boring 😆...

I’m very late with these posts although I have been reading and commenting on ev...

CazzaW

Graduate•4 years ago

17 Replies

Is it arthritis? Is it COVID19? Is it shingles? Can I run?

Ok, I haven't been able to run for a while. It started with some pain in my knees and hip, after that I tried again and when I was about to run for the 3rd...

Ok, I haven't been able to run for a while. It started with some pain in my knee...

StarkeyGo

Graduate•4 years ago

3 Replies

Will I get there

Just completed run 3 of week 7;. 3.12 km in 25 minutes. I don’t think I will complete 5k by the end of week 9 . Do most people manage to reach 5k

Just completed run 3 of week 7;. 3.12 km in 25 minutes. I don’t think I will com...

Georgelab

•4 years ago

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W8r3 wow what a weird week!!

So I started the week with a challenging 25 minute run, still not 100% sure why so hard, then a much better (slower) run 2 on Wednesday. Run 3 I thought I’d...

So I started the week with a challenging 25 minute run, still not 100% sure why ...

Mboutin

Graduate•4 years ago

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W3R1 - getting there; slowly

Start of week3! I’m finding posting on here after every run really helpful for my motivation. Thanks for all your encouragement. Start of week 3. Feeling...

Start of week3! I’m finding posting on here after every run really helpful for ...

Bostonlandy

•4 years ago

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W9R1 done....feels amazing!

Beautiful evening run with the sunset and colours. Had an amazing run! Looking forward to R3 of this week....so excited!

Beautiful evening run with the sunset and colours. Had an amazing run! Looking f...

Buzzbeebh

Graduate•4 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for November 2020

CR6 and 35 minutes but still 5k evades me! 😡😆

Windproof Running Jacket or Top

Long overdue post... stuck on holiday!

Done it 😃

W8R2 - Trialling an ‘Awe-Run’: Gazelle alert! 🦌 🚨

Graduation Run

Thanks for the slow running advice!

Week 8 Run 1

W8R2

Week 4 completed, after a small delay...

Consolidation Run 1..Feel the fear & do it anyway!

w3r1 tomorrow and i have no idea...

Getting back into running again!

What do you do on non Running days ?

First run this morning

Week 9 Run 1 - completed

Sunday morning run in the grey and the damp - and I’m still smiling 😊

I made it

Consolidation run 🏃‍♀️ no 7

Second in a week

Wk 8 Run 3

Injury

Back to it

9 stone off & 1st time running! Yikes 😬

C6/7/8 A mixed bag 🤷‍♀️ and a first tumble 🙄

Is it arthritis? Is it COVID19? Is it shingles? Can I run?

Will I get there

W8r3 wow what a weird week!!

W3R1 - getting there; slowly

W9R1 done....feels amazing!

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