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More consolidation and Happy Christmas Eve xxx

Lovely run, happy to be running

Languid_Lil

Graduate•1 year ago

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Breath is the key! (At least for me...)

I just made a discovery I want to share with my fellow newbies in case someone else needs to adjust their speed... I had thought I was running at a...

I just made a discovery I want to share with my fellow newbies in case someone e...

ChannelRunner2

Graduate•1 year ago

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🌲Best wishes to All our members🌲

Photo by Tobias Tullious on Unsplash Wishing all our members a very Happy Holiday and a healthy and peaceful new year .Very best wishes from the Admin team......

Photo by Tobias Tullious on Unsplash Wishing all our members a very Happy Holi...

Instructor57

Graduate•1 year ago

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Christmas Eve Run

Fortunate to run around the Verona Arena this morning (as the picture shows, practically had it to myself). Not often you have the chance to run the entirety...

Fortunate to run around the Verona Arena this morning (as the picture shows, pra...

Bootsie2020

Graduate•1 year ago

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CATCH-UP- CORNER...WEEK 4....LAST WEEK of DECEMBER... Time to take a moment, slip off your shoes and come inside!

Hello everyone. Here we are again and unbelievably, Winterval is upon us! It is a really good job we are all here... and so lucky that we are together. It...

Hello everyone. Here we are again and unbelievably, Winterval is upon us! It i...

Oldfloss

Administrator•1 year ago

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Thank you

I just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you who took the trouble to reply to my message about being Addicted (or not!) to Running. It was...

I just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you who took the trouble...

Pegix

Graduate•1 year ago

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Anxiety getting the better of me

I don't know how many times I have started C25K but have never managed to finish, due to a couple of ops on my feet, broken shoulder, covid, work and so it...

I don't know how many times I have started C25K but have never managed to finish...

StA1956

•1 year ago

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just a thought

does the nhs do a 10k app

Baldman1

•1 year ago

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The horizon is getting close

ran my second 30mins, only one run left. I then get puzzled on how to carry on without me old pal Reece in my ear. id like to run further, but think...

ran my second 30mins, only one run left. I then get puzzled on how to carry on ...

Baldman1

•1 year ago

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Week 7 Run 2

Must admit tonight is the first time I felt like a runner. It felt a bit easier than run 1 and I felt relaxed and in control. Running a steady pace I ran 4k in...

Must admit tonight is the first time I felt like a runner. It felt a bit easier ...

Mikeyboy58

•1 year ago

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broken arm!

I was so proud of myself to finish C25K and continued a couple of weeks of consolidation runs. Then out walking my dog and Sunday I fell and broke my arm...

I was so proud of myself to finish C25K and continued a couple of weeks of conso...

Redbook5

Graduate•1 year ago

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when do you know you’re ready to step up?

I graduated almost 4 weeks ago and have maintained my running 3 times a week. I’m very slow and steady at the moment but really want to increase my pace a...

I graduated almost 4 weeks ago and have maintained my running 3 times a week. I...

Cantrun-icanrun

Graduate•1 year ago

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Week8 run1

I am amazed thinking back that Week1 felt so hard. I have really benefited from reading here about running slowly, 28 mins is doable and comfortable at the...

I am amazed thinking back that Week1 felt so hard. I have really benefited fro...

JeremiahObadiah

Graduate•1 year ago

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running after hip replacement contd 3

After a break of about three weeks due to a cold I have just completed week4 again and am starting it for a third time. I'm being ultra cautious and keeping a...

After a break of about three weeks due to a cold I have just completed week4 aga...

Mustbe

Graduate•1 year ago

1 Reply

No time to run.

Trying to find time to consolidate my 30mins runs but frustratingly life's crap is getting in the way. My mum dies this time last year and I've been feeling...

Trying to find time to consolidate my 30mins runs but frustratingly life's crap ...

Rungranny

Graduate•1 year ago

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Week 1 Run 2 - anxiety

Hi all - I have anxiety and my anxiety frequently centres around my heart and fear of running triggering something awful. I’ve just completed run 2 of first...

Hi all - I have anxiety and my anxiety frequently centres around my heart and fe...

JimRuss

•1 year ago

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The view on last night’s run

The view to Whitstable.

YorkieRunner

•1 year ago

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Taking the opportunity to get out there

Finished work earlier than normal yesterday; decided that I needed to get out for a run and enjoy the balmy 11 degrees and daylight! I hadn’t run for two and a...

Finished work earlier than normal yesterday; decided that I needed to get out fo...

AngeScott

Graduate•1 year ago

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Energy Drinks

Would like to know if any of you use energy drinks or supplements before or when running, and if so which ones.

Would like to know if any of you use energy drinks or supplements before or when...

Mikeyboy58

•1 year ago

13 Replies

C25K changed my life!

When I started C25K last year I was approaching my 69th birthday. I'd been very overweight for many years (20stones!) and had lost some weight over lockdown...

When I started C25K last year I was approaching my 69th birthday. I'd been very...

Benben21

Graduate•1 year ago

19 Replies

Addicted to running?

Hello again..... I keep reading these posts from people just starting out and also people who have been running for years, saying how addictive running is....

Hello again..... I keep reading these posts from people just starting out and a...

Pegix

Graduate•1 year ago

31 Replies

Missed 5 Weeks - Back to Week 1?

Evening all, I got up to and completed run 1 of week5 was in a great little routine, however due to work and busy life I haven’t gotten out in the past 5...

Evening all, I got up to and completed run 1 of week5 was in a great little rou...

Sparkleabc

•1 year ago

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Attempt 3 across 3 years to complete. Same problems..

Hi gang, Back at the programme on attempt number 3 after falling at week 7 both times from injury. I’ve just complete WK6 R1 and in total agony again in my...

Hi gang, Back at the programme on attempt number 3 after falling at week 7 bot...

charswee

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Week 9, run 3 completed on Thursday 15th December!

Well, I made it! I want to share my success having completed Week 9, run 3. The C25K programme has been tremendous for me and I do feel proud of my...

Well, I made it! I want to share my success having completed Week 9, run 3. ...

Be-luga-whale

Graduate•1 year ago

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poor consolidation run

Hi AllI have a route Ive been using for consolidation it's a 2km loop so usually go round twice, takes around 38mins total Toxic 10 is usually broken through...

Hi AllI have a route Ive been using for consolidation it's a 2km loop so usually...

Ardenk

Graduate•1 year ago

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What a lovely grey, drizzly day 😂

It was so good to get out today. I woke up to a drizzly 12 degrees and was very happy. Only a runner can say that sentence 😂. After choosing short treadmill...

It was so good to get out today. I woke up to a drizzly 12 degrees and was very ...

Frizzbomb67

Graduate•1 year ago

3 Replies

Wk2Run1

Thank you for your support as I started my C25K journey last week. I seem to be doing OK in terms of not hurting myself,...probably because of your advice and...

Thank you for your support as I started my C25K journey last week. I seem to be ...

RunforMum

Graduate•1 year ago

9 Replies

breathing whilst running

I have just been reading an article about regulating your breathing. It says that to reach proper aerobic fitness you should be breathing through your nose...

I have just been reading an article about regulating your breathing. It says tha...

Flybe

Graduate•1 year ago

23 Replies

BOOOM

just finished a nice cold and frosty week 9 first run, feel great and enjoyed it. I’ve done week 8 twice now for a final push so felt confident. Here’s to the...

just finished a nice cold and frosty week 9 first run, feel great and enjoyed it...

Baldman1

•1 year ago

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It's -4°C don't do it

OK wish I could take my own advise here it's -4 and thought it would be a good idea till I hit an untreated section and was like Bambi on ice It's just not...

OK wish I could take my own advise here it's -4 and thought it would be a good i...

Ardenk

Graduate•1 year ago

4 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for December 2022

More consolidation and Happy Christmas Eve xxx

Breath is the key! (At least for me...)

🌲Best wishes to All our members🌲

Christmas Eve Run

CATCH-UP- CORNER...WEEK 4....LAST WEEK of DECEMBER... Time to take a moment, slip off your shoes and come inside!

Thank you

Anxiety getting the better of me

just a thought

The horizon is getting close

Week 7 Run 2

broken arm!

when do you know you’re ready to step up?

Week8 run1

running after hip replacement contd 3

No time to run.

Week 1 Run 2 - anxiety

The view on last night’s run

Taking the opportunity to get out there

Energy Drinks

C25K changed my life!

Addicted to running?

Missed 5 Weeks - Back to Week 1?

Attempt 3 across 3 years to complete. Same problems..

Week 9, run 3 completed on Thursday 15th December!

poor consolidation run

What a lovely grey, drizzly day 😂

Wk2Run1

breathing whilst running

BOOOM

It's -4°C don't do it

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