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2nd Marathon

So I did a second marathon distance today. The weather was against me again with the hottest day of the year! I'm aware it is very daft to do 2 in the space...

So I did a second marathon distance today. The weather was against me again wit...

GoGo_JoJo

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

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Galloped off the Focus Rails.

I was focused on garden and SSC. Along came the launch of a Past and Present closed group of my birth village. Being contributing with names to faces.Did my...

I was focused on garden and SSC. Along came the launch of a Past and Present clo...

Tbae

Metric Marathon•5 years ago

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I DID IT!!!! 10 MILES!!!!!! 🏃🏻‍♀️🥳

I was having serious doubts about the run this weekend because of the UK heatwave (it was feeling like 20 when I was out there at 8.10am), but I knew I wanted...

I was having serious doubts about the run this weekend because of the UK heatwav...

Becky1606

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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HM training week8 day5 - long run: 1.5 hours in zones 1&2 (pretty graphs for those who like ‘em)

An hour and a half to do just over 8km FFS Tegan! Very hot, which sent my heart rate soaring, which meant I had to keep stopping. Slowing down didn’t work in...

An hour and a half to do just over 8km FFS Tegan! Very hot, which sent my heart ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

34 Replies

R.I.P PC Harper

Tomorrow night along with my fellow running group buddies are taking part in the virtual race running 7.605k in memory of PC Andrew Harper who tragically lost...

Tomorrow night along with my fellow running group buddies are taking part in the...

Piglet7969

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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A little longer this morn

Finally managed to break past 30k this morn, only barely, and in two sessions, a hilly trail 9.38k and then a road session of 21.1. I think I would have lasted...

Finally managed to break past 30k this morn, only barely, and in two sessions, a...

Decker

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

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Cutting a run short

I had planned to do 10 miles this morning. Headed out at 5.55am but by 7-7.30 it was getting a bit too warm. Decided I'd had enough after 7miles. Know I did...

I had planned to do 10 miles this morning. Headed out at 5.55am but by 7-7.30 it...

Pippa49

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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Hitting the wall!

I’d thought I’d experienced ‘hitting the wall’ before, but today at around 8k I really did hit the wall so badly I could barely walk home (the long walk of...

I’d thought I’d experienced ‘hitting the wall’ before, but today at around 8k I ...

MadDave

•5 years ago

16 Replies

Injury Couch

So after much deliberation, I have deferred my half marathon place (no medal this year). The Achilles isn’t getting any better and after having Tendonitis in...

So after much deliberation, I have deferred my half marathon place (no medal thi...

Aldlib

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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HM training week8 day4 - intervals: 4.15km, 9.31min/km average pace

Things are hotting up: 3 lots of 5minutes in zones 4/5 interspersed with zone 3. All done on less than optimal sleep this morning, but way easier than a few...

Things are hotting up: 3 lots of 5minutes in zones 4/5 interspersed with zone 3....

Hidden

•5 years ago

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A tough trail today

Well today was a tough run. Ok, in reality, the last 2 weeks have been tough. I've got the weight of the world on my shoulders right now and running hasn't...

Well today was a tough run. Ok, in reality, the last 2 weeks have been tough. ...

SaskAlliecat

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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Sqkr's Icy Flatlay

OK, not actually icy at all of course, because it's summer. Indeed, it's rather lovely here in Reykjavik! Forgot to put myself in the diary but I've been...

OK, not actually icy at all of course, because it's summer. Indeed, it's rather ...

Sqkr

Half Marathon•5 years ago

17 Replies

Oops

I’m not sure how I’ve ended up on here but I’m a fraudster! I’m definitely not planning on or training for a marathon. How do I get myself off the forum?! 😂

I’m not sure how I’ve ended up on here but I’m a fraudster! I’m definitely not p...

madmother

•5 years ago

24 Replies

It's Friday and it's POM POM DAY - YIPPEE KI YAY!!!!! 💥😍👍 Events for the August Bank Holiday Weekend (UK, that is:)

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey!!!!!!! Give it up for our lovely amazing superstar runners this weekend!!!!!!!!! On Sunday, August 25th we have: ★ The...

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey!!!!!!! Give it up for our lovely amazing superstar r...

roseabi

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

37 Replies

Aiming to finish or more??

Hello all, my first post here. I’ve read many inspiring posts of the course of 2019, so thank you all! I started C25K in January with the view to form...

Hello all, my first post here. I’ve read many inspiring posts of the course of ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Foot Update

I'm really not a fan of swimming. Well, that's not entirely true, swimming's fine, it all the people I struggle with! Anywho, this is pertinent information...

I'm really not a fan of swimming. Well, that's not entirely true, swimming's fin...

andystev

•5 years ago

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HM training week8 day3

70 minutes in zone 2 at 11.30min/km ... what fun. A few blips as I let my mind drift and my pace picked up. It’s both physically and mentally tiring. You can’t...

70 minutes in zone 2 at 11.30min/km ... what fun. A few blips as I let my mind d...

Hidden

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Not the news I wanted 😥

Follow up appt at the fracture clinic today. Still no sign of healing on the x-ray. Consultant feels the pain is likely still the fracture not fully healed....

Follow up appt at the fracture clinic today. Still no sign of healing on the x-r...

linda9389

Administrator•5 years ago

39 Replies

Meltdown update 🙄🤣

First I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone for their amazing support on my last post! It really helped. Hopefully I’m on the way back now. Went out...

First I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone for their amazing support on ...

Tasha99

Marathon•5 years ago

30 Replies

Small introduction and a couple of questions

Hi all, I started C25k in March and have worked up to 10k, which I have run a few times and consolidated. I have been on the C25K and Bridge to 10K forums....

Hi all, I started C25k in March and have worked up to 10k, which I have run a f...

backintime

10 Miles•5 years ago

36 Replies

Isn’t it lovely to be able to just run?

I’m at the England football team training ground with media and broadcasters for work (I do love my job) and woke up with 20 mins before I had to get moving,...

I’m at the England football team training ground with media and broadcasters for...

Becky1606

Half Marathon•5 years ago

8 Replies

Feeling positive

After doing my longest run to date in preparation for the Yorkshire Marathon for the first time in a while I feel I have a good chance of finishing it. The...

After doing my longest run to date in preparation for the Yorkshire Marathon for...

Pippa49

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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October Half Marathon Group: New-old sights 😎

Hi all! How have you been getting on with your training? Tell us all about it 😊😊😊 As many of you know, I have been rehabilitating a little Achilles...

Hi all! How have you been getting on with your training? Tell us all about it 😊...

roseabi

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

68 Replies

Mega Hurrumph!

Well, to look on the bright side, it's being treated and this should just be a (big) change to my training plan. The down side is that I had a heart attack...

Well, to look on the bright side, it's being treated and this should just be a (...

SkiMonday

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

50 Replies

HM training week8 day2 - tempo run

The watch has seems to have sorted itself out and has recorded everything correctly today, though I did notice it paused itself WHILE I was running! And not...

The watch has seems to have sorted itself out and has recorded everything correc...

Hidden

•5 years ago

17 Replies

GNR

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 18 days and counting, Marie Curie vest printed, training going so so, started C25K last July, after watching the Great...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 18 days and counting, Marie Curie vest p...

Piglet7969

Half Marathon•5 years ago

18 Replies

Week 8 Run 1 done...thank goodness

I was dreading this run - 20 x 1 min with 1 min recovery @ 90% effort. The only thing that got me out the door was knowing that it would be over fairly...

I was dreading this run - 20 x 1 min with 1 min recovery @ 90% effort. The only...

Aldlib

Half Marathon•5 years ago

8 Replies

Run fail. Plan fail.

Went out to do 18 miles today. Turned out to be yet another disaster in a long line of cr@p runs. I’d only done parkrun in the last 4 days to get a good rest...

Went out to do 18 miles today. Turned out to be yet another disaster in a long l...

Tasha99

Marathon•5 years ago

67 Replies

HM training week8 day1 - 25mins zones 1&2, 25mins zone 4, 5mins zone 2

My watch must have dropped GPS for some reason. It’s recorded all the run stats including distance but only the last part of the route. 35 minutes in zones 1&2...

My watch must have dropped GPS for some reason. It’s recorded all the run stats ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

2 Replies

It's weekly chat time! ☕🍩 19th - 25th August

I've been really very unimaginative with my runs since moving house, I've just been extending a loop along the old Union Canal that runs out of Edinburgh...

I've been really very unimaginative with my runs since moving house, I've just b...

Sqkr

Half Marathon•5 years ago

38 Replies

Posts - Fun Beyond 10K & Race Support | HealthUnlocked

Fun Beyond 10K & Race Support

All posts for August 2019

2nd Marathon

Galloped off the Focus Rails.

I DID IT!!!! 10 MILES!!!!!! 🏃🏻‍♀️🥳

HM training week8 day5 - long run: 1.5 hours in zones 1&2 (pretty graphs for those who like ‘em)

R.I.P PC Harper

A little longer this morn

Cutting a run short

Hitting the wall!

Injury Couch

HM training week8 day4 - intervals: 4.15km, 9.31min/km average pace

A tough trail today

Sqkr's Icy Flatlay

Oops

It's Friday and it's POM POM DAY - YIPPEE KI YAY!!!!! 💥😍👍 Events for the August Bank Holiday Weekend (UK, that is:)

Aiming to finish or more??

Foot Update

HM training week8 day3

Not the news I wanted 😥

Meltdown update 🙄🤣

Small introduction and a couple of questions

Isn’t it lovely to be able to just run?

Feeling positive

October Half Marathon Group: New-old sights 😎

Mega Hurrumph!

HM training week8 day2 - tempo run

GNR

Week 8 Run 1 done...thank goodness

Run fail. Plan fail.

HM training week8 day1 - 25mins zones 1&2, 25mins zone 4, 5mins zone 2

It's weekly chat time! ☕🍩 19th - 25th August

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