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Thanks to everybody who replied with advice to my Park Run question - well, I've registered and arranged child care!! Saturday will be my week 6 run 3...

I've registered with Park Run!

Thanks to everybody who replied with advice to my Park Run question - well, I've...

Potty

Graduate•9 years ago

I have been using a treadmill for the last 18 days - and I have been quite happy with my achievemants on it. Shorter fastish Tempo runs and long constant HR...

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After 18 days of treadmill ---

I have been using a treadmill for the last 18 days - and I have been quite happy...

Bazza1234

Graduate•9 years ago

KittyKat007 has kindly offered her boot for stuck butts and I am ashamed to say I must accept her kind offer because there has been a slackening of resolve....

Just getting it out there so I daren't go back in

KittyKat007 has kindly offered her boot for stuck butts and I am ashamed to say ...

Slookie

Graduate•9 years ago

44 Replies

Additional exercise

Hi, It's my first time posting here and I'm on Week 2 Run 2 and really enjoying it. The cardio is great but I'm wondering if I should be using other machines...

Hi, It's my first time posting here and I'm on Week 2 Run 2 and really enjoying ...

olivejuice

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Week 5 1st run

I've never written on here before but the posts have kept me motivated. I've just done the 1st run (jog) of week 5 and was really worried about it as my knees...

I've never written on here before but the posts have kept me motivated. I've ju...

Wendiwoo46

Graduate•9 years ago

I can't believe I have signed up for my very first running event - a 5k Rainbow run! Having just finished W7r2 which turned out to be 3km I am feeling...

1st Ever Running Event

I can't believe I have signed up for my very first running event - a 5k Rainbow ...

Walkerjusty

Graduate•9 years ago

9 Replies

Morning motivation

I tried couch to 5k before and all was going well, was feeling great then the dark evenings came and I stopped through feeling unsafe. I'm now trying to start...

I tried couch to 5k before and all was going well, was feeling great then the da...

jodie2904

•9 years ago

Up & out at 6:30 this morning to complete my graduation run & it felt great!!

Week 9 run 3 done!!!

Lisapopz

Graduate•9 years ago

26 Replies

Back to it!

So after being ill for sooo long (6weeks) and a hospital stay, I'm feeling good again. I have graduated but have had to go backwards again, last week I ran a...

So after being ill for sooo long (6weeks) and a hospital stay, I'm feeling good ...

Prettys073

Graduate•9 years ago

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Why you lose inches but not weight.

I know a lot of people are concerned that since taking up running they haven't lost any weight. We all know that muscle weights more than fat, the pics just...

I know a lot of people are concerned that since taking up running they haven't l...

baronblaze

•9 years ago

17 Replies

Great run before work

Hi folks just finished a great run before work...

adidas1961

Graduate•9 years ago

Am feeling rather smug as I have just run for 20 minutes ! The last time I ran for this long I was at school - in the early 1970's……. Thanks so much to...

Week 5 Run 3 in the bag!

Am feeling rather smug as I have just run for 20 minutes ! The last time I ran...

jmparkview

Graduate•9 years ago

Hi there thanks to you all I made the dreaded 20 minute run! A dark windy and wet Tunbridge Wells saw me succeed at 10:30 last night! I could be seen pumping...

Week 5 - nailed!

Hi there thanks to you all I made the dreaded 20 minute run! A dark windy and w...

LaurieJ1

Graduate•9 years ago

Back on the good old A253 today. At least it was sunny, but the head-wind made it very hard work. I kept up my three days a week during my two-week holiday...

Back in Blighty

Back on the good old A253 today. At least it was sunny, but the head-wind made ...

runningphobe_no_more

Graduate•9 years ago

So I've got the graduate badge..but that was over a year ago, I then entered the extremely busy and stressful final year of being a student midwife and the...

Here I go again...and I didn't realise how much I'd missed it!

So I've got the graduate badge..but that was over a year ago, I then entered the...

katywoo

Graduate•9 years ago

Did this run last night and it was freezing and very windy. It didn't help that the road I run down at the start goes directly down to the beach and it was...

Wk6 run2

Did this run last night and it was freezing and very windy. It didn't help that ...

Maturelady

Graduate•9 years ago

I complete week 6 run 1 last night. I know I have been lucky so far as all of my runs have been in the dry. I run after work so don't get to go out until...

1st time in the rain

I complete week 6 run 1 last night. I know I have been lucky so far as all of m...

PrincessStef

Graduate•9 years ago

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Weekly Update

Week 7 Run 3 now complete. I have stepped up the programme a little bit as I have a target date for completion so that my graduation run is a Parkrun on 7th...

Week 7 Run 3 now complete. I have stepped up the programme a little bit as I hav...

old_git

Graduate•9 years ago

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Arches hurt

So done my first run yesterday but i have terrible pain the arch of my foot. Only in one foot. Will it go away and could it be caused by bad shoes?

So done my first run yesterday but i have terrible pain the arch of my foot. Onl...

jseretny

•9 years ago

Just finished my fourth 5K run and I'm a happy bunny :-) But. When I start each run my legs feel more tired than when I'm half way round. This seems daft to...

A question...

Just finished my fourth 5K run and I'm a happy bunny :-) But. When I start each ...

johnjc8

Graduate•9 years ago

11 Replies

The Big One

Just home after Week 9 Run 3 :) I really wanted to end on a good one, as run 2 was just exhausting, so I set off really, really slowly today to see if I could...

Just home after Week 9 Run 3 :) I really wanted to end on a good one, as run 2 w...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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WK 9 , R1

Running's done it again - I feel fantastic. This was going to be a whinge post (Poppypug says you can do that here). So all the way around I was comprising...

Running's done it again - I feel fantastic. This was going to be a whinge post ...

Buffy007

Graduate•9 years ago

15 Replies

Chuffed!

Week 8 Run 1 done - 3.01miles! http://www.walkjogrun.net/routes/current_route.cfm?rid=BAC9455B-0783-6642-29A5D42DDDDDDBB3 Having made numerous failed attempts...

Week 8 Run 1 done - 3.01miles! http://www.walkjogrun.net/routes/current_route.cf...

ActonHighStreet

•9 years ago

3 Replies

TGW6 is over!

I've found Week 6 difficult and I'm exhausted after just completing Run 3. But the sense of achievement is wonderful, and of course I'm now officially a...

I've found Week 6 difficult and I'm exhausted after just completing Run 3. But ...

Ladyidle

Graduate•9 years ago

I am slowly making my way off the injury couch. Managed to do 5k on the treadmill. Started at 6mph for first mile, 6.2mph for the second, 6.5mph for the third...

TRT - Treadmill Run Today

I am slowly making my way off the injury couch. Managed to do 5k on the treadmil...

GettingFitter

Graduate•9 years ago

17 Replies

Does any ones legs ache????

I was really uncomfortable in bed last night cause my legs where a aching, it's so frustrating, is it just me?!

I was really uncomfortable in bed last night cause my legs where a aching, it's ...

Kerry82

Graduate•9 years ago

Did week 1 day 1 yesterday the last two run stages were hard but i did it. Rest day today then day 2 on wednesday.

First Run Done

Did week 1 day 1 yesterday the last two run stages were hard but i did it. Rest ...

jseretny

•9 years ago