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Wk3 complete 😃

Wk3 done.......bring on next week.......lol.....prefer to run when it's a bit cooler or raining .....but not complaining 😉 (much)

Wk3 done.......bring on next week.......lol.....prefer to run when it's a bit co...

Dawn47

Graduate•9 years ago

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Why was it so difficult?

Iv just completed week6 run 1 after I did 20 mins of continuous running on my last one I entered today with confidence! Only to find that it was quite...

Iv just completed week6 run 1 after I did 20 mins of continuous running on my la...

iceice_maybe

Graduate•9 years ago

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Hello...and a few questions

Hi All Hope all's well - I enjoyed this mammoth beast of a run this morning: http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/994175135 which got me thinking about running...

Hi All Hope all's well - I enjoyed this mammoth beast of a run this morning: ht...

ActonHighStreet

•9 years ago

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W2R2..tough...

Well weather was good for c 2 5k, tougher to continue all way through to end...but did it! hope you all having a good day.. Fran

Well weather was good for c 2 5k, tougher to continue all way through to end...b...

Fran04

•9 years ago

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Ouch - calf cramp?

There I was in the early hours of this morning, about 3 am, nicely asleep when I woke all of a sudden with terrible pain in my right calf. It was solid and...

There I was in the early hours of this morning, about 3 am, nicely asleep when I...

Peter_B

Graduate•9 years ago

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A whole hour! Bridge2 10k w6r1

Well, after Monday's fab run, I was expecting last night to be a little bit harder - and it was! A whole 60 mins of running, with no walking at all. It's times...

Well, after Monday's fab run, I was expecting last night to be a little bit hard...

RainbowC

Graduate•9 years ago

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Oh my GOD I did it!!!!

I did Week 1 Run 1! I started looking into C25K in April 2012 to lose weight and tone up but didn't ever do anything about it because I always hated running...

I did Week 1 Run 1! I started looking into C25K in April 2012 to lose weight an...

hopelessCause

•9 years ago

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W6R1

Thanks for all the supportive comments re completing W5R3, glad to report that W6R1 under my belt but why is running 5 minutes so much harder than 20! Laura is...

Thanks for all the supportive comments re completing W5R3, glad to report that W...

Hopefull-runner

Graduate•9 years ago

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Ow, ow, OW!

Has anybody else suffered from runners' nipples? :s

Steve_L

Graduate•9 years ago

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Week5 r2

I am really proud of myself. That i managed to complete this run. 5 weeks ago i struggled with 1min runs. Here i am 8mins

I am really proud of myself. That i managed to complete this run. 5 weeks ago i ...

alarkin1979

Graduate•9 years ago

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The night

I completed C25k a year ago ( didnt know about this site till now...been reading your posts and what an amazing group of people you are!!!).I am really keen to...

I completed C25k a year ago ( didnt know about this site till now...been reading...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Week 8 Done - Nearly there!!

Well, that's week 8 done. Found it tough at times but still enjoyable. And I haven't walked once on the entire programme (although I think about it lots!)....

Well, that's week 8 done. Found it tough at times but still enjoyable. And I hav...

Sazzle44

Graduate•9 years ago

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Complete novice

Well downlaoded the app......when to start? how to start? where to start? So nervous.Im overweight but healthy(So drs say lol). Need the courage to get my...

Well downlaoded the app......when to start? how to start? where to start? So ne...

Sheilanonrunner

•9 years ago

18 Replies

W5R2 completed. Catching up

Happy with myself. Did my two lots of 8minutes. Easy. Husband came along as it was still dark and we found that my running matches perfectly with his walking....

Happy with myself. Did my two lots of 8minutes. Easy. Husband came along as it w...

nhs2015

Graduate•9 years ago

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W5R3

W5R3 completed - the plan is so good to follow. Looking forward to W6.

Hopefull-runner

Graduate•9 years ago

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Panic stations

Week4r2 done tonight. My motto throughout has been not too look too far ahead. Have accidently read some of the week 5 posts. Panice setting in. Havnt told my...

Week4r2 done tonight. My motto throughout has been not too look too far ahead. H...

grahammargaret

Graduate•9 years ago

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Not last!

Ok so i took part in my first competitive race for years tonight, a 5k along Rhyl prom. What an eye opener, to start with it was fast...really fast and a...

Ok so i took part in my first competitive race for years tonight, a 5k along Rhy...

jules50

Graduate•9 years ago

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False sense of security. W2r2 was HARD

Oh. my. Word. I woke this morning with a blocked nose and hacking cough so that's maybe why but after my success in w2d1, tonight was tough. My legs are like...

Oh. my. Word. I woke this morning with a blocked nose and hacking cough so that'...

Pen11

Graduate•9 years ago

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Advice please for upcoming 10k

Hiya, I need some advice and I know guys are the ones to come to. I'm doing my first ever 10k race on 31 May. I have done a couple of 9k runs and ran 10k 2...

Hiya, I need some advice and I know guys are the ones to come to. I'm doing my ...

pinkangel16

Graduate•9 years ago

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Wk 6 r 2 and wk 6 r 3 back to back! How bonkers am I?!

Didn't manage to run yday or all last week cos of various reasons - aching knee so let it rest, migraine attack, daughter now has chicken pox! (Son had it two...

Didn't manage to run yday or all last week cos of various reasons - aching knee...

dotty_segs

Graduate•9 years ago

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The couch has reclaimed me!

Having completed week 1 and 2 fairly well, the wretched couch has forced me to sit back on it! Just before W2R3 I bashed my ankle on the couch itself but went...

Having completed week 1 and 2 fairly well, the wretched couch has forced me to s...

farawaytree74

Graduate•9 years ago

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First run in new shoes !!

Just back from a run in the new Asics gel pulse shoes - like bouncing along on marshmallows ! Very impressed ! Time to get back to parkrun and try for a new PB...

Just back from a run in the new Asics gel pulse shoes - like bouncing along on m...

Girlyswot

Graduate•9 years ago

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The app steals time

Has anyone else noticed the app steals precious walking time from you?! The description for week 4 is Warm up 3min Run 90s walk 5min run 2.5min walk 3min run...

Has anyone else noticed the app steals precious walking time from you?! The desc...

chalfont_chump

•9 years ago

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Got my Westminster Mile pack and my running tee for the Olympic Park Run!!

So was getting a little worried that running the Westminster Mile on Sunday and no pack with number, happily to say that it arrived yesterday with my first...

So was getting a little worried that running the Westminster Mile on Sunday and ...

redkelly

Graduate•9 years ago

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Anyone else about to run?

I need to do W4R2 tonight, but just finished work after a long and stressful day, got all of 2.5 hours sleep last night as was preparing for today's meetings...

I need to do W4R2 tonight, but just finished work after a long and stressful day...

chalfont_chump

•9 years ago

16 Replies

Oh no! On the injury couch😒

I cannot believe it! After going back to work today following a virus, I managed to tear a calf muscle whilst in the playground at lunchtime ( I work in a...

I cannot believe it! After going back to work today following a virus, I managed...

Sandraj39

Graduate•9 years ago

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Hardly recognise myself!

Well after asking on Saturday for a kick up the backside to get myself back out there, I ran w4 on Sunday. Meant to go back out yesterday but for various...

Well after asking on Saturday for a kick up the backside to get myself back out ...

MotherGoose

Graduate•9 years ago

11 Replies

picture!

How do I put a picture on my profile so who you can see me rather than a purple smiley face!!

How do I put a picture on my profile so who you can see me rather than a purple ...

Slong090277

Graduate•9 years ago

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Help needed to speed up.

Hopefully below you can see a screenshot with some details on. I go up heart attack hill for my warm up then start running at the top, down an incline for...

Hopefully below you can see a screenshot with some details on. I go up heart att...

am_y72

Graduate•9 years ago

11 Replies

Tell Laura, I LOVE HER!!

Here I am chuntling around Parkrun. I may look like I'm about to die, but I've ditched a stone and a half, run three times a week and swim on Fridays, have...

Here I am chuntling around Parkrun. I may look like I'm about to die, but I've d...

AllieG

Graduate•9 years ago

39 Replies

Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for May 2015

Wk3 complete 😃

Why was it so difficult?

Hello...and a few questions

W2R2..tough...

Ouch - calf cramp?

A whole hour! Bridge2 10k w6r1

Oh my GOD I did it!!!!

W6R1

Ow, ow, OW!

Week5 r2

The night

Week 8 Done - Nearly there!!

Complete novice

W5R2 completed. Catching up

W5R3

Panic stations

Not last!

False sense of security. W2r2 was HARD

Advice please for upcoming 10k

Wk 6 r 2 and wk 6 r 3 back to back! How bonkers am I?!

The couch has reclaimed me!

First run in new shoes !!

The app steals time

Got my Westminster Mile pack and my running tee for the Olympic Park Run!!

Anyone else about to run?

Oh no! On the injury couch😒

Hardly recognise myself!

picture!

Help needed to speed up.

Tell Laura, I LOVE HER!!

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