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Graduation Party Thank you 😊

How very kind of you all to come to my graduation party 🎓🎉. Having ordered in the champagne, just in case, I went out for a swim after work. How wonderful...

How very kind of you all to come to my graduation party 🎓🎉. Having ordered in ...

Flossie22

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week 4 complete :)

Well, it was nearly a disaster, as I got to the end of the first 3min run and my iPod died!! Fortunately I also had my phone with me (thanks to a running belt...

Well, it was nearly a disaster, as I got to the end of the first 3min run and my...

CookieM

Graduate•7 years ago

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Thanks for all the encouragement

Just completed week 1, looking forward to week 2! The comments were very nice thanks to all👌

Just completed week 1, looking forward to week 2! The comments were very nice t...

EarlsSeat

•7 years ago

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Physio says rest :-(

Bit the bullet and just back from Physio appointment after the pains of Tuesday's run got the better of me. Good news - Physio says it'll mend Bad news - no...

Bit the bullet and just back from Physio appointment after the pains of Tuesday'...

dereham-girl

Graduate•7 years ago

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Icy paths?

We were hoping to start week 5 this weekend but it is very cold and frosty with icy patches on the ground. worried about falling if we run outside but the...

We were hoping to start week 5 this weekend but it is very cold and frosty with ...

Linda_pink

Graduate•7 years ago

6 Replies

Week 7 Done & Dusted!

Thanks to everyone for their advice about ploughing through the slog of the second 25 minute run in week 7. Did the third run tonight and was dreading it to be...

Thanks to everyone for their advice about ploughing through the slog of the seco...

Bay_girl

Graduate•7 years ago

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Determined but worried - help!

Hi everyone! I'm very new to this. I started running because everyone I work with is a exercise freak and I feel embarrassed and quite ashamed of my level of...

Hi everyone! I'm very new to this. I started running because everyone I work wit...

Sacook

•7 years ago

17 Replies

Forgot to press start...😬

Well it was freezing cold tonight all wrapped up in cosy leggings 2 layers snood thing(discovered through this marvellous forum it's called a buff😀) & bright...

Well it was freezing cold tonight all wrapped up in cosy leggings 2 layers snood...

Pc59

Graduate•7 years ago

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Another first for me..

Left my run a bit late today, we were watching Andy Murray, and went out at 4.15. 'SEMI-DARKNESS'..😯 I was only doing my short 30 minute run, but there are...

Left my run a bit late today, we were watching Andy Murray, and went out at 4.15...

Bluebirdrunner

Graduate•7 years ago

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W9R1 completed!

Hey guys/gals, Gosh, I've been busy lately! (Too busy to even post about it on here!) However, that didn't stop me getting out yesterday and successfully...

Hey guys/gals, Gosh, I've been busy lately! (Too busy to even post about it on h...

Lee337

Graduate•7 years ago

24 Replies

Running in the buff?

Haha! I knew that title would get your attention... Has anyone tried running with a buff or scarf or other sort of mask over their mouths? I have...

Haha! I knew that title would get your attention... Has anyone tried running...

AnneDroid

Graduate•7 years ago

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Wk 5 run 3 😀

Omg I'm still buzzing from the run this morning! I actually managed to complete a 20 min run!!!!! This hasn't happened since I was in primary school many moons...

Omg I'm still buzzing from the run this morning! I actually managed to complete ...

Mellyr85

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Week 8 Run 3

Hi everyone, I don't post here very much but thought I would share my recent experiences. Week 7 was an enjoyable week and the Week 8 Run 1 was a pleasant...

Hi everyone, I don't post here very much but thought I would share my recent exp...

Argonaut

Graduate•7 years ago

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Mid of week 2

On the rest day after the second run of week 2 which I did after two days instead of one as my knee was giving me some discomfort. Now my ankle seems to be...

On the rest day after the second run of week 2 which I did after two days instea...

Gitts

Graduate•7 years ago

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Slowly, Slowly, That's the Way to do It: W5 R1

So, after the pulled muscle thing of Monday night, I have spent what feels like all week icing, and then icing and heating my lower calf. And, when not lying...

So, after the pulled muscle thing of Monday night, I have spent what feels like ...

Maddee_6333

Graduate•7 years ago

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W9R3 . . . I saw Gary the Gremlin, but . . . I posted my fastest 5k

So there I was, on my warm up walk, when who should be walking along but Gary. He was wearing baggy slacks and an old parka jacket, munching chips out of a...

So there I was, on my warm up walk, when who should be walking along but Gary. H...

Flossie22

Graduate•7 years ago

47 Replies

OMG! I've only gone and done week 5 run 3...

Hi guys, After worrying about it all day yesterday and having an almost sleepless night I've actually managed to complete week 5 of the plan! If you'd have...

Hi guys, After worrying about it all day yesterday and having an almost sleeples...

russellwalker

•7 years ago

12 Replies

I think I'm becoming Forrest Gump. Photo montage of Forrest running up walkway from Station (vivid imagination required)

You know Picasso had a "CUBIST" period well the photo montage is me in my "Running" period. On Wednesday I ran along canal to edge of city centre to donate...

You know Picasso had a "CUBIST" period well the photo montage is me in my "Runni...

Hidden

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Week 8 ..morning or afternoon runs?

I've just completed the second run of week 8 and found it tough from start to finish. My breathing was awful, I was gasping at some points and my legs felt...

I've just completed the second run of week 8 and found it tough from start to fi...

debze

Graduate•7 years ago

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The end of the Don't fall in Fall Quest 🍁🍂🍁🍂

There will be a new Quest starting on Monday, this one is kindly being run by Ju-Ju, it's her first one so it would be nice for us all to support her. I need...

There will be a new Quest starting on Monday, this one is kindly being run by Ju...

Realfoodieclub

Graduate•7 years ago

28 Replies

Can't quite believe what I did!

So on Wednesday I finished work at 3:30pm and headed home, which is a fifteen minute walk, at which point I would normally head off for my run. I had some jobs...

So on Wednesday I finished work at 3:30pm and headed home, which is a fifteen mi...

Bluenicoli

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Week 9 run 3

Honestly cannot believe how amazing it feels to complete this journey nine weeks ago I couldn't run for a minute now I'm running for over thirty. I have my...

Honestly cannot believe how amazing it feels to complete this journey nine week...

emskihammer

•7 years ago

12 Replies

W4R3 without Laura

Up bright and early at 7 yesterday to go out for W4R3, only to find as I was about to leave the house that my iPod battery had expired :-( I was all psyched...

Up bright and early at 7 yesterday to go out for W4R3, only to find as I was abo...

ClarePB

Graduate•7 years ago

3 Replies

Am I a Graduate ?

Completed by W9R3 .. But the podcast stopped after 20 mins and I didn't had any idea of the time and stopped which I felt was 30 mins. when I checked my run it...

Completed by W9R3 .. But the podcast stopped after 20 mins and I didn't had any ...

vaibhavg78

Graduate•7 years ago

12 Replies

A Ragged Run

It was cold and there was some very light drizzle when I went out for my run just after 6am. I set off on my usual route but with a longer warm up walk phase....

It was cold and there was some very light drizzle when I went out for my run jus...

NIGHTINGALE1

Graduate•7 years ago

13 Replies

Lucky four leaf clover 🍀

Good morning everyone. This is a tale about a runner's route, not mine, but my younger fitter cousin's one. One morning, as I was driving to my neighbouring...

Good morning everyone. This is a tale about a runner's route, not mine, but my y...

Flossie22

Graduate•7 years ago

25 Replies

knee injury advice needed wk 6

Completed my second run in week 6 and all seemed fine but woke up two days later with a horrible pain just below my knee cap. I'm guessing it was the last...

Completed my second run in week 6 and all seemed fine but woke up two days later...

orpheusst

•7 years ago

6 Replies

A new location

Out this morning, wet and windy - though rain had stopped when I started my run. Went to a park in a nearby town - it's a large park, set on a hill so I stayed...

Out this morning, wet and windy - though rain had stopped when I started my run....

Joy57

Graduate•7 years ago

5 Replies

Stuck in a rut 😞

I graduated approximately 6 months ago and even though I am running at least twice a week I am having great trouble doing more than 5k and some weeks can't...

I graduated approximately 6 months ago and even though I am running at least twi...

Butchdingle

Graduate•7 years ago

22 Replies

I'm back 2 1/2 weeks late, but back on track!

2 1/2 weeks ago I went out in the pouring rain and dark for a 25 min run and only (!! I don't really mean 'only') 18 mins. I lost confidence a bit. After...

2 1/2 weeks ago I went out in the pouring rain and dark for a 25 min run and onl...

africanali

•7 years ago

4 Replies

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All posts for November 2016

Graduation Party Thank you 😊

Week 4 complete :)

Thanks for all the encouragement

Physio says rest :-(

Icy paths?

Week 7 Done & Dusted!

Determined but worried - help!

Forgot to press start...😬

Another first for me..

W9R1 completed!

Running in the buff?

Wk 5 run 3 😀

Week 8 Run 3

Mid of week 2

Slowly, Slowly, That's the Way to do It: W5 R1

W9R3 . . . I saw Gary the Gremlin, but . . . I posted my fastest 5k

OMG! I've only gone and done week 5 run 3...

I think I'm becoming Forrest Gump. Photo montage of Forrest running up walkway from Station (vivid imagination required)

Week 8 ..morning or afternoon runs?

The end of the Don't fall in Fall Quest 🍁🍂🍁🍂

Can't quite believe what I did!

Week 9 run 3

W4R3 without Laura

Am I a Graduate ?

A Ragged Run

Lucky four leaf clover 🍀

knee injury advice needed wk 6

A new location

Stuck in a rut 😞

I'm back 2 1/2 weeks late, but back on track!

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