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Week 6 run 1!!!

Hello all Well today was run 1 of week 6, it does get you! you run for 20 minutes last time out and you think you are nearly there! and then comes week6 run1!...

Hello all Well today was run 1 of week 6, it does get you! you run for 20 minute...

wizzbang

Graduate•7 years ago

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Week 6 run 3 completed

Thank you all for your support this week when I had lost all motivation and struggled getting out the door and even more with completing the runs. Today as I...

Thank you all for your support this week when I had lost all motivation and stru...

Sazzlex

•7 years ago

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W8R3 through wind and rain. What after wk9?

A couple of rainy runs around Dublin and one back home in Yorkshire saw me through wk8. Actually beginning to feel like a runner - no more sore muscles and...

A couple of rainy runs around Dublin and one back home in Yorkshire saw me throu...

Yorkshirerunner

Graduate•7 years ago

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Good Old Mr R.

In previous posts I have accused my other half (affectionately known as Mr Razouski or Mr R.) of being inhabited or possessed by a gremlin... However,...

In previous posts I have accused my other half (affectionately known as Mr Razou...

Razouski

•7 years ago

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First post from red faced shuffler.

Finally, after serial stalking here since September,I have plucked up the courage to post.I just wanted to put it out there to all starting out on the...

Finally, after serial stalking here since September,I have plucked up the courag...

Peanut52

•7 years ago

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Confused.com

Strength and flex is only 6 weeks can I continue this weeks 7,8 and 9 with C25K?

Strength and flex is only 6 weeks can I continue this weeks 7,8 and 9 with C25K?...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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w6r3 done

I had thought about today too much and was convinced it would not happen. So to help I put on my graduate t shirt from last time I did c25k. I am not saying...

I had thought about today too much and was convinced it would not happen. So to ...

glendam52

Graduate•7 years ago

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W8,R3 smashed...bring on W9!

With some new songs to run to, I ran for 10 minutes without even realising I was running! I so love the feeling afterwards, I almost want to run again. Does...

With some new songs to run to, I ran for 10 minutes without even realising I was...

NickiCS

Graduate•7 years ago

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Treadmill v outside.

Well yesterday I completed my W5R3. However as the weather was Windy! Wet! and Wild! I decided to go on my treadmill which I do use for such weather. I ran...

Well yesterday I completed my W5R3. However as the weather was Windy! Wet! and ...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Great nephew at Junior Parkrun

Am so proud of my 6 year old Great nephew starting running at JPR! (I run with his dad at Parkrun) Just done his 8th week in a row and he is already into...

Am so proud of my 6 year old Great nephew starting running at JPR! (I run with ...

davelinks

Graduate•7 years ago

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Another first: running to cure the blues

I was still feeling disappointed by my second-ever Parkrun yesterday so I decided to go out and run for the hell of it - no targets, just run until I'd had...

I was still feeling disappointed by my second-ever Parkrun yesterday so I decide...

Now-runner_NeedsAttn

Graduate•7 years ago

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Back again!

Here I am, back again! Week 3 Run 3 (twice) done and so far so good. I do tend to do extras if I feel I haven't progressed as much as I'd like. So I did 4 x...

Here I am, back again! Week 3 Run 3 (twice) done and so far so good. I do tend ...

Kerm

•7 years ago

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10% increase per week, post C25K

I start w9 today so almost there. And naturally I'm thinking, what next...... I would love to be able to run for an hour. I'd be so proud I read somewhere...

I start w9 today so almost there. And naturally I'm thinking, what next...... I...

Raymond16460

•7 years ago

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Composition scales

Do you guys use them? I bought a set a couple of years ago and religiously, every month, fill in the data and compare from the previous month. See the way...

Do you guys use them? I bought a set a couple of years ago and religiously, eve...

Raymond16460

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Scuppered by the lurgy!

Well, I've been so pleased with myself, so proud that things were going well and feeling like I really could do this. W8R3 has had to be abandoned - ive been...

Well, I've been so pleased with myself, so proud that things were going well and...

giddyaunts

Graduate•7 years ago

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I did it!!

Week 4 day 1 OMG i did it!! Irish-John I re read your Message before I left..it really helped thanks for been with me every step of the way!! Happy happy meeee...

Week 4 day 1 OMG i did it!! Irish-John I re read your Message before I left..it ...

Kimscholey

•7 years ago

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I can see the podium!

OMG! I had the best run every today. I decided to take another route as I had become used to the terrain and wanted to push myself a little. I knew I'd be ok...

OMG! I had the best run every today. I decided to take another route as I had be...

CJ24

Graduate•7 years ago

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Ever feel like you're getting slower?

Training for a 5k following a plan from Garmin. Instead of feeling faster and stronger I feel like I might be getting slower!! Anyone else experience this?

Training for a 5k following a plan from Garmin. Instead of feeling faster and st...

wisely

•7 years ago

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Muscle vs fat??

I don't know what to think of this article http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/02/24/this-fit-mom-dropped-6-dress-sizes-by-losing-only-2-pounds.html I beleive...

I don't know what to think of this article http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/0...

Bazza1234

Graduate•7 years ago

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At last. Week 5 Run 3.

Success but not quite sure how. This should have been done last weekend but I got dragged to parkrun on the Saturday morning so didn't do Run 3. Then I had a...

Success but not quite sure how. This should have been done last weekend but I go...

MotherPip

Graduate•7 years ago

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Due to do week 6 run 3 tomorrow

Think this pretty much sums it up 😩😩😩 After a2 week break due to illness I've managed to get back out and commence with week 6 but I'm not gonna lie, I've...

Think this pretty much sums it up 😩😩😩 After a2 week break due to illness I've...

Sazzlex

•7 years ago

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Bit of a loner!

Met a great runner today, he was running to parkrun! Dedication or what? As we ran along, he asked if I had thought about joining a running club. Maybe I am...

Met a great runner today, he was running to parkrun! Dedication or what? As we...

JoolieB1

Graduate•7 years ago

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Uphill struggle

Well last year I seem to hit a hard time with running. Instead of getting faster I started to go slower. This year I started a running club. I seem to be...

Well last year I seem to hit a hard time with running. Instead of getting faste...

AniaParky

Graduate•7 years ago

1 Reply

OMG!!!! Run for 25mins? ...........

Just done week6run2 and listened to what's next. I thought 2 lots of 10 minutes was good but one 25 minute non stop is a bit of a shock. I will have to find a...

Just done week6run2 and listened to what's next. I thought 2 lots of 10 minutes ...

Chrysanthemum

Graduate•7 years ago

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One more to go!!!!

Hi all, Today I completed my w9 day 2 run, got through it, found last 10 minutes difficult as felt tired. One more to go, and that's on Monday 🤗. After Monday...

Hi all, Today I completed my w9 day 2 run, got through it, found last 10 minutes...

Gladioli

Graduate•7 years ago

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Give me your favourite running songs please!

I haven't updated my music in years and have no idea what are good songs to run to. Please can you let me know some of your favourites. Thank you.

I haven't updated my music in years and have no idea what are good songs to run ...

NickiCS

Graduate•7 years ago

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Falling over - one in a million

I fall over regularly and it really worries my husband because he imagines me lying in a ditch with broken limbs or - even worse - tumbling off a mountain....

I fall over regularly and it really worries my husband because he imagines me ly...

JaySeeSkinny

Graduate•7 years ago

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Finished week 1 with cold

I finished my week 1 today and it was hard. I got cold and could not breath properly. It was hard, 60 seconds felt like forever. I was close to give up but I...

I finished my week 1 today and it was hard. I got cold and could not breath prop...

Natalia00

•7 years ago

18 Replies

Working on speed? Increasing your distance? Here are 2 dead easy exercises to prevent shin splints

Stand with your toes touching, heels far apart. Slowly raise your heels and slowly lower them. Stand with your heels touching, toes far apart making a V shape....

Stand with your toes touching, heels far apart. Slowly raise your heels and slow...

boptillyoudrop49

Graduate•7 years ago

1 Reply

Getting to know my lungs!! Must be a couple of flabby sacks

Have been doing my long, slow runs for about a year now and really enjoy them but have often fallen prey to that nagging runner's doubt: am I TOO slow? So now...

Have been doing my long, slow runs for about a year now and really enjoy them bu...

boptillyoudrop49

Graduate•7 years ago

10 Replies

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All posts for February 2017

Week 6 run 1!!!

Week 6 run 3 completed

W8R3 through wind and rain. What after wk9?

Good Old Mr R.

First post from red faced shuffler.

Confused.com

w6r3 done

W8,R3 smashed...bring on W9!

Treadmill v outside.

Great nephew at Junior Parkrun

Another first: running to cure the blues

Back again!

10% increase per week, post C25K

Composition scales

Scuppered by the lurgy!

I did it!!

I can see the podium!

Ever feel like you're getting slower?

Muscle vs fat??

At last. Week 5 Run 3.

Due to do week 6 run 3 tomorrow

Bit of a loner!

Uphill struggle

OMG!!!! Run for 25mins? ...........

One more to go!!!!

Give me your favourite running songs please!

Falling over - one in a million

Finished week 1 with cold

Working on speed? Increasing your distance? Here are 2 dead easy exercises to prevent shin splints

Getting to know my lungs!! Must be a couple of flabby sacks

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