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Saint2233

Graduate•3 years ago

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I’M A RUNNER!!

OMG!! I feel amazing. If I can do this, keep the faith, you can too. Soooo happy 👏✅🏃‍♀️

OMG!! I feel amazing. If I can do this, keep the faith, you can too. Soooo happy...

Saint2233

Graduate•3 years ago

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Week 2 Completed

Just completed wk2 and am very pleased with myself. At 55 and 18 stone I wondered if this was really going to work for me, but I feel good, and confident for...

Just completed wk2 and am very pleased with myself. At 55 and 18 stone I wondere...

RunDone

Graduate•3 years ago

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Newbie!

Hi all just joined 😀 looking to get back into fitness after a rather large blip!

Hi all just joined 😀 looking to get back into fitness after a rather large blip...

Wendywoo71

•3 years ago

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W2 done!

Hello everyone! Just finished W2!! Feeling good after doing the recommended stretches.

Hello everyone! Just finished W2!! Feeling good after doing the recommended stre...

RosiePaulie

•3 years ago

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Week 5 run 3 done

Completed week 5 run 3 - elated! I’ve done C25K before but had to force myself through it and gave up as soon as graduated. Running with my daughter is helping...

Completed week 5 run 3 - elated! I’ve done C25K before but had to force myself t...

Runningverse

Graduate•3 years ago

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Week 8 done at normal speed podcast

I made it through week 8, although the podcast seemed unnaturally slow. No wonder I thought Laura’s directions were so dynamic! 😂 (I must say the music was...

I made it through week 8, although the podcast seemed unnaturally slow. No wonde...

Tzushka

Graduate•3 years ago

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Parkrun barcode

Morning runners, Woke this morning on my rest day and thought I'd give Parkrun a go, Ive been plucking up the courage to do it for ages and today I thought...

Morning runners, Woke this morning on my rest day and thought I'd give Parkrun ...

Jericho2332

Graduate•3 years ago

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any advice?

I am a 21 year old girl who has just been diagnosed with mild to severe osteoarthritis in both my knees and I am wrecked. I have been lying in bed for three...

I am a 21 year old girl who has just been diagnosed with mild to severe osteoart...

Louisamith

•3 years ago

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First 10K for over 30 years

I ran my first 10K since giving up running in my late 20s on Thursday. Happily this coincided with my granddaughter’s first birthday! I’d run 8k several times...

I ran my first 10K since giving up running in my late 20s on Thursday. Happily ...

MisterJawaid

•3 years ago

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Half way through

Morning everyone, I just got in from my first run of week 5. It’s 4.30am and I go early so not to see or be seen by anyone! Anyone else do this? I can’t...

Morning everyone, I just got in from my first run of week 5. It’s 4.30am and I g...

Johnson70

Graduate•3 years ago

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Run 2 complete

Run 2 completed today and it was no where near as hard as the first one. I did it after work I’d had a really busy day in the retail world and was so tired so...

Run 2 completed today and it was no where near as hard as the first one. I did i...

PaulaBell

•3 years ago

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Wk 4 complete.

My head was not in the game today. Work is mentally hard at the moment and I ate my carbs an hour earlier than normal, phone rang twice during the run because...

My head was not in the game today. Work is mentally hard at the moment and I ate...

Davidnotarunner

Graduate•3 years ago

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Week 5 Day 2 Done… loooking forward to day 3 😊

Today I started with week 2 podcast by mistake( don’t know how) only to find something odd when Laura mentioned that first run is done finding it odd I checked...

Today I started with week 2 podcast by mistake( don’t know how) only to find som...

Khalesi

Graduate•3 years ago

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End of Week 1

Struggling a bit to be honest but hopefully week 2 might see me doing better. Have abandoned taking the pulling dog!

Struggling a bit to be honest but hopefully week 2 might see me doing better. Ha...

Hidden

•3 years ago

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W5r3 complete 3.66km in 20.09

Wow , this programme works. 15 weeks ago I was obese (bmi 30.6) and could only run a bath. never thought I'd be running for 20 mins non stop. My bmi is now...

Wow , this programme works. 15 weeks ago I was obese (bmi 30.6) and could only r...

david_now

•3 years ago

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hi guys. Does anyone have Rheumatoid Arthritis and what advice can they give please? I’m 53 and been suffering on and off with stuff joints and recent blood...

Hi guys. Does anyone have Rheumatoid Arthritis and what advice can they give ple...

Gotthis1968

•3 years ago

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5k I’m so close! I’m coming for you! BOOM! Let’s get it 🎉

Guys so yesterday as per recommendation of Instructor57, UnfitNoMore and nowster i took day off, and today back in that grind I did some intervals I did again...

Guys so yesterday as per recommendation of Instructor57, UnfitNoMore and nowste...

Hidden

•3 years ago

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Late to the pilates party

Unfortunately I won't be getting a new PB in the Bristol half marathon next month because I won't be taking part at all. I've had to give my place away after...

Unfortunately I won't be getting a new PB in the Bristol half marathon next mon...

Speedy60

Graduate•3 years ago

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Fat girls can run

Week9 run 3 - boom. I've never been a natural runner (still aren't) but here I am second time around, graduating! Thanks to everyone who posts on here whose...

Week9 run 3 - boom. I've never been a natural runner (still aren't) but here I...

PJRunner

Graduate•3 years ago

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Pleased with finally running 5k.

Well after a little blip with my first attempt, I’ve sailed through the program. It’s brilliant. Finished today with a 5k in 36 mins which I’m chuffed with as...

Well after a little blip with my first attempt, I’ve sailed through the program....

Borobi

Graduate•3 years ago

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Should I eat before running

I do my run at 5.30am usually nothing to eat or drink dont think I could face anything at that time. A runner has told e I just eat first so I have bought some...

I do my run at 5.30am usually nothing to eat or drink dont think I could face an...

doggytail

Graduate•3 years ago

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Get in!!!

Yay completed W6R3 didnt think I would i struggled but did it even managed the last 60 second sprint. To think I couldn't even run next door 6 weeks ago I'm...

Yay completed W6R3 didnt think I would i struggled but did it even managed the l...

doggytail

Graduate•3 years ago

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W9R3 The Second Time

It went well as I strove to complete the C25K programme a second time. There were moments when I faltered but they were few and brief. I'm sure there's more I...

It went well as I strove to complete the C25K programme a second time. There wer...

BigLebowski

Graduate•3 years ago

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I did it!

Well that's that, I did it! I changed my route tonight and ran along our local canal towpath which was beautiful as the sun set and a real treat. My husband...

Well that's that, I did it! I changed my route tonight and ran along our local ...

katemellors

•3 years ago

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Week 2 finished

I hope you all don’t mind getting a blow by blow update but here goes anyway. Week 2 finished and if you would have said to me a month ago I would be looking...

I hope you all don’t mind getting a blow by blow update but here goes anyway. We...

Poppdog

Graduate•3 years ago

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W9R3 done!

W9R2: non-flat run, avoiding some holes, tree trunks and slippery, wet places. Good fun. 5,26km - 33:26 - avg heart rate 139 - avg cadence 172 W9R3: flat run,...

W9R2: non-flat run, avoiding some holes, tree trunks and slippery, wet places. G...

ViWe

Graduate•3 years ago

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Hang on a sec… zoom out?

Looking forward through the program and zooming out from the dreaded 5 minutes here, 8 minutes here…. 20 minutes!!! Am I right in thinking that C25K is less...

Looking forward through the program and zooming out from the dreaded 5 minutes h...

Davidnotarunner

Graduate•3 years ago

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W9R3 Done!

Finally got the last run done. I took a 5 day break between R2 and R3 as I was walking in the Peak District. So pleased to have completed C25K again. Now to...

Finally got the last run done. I took a 5 day break between R2 and R3 as I was w...

philevans68

Graduate•3 years ago

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Landmark run-20 minutes!!!

Today was a landmark run- week5 run 3 - the longest continuous run for me in ages. Although I’ve still been running in the early part of the year, I had been...

Today was a landmark run- week5 run 3 - the longest continuous run for me in ag...

limberlou

Graduate•3 years ago

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Posts - Couch to 5K | HealthUnlocked

Couch to 5K

All posts for August 2021

Graduate badge

I’M A RUNNER!!

Week 2 Completed

Newbie!

W2 done!

Week 5 run 3 done

Week 8 done at normal speed podcast

Parkrun barcode

any advice?

First 10K for over 30 years

Half way through

Run 2 complete

Wk 4 complete.

Week 5 Day 2 Done… loooking forward to day 3 😊

End of Week 1

W5r3 complete 3.66km in 20.09

Rheumatoid Arthritis

5k I’m so close! I’m coming for you! BOOM! Let’s get it 🎉

Late to the pilates party

Fat girls can run

Pleased with finally running 5k.

Should I eat before running

Get in!!!

W9R3 The Second Time

I did it!

Week 2 finished

W9R3 done!

Hang on a sec… zoom out?

W9R3 Done!

Landmark run-20 minutes!!!

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