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C25K really works

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 13/01/2018 17:03

I finished week 7 day 1 today, and surprised myself by running for 25 minutes without stopping. I could have gone longer, too!

I'm not fast.

I haven't gone further than 3.6 km.

But my endurance has increased so much, even when I'm only managing to get out 1-2 times a week.

So for those of you just starting, or feeling like you've got that wall in week 5, keep going. You can do it!

I'm looking forward to managing a full 5 km one day, and I know I can do it because I've improved so much already.

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TimeIhadaNameChange · 21/04/2018 08:34

Yay! That’s 3 of us! Wecando this! (Paper - sorry, forgot you were on this thread too!)

Am here! There are lots of signs. Not many people so far.....

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 21/04/2018 07:47

Excellent! We're in it together this morning! I need to get out.of bed!

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Paperdolly · 21/04/2018 07:41

Thanks all. I'm going this morning to give the parkrun a try. Confused

TimeIhadaNameChange · 21/04/2018 07:36

YAY! I have virtual company. Thank you so much, athing!

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 21/04/2018 07:14

My shift this morning got cancelled, so I'm going to my local parkrun (unless someone calls in sick and they ask me to cover).

Let's do this Time!

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TimeIhadaNameChange · 21/04/2018 07:08

Paper - I’ll let you use know! I'm strangely nervous. Not about the run (5K on the flat has to be easier than 10K on Skye) but the route, getting there, travelling on the Underground in running gear, the heat, toilet location.... you name it I’m worried about it. More than that, though, it’s the memories of school PE lessons that it’s bringing up. Hopefully, once I’m there, it’ll not be similar at all. I shall see!

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 20/04/2018 14:09

Paperdolly I've never been, but the route is marked out on the website isn't it? I plan to go once I finish my Saturday job. (In May!)

I use an app called couch to 5k & 10k.

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Arcadia · 20/04/2018 13:38

What app have people used?

Paperdolly · 20/04/2018 13:35

I've just registered for my first park run!!! This will also be my W9R3 graduation run. I mucked my last one up as I knocked the programme off 🙄. Hopefully I can graduate on new territory. I don't even know what happens...do you clock in and is it all marked out in kms?

dragonwarrior · 19/04/2018 20:26

I know that of course and I completed it and had no idea about the speed until I had got back home but it just grates to be getting slower!

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 19/04/2018 20:22

No idea. :)

But I've accepted my turtle status. I'm not bothered about speed, it's the not-giving-up bit that counts!

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dragonwarrior · 19/04/2018 20:18

Ffs I am getting slower each bloody run I do recently.... It’s really demotivating. I have just started Wk5 so done run 1 3 x 5 minutes and the last two runs I have been slower... why?!

TimeIhadaNameChange · 17/04/2018 09:29

I have found the race for us, and the good news is the next one isn't for another two years which gives us all plenty of time to get up to a half-marathon: here.

I was reading about someone who did it this year on FB, and she said that, not only do you get wine in your race pack, but some of the water stations also hand out wine en route!!!!! How amazing is that?

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 16/04/2018 18:39

No, sorry! But I hear they are a friendly lot. I haven't had the chance to attend a parkrun yet myself.

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TimeIhadaNameChange · 16/04/2018 14:35

I'll have to give it a shot.

Don't suppose you're in NE London? As I'm planning on a Parkrun this Saturday and it would be nice to have novice company.

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 16/04/2018 12:22

They used their own shoes, and I only ran for a minute or two. I popped in after work so was in ordinary clothes. Spent far too much on their cheapest trainers!!

I'm looking forward to cracking 10k. Ran this morning with the buggy and dog and couldn't quite manage 7 today, but I'm sure.i worked harder than if I'd been on my own.

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TimeIhadaNameChange · 16/04/2018 11:22

athing - what was the gait analysis like? Did you go in running clothes or just your usual get up? I'm tempted, the next time I'm near a running shop. Not that I can afford to buy any more trainers just now, but I am curious about my gait. My feet tend to do strange things.

Congrats on the 7km btw! I've managed 10 once, but, unfortunately, on my usual route it includes a VERY steep him which has buggered up my knee. I think I'm going to have to be brave and run along the main road instead.

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 16/04/2018 06:34

Did you stretch right after running? I always forget.

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chocoshopoholic · 15/04/2018 19:17

I did week 4 run 1 yesterday.

Today I have the most painful calfs. Just about managing to walk but going downstairs is virtually impossible!

I've tried some gentle stretching, a walk around the block and a bath to no avail so far.

Paperdolly · 15/04/2018 19:04

Sorry TheGhost... 🙄. Sorry. Just seen your post.

Pleased you didn't give in. 👍🏻

Paperdolly · 15/04/2018 19:02

Did you get out today TheGhost...?

TheGhostOfBarryFairbrother · 15/04/2018 18:00

I did it! Beat the W5R3 wall! I was very slow but I did it!

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 15/04/2018 13:44

In my app it's a 90 second run, walk, 3 minute run, walk, 90 seconds, walk, 3 minutes.

You can do this.

I ran 7+ km yesterday and have my sights set on 10k now! I went and bought proper running shoes and had my gait analysed and everything. I guess I'm a runner.

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Aelinandme · 14/04/2018 11:05

Week 2 run 3 completed this morning in the lovely sunshine. The fifth out of six runs was the toughest. I'm wondering what happens in week 3?

TheGhostOfBarryFairbrother · 13/04/2018 16:43

My running partner doesn't feel ready to move onto W5R3 so about to go and do R2 again with the aim of doing the BIG ONE on Sunday!

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