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Couch to 5k- Cage your inner chimp and get started!
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cinnamongreyhound · 19/09/2013 19:26
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lookout ·
29/01/2014 22:10
Welldone MadMonkeys and Finlaggan! I always feel really excited when I find new people doing ct5k 
Mad Do you have proper shoes? I only ask because I had real trouble with my knees to start but once I got my gait checked and proper shoes fitted, the pain stopped immediately. I also surprise myself at how much I enjoy running (current lazy spell excepted, of course 
)
cinnamon my stuff is all laid out and I am off to bed now so as to have no excuses I'm starting week 6 again. For the fourth time 
lookout ·
30/01/2014 12:19
Worth looking into when you can afford it. I saved up my birthday money to get mine, so know how you feel
Well, I finally managed to get out this morning. Upped my pace a little bit and it felt great! I've put my back out though. I think it was the double plank I did yesterday, coupled with the run this morning. I just can't believe how unlucky I am with exercise over the last 6 months. Every time I try to make an effort, something goes wrong. I can't tell you how upset and frustrated I am 
dizzyday07 ·
31/01/2014 11:38
DD and I ran W2R3 last night but as it had been a week since we last got out we are going to repeat it at the weekend then start W3 next week. I only looked tonight at what is involved next and dont believe I will be able to run for 3 mins as I barely survive 1.5!!!
I got pain in my right knee again from about the second set onwards and its stiff and painful this morning. It hurts most when I take the weight off it and move my lower leg from side to side. The trainers I am wearing are a pair of Dr Scholls Fitness Walkers (the kind designed to tone your bum as you walk) so I don't know whether its them throwing my knee off when I run. 
UsedToBeNDP ·
01/02/2014 14:22
Hello all. Long time, no post. Today I finished the 5k element of my training programme (w8 r3).
Next run is where the 10k training starts proper. Yay
DharmaLovesDraco ·
02/02/2014 11:10
I did my first Parkrun (did someone say there was a PR thread?) in35.08, it was hard and as I finished I told my sister never again but am going to do one next Saturday . I am so proud of myself, 5 weeks ago I couldn't run at all!!
I really need to sort my breathing out though, I can't seem to get it right which I swear slows me down
UsedToBeNDP ·
02/02/2014 11:19
Congratulations 
, Dharma. I'm still to work up the courage to PR, might try it when the weather turns (ours is a trail course in local woods and is like a quagmire atm). 35mins is a good time for a new runner, I'd say!
My breathing is all over the place too. I find it easier if I 'sing' (mouth silently) along to my music as I'm going along, I seem to get less 'gaspy' !
lookout ·
02/02/2014 13:50
Did w6r2 (10r, 3w, 10r) today and it nearly killed me. It is a beautiful day and went out at about 11, and the sun, in February, was just too hot!! I am so used to running the dark and cold that this sunny weather just felt wrong . The last 5 mins were a nightmare, I was exhausted. My hip was also very sore after running, though it feels a bit better now. Going to redo the same run on Tues before moving on to the dreaded 22m (which I haven't yet done, I've been on w6r2 forever!).
My parents are coming to stay next weekend and dh has suggested we do a parkrun (he's a dab hand ). According to my app, my whole thing, including warm up and cool down is only 4k, so how on earth I'm gonna manage to run 5, I do not know 
. The very thought of it is making me weak!!
Well done Dharma. I was so panty by the end of my run I sounded ridiculous. I do breathe in and out by my footfalls, I find it helps a bit, so 4 in and 4 out to start with, moving to 3 when I get knackered
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pennygallops ·
02/02/2014 21:44
dizzyday - you could walk/run a parkrun. I have done that a few times with my DD - mainly because she was on a bit of a nature hunt picking blackberries and finding conkers. She's not a runner.
FeliciaHardy ·
03/02/2014 12:05
I had a very undignified run today. W3R2 is done though but was very tough. Where I run the first half is uphill before crossing road and coming back downhill, it's not a steep incline but even on the slightest of incline I find it harder running. Today was a cold wind and I was running into it going uphill, I didn't feel I was getting anywhere! When I turned to come back downhill I had to stop myself from going freefall as felt much lighter.
On top of that a broken umbrella flew out at me when passing some bushes causing me to leap to the side with a shriek and then I felt the waistline of my running pants start creeping down my butt, so was pulling them up everytime I stopped to walk. So glad no one was about this morning! 
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