C25K Week 3 Run 1
Ok this is a bit of boasting… but look at the timings – my first official sub nine minute average for a run ! This is a major achievement for me and makes me...
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C25K one week done…
Wow! This is really working can’t believe that I have managed to make a 30 second improvement over the week in my average time. Slight addition to the route for tonight as I keep...
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Starting again… again…
OK so Couch to 5k… maybe easy for some but after injuring my self with crap shoes and getting into a rough project in work that took up time and then buying a new...
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C25K reboot – take 2 – week 1
Started again. New shoes, new kit from Decathlon… well if it’s good enough for the fell runners on the Derbyshire Sport pages it’s good enough for my jogging. Very muggy evening but not a lot...
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Too soon?
C25K … rip it up and start again… New shoes, socks, shorts and shirt and even a proper running jacket. Reset the app set a new schedule, turned on the Forerunner and started off....
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New shoe shuffle
Today’s advice for a C25K newbie is simple; Shoes, get a reputable running shop to check your shoes. So , the day after my disastrous first run of C25K Week 2 I went to...
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C25K Week Two run 1
Well that was an eye opener – the usual 5 minute warm up walk followed by 90 seconds of running and two minutes walking for 20 minutes… even with Jules as my pacemaker I...
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C25K first week completed!
Did it! Went out on my own with my new , well new to me, Garmin Forerunner 10 and plodded South along the canal path to save on the road crossings… and less embarrassing...
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C25K has started!
So the first proper run C25K is done. At the time a struggle but feeling really good now. I went further than expected, 2.2 miles, which surprised me. Once it stopped feeling like someone...
