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by Pushingit
Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:57 pm
Forum: The Graduate Forum
Topic: Roll of honour 
Replies: 109
Views: 142817

Re: Roll of honour 

Name: Liz Area: Tipperary, Ireland Completed: 3rd April 2012 I am so proud of myself for completing this programme. I think it's the first exercise programme I have ever fully completed and no cheating! Thank you to the designers of this programme - I recommend it to everyone that wants to start get...
by Pushingit
Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:43 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: Graduation - here I come
Replies: 5
Views: 4924

Re: Graduation - here I come

I've done it - I have completed the programme - it must be the first exercise programme I've stuck to in my life - the question is now what? I think I'll aim to do 5K more comfortably or get a bit further in 30 mins and then take it out onto the road - I've had it a bit soft by jogging on my treadmi...
by Pushingit
Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:38 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: 20 minutes!!! Oh lord help me!
Replies: 29
Views: 20333

Re: 20 minutes!!! Oh lord help me!

Well done - cracking that first 20mins is scary - it does seem like a huge jump and isn't it amazing how you think you'll breeze through the next run because you've done 20mins and suddenly find it's not a breeze! I still get butterflies in my stomach before every run and I'm only getting up on the ...
by Pushingit
Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:15 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: Graduation - here I come
Replies: 5
Views: 4924

Graduation - here I come

1 more run and I will have completed the programme - I can't believe I have come this far - from gasping after a 1 minute jog to doing 35 mins non stop - I am very proud of myself. Thank you get running for this app - I could not have done it without you - I'm going to keep repeating the last week a...
by Pushingit
Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:04 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: Still,,,,attached to couch,,, Need Encourage
Replies: 5
Views: 5469

Re: Still,,,,attached to couch,,, Need Encourage

Go for it - it's worth it - Im 5ft 3 and was just over 15stone when I started - everything wobbled and jiggled and I was counting down the seconds for each run - but now 3 months later I'm 17 pounds lighter and can jog for 35 mins non stop - a pair of jeans in the back of the wardrobe long forgotten...
by Pushingit
Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:55 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: run 1 week 4 HELP!!!
Replies: 23
Views: 17175

Re: run 1 week 4 HELP!!!

Don't worry if you don't complete a run - do as much if it as you can and repeat it the next day and try to do a little more - keep repeating until you crack it - you're still improving your fitness and burning calories - try not to look ahead it only gives you progression anxiety i.e. If I only jus...
by Pushingit
Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:44 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: 20 minutes!!! Oh lord help me!
Replies: 29
Views: 20333

Re: 20 minutes!!! Oh lord help me!

Just take your run 5mins at a time - tell yourself you'll just 10 and then see how you go and you may as well do the next five and then there's only 5 left - that's what I did, you sort of fool yourself into doing it - it worked for me because I've done wk 9 run 2 today and voluntarily jogged an ext...
by Pushingit
Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:50 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: Mental techniques for running long distances
Replies: 5
Views: 5636

Re: Mental techniques for running long distances

I started out listening to uptempo music on my iPod but as I progressed i find that listening to an audio book really passes the time - I jog on a treadmill at home so there are no distractions and without my iPod it'd be extremely boring just watching the numbers clock up
by Pushingit
Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:30 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: Couch to 21.1K
Replies: 5
Views: 6539

Re: Couch to 21.1K

That is absolutely fantastic - you must be a whole new person - congratulations on a such a hard-earned achievement - don't think I'll ever do a marathon but I do look at other joggers that seem so move with so much ease and think to myself someday that will be me
by Pushingit
Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:40 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: Week 2 done & still alive
Replies: 8
Views: 6561

Re: Week 2 done & still alive

Told you you'd be fine - well done - it's great to hear how people a few steps ahead are getting on and that they're feeling the same progression anxiety