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44 years old and finished week1 first run! Just joined the forum live South Manchester U.K. So unfit and so up for this am just using any means to keep focus on following this through and seeing to the end best of luck to all!! Hiya! The main thing is, you have started!! Believe me, your fitness wi...

SO...completed final run of week 9. Ran the 5K in 31m 4s!! When I started this, there was NO WAY I could have ran for 5 minutes without stopping never mind 5km! Not stopping here. Have signed up for a 10k in October up here in Glasgow and going to start doing some 5k Park runs. It has been worth the...

Well done! Don't push it too hard. The standard advice is to never increase your distance by more than 10% per week. The good news is that you can fit the increase from 5K to 10K in 12 weeks that way :) And are you stretching after your run? It can help with those sore legs... I started off my stre...

Signed up for the Great Scottish 10K Run....I must be mad!!! I can just about run 5K and now have 12 weeks to get up to 10K! My poor old legs are not going to be happy with me!!!! Wish me luck

Way to go!!! Well done for sticking in!! Gives you a great feeling of accomplishment when you get over that 20 minute hurdle!

So....now that I have managed the dreaded 20 minute Week 5 Run 3 (which really wasn't so bad after all) I decided to try the whole chi / cadence running. It effectively states that the optimum stride count should be 3 per second or 180 steps per minute!! You take faster shorter strides than you are ...

Just joined this forum....so not sure if im doing this right!! I have just completed w3r3 and im feeling very positive. Ive decided though that I will repeat w3 as I dont feel ready to progress to w4 yet. Ive been using a treadmill at my local gym as I like to have a swim after my run. Anyway enjoy...

Hi, that is fantastic!! I am only one week in, but I love it!! I hope you keep up with your 30 minute runs now that you have completed the programme.

After having to miss my last run of week one due to a meeting in London, I completed it today! Incorporated cadence running as an experiment and found it SO much easier!! Far less out of breath after the 8th run and actually cut almost 2 minutes off the timed 2 miles that I cover as part of the run....

Second run completed today...in the rain...not so much fun being soggy!! Still, on a positive note, I did manage to improve my overall distance by about a quarter of a mile. I feel my legs may possibly fall off by tomorrow morning!!! I hope everyone else is doing well!