I have realised that I have been gaining and losing the same 5lbs for almost 8 months now, it’s getting a little silly. The scales hit 8.10 at one point before Christmas and that’s the lowest I have ever been – but I gained 3lbs over Christmas and it’s been up and down and every [...]

Without taking a break and in under 45 minutes – I never thought I would be able to say that a few months ago, never mind three years ago when I weighed almost twice as much as I do now. I ran my first four miler yesterday and I hope there will be many more [...]

Well I knew it was too good to be true that I would get through the entire 9 week couch to 5k plan without a migraine, but I am annoyed it happened so late on into it when I only had a week to go. I was due to do my first 5k (W9D1) on [...]

So, the day after I completed the Couch to 5k Running plan – I twisted my knee. How’s that for bad luck? I am not even totally sure how it happened, I just lost my concentration for a few seconds as there were a group of guys being rowdy and had a little wobble – [...]

Well as you know I started and completed the couch to 5k running program – then twisted my knee and I have been benched ever since. It’s been two weeks today since I last attempted to run and I really wanted to give it another go today as I am moving out to a completely [...]

I did it, yesterday I ran my first 5k…that’s 3 miles…that’s 30 minutes without stopping. I am patting myself on the back. I am going to do it twice more as that’s what the couch to 5k plan has you do before you can call yourself a graduate, but I am sure I will manage [...]

It’s been a while since I last blogged, but don’t panic – I have not given up and gained all the weight back (in a few weeks? I should hope not) and am still on track with my weight loss. Though I have been enjoying the fudge my parents brought me back from their trip [...]

Well yesterday I had my first failure at Couch to 5k, I have also somehow gained 4 pounds – although actually you’ll notice I have not ‘logged’ the gain or updated my stats because I don’t actually believe it to be accurate. I think I am just retaining water due to that time of the [...]

One thing I have quickly realised is how hard it is to keep making these Couch to 5k podcasts, the first few are easy to find the tracks for but as you make more you see it’s harder and harder to find really good running songs that are the right sort of speed and are [...]

I am still on with my couch to 5k plan, yesterday I completed W3D2. I still dislike going out and having to do it in ‘public’, but I have discovered wearing a cap is a life saver – whenever there’s a bunch of people or cars or anything I don’t like I can just hide [...]