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 [...]

Well I managed to complete Week 1 of Couch to 5k despite a migraine and getting my period last week. I am very pleased with myself. Today I start Week 2 – running for 90 seconds at a time instead of 60 – I hope it’s OK. Looking outside right now the weather looks wet [...]

My body is really working against me this week. I started Couch to 5k finally and because I get migraines so often I knew I wasn’t going to be able to get through the full 9 weeks without interruption – but I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. I went to bed on Wednesday [...]

I did it, finally. W1D1 of C25K completed – that’s Week 1, Day 1 of the Couch to 5k Running plan for anyone not au fait with the acronyms. I actually went out first on Thursday night just to walk the route I planned on taking and it did not go so well, there were [...]

….where are you hiding recently? I have been talking about starting the Couch to 5k running plan for around two months now – I’ve bought the running tights, I got running shoes for my birthday, I have a stack of tshirts ready for action, I’ve downloaded the first few weeks of podcasts. Yet every night [...]