Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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Have any of you ever tried this, opinions?
Downloaded the iphone app a few weeks ago and thinking about trying it.
Those of you who have no idea about it, its designed to get you from fat lazy bast (me) to running 10km without stopping in 13 weeks.
You start off on day 1 with 4.5min walk, 30 sec run. 4.5min walk, 30sec run. Repeated for about an hour.
You run 3 times per week, and each time it increases the duration or running.
Im crap at sticking to something, and when i do start, i usually go hell for leather, kill myself in 10mins and then am fucked for a week, so give up. Seems like a good way into it, as its designed for fat lazy basts like me!
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Russ
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do you live less than 10k from somewhere worth running to though?
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Tom G
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Yeah i have buddy, its alright i suppose, i used the couch to 5k one but got bored and just went out on runs instead.
Whether that would work a little better i dont know? I can now run 10/6miles in around an hour at a steady jog, weighing 16st and 21% BF.
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Dan
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Yea, i think just running regularly would be just as good, but i like the idea of starting of very gentle, and slowly building it up.
Russ, i dont think there is anything worth running to within 100km of GY tbh
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Russ
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except me?
[Edited on 07-03-2011 by Russ]
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Tom G
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Yeah I do see what you mean, how far/long can you jog atm?
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Dan
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Atm....
ill probably struggle to do the 30 seconds after walking for 4.5mins.
No joke, walking up the stairs gives me pains in my thigh muscles. I dunno why though, i have a very demanding job, where i must walk a million miles a day.
Im just majorly unfit and 15 stone and 5ft 11
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Russ
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you weigh more than me dan, and i'm an inch taller 
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Tom G
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Prob best start off on that until you can build it up to a little more
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Russ
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you any good at football dan, your welcome to come play 5-a-side on a monday night, that'll help, as its sprint/jog/walk for an hour
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Dan
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Im a fat fucker russ lol. I was 16 stone nearly before i started p90x etc last jan!
As for football! im fucking awful and dont play lol, cheers tho 
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Hammer
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I can run for 2 hours solid at 5's, can swim a hundred lengths but can't run for any longer than 5 minutes normally 
I find it extremely boring, especially when it is aimless.
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