{"id":97,"date":"2018-04-07T16:09:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:55:34","slug":"beginners-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/?page_id=97","title":{"rendered":"Beginners Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20181124_08138-website.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;11px|||0px||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Beginners&#8217; Walk to Run 5k<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The Dolly Mixtures usually run their beginners&#8217; courses in January and\/or September.\u00a0 Unfortunately due to the current situation we do not have a date for the next beginners&#8217; course at this time.\u00a0 As soon as we are able to offer another course we will advertise it on this page and on our Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All courses run on the same format &#8211; a 10 week course culminating in a 5k challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0During the course our experienced leaders will take you from complete beginner to achieving a 5k event with a walk-run plan which allows everyone to progress steadily and easily.\u00a0 You will start with gentle jogging and build up to running 5k gradually.\u00a0 We finish each course with a 5k challenge in which all beginners are invited to run the course at their own pace with the support of fellow beginners and Dolly leaders. In true Dollies style the challenge is completed with tea and cake &#8211; an opportunity to meet beginners from the other groups and talk about coming back to our regular Dollies sessions which are open to all runners.<\/p>\n<p>Places are restricted to 30 ladies per venue.\u00a0 To book your place email- <a href=\"mailto:contact@rundolliesrun.org.uk\">contact@rundolliesrun.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cost is \u00a330 for the full course and the fee is payable on booking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginners&#8217; Walk to Run 5k The Dolly Mixtures usually run their beginners&#8217; courses in January and\/or September.\u00a0 Unfortunately due to the current situation we do not have a date for the next beginners&#8217; course at this time.\u00a0 As soon as we are able to offer another course we will advertise it on this page and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<strong>Beginners Walk to Run 5k<\/strong>\n\nIf you new to running its advisable you start with our beginners couch to 5k course which we aim to run twice yearly.&nbsp;&nbsp; These are 10 weeks long and will enable complete beginners to be able to run 5k at the end of the course. You will start with walking and gentle jogging and build up to running 5k gradually.&nbsp; We finish each course with a 5k challenge in which all beginners are invited to run a course at their own pace with the support of their fellow beginners and dolly leaders.\n\nPlease check our Events Calendar for when our next walk to run course is scheduled for","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rundolliesrun.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}