Anyone fancy starting couch to 5K on 9th Sept?

W3R1 done! And more amazingly I felt I could have done more. Wasn't going to push my luck though.

I've not had a proper gait analysis done, ripping. I've been told that a shop near me might do it so I'm going to see if I have time to pop in there tomorrow.

My shins were okay today, I had no pain from them at all until the beginning of my last 3 min run and it disappeared when I picked up my speed. But they are aching again now.

hi everyone

Alotta, if you are worried about your shins, have you had a gait analysis done?

i've joined a fb group, and as soon as i mentioned shin pain i was leapt on and advised to go to a specialist shop to have this done, and to look at different shoes

i did this over the weekend, the analysis is free at most places.

they photograph and video your feet and ankles, standing and running, showing you how movement in your foot affects your whole leg when it's under pressure - of course the shop want you to buy shoes from them, but you are under no obligation to do so - but i have found the perfect running shoes for me! (once you know which shoes fit you best, you can go online and buy cheaper there )

the chap also showed me some stretches specific for my running style, and helped me to run with the whole of my foot, not just the heel.
even showed me how hold my body while running!

just back from todays run and i ran through some of the walks too, when i tried this a few weeks ago i was missing the last few seconds of the runs due to pain and exhaustion - maybe i'm generally fitter now, but i think the attention to fine detail has helped immensely

Good luck for tomorrow, hope your run goes well (and nooooo to overtime that eats into running time)!

I'm not great at going to my GP either original. She has been good at dealing with things for my kids so I should probably give her more of a chance.
My shins have felt fine over weekend so going to give week 3 a go tomorrow. I'm obviously keen as my boss asked me to work some overtime tomorrow and I said no as didn't want to miss my chance of a run (plus she's asking me to work all my days off lately, hell no).

Week 3, Run 2 this morning

caffeinated about your knee. Knee injuries are a real bugger aren't they - they seem to take ages to clear up. Alotta, is your GP helpful about this sort of thing? I never think of going to mine, not sure why as I'm sure a referral to an NHS sports physio would save me a lot of money compared to paying for sports massage therapy.

I did it - it's definitely a step up from Week 2! But I forgot to turn round and suddenly realised the podcast was about to finish and I was 2.5 km from home, so I rewound it and did most of it again on the way back. So ended up doing a total of 5 km, albeit slowly. Right shin and right achilles are quite achey now so will be digging out the arnica gel for those.

Dodgy knee not really improving. Hopefully it will over the weekend. Can't believe how much I miss getting out. Well done to you soldiering on.

Day 3 of Week 2 done. Not sure I'm ready for week 3, if it wasn't for my shins think I'd manage 3 min runs at a time but they ached quite a bit at the end of todays run. I'll try day 1 on Monday and if its too much, go back to week 2 and see my GP.
How did you find your run today original?

Going to try Day 1 of Week 3 after I've dropped DS3 off at school. My Achilles tendon is even creakier than usual this morning. Sadly, a dodgy Achilles is about all I have in common with Jessica Ennis

thanks caffeinated, and I hope your knee settles down soon. It's really frustrating when you can't run . Arnica gel is very good for minor aches and pains, I put it on my dodgy shin a lot and it really helps.

No cash to spare sadly. Sounds like you are ready for week 3.

If you have the cash to spare, sports massage is very good for keeping running legs in good nick.

I did Day 1 of Week 2 this morning and only needed to take half of one of the walking breaks - I ran all the rest (albeit very slowly). So am probably going to move on to Week 3 on Friday.

Sorry to hear that caffeinated, hope it feels right again soon for you. I'm still unsure about my shins, they're not painful when running just a slight ache. I fell down some stairs about 5 years ago and injured my shins quite badly and wondering if its just from that.

I got out today, felt slightly better than yesterday so got ready for a run and took kids to school to see how I felt. I spoke to a friend there whose husband does lots of running, his rule is that if cold is just in the head, go running. If it's in your chest don't run. So I went for a run and do feel better for it.

Hope you managed to get out allota.

5 hours after my run on Monday my knee started to feel weird. Not painful but weird. It seemed to ease off after my rest day so went out for w3 r3 today and had to stop half way cos my knee wasn't right. It wasn't right 30 secs in but I didn't want to have to give up. But I have. Gutted. Will be a couple of days off for me at least I guess.

I think I'm ok to gently use the cross trainer too cos the knee was def aggravated on impact with the ground.

Fingers crossed for you, AlottaReading!

I'm full of cold, due to go out tomorrow morning, not sure if its a good idea. Thinking it might make me feel better but then again could end up feeling worse.
Hopefully I'll wake up in the morning feeling 10 times better as don't want to miss a run! Never thought I'd be saying that 2 weeks ago!

caffeinated, well done on knocking a few seconds off your average mile time! I did a sub-ten minute mile this morning for the first time in ages (I am a VERY slow runner) which made me happy .

Have completed Week 1 now. Going to do Day 1 of Week 2 tomorrow and if that's easy I might skip straight on to Week 3. Will see how it goes though! I'm really enjoying it, am definitely getting my running mojo back.

Sorry to hear about sore shins. Are you stretching enough and in all the right places? My right shin is intermittently sore but it never seems to get any worse so I just sorta keep going.

I was worried I was starting with shin splints ripping but they were better today. Still going to take care though as have had problems with my shins before.
First run of week 2 done and I enjoyed it more today.

I'm having to rest up for a couple of weeks, think have got the beginnings of shin splints.

My shoes are fine to wear for shredding but think I need something better for running in. Am gutted, but will be back.

Did week 2 run 2 at 6:45 this morning in a very boggy park in parts. Knocked a few seconds off my average mile so happy with that. I am able to run just over half a lap of the park now before starting to walk a little bit. This time a week ago I couldn't even run a quarter.

Did Day 2 of Week 1 this morning - did 4 km in total which I was really pleased about. Might rush on and do Day 3 tomorrow in order to catch up with the thread as I see most of you are on Week 2 .

I am on week 2 run 1. Doing week 2 run 2 in the morning. Prob in the rain. That will question my resolve at 6:45 when my bed is holding me hostage. Found the first week a total slog, so unfit. But can sense that I am improving which spurs me on. Be great to check in with others too.