If you've lost your exercise/running mojo, come on in for a Christmas countdown .....

I’ve done day one of Yoga With Adriene. Ooft, I am not very bendy! I’ll probably not get 10K steps today because I am WFH but it will even out over the week. Water has been consumed in herbal tea, that counts, right?

Gym sesh for me today. Graduated myself from dumbbells, which I've been using to even out any strength differences between left and right limbs, to barbells. Didnt lift anything huge but nice to feel like there has been progress. Will run tomorrow after school bus drop off.

2 miles of 4:1 Jeffing this morning. That's a very good quote @ScarlettMcCain - I'm also frustrated that I've let summer laziness (to be fair the heatwave this year absolutely poleaxed me) chip away at my fitness, when I was running 3 or 4 miles at a time 3 times a week, but as you say something is better than nothing.

I found a good app for marking off the run-walk intervals if anyone's interested - it's called RunIntervals and you can have it going in the background if you like to listen to music or podcasts etc while running. It cuts in to give you a three second countdown when it's time to change pace, and you can customise the intervals to whatever suits you.

@christmassyqwerty I'm guessing that you could just run as much of the distance as you could and walk the rest? I'm very frustrated with myself knowing that I used to be able to run 5K and am now back to week 2 of C25K... aaarrrgghhh! But still I plod on, repeating to myself "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good"... I feel like as long as I'm doing something, that's better than nothing?

@Judystilldreamsofhorses thank you for the 'healthy for 30' tip! I'm going to try the Body Coach 'Get Back on It' challenge and think of two others. Although I may start my shockwave therapy this week and am not looking forward to it

I’ve done 12k steps, and lined up Yoga with Adrienne’s 30 day thing on the app ready to start tomorrow.

Thanks @BogRollBOGOF compass runs sound like a good idea as nights close in.

I managed to get 10 miles in today in just under 2 hours so I was quite happy with that although the thought of scaling that up to 26 is quite daunting. For those run/walking and worrying about increasing the run time - I now Jeff everything at ratios of 90:30 or 60:30 and have found that this makes me faster rather than slower than if I ran all the way. (And less achy afterwards)

I've replied on your other thread, but if you do it as a walk with running bits as you feel like it, you'll be fine. Just getting out there and starting will feel good, and it doesn't take long before you can increase the running.

Better to do something that interests you than chugging along a less motivating conventional way (says she who's done C25k again this year)

@christmassyqwerty EVERYONE needs this thread in their lives... tell your friends . I am a bit like you and it's always "oh after half term it'll be easier because X" but that time never comes as there's always another curveball. So now I've just given myself a kick up the butt to get on with it.

I did Parkrun yesterday (5k) and haven't run in ages (months). I ran the whole thing but just took the pace really easy. I don't want to generate laundry for less than 5k. So I think you'll be fine so long as you listen to your body.

I need this thread in my life.

I've spent the whole year telling myself I'll start exercising next week and now the year is nearly over and it's 8 weeks till Christmas.

I want to get started TODAY

I get quite impatient with running though as I realise it takes time to build up but I just want to go and do 3-4 miles starting from now.

Has anyone else taken this approach and been ok? Thinking walk/jog but just get the distance done?

I managed to fit in another 3 miles today. Still jeffing (3 min run, 1 min walk) but hoping to up the running over the next couple of weeks.

A variation on loops that I like is a "compass run" basically running in a + shape so I park up somewhere fairly central and run legs of out and back. I love it for 10 mile runs as I'm never more than 1.25 miles from the car, especially if there's something like injury doubt, poor weather or restricted time where you may want to cut short.

I've made a return to parkrun too. It's been about 4 months since I've been to my local. I'm still having to be cautious with my achilles and speed is worse than distance. I'm jeffing my long runs, but trying to run-all on my short ones.

First Parkrun in god knows how long (many years) today. So far off my PB it was embarrassing but I did run all the way without stopping which I was worried I wouldn't be able to do. So much easier with lots of people as pacers.

I haven’t read this thread in its entirety but I am in. Need my mojo back. Used to love running and be quite good at it…. Not fast but could do at least 10 miles every weekend….

I was in a good routine of 2 exercise classes per week, but then went on holiday and didn't go back. Ready to go back now and this post has given me the motivation to actually go back. Thanks OP!

No running yesterday but we did do a climbing session with the children which I am feeling this morning in my sides and shoulders 😬. I need to be out early for running otherwise it just doesn’t happen, past 10 am and my motivation just drains away.

Will try and push myself to get out tomorrow morning and hopefully again on Monday after drop off as I’m working from home. Tuesday and Wednesday are office days so no running but I do get some decent steps in to and from the station.

@ScarlettMcCain I found the SW really painful. I paid for three sessions which is what works for most people, and had the last one last week, but I don’t feel like it has helped very much. (It was £££ too!) I’ve to wait six weeks and then can do another three if I need to. I was told to stay off my foot as much as possible but it’s impossible as I don’t drive - most work days I do about 18,000 steps.

Yes, exactly that re healthy for 30. Most people do three things - steps, yoga, water, for example - and they can be whatever suits you. I need to make up some sort of tick chart. (I don’t do TikTok in terms of posting videos but I know a chart works for me!)

@Judystilldreamsofhorses another PF sufferer here, currently waiting for physio/ shockwave therapy (which I'm hoping isn't as scary as it sounds!) - the physio did tell me that I could exercise in the meantime but not overdo it, but how do I know when to stop?!

I have no idea about TikTok suspect I'm too old to understand it but is 'healthy for 30' a 30 day challenge? I'm guessing with the idea of if you can do 30 days, it's become a habit and you'll keep going?

October has been very busy and stressful, I'm hoping to get back on track in November and tackle my fitness goals - 3 stone to lose

Welcome, new people!!

Hello, can I please join, in a low key way? I did C25K earlier this year and was comfortably running 30 minutes straight, then developed bloody plantar fasciitis in august which has knocked me off my feet. I’ve been having physio and shockwave therapy but it’s a slow game.

I’ve seen “healthy for 30” on TikTok a lot lately so my plan is 30 days of yoga, 10k steps a day, and I know I should do something drinking-water-related but suspect that will be the hardest part. I will start on Monday although that feels out of whack with Tuesday being the first!

I started HRT in the summer and would like to get shot of my peri middle. I’m still the same dress size 10/12 but not enjoying having a fleshy tummy!

Coming on this thread gave me the motivation to get out and do a short run. As its dark I ended up doing three laps of a short loop - I suspect I am going to be very familiar with it by April. I tried to mix it up a bit with two fastish laps (one in the reverse direction) and one with longer run intervals (I Jeff) at the end. DOes anyone have any other ideas for trying to make endless loops a bit more interesting?

Me please! I’ve just signed up with a personal trainer and started dance fit after a very long break.
I’m also wanting to quit smoking!

Can I join too please?

Like @londonmummy1966 I got a ballot place in the London marathon and I’m determined to use that place as the kick up the arse to get myself going after Covid - I ran a half in the spring but then the heatwave sapped my will to live never mind run and I need to snap out of it!

Can I join? I;ve been very off and on over the summer but have just landed a place in the London Marathon so need to really get my arse in gear. I can usually get myself up to HM speed in 10 weeks or so but haven't really tried anything beyond 15 miles so the marathon is a real step up. I'm trying to run 3x a week with a long run on Sunday and non strenuous swimming on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'm wondering if I need to do some form of strength or stretch as well though.