I might start c25k tonight. Might.

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Did it a couple of years ago. Plagued by shin splints and knee pain and eventually had to quit, but I did make it to 5k. I took up cycling instead and got hooked, and sort of accepted that I couldn't run.

But I keep having urges to run. I miss it so badly - I've never felt that way about sport or exercise but running really gave me endorphins I so badly need. I feel close to tears when I remember how I felt afterwards, or even during a good run, such a feeling of freedom. I know this sounds ridiculous!

I'm very overweight which probably means the shin pain will come back quickly. But I think I might throw dinner together then leave the DC reading with DH and go for a run. I might.

Have you got proper shoes?

Yeah I had gait analysis done and got wildly expensive trainers a couple of weeks into it when I ran previously.

Maybe speed walk instead

Go for it! But take it slowly, and maybe do each run for 5 gos rather than 3 so that your body has more time to get used to it.

And have a look for exercises to strengthen the muscles round your knees, and techniques to stretch the tendons which cause the shin splint pain

Don't wait, start now!. And try to keep it up "5x50 challenge" might help, & a good podcast to follow. Rober Ullerey's c25k is really good with when to run & when to walk.
A year from now you will wish you had started today

Hi all, just started C25K last week... Took 10 days to do first 3 runs which were ok but both knees now hurting.... Still BF DD who is 4m now and wondered if anyone has any experience of this!!!!???? Do I keep pushing on through to get stronger or go slower/faster? Think I need new trainers but reluctant to spend tonnes of cash before I'm sure I can stick it out ....any advice welcome!! Thanks.

Maybe your knees will be stronger now you've done loads of cycling?

snoozy the whole reason I started running first time around was that DD was feeding all night and I was exhausted :) no advice I'm afraid but good luck!

I'm currently on the sofa with my feet up and a bag of ice cubes on each shin

The run was a piece of cake so I'm obviously much, much fitter than I was first time around (miraculous - despite being fatter and not having ridden my bike for a month!) but my shins are grumbling. I think if I want to keep this up I'm going to have to lose weight.

Thanks for the encouragement though. I'm going to do each week twice and experiment with running in the woods instead of on pavements, take it slow and keep my eyes on the prize of being able to run. I feel really great just having started it!