Dusted off my running shoes while I can't use a spin bike at the gym and started a 9 week 5K to 10K plan.
I noticed the same familiar pain in my left thigh after 25 minutes which I guess is extreme muscle soreness from dragging around 13 stones. Hoping it recedes like it did when I did Couch to 5K last year.
It will be interesting to see how quickly my VO2 max improves and how my running speed increases with weight loss and acclimatization to running.
Pretty please with my Garmin watch to keep track of runs. The only thing it can't do well is place music. The interface is too fiddly particularly if you're running multiple apps on the watch. I will stick to Bluetooth and streaming from my phone. Is anyone else using QuadLock armbands for phones? They're brilliant.
Hoping to crack 45 minutes after 9 weeks but that might be pushing it.
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Welcome back 🙂 I see from your profile bio that you did C25K a year ago, so perhaps it might be a good idea to repeat that before going on to 10K?
The fact you’ve done the programme before will give you a big advantage but by doing it again, it’ll prepare your muscles for the longer runs ahead. Your fitness levels will be good due to your spinning but you use different muscles when you run and so training them will help to avoid injury.
Thanks Princess. Sounds very sensible. I'm deliberately keeping my heart rate down and not pushing it in the early stages to avoid injury. If after the first week I'm not progressing as expected then I'll repeat C25K as you suggested.
As I haven't done a Parkrun since October I'm definitely rusty.
I'm borrowing the wife's Xtrainer from Decathlon to keep up my fitness on days I don't run.
It will help get the weight down in the long run which should help to minimise the risk of injury.
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week3run1 ✅. 3 x 17 mins with 1 min walks. 
How did your parkrun or (not)parkrun go?
