After months of trying to get back to my running after a serious chest infection last October which took me nearly 2 months to recover from. Today the sun was shining, the air wasn't quite so cold and after having been for a walk at lunch time I came home, plugged my faithful Garmin in to charge, plugged my sexy little pink iPod Nano in to charge too. By 3.15pm hubby said "do you want a coffee"? - No I'm going for a run/walk whatever I can manage after nearly 5 months of abstinence.
It wasn't fast, it wasn't very long but overall 4.6K in just under 40 minutes, the Garmin shows my running which was 3.5K in 27 minutes. A new year's PB well OK my only run for this year, but it will not be my last. I'm pleased to say I'm back
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Those chesty colds were awful. It took me weeks to shake one off. I've just come back from an afternoon run - never done one before. You've done really well after so many weeks out of the game. Great time!
Thanks Beek you are always so very supportive to many on here. My fitness has improved greatly since New Year having been going to the gym and doing classes too. I don't think my fitness was too much of a problem it was just the cold air hitting my lungs, crikey it was painful whenever I even tried walking briskly. On the up and up now I hope.
Ah that's great after 5 months! As a newbie,I have enjoyed reading your replies and sound advice and hadn't realised that you were out of action for that time. Hope you enjoy good health and many more runs x
That's fantastic oldgirl ! Glad your back . I'll be doing the same now I've finished my rota at work for the week ,first in 9 wks . Lovely weather you had for it too . Well done & take care
Woohoo. Back with a vengeance. There are lots who say they got a bad chest infection when they started running. This could be due to training hard, so the body's defences are initially weaker. Running in winter can also cause problems for the throat and nasal passage. May be the body is also getting rid of the build up of germs in the lungs.
Yes my heel was a problem and took a few weeks to sort, but use gel heels under my insoles and had a whole week of rest while visiting my family in Shropshire seemed to do the trick finally. Have to say too the rollering using a tennis ball and golf ball although a bit unpleasant was also beneficial. No pain no gain as they say
Whooooo. Good for you. I have been 'crawling up the wall' with a 10 day rest period, so you have done fantastic to get through 5 months, and get back out there. And after all that time, that is a respectable distance and time.
Well done!!! I have been struggling since October. Couple of weeks of for holiday and dropped from running an hour to about 15 mins and can't pick up. Must be in my head . Am still trying to go out a couple of times a week but today wk 5 run 2 nearly killed me, and the thought of trying 20 mins seems completely impossible You have given me hope to keep going
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After months of trying to get back to my running after a serious chest infection last October which took me nearly 2 months to recover from. Today the sun was shining, the air wasn't quite so cold and after having been for a walk at lunch time I came home, plugged my faithful Garmin in to charge, plugged my sexy little pink iPod Nano in to charge too. By 3.15pm hubby said "do you want a coffee"? - No I'm going for a run/walk whatever I can manage after nearly 5 months of abstinence. 
well OK my only run for this year, but it will not be my last. I'm pleased to say I'm back 
I've only gone and done it!
I've only gone and done it!
I've only gone and done it!!!
I've only gone and done it!
I've only just gone and bl**dy well done it!
