It's been a long time since I posted on here but I have made it back.
I'm not sure if my graduate badge is still there (does it get taken off you if you 'fall off the wagon' 
) but I did graduate from the Couch to 5K back in 2012 after thinking that I could never make it. I even completed several Parkruns (could never make it below the blasted 30 minutes though) and had my graduate t-shirt ... all was going swimmingly.
Then, during one of my runs, I noticed that my leg started to get really heavy and numb. I have a dodgy back, mainly through a lack of stomach muscles and it felt like it had finally given up the ghost. I put it down to one-off but it happened again on my next run. A quick visit to the Physio told me that I had a squished hip/leg joint and whilst I was never explicitly told to stop running, I was advised to maybe find something a bit gentler!! That was what was said ... what I 'heard' though was "give up any form of exercise" and so I did ... with style.
Anyway, fast forward to now and I found myself really hankering after running again. I would watch other people trot on past and think "I really want to start again ... but obviously I can't because of my back". It started to really get me down.
And so I decided to do something about it ... it was time to dust Laura off and get back out there. The difference this time though is that I am doing Pilates alongside to help with my core strength. I am really hoping that this will help as I miss the instant fix of a quick run.
It's strange going back out again struggling with Week 1 knowing that I have been capable of running 5k before. What's not so strange is the fear of Week 5!!!
Thank you Laura and the team
Done it! W9R3 sorted. Thanks all couldn’t have done it without you 👏👍🙏😀
Am missing my runs... curse you hamstring!
Goodbye Week 3... I shall miss you. 😢
Oh my gosh, I did it! I have graduated! :)
