Week3

[adsez]

First run of week 3 completed .in my short time doing this the first run of each new week always feels the best...smiling all the way home on the 5 minute warm down

[hilbean Graduate]

Nice feeling ... keep smiling

[adsez Graduate in reply to hilbean]

Looking forward to getting out again hilbean

[runningphobe_no_more Graduate]

It's a great feeling, I agree. But if you find Run 2 each week is a bit of a downer, don't be surprised - nearly all my bad runs were Run 2 - then you get out there and make yourself do Run 3 and it's all good again.

[adsez Graduate in reply to runningphobe_no_more]

Thanks for the feedback runningphobe I will use your words to push through. How long is it since you graduated?

[runningphobe_no_more Graduate]

June - and since then I've mostly repeated Week 9. I'm not ready to do without Laura yet. But I'm still running three times a week - and I started in April, two months after my 60th birthday. All the rest of my life I have been a runningphobe - I'm the one who would rather miss a bus than run for it. Now I'm hooked. I can't honestly say I enjoy the running itself, but I love the sense of achievement after every run. I particularly remember the warm-down run in Week 4. I had the most stupid grin on my face, and the song on the podcast said it all. And sometimes - just sometimes - in the middle of a run I find myself elated rather than just plodding. Hang in there - it really can change your life...