Hi everyone, Good to see how others are managing their own couch to 5 k.
My weeks 1 + 2 out of breath, stitch and unfit. Hopeful.
In week 3 breathing started improve but lower legs, bottom of calf's and around heels sore, legs feel like lead.
Just back from run 1 of week 4, is it normal to feel as if your lower legs are stiff and heavy? Think I'm just about jogging at a fast walking pace or walking with a jogging motion. Breathing no longer a problem but legs most definitely are!
I'm not ready to give up but hoping for some insight into how I get round this . It seems as if my legs are rebelling.
Any comments gratefully received.
Still a Tatty bags Newbie
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Some strength and flex exercise on your rest day,may help.There is a link on the C25K site..I, like a few of us,used these alongside C25K...I still use them..🙂
Well done! Keep massaging calves with fingers, a foam roller would also be beneficial as you go on, you could also have a limberup before warmup walk.. newbies do get this in the early runs, hope it easies off soon..😊
I'm already extending the warm up /down walks by another 5 mins and stretching on run days. I joined the older generation several yrs ago but still expect the bodywork to respond with youthful exuberance - And why not!☺Like the massage idea, will enrol the hubby for that part, he's managing the couch all by himself at present.
I find just the same, I'm on week 9 but still v slow as I feel I'm running (I will call it running, despite its tortoise pace!) with two lumps if lead for calves. I will take this advice and do more stretching. X
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Dreading Week 3
Week 3 run 3 completed, but I still feel self-conscious jogging outdoors, I prefer hiding inside on the treadmill. 
OMG - Completed Wk 1 Run 2!
Couch to 5k. Week 1. Day 1. Complete Novice
Am I too old for this?
