Hello, Fellow Runners/joggers/yompers
I’m wondering if there’s anyone here who is fell running their way through the Couch to 5K? I’m running part roads and part hills (slowly - could be considered a walk).
Would love to hear from anyone doing something similar - thank you!
Four years ago I did C25K on footpaths, with only short sections of road and my favourite runs now are in open countryside, be that cliff paths, beaches, moorland or forest tracks............fells? Not quite, we don't have them in Devon.
I wrote a post earlier this year about my favourite run of the year healthunlocked.com/couchto5... which explains what motivates me.
I don't think you can beat being amongst the natural world while running. How people can run on treadmills, I honestly cannot understand, although I have great respect for their determination.
Thank you, Ian - brilliant. I’ll check out your link. I agree, being out in the wide open spaces is best for me and good for the soul. Hoping not to rupture an Achilles’ tendon trying to jog up hills - my main worry for some odd reason!
I did all my C25k on a trail. I love off road. When I’m road running I often hop onto a footpath just to see where it goes. It gets you familiar with your local area very quickly 🙂
I have done two fell races, albeit short ones, but i would like to do more. I think that’s where being a club member would be a good idea
C25k on the trail, if it’s horribly hilly, rocky or difficult terrain wouldn’t be ideal for the programme as it would be really hard work. A nice bit of flat is ideal 😃
Fell running is quite different and you need different skills, even different clothes, map reading skills etc Exhilarating fun though and what sights!
My local country park was ideal I just drove myself there and took off I still do!
Have fun 😃👍
Thank you, misswobble! Maybe I’m misusing the term fell running - I mean hills and grassy paths but not jumping from stone to stone type of running! I’d like to reach that point in my abilities though!
Good to hear about other people’s runs - brilliant x
Hills are a challenge for new runners, as is grass, as it sucks the life out of the legs. A softer padded earth trail or forest floor is lovely and kinder on the legs
you use what you’ve got though 🙂👍🏃♀️
The only way from my house is up, in every direction. 🙈 At first I ran around and around a tiny bit of canal towpath, but by week 6 I was getting dizzy so I took to 'crawling' up Mucklow Hill through the beautifully wooded Leasowes Park. It's a climb off about 425 or 450 feet to the top and back, and there are some challenging steep slopes. I struggled to start with, but it got a bit easier and it's still a work in progress. I'll now choose to run up hills (like I have a choice really 😉), but since most of my runs are now in the dark it's road running, except at weekends. The views are stunning, being out in nature is my happy place and the sense of achievement I get from looking up at the hill I've just run over is a real boost.
Sometimes I feel tired and luck the flattest route possible (only about 200 feet), but my next aim, having just run 10k over Romsley last week, is to run over the Clent Hills. I'll try for an intervals run/walk over Clent to start with. I follow the show and steady advice from Oldfloss
Hi, Sandyscroll! Thanks for the post - it’s great hearing how people tackle their runs - I feel the same as you. Love being out there and the sense of accomplishment when I see those views is brilliant! I able to run just as the sun comes up so I can do the hills but maybe some flat running when I’m tired. I’ve been running every day which I know you’re not supposed to but I’m enjoying it so much that I can’t help myself (I never through I’d say that but I’ve been going through some personal stuff and the running is keeping me sane).
Kirsty, if you are new to running please take your rest days. When you run you create micro tears in your muscles which repair and strengthen on your rest days not while you are running. No rest, no repair, no strengthening, increased injury risk.
We all felt as you do, but risking it all when an injury could stop you dead for days, weeks or months is just not worth it. It is not recommended to run consecutive days for a year, which is arbitrary, but gives you an idea of the time scale involved.
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Take care.
Okay. I’ll walk the dogs tomorrow / not run! Thank you. Xxxx
Thanks for the helpful link too
Fell a week after graduating 
Fell of the horse and W5R3 in a morning!
Fell at the first hurdle!
Nearly fell off the treadmill!!
Whoops - I tripped and fell
