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Legs were hurting from the start today but I powered through it. Well worth it. Feeling enthusiastic!

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Well done!! But mind the legs. "Sore" is okay to start with. "Hurting" is not okay. May just be sore quads/hamstrings or sore knees. That's to be expected. Real pain is not good. Just be careful and look after those legs for us, okay?

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Jujitzu in reply to sallenson

Thanks. Yes I think just sore. Body needs time to adjust to a new exercise.

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That's the ticket. Soreness for a couple of weeks is nothing to be alarmed about necessarily.

But if you haven't had your running gait assessed in a specialist running shop, now's the time to have that done too. 9 times out of 10 it's wrong shoes that give people issues as they go through the programme :-)

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Jujitzu in reply to sallenson

Thanks. That’s next on my shopping list 😀

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