A varied (and dull) assortment of hip/knee/leg issues and consultations with virtually every physiotherapist in East Sussex has brought me steaming back into C25K land for what should be (fingers crossed) a whistle-stop tour before I go back to B210K land (aka "Big School").
Not run for a few weeks and under strict instructions from my physio to take it easy. So the plan is to take it slow and steady and gently and pick off a run from each week of C25K. Deja-vu all over again, with some Groundhog Day for good measure.
My "physio du jour" has set me some constraints. No more than a couple of kilometres, no hills and keep my cadence at around 160. (Cadence is basically steps per minute. High cadence means more little steps, not just running faster.) My physio wants me striking on my forefoot rather than midfoot for a while. He reckons that increasing my cadence will do that. And I trust him implicitly.
So today we're off to the races with Laura in one ear and a Podrunner 160 BPM musical wasteland in the other. Just a bit of a gentle canter up and down the lane outside the house.
No proper music. No Bach. No LedZep. No "Dead Music". But I am taking my store of Emergency Jelly Babies along for the ride. They're psyched. I'm psyched. I'm also having to faff around with assorted iPod, HRM and other technologies that will all comprehensively muck me around.
"Hello. My name's Laura."
Well hello there again Laura.
I walk. I run. I walk. I run. I glance at passing cars. I say "Hello" to a few walkers. Rinse and repeat. Job done. Lots of stretching afterwards. Bit sweaty.
Any niggles? Nothing dramatic. Feels good. Left leg still intact. Right calf reminds me that I had to inflict 30 single calf raises on it yesterday. Shut up, calf.
It did feel a bit strange tho. I kept looking at my watch to see how the timing was going. Haven't done that in a long time. The "music" was effective, perhaps, but really awful. That's definitely got to get sorted out.
But a big fat tick in that box. I haven't forgotten how to run. My cadence was a lovely flat line across the countless minutes of running. Only about 1.5K of the 3.5K was actual, honest-to-God running, but that's fine.
Just nice to have trainers on and sweat a bit. And the EJBs had a nice time too. They crinkled encouragingly in their cellophane. That's what real buddies do.
Nice to be back.
Here's looking at a W2 run on Friday. Bring it on
Happy running and walking, team. We're gonna smash this!!
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When I graduate and move on to the next level I'm going to buy myself some psyched emergency jelly babies. I think that sounds like a fantastic bit of essential gear! Glad you had a good run and hope that your health continues to improve!
Just remember to nibble at them rather than doing what I did, lobbing one whole in the mouth and wondering why I now have a mouth sealed with gloop and unable to breathe!
I committed to my actual running buddies that I'd never eat them Eating your friends is wrong. But nibbling on non-buddy sweets is the way to go. Nothing like a dry mouth full of sugary gloop.
We'll be in gel territory soon enough. And that will be pretty nasty by all accounts
I’m off the gels now and am onto Tailwind Nutrition which I find better in the gut department.
sallenson selection boxes are good Hi5 do them and I used them for a time (also had too many donut bottles from those boxes of which I only used 1 once) until I found the stuff mentioned above on the 6th form forum (the one after big school). 😄
Welcome back, glad to see you’re off the (injury) couch again. I'm sure you’ll be back in Big School in no time, but until you are, take it easy 😀 As you mentioned, sometimes it’s just nice to be out there 🏃🏻♂️🏃🏻♂️🏃🏻♂️
Welcome back. Glad it went well. I’ve only just recovered from yesterday’s big school post - wasn’t sure I was ready for this one 😂. The boy done good 👏
We don't use language like that here. We're all very respectful of authority figures and anyone who has a badge after their name, cos they're cool and know about things.... xxx
Great that you’re out and making a start on this running lark again, Stephen - and now I even know what the E from the EJBs stands for! (Must have missed that post...😆😃) You’ll soon be back out in force ticking off the kms, hopefully with no accompanying niggles. 😊🏃♂️❤️
Glad to hear you are committed to never eating your EJB buddies. Was never sure if you meant it when you said you’d eaten the poor guys! 😳😳😳
Nooo!! No-one eats their friends. I used to keep a stash of Gummy Bears in the car in case I had a craving coming back from Bedgebury.
It's kind of nice being here. The natives seem friendly. Only one non-grad has responded to my post tho. They may be shy. I'm a new kid on the bloc after all.
Or they may have read yesterday's post and be scared xx
They’re probably scared off by your knowledgeable graduate badge! 😊❤️
Let me see...you last saw grown-up land when you posted yesterday, so in that time, Jay has probably snuck off and now run a 10k, and Alka may well have got a bit carried away and done her 1st HM...apart from that, no changes...😂😃😎
Great post! I am also enjoying Laura's company for the second time due to ankle issues. I tried a different trainer on the app but missed her soothing tones! All the best.
My plan is to try and bend the space/time continuum and pick off a run from each week. But I'm duty bound to be patient and kind to myself, so we'll see.
Glad to hear it went well. At this rate you will graduate, again, in 3 weeks. Will you get another badge? 🤔. Knowing you, I bet you ‘graduate’ quicker than that too haha
I am fully recovered thankfully ..Thanks ..But my motivation isn't the same at the moment. . coming on here kick starts me so I am going to get myself into it again ...Only managing 20 min ..Need to start digging deep 😊😊
Welcome back to you and the EJBs! Great to see you posting on c25k again. I’ve had a little time on the IC myself, (thighs this time, not knees, although apparently my hips are the root of all evil) and I am working back up to 5k. I managed 4.1k this morning in a time which was virtually back to where I left off before the IC and am feeling great. Slow and steady is definitely the way to progress though but hey, you know that. I’ll look forward to reading your posts again and watching how you get on. You’ll be back on the bridge in no time 👍😊
No idea what my underlying thing is. Could be all manner of things being out of kilter. But I'm trusting my physio atm and he's not put a step wrong so far... xx
Hope all's well with you on the sunny uplands of running fame and fortune
Great to see you properly back on the programme and still on great form - thanks for the post🤭 glad the little buddies kept their heads, and good luck with your week 2 run...
Now.... which run from week 6 will you choose when you get there? 😜
The last one!! The sooner I can run naked again the better. Too much faffing with technology otherwise. And there are bunnies and squirrels and stuff in Bedgebury that are having much too easy a life for my liking xx
Can you apologise to her please and blame someone else Unless she was bowled over by the sheer stylishness of the prose and the unfailing good humour...
Glad you had a good run too, hon xx
I'm excited at the prospect of 90 seconds of running on Friday. How daft is that? W2, here we go again. Easier than the first time around.... xx
Good luck hon. Groundhog Day for both of us. I'm going to try W2 tomoz but both my knees were a bit cranky this morning. Maybe normal but as a neo-hypochondriac I'll take no chances...
Good to have you back sunshine! Looks like I’m taking a week off. Hot, hot, hot here in the Greek Islands. The road outside is too busy and the gym has 2 ancient and dubious running machines which made a slightly disturbing grinding noise when I cranked the speed up. A rest week then? Haven’t had one of those since April. Swimming will be my exercise of choice for the next 7 days. Keep at mini c25k, all will be well again soon. In the meantime, where’s the factor 50?! 🏊♂️ ☀️ 💦 🏄♀️🏝x
Good luck with your comeback, I've never left, still tortoising around on here. 30 40 minutes. Big school can wait.will enjoy your posts . Keep them coming. 🙂
Huh?? Where have I been then?? Sallenson is back?? Clearly I'm not as addicted to this forum as I was a few weeks ago! Have only just read your innuendo post sallenson 🤣🤣🤣 I've missed the banter on here! It all went a bit serious ~ everyone's going to big school, Jay66UK wears a tie and Clarks shoes now 🙄 He hasn't got time to mess about in the small playground with me anymore! 🤣 But now you're back!! We missed you loads!! It's great to have you back and doing your thing again!! X
Good to see you back! *wave at the EJBs* I know what you mean about doing week 1 again feeling strange. Being told to stop running after one minute was bizarre. Hope your knees settle.
Hi I’m catching up on some posts having been incapacitated with a broken leg and sulking for 5 months. I too have just had the physio ( excuse me - just need to bow down) clearance to run and have started the C25k programme from scratch again cos I’m scared of damaging the leg. Can you tell me when you get a minute, how I do the cadence thing. Do I actually have to count my steps as well as try not to fall over, keep the ear phones in my ears, breathe and sing along to the music??Or is there some techie way to do it. I’ve just finished week 2 (& did ALL the runs of both weeks 😇) but I’m getting shin splints which I’ve never had before and it’s annoying if anyone has any tips for that too? I don’t know anyone in the forum anymore. All my friends seem to have progressed somewhere else whilst I was sulking and feeling sorry for myself and gaining revolting amounts of weight!
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