Please can I get some advice...I graduated in week 9 - and the very next weekI had an extended holiday in SA for just under month. I decided that I would go back to week 6 ( my logic was I have had a 3 week break from running) and expected it to be an easy way to get back into running.
It’s been hard - and that’s okay - but my legs are achy,muscles feel pulled and strained - something I never experienced while working my way thru Couch25k....what I am doing wrong ? And what should I try? I am a complete novice!
Thank you all in advance. 😊
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After 4 weeks there would be a slight loss in fitness, and maybe we are seeing the very subtle differences in the workout lengths here. If we count brisk walking as a very similar effort to the running bit... then there’s little difference between week 6 and the longer runs... the run/walk is more about building and conditioning leg muscles than the whole workout being easier. At which point did the run become difficult?
Possibly... I had the same time out, or thereabouts, but it was due to an injury so I can back with a half mile run, and built from there and was consciously running slow to allow my ankle to strengthen up again. Without the injury I’d have just gone for a gentle slow run with a timer set to stop me at 30 minutes, but no expectation of getting to that alarm... just going until I needed to stop, and that would tell me roughly where I was at.
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Starting after a break of 4 weeks. 
Getting back into running after a week’s break
Hooray - I'm back running after 6 weeks!
Back from holiday! Scared to get back on track 😢
Getting back at it after a year in a half!
