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6 years ago•7 Replies

Back to the start again! I did the whole thing last year and did 2 10k plods.in July and September then stopped. Life, colds, coughs, plus apathy got in the way so I am back to the start. I thought I would just do week 1, 1st run then perhaps skip a couple of weeks as I had done it all before. NO WAY!! A minute running just seemed so long so I am doing the whole thing week by week again. Why is it so easy to get unfit and so much harder to get fitter?

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IannodaTruffeMentor6 years ago

Welcome back.

Do check out the guide to the plan healthunlocked.com/couchto5... it is full of tips.

AliK0871Graduate6 years ago

Like you I completed last year and let things go. Started again and now at wk7...enjoying maybe too strong a word but I’m glad I started again. Hang in there xx

GranspeedGraduate6 years ago

😄 This made me chuckle and reminded me of my horse riding days - as I got older, three weeks off was enough to turn my legs to jelly after I got back on! Good luck with the renewed running fitness. 👏🏼

BizlizzyGraduate6 years ago

Hi, its been more than a year since I ran too. I am planning to start again tomorrow, Maybe we can buddy each other along.

oldperson47Graduate• in reply toBizlizzy6 years ago

What great idea. Due to family commitments I can rarely run Tuesday and never on Wednesday and Thursday which messes up having days off in between. Bit I am determined to get back into it. let me know how you get on

BizlizzyGraduate• in reply tooldperson476 years ago

Hi I will keep in touch I'm hoping to run every other day too .. after thought today and advice from others I'm going back to the beginning of the programme again. Might seem easy when I start but hopefully it will mean I stay injury free. You take care and I look forward to hearing how you get on too. xx

oldperson47Graduate• in reply toBizlizzy6 years ago

I did week 2 no 1 today not too bad apart from the second run with had a steep ( for me) bit so I walked the last 15 secs. I think I will repeat it so I can do all the run parts.

How did you get on? It was over 18 degrees this afternoon.