W1r3 I am awesome!! I beat the wind and foiled the kids plan to throw me off course!

[Rainbow2019]

So I sort of did this on cross trainer the other day but wanted to do it as an actual run - as well as stalling going to week 2. Plus it wasn’t the most focused of workouts with the kids in and out ever 2mins with ridiculous questions like “mummy do elephants fart” I did say don’t bother me unless it’s urgent. I need just half hour to get healthy. They took this to mean let’s see how many times we can drive mummy absolutely insane. 1st 1 to make her quit wins! I didn’t quit. I beat them mwah ahahaha (evil laugh!)

I am a little bit apprehensive about week 2 now. I can JUST about manage 60s running without collapsing. 90s not so sure. But saying that, this time last week I hadn’t even done my 1st run. And when I attempted it I didn’t actually do the whole running thing so progress!!

So windy today but I’ve been putting off going out for past couple of days because of the wind Seemingly it’s never gonna ease off anytime soon! Least it’s not raining and snowing! Soooooo much harder running against the wind! Not doing that again in a hurry Luckily was only for my last 2 mini runs but that’s when I needed the wind to be blowing me along not holding me back lol

How’s everyone else doing? Is it much harder going into week 2? I know it can’t be too terrible, there’s so many of you lovely people still alive by week 9 and beyond! Just I’m a bit sceptical that my legs will hold out that long! Surprisingly I can breathe for the whole thing but my legs are like “erm... are you totally crazy. We’re not doing this!” And is anyone else walking faster than they run? Is this ok or am I been a bit lazy?

[Multi22]

I'm at the same stage looking forward to week 2 as I find the runs quite short. It suggests to run at your own pace so that might help since we all start from a different place. Though maybe it's your walking pace that you need to slow! Don't do anything painful. Mostly I get soreness during the rest day and back off if I feel pain whist running.

[SeeJillRun Graduate in reply to Multi22]

Are you stretching after your runs? I don’t get any soreness since I started stretching after. These are the ones I do nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/h.... I also do the Yoga with Adriene Post-Run stretches on YouTube

[SeeJillRun Graduate]

You’ll be fine, just remember if it feels too hard, slow down. My walking speed is much faster than my running speed but it really doesn’t matter. As long as you can maintain a conversation while running then you’re doing fine, if you can’t then you’re going too fast. Embrace your inner snail and check out Japanese slow jogging on YouTube if you’re struggling 🐌🏃‍♀️

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Pretty sure elephants do 😂

Great job on week one.

Keep the pace down, and you’ll be fine for 90s... you can do it.

[Oldgirlruns Graduate]

My run is definitely slower than my run so you’re not alone!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

This made me laugh so much!!

Go you... another of our awesome Mamas!!!

Take it slow.. and if you struggle, slow down more... try to relax...your body will get used to this strange thing... it will !

This is your time... forget the elephant's digestion and just know that the wind?? ( the outdoor kind) is always against us!!!!

Huge well done!