Still a first timer!

[Bignanny]

Thanks for all your encouragement. It meant a lot and I went out again this evening and managed 3 full minutes jogging with the walks in between (I know, go me right!)😏 I could probably have managed a fourth minute jogging as I wasnt particularly out of breath but I was crippled with pains down both shins and in my left ankle and both calves cramping up. Had to hobble home. Any hints and tips to get over this bit?

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Sorry about the pain in all of these places you mentioned in your post, perhaps you could run a little slower and hydrate by drinking plenty of water the day before you run, take a few extra days off before you run again.

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Water water water drink lots 7 days a week not just on run days you can do this 😊

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Well done.

Read the guide to the plan for advice on minimising impact.

Stretch straight after every workout, as linked to in the guide to the plan.

[Bignanny in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Hi Iannode I'm a complete technophobe. Where will I find the stretches please?

[karenrb]

oh my goodness I am exactly the same!! I've just done wk1 run2 and only managed 3 mins, calves killed me. so devastated at going backwards already, but my daughter just gave me a peptalk and reminded me that i got out there and had a go! but she also told me off for not stretching so i guess maybe thats what you and i take from today!! roll in Thurs to try again but with warmed up calves 😂😂

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to karenrb]

Post run stretching is more important than pre run stretching. Please see the guide to the plan for details.

[karenrb in reply to IannodaTruffe]

oh thank you I will

[Bignanny in reply to karenrb]

Thank God it's not just me. I feel like I'm failing before I've even started. At the moment it takes me longer to get changed than I am actually running!😫 But I'm determined to keep at it. Going to check out some stretches for Thursday. Aiming for 4 minutes, let me know how you get on and if you find any good stretches 🙂

[Running_mummy_x in reply to Bignanny]

I’m new to this too so have no expert advice but read this comment and couldn’t pass by... you are not failing!! You are running for 3 minutes that’s more than you did before!! 😊

[caroldavies071969 Graduate]

Here's a good link to some stretches to do nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/h...