Week 2 - a good start

[DrBunny]

I’ve completed W2R1, and I have to say I’m glad I listened to your advice guys and went ahead rather than repeating W1. Ok, it was painful, ok my joints are killing me now, and my HR spiked to max during my last running interval. But: when I finished it I was still in the upright position and wearing a toothy grin!

[Myfanwyruns]

Well done you are making great progress! I found that the aches and pains get less as your body gets used to the demands of running and the grin at the end of the run gets bigger and bigger 😁😁😁 be careful you will become addicted very quickly!!

[DrBunny in reply to Myfanwyruns]

Thank you, I do sense the danger of developing an addiction!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

We expect aches and pains at the onset of this plan.....but every run, every week makes you stronger... be sure to do the post run stretches linked in the post for Newbies too

Very well done!

[DrBunny in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you Floss, I did give it a thorough read and discovered a wealth of useful info. I didn’t know, for instance, that one was supposed to do dynamic stretches before and static ones after a run!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to DrBunny]

The pre run stretches are a moot point.. some do them, some not... I warm up really well and do lots of donkey kicks etc, on my warm up walk... but post run stretches are essential, for me anyway

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Great you did it, well done 😊😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Well done 👍 we repeated week 1 first time round but this time not repeating and it’s great to progress

[LittleSallyRacket Graduate]

Brilliant - well done!

I had a lot of aches and pains for the first few weeks - really bad knee pain after week one, and my shins hurt a lot during week two and the start of week three. But the knee pain disappeared and my shins are a lot better now after just repeating week 3. It does get better as your body adapts! I think the rest days are doubly important for those of us who get a bit sore and achy.