Week 2 onto Week 3!

[Emolie]

Finished week 2 on Friday!💪🏼 will start week 3 tomorrow and I’m crapping myself 😂🙈 my last day of week 2 was relatively easy and could feel that it was easier to keep my breathing under control and when I started running just felt better. Again it’s early days and I’m not kidding myself by thinking it’s all piss easy now coz it won’t be after this 😂 onto to week 3 and thank you to everyone for your advice and your inspiration 😘

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Slow and steady and you will be ready for each and every run

[Emolie in reply to Oldfloss]

That’s my current mantra 😂💪🏼

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Emolie]

It works for most of us 😉

[Puppy-love Graduate]

You'll be fine. You're ready for this.

[Emolie in reply to Puppy-love]

I hope so!! 😘💪🏼

[MuddledGardener Graduate]

Japanese slow jogging?

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to MuddledGardener]

Slow and steady..although not without its pitfalls 😉

[Emolie in reply to Oldfloss]

Slow and steady is my mantra 😂 Japanese slow running seems to be what I’m doing I think 😂😂

[Cath400 Graduate]

I have felt like this every time the running time increases. Just go slow and steady and you will be able to do it. I am on Week 7 so just done first 25 minute run, something I would never have thought possible when I started

[Emolie in reply to Cath400]

Wow that’s incredible! That’s the problem I think. Mind over matter is hard to overcome! But well done you 🥳

[Hatman Graduate]

Couple of things please, Emolie. YouTube search “Japanese Slow Running Man” for speed, stance and breathing help. Breathing you will need more when in a few short weeks you catch up with Cath400’s place on the prog.

Measure yourself now - biceps and thigh, calves too, and perhaps take a “ before” reference photo for yourself. You too may turn to muscle and not weigh less. Depends on where you start. Most folk pull their belts in quite soon. Your head would rather stay on the couch, but you are in charge.

You don’t have to go fast. You just have to go!

Well done for getting this far. Now go and really enjoy week three.

Just to prove your head wrong.

[Emolie in reply to Hatman]

That is incredible advice thank you!

[Hatman Graduate]

Thank you. Now it is your turn to be “incredible” too. The program works. You must work the program! Lots of water. Rest days are important! Your warm up time gets more important as you run further. Do warm up properly. Now just enjoy your running.

[Emolie in reply to Hatman]

I will do my very best 💪🏼