Back to W1R1 but definitely better

[Veganlynz]

Okay . So thanks to all you fab people supporting and giving me advice I have re-run w1r1 today. I am slower than a slow thing and have the little Japanese mans stride but I did it. Nearly. Managed 1-6 and run 8 running for the full minute which has NEVER happened before. That bloody voice in my head had a wobble on run7 and I had to stop 20 seconds in I have no idea why. So annoyed cos I nearly had my first clean sheet but will get it Wednesday hopefully. No real problems breathing but I did have a lot of calf pain which I put down to not really having found my ‘dorm’ yet. A massive thanks to all of you for the i still don’t believe I can run for half an hour but I didn’t think I could do it for a minute so who knows 🤔

[Doddery123 Graduate]

Hi. Somebody mentioned Slow Jogging on here( sorry I cannot credit you) but it's worth a look up on you tube. I just bought the book too. It's going at smiling pace (talking or singing) and with no pain. I'm week 5 but am going to use the technique next time I am out.

[Oddity]

Snails rule! Every run that hasn't gone well for me I can honestly say was because I was going too quickly. Slow and steady is the answer. I've completed the program and it is amazing. Didn't think it was possible but it really is.

[Oddity]

Oh and that voice in your head? It's talking nonsense. You can do it.

[Irish-John Graduate]

I was sidelined for four months over last winter with a dislocated hip.

When the Doc cleared me for running again I decided to do the whole programme from scratch again.

Before my hip went "click" ten ks were familiar territory and afair I had already cracked ten miles.

So, feeling very confident that my biggest hurdle in my "return" would mainly consist of being bored brainless doing those "itsy bitsy runs and irritating walk interruptions" - off I set.

Talk about a shock to the system.

I didn't come as close to having cardiac arrest as I did in the original W1,D1...but was I ever suffering.

Even during Week five redux a much humbled IJ was not totally confident he could "re-graduate"

But - slow and steady, at my own pace, and realising my "Lizard Brain" simply does not want me to do anything except "be safe" - ie huddle on the sofa with blinds drawn - I regained my former fitness and went on to HMs.

Basically, I absolutely am convinced that if one survives Day One, and barring Doctors Orders, the ability to run for thirty minutes is a "given"

The most insidious and powerful Gremlin out there is our own brain stem - primitive, risk averse and always opposed to any discomfort.

You can definitely do this

Wishing you many happy miles in your future - despite Lizard Brain

[Veganlynz Graduate]

Irish John you are rapidly becoming my new ‘little voice’ . Thanks so much for the support! A one minute run isn’t a lot to most but at 55 and overweight I have NEVER run not ever! School was a fag behind the sports hall or a very sullen slow walk round the track. At no point did both feet leave the ground! I am determined to do this but terrified tbh. Will keep u posted if I don’t die ha ha xx

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate]

Resonating very strongly, I was never a runner either. Just keep going one run at a time. However slow you go, it's faster than sitting on the sofa!

[Lifluf]

Well done! Your perseverance and determination will make you a winner. Head voices are a pain and shout louder if you're not relaxed. So think positive and smile 😊

[Irish-John Graduate]

Vl - my very first post on the forum three years ago was a shocked and plaintive question.

"Is it actually possible that I'm running slower than I walk?"

Well, it is and it was

But my - on a never since repeated day when the Running Pom Pom gods and goddesses were definitely looking on in my favour - 5k PB is 33:21 or something

It gets better, believe me

But always keep in mind- slow and steady is vital to build that base, injury free

Wishing you many happy miles in your future