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Lots of walking yesterday & my legs & torso felt it this morning. Gentle stretches to warm my body & eased into the 5min walk. Once I started running my mind drifted off & guess I daydreamed. Surprised ๐Ÿ˜ฏ when Laura announced 12.5mins as didnโ€™t think Iโ€™d run that long. Focused on running technique for remaining time and more gentle stretching. Feeling great ๐Ÿ‘ Week 8 starts Friday ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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Well done.

Are you doing dynamic stretches pre run?

There is a suggested link between doing pre run static stretching and injury.

Keep the static stretches for immediately post run, when still warm and supple. They will pull out contractions and improve blood flow to aid recovery and avoid carrying tensions into the next run.

Static stretches should be pulling hard enough to be on the verge of uncomfortable.........so not necessarily gentle stretching, which will not be as effective.

Links to both sets can be found in the guide to the plan healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

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Vegout25Graduateโ€ข in reply toIannodaTruffe

Thanks for the advice IannodaTruffe, Iโ€™ve been stretching my hamstrings but appreciate your insight ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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Well done!

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Vegout25Graduateโ€ข in reply toWenderwoo

Thanks Wenderwoo ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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AnnieappleAdministratorGraduate

Wonderful๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐ŸฅณThe best is yet to come!!

Excellent advice from IannodaTruffe which saved me from injury in the early weeks of C25k. Please follow through on it so you can get to graduation and beyond injury free!!

Enjoy the after glow. Amazing amazing feeling completing Week 7!

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Vegout25Graduateโ€ข in reply toAnnieapple

Thanks Annieapple Iโ€™ve added all the dynamic stretches to my warm up routine. Was doing a partial warm up but appreciate everybodyโ€™s insight ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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Yay well done ๐Ÿ˜€

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Vegout25Graduateโ€ข in reply toDottyF

Thanks DottyF ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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