Back to square one!

[Grassseed]

Well I'd completed week 8 at the end of December and had hoped to graduate this month. But I'd started to get a persistent ache in my left hip after longer runs, which didn't resolve after a couple of weeks break from running. So last week I splashed out on a physio running assessment. He videoed me running and it turned out I don't pick up my feet much, so running with my legs too straight puts pressure up my legs, and I lean to the left! He said that this was due to not activating my glutes ( bottom muscles) enough. He gave me some exercises to strengthen my glutes and I was amazed that the aching went in a couple of days. So now I've started C25k again to try and improve my running style and hopefully eventually get to 30mins!

I did W1R1 today and found it harder than first time round, really effortful trying to pick my feet up and do the other things he'd suggested. I'm hoping that eventually it will become automatic. I would be interested in how any of you have found trying to improve your running style, and how successful you have been.

Do I hope I'll be able to keep my motivation up 2nd time round. Hopefully I will have retained a bit of fitness from last time!

[Hidden]

Great! good luck with it. The only other thing that I would suggest is foam rolling - it really helps loosen every thing up

[Grassseed in reply to Hidden]

Hi thanks, I've not heard of foam rolling, I'll have to look it up! Do you use some specific type of roller?

[Sham19]

Well done for getting this far and well done for getting your issue sorted.

When I started running I watched a lot of videos around running posture and foot placement and breathing and I felt it really helped. I need an extra inhaler but the breathing exercises helped me stomach breathe 🙂 which is better for you. I still regularly watch videos around running and read a lot around running too. If it’s a lifelong thing I want to do then I need to be more knowledgeable about it 🙂

Another thing I’ve started to do is core strength exercises as that helps reduce the risk of injuries. I do core strength stuff on my rest days as it’s not high impact.

Good luck and let us know how you get on 🙂

[Grassseed in reply to Sham19]

Thank you, yes my physio said to look at running videos but I haven't yet. Any recommendations of good ones?

[Sham19 in reply to Grassseed]

I follow the running channel on YouTube. They have great videos 🙂

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Huge well done you...I had my husband video me when running and I improved my posture because of it... also.. glute tightening really makes a huge difference.

[Grassseed]

Thanks that's encouraging!

[Wenderwoo Graduate]

Well done for getting back to it 👍😁

[Grassseed in reply to Wenderwoo]

Thanks, I just have to motivate myself to keep going. I really can't imagine running properly for 28 minutes, even though I did it, after a fashion less than a month ago.

[Wenderwoo Graduate in reply to Grassseed]

I had 6 weeks out and went back to W3 from W7 and I know exactly what you mean.