After feeling great for completing wk1 my 1st run of wk2 left me with severe pain in both knees which affected my mood in negative way.

[Jezpa]

Shall I continue or is this not for me

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum and well done on getting started.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

and includes advice on pacing, minimising impact, stretching after every run and strengthening exercises, all of which will help.

Knee pain is very common for new runners.

Enjoy your journey.

[Jezpa in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thank you for your advice, this is very useful. I realise I became negative yesterday, but hadn’t incorporated stretching into the run..I guess this was because I thought the 5mins walk either end was sufficient?

I’m feeling more positive already and looking forward to continuing after my rest days. Thank you again.

[Windoze Graduate]

See the reply above from our running Yoda...🤣

Yeah I too suffered with knee pain, still do occasionally, especially on my longer runs. Make sure you have proper footwear and look at some knee strengthening exercises once a week.