Knackered knees

[Mrbojangles1]

Really enjoying the Couch to 5k, but my knee's are suffering, been a chef for over 40 year's and it's taking its toll, may have to look at other alternatives.

[killersblue Graduate]

I’m not an expert but this happened to me a few years ago and it stopped me completely. This time I’ve been following the Japanese Slow Jogging technique and I have been fine. No problems at all.

It’s might be worth having a look. I haven’t been running daily either and sometimes not for 3-4 days.

But im still here 👍

[Mrbojangles1 in reply to killersblue]

Thanks killersblue.

[Runnermagnolia Graduate]

I have had a cruxiate ligament restructure and a meniscul tear fixed and had “failed” to run many times before - I’m 55 next week. But this time I followed the couch to 5 k to the letter and did stretches after each run and I’m about to graduate (today hopefully!). The slow progress seems to have strengthened my knees and the day or two days between runs have been vital. I just told myself I’d keep it up as long as I could - didn’t really want to put pressure on myself. But here I am on run 3 week 9. Good luck!

[Mrbojangles1 in reply to Runnermagnolia]

Thank you. I'm not going to give up yet!