Hello fellow c25k-ers! My first post, although I’ve been following the community for several weeks, gaining immensely from your support - albeit indirectly. Thanks to all for the great posts. Ive been reading avidly and adding hearts. I’ve so enjoyed seeing your photos, learning about your musical tastes, soaking up all the advice, and reading of the trials and tribulations ... and, of course, the OMG-I-did-it celebrations. It’s fuelled my commitment and really motivated me. Thanks, everyone.
Just reached w6r3. Amazing, no?
Repeated w1 because my husband decided he’d like to join in too after seeing my first 3 efforts. Success!! He’s a real coucher... and is still with me. This repeat also helped build confidence that my weak knees and ankles could cope with running. In fact, over first few weeks I am convinced I could feel them strengthening up with each session (complemented by the special knee strengthening exercises, which I followed). Over the moon about this ‘discovery’. The slow running advice has also made this all possible - a total revelation, which made the impossible possible. +The upsides in energy - and my spirit - are immense... immeasurable gains. Loving it. Just amazed at how far I’ve come... and all because one day I thought I’d just see what this app was about... I’d checked out Active10 and the said to myself let’s have a go with that c25k - it was just an experiment. So here I am (we are), on the cusp of w7.
Have managed the w5-w6 transition (forewarned with your advice was forearmed)... but only just. There was no kicking up the pace for the final minute, as Laura suggested. 
.. although I saw my husband happily sprinting off into the distance.
Over last few outings I’ve felt a discomfort (not yet ‘pain’) in one hip flexor (groin). It’s becoming especially bothersome I notice when I do the leg raises to strengthen my knees. When running it’s more mild irritation, but with today’s 25 min run I did start to worry- especially as now I’ll just be on single runs just like this for rest of programme. I also had to fight through the last 5 minutes - not pain, but just felt so hard going.
I do everything IannodaT says in the guide - warmup, cool down, knee exercises, extra rest days, the niko niko slow pace, thinking about good form and gentle landings. I’ve already done gait analysis when I replaced my old shoes in w2. I run on the runners’ badger tracks in the park, so I’m on on softer surface.
I also found this week that on the rest days I get shin splints (and not just in my shins!) and one ankle feeling ‘sprained’ (I feel it on impact, although it’s absolutely fine during the runs). What’s going wrong? I don’t want this to go wrong!!!
Not sure if I should run today. W5R1.
Week 1 Run 1: Take Two
W5R1
Advice to ease my suffering knees 
Back on track - yippee! 😁
