First run this morning

[GoJo1970]

Hi all

Well I’m very new just started this morning, hit 50 this year and thought I need to do something!

Looking forward to getting some help inspiration and giving back some!

Joanne x

[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 minimising impact, stretching after every run, hydration and strengthening exercises, all of which will help.

Enjoy your journey.

[GoJo1970 in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks so much I will read all of this and appreciate the support 😄

[Cuig1975]

Hi joanne best of luck I’ve started again too as all advice here stuck to the plan and have those rest days , they’re just as important as the program !!!!

[GoJo1970 in reply to Cuig1975]

Thank you rest day today and I do ache!

[2old4 Graduate]

Go Jo! I hope your first went ok? I am 52, just hit the menopause, a smoker and couldn't run for toffee! During my first run I cried, twice! But I've just finished W4 and now I feel like I could be a runner after all😂. Do read, and reread Iannoda Truffe reply and also Google Japanese walk run which shows you how to jog nice and slow! It's not a race, slow is the answer to staying the course. Good luck and let us know how you get on

[GoJo1970 in reply to 2old4]

Thank you and I didn’t cry but was near and felt sick and looked like a beetroot ! I will look and read and re read everything! I hit an early menopause and boy it has been so hard to shift the weight and feel fit since! Well done you!

[2old4 Graduate in reply to GoJo1970]

Well done! Congratulations on W1R1. I ached like hell after R1 but then I found the link on the app to the warm down stretches they only take 10mins and they really, really work. youtube.com/watch?v=gL1pVRP...(Not working as expected?)

[GoJo1970 in reply to 2old4]

Thank you I did some stretching from memory but this link is great 😊

[nowster Graduate]

I started this spring at age 52, having shirked running even at school. I (like many) found the first week really hard.

[GoJo1970 in reply to nowster]

Yes second run tomorrow and I’m still aching! Hopefully it gets easier! I loved sprinting at school was sport but struggled with longer distances!

[LittleMissie]

Hi Joanne, the first step is the hardest. I’m 52 and started this during lockdown then gave up but restarted in September and haven’t looked back. I am amazed at what I have achieved and if I can do it anyone can. Good luck. Gail 🙂

[GoJo1970 in reply to LittleMissie]

Thanks Gail well done for getting back on it! 😄