Getting back on it!

[Sar9]

Have not posted in a loooong while. Since beginning c25k last Christmas... I reached so many milestones and managed to keep up running until about a month ago.

Earlier in the year, After months of being in shielding, I lost a good amount of weight and was the fittest I’ve ever been. Really proud of what I’d achieved and the new routine I got into.

Then, in August, I returned to work and uni, and it’s been super stressful. I haven’t been able to maintain the exercise like I was. I’ve gained a good stone in weight. And although I’ve still been going on adventures, walking, bike riding. I don’t feel fit or healthy, especially after Christmas!!

Yesterday I got out and to my surprise was able to run 5k without stopping. My god it was a challenge. But I’m so pleased. I’m quite sore today so will take a couple days until I do another run.

I really want to get back in to regularly running. Over the last few months, my mood had dropped, my diets been terrible and I feel terrible.

I really need to do this, not only for my physical health, but my mental health too!!

I don’t really have a buddy I can run with, so need to develop my running independence and motivation again!

Any tips, words of wisdom or motivation gratefully received!

[NusiaFab Graduate]

Congratulations on your 5k run after a long break! 🙌🙌🙌That sounds pretty amazing!!You have done this before, you can definitely do this again! Im on W7 currently so you have much more running experience than me but what helped me was to not to overthink it, laying my clothes and trainers out in the evening so its all ready for me to jump into in the morning, there was no excuse! If i didnt do it, i would talk myself out of going out for a run instead. Good luck and enjoy your running!🏃‍♀️

[Sar9 Graduate in reply to NusiaFab]

Thank you & you’re so right, it’s really easy to lie there and talk yourself out of it! Just gotta get up and go. I will try laying out my stuff - simple but good idea!

Good luck to you too 😌

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome back.If it is several months since you last ran you will have lost condition and while we are all capable of doing way more than our bodies are conditioned to do, but not without increasing our injury risk. Sticking to gently progressive training plans is the safest way to push our limits, whilst gently increasing our resistance to injury.

Injury often strikes out of the blue and can stop you for days, weeks or even months.

It would be safer to build yourself back up gradually perhaps from W6 of C25k to avoid doing too much too soon.

[Sar9 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks so much, I did suffer the following couple of days, so yesterday I decided to run on my treadmill and do intervals instead. Great idea about starting at week 6, definitely going to do this and perhaps leave a couple days in between runs until my body adjusts again.

I knew I’d get great advice and support back on this group

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Sar9]

Always better to err on the side of caution.