I have been doing 4 runs per week and just completed wk9 run1 and to say I struggled is an understatement..but I did it and I'm delighted.. I am 56 and not ran since my schooldays, if I can do this anyone can.. one happy oldie here π
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Fantastic! Well done ππ½
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Well done. I have just completed two weeks b4 my 65th. It is a great feeling. You can do it.
Well done! I found that toward the end of the programme, I sometimes benefitted from an extra day between runs. I was also 56, when I completed. Now 4 years on I have to say that this programme has changed my life and as my 60th is on the horizon, I am the fittest I have ever been. So KBO and have funπ
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Thank you Helen I feel brilliant and fitter than I have for years..x
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Hi Jimmib22 , well done for getting so far, good luck with graduation. I am 57yrs and on WK2 R2 so have a lo0ng way to go yet. : )
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Well done.
If you struggle with any run you are probably going too fast.
Running slower, at an easy conversational pace, develops your aerobic base more effectively than pushing harder.
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Well done.Thats not old; I'm a few months off being ten years older than you. Like you I hadn't run in decades but I run W9R1 tomorrow!!