We were on holiday at the sea and the local option was to run along the sea wall. I felt very cautious as I don’t usually run on concrete so run 1 was week 1 , run 3 of couch to 5 k and run 2 was week 3 run 3 with an extra 5 mins. Even so I spent the time in between nursing my calf and a twinge in my lower back. Run 3 was back on grass in my park with a lot of warming up . My back began quite grumbly but I have emerged 35 mins later with a feeling of reset and no aches and pains. Odd but good. Next week I’m aiming to run for 40 mins as I could have gone on for a while longer today. Let’s see . Aiming to run “with “ my body not pushing the body. Happy running everyone
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Well done you. Sounds like you are really motivated. I get lots of grumbly aches and pains too. I find if I just try to keep moving and slow down or rest a day or two if need be, I am ok. I still run really slow though. So I’m sure you will be fine if you take that sensible approach.Running on the sea wall sounds fun.
Hi Mittymoo, it's nice to mix it up a bit. You've reminded me, with your mention of backache that I've let my core exercises slide the last couple of weeks.
I've been fantasising about running barefoot on a sandy beach!
Hey it’s so good to hear from you !!! Yes to running barefoot on a beach. I hope you get to do it - I have often found your descriptions of your runs magical
Well done Mittymoo! I love your name, by the way, it just sounds fun 🤩. I’m pleased your body feels as though it’s reset, and looking forward to a 40 minute run. How lovely to be by the sea 🌊 too. All the best! 🏃♀️👏🏼😊
Ah brilliant! Well done. I think there’s a gremlin in the machine as there’s no pic. I had real problems trying to post earlier - the internet is broken today apparently! 😁
There's a known problem with the image resize/convert function on main post images. The admins posted about that one yesterday. That's being worked on.
The other is that Fastly, a Content Distribution Network (a sort of distributed web cache) fell over this morning, and is slowly recovering.
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