Hi all, I normally hang around on the Bridge to 10k, but since I broke my ankle last year it's taken a long time to get back to fitness. I tried to restart in January, but had to stop again a few weeks in with a weak hip, but I'm off again!
This time I started with week 1 - of course! - and I ran it for three weeks just to be sure my hip was ok. Now I'm onto week 2 - hurray! I did run 2 yesterday and all is well but I'm going to stay on week 2 for at least another week. I'm trying to keep my ankle and hip in good shape with weekly Pilates, and zumba gold, which is new for me but great fun. And all the stretches I have to do anyway!
I'm not going to break any land speed records, but I'm loving being out there doing it. Happy running peeps!
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Thanks BC, nobody can accuse me of not giving it a go!
Well done starting again, you’re already a winner. You may wish to discuss with your GP about weight or resistance training that may help your hip and ankles. Simply sitting comfortably and just rotating your ankles and simple squats may help, if you’re not doing them already, particularly during a warm up before a run. Take it easy and keep 🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️
Thanks Dave, that's good advice. I have been lucky in that I was able to access an NHS physio, which I know not everybody could this last year, and when my first attempt failed she promptly gave me extra stretches and exercises to do. She has warned me that I will have to do them for evermore if I want to keep the hip healthy!(I'm very forgetful, so I have them on a card on the mantelpiece!)
That’s the beauty of C25k you can run it your way and repeat as many times as you like to build that strength back up while avoiding further time in the IC
How wonderful that you are finally off the couch 😀. You are wise to take a gradual approach. I'm popping over here again from the Bridge to 10k as my daughter Dabby-dot is doing C25k and started week 2 today. I'm keeping her company.
Great going, I'm just about to restart for the 4th time after injuring my knee. My physio advised repeating every week so I'll be on a repeat pattern too 👍. Good luck this time 😀
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