W5R1 done

[Crittermad]

I had a little gap - the heat here was over 30 every day and after being sat at a desk all day my legs were aching. My Achilles have been really sore when I get up in the morning and I think my legs then swelling with being immobile didn’t help.

Today the weather broke - it’s dull and cloudy (rain expected) but much cooler and so I promised myself to get back on the treadmill and see how it went. I wasn’t sure whether to repeat W4R3 but thought I’d give W5 a go and see how it went, can always repeat if needed. It was fine, I was watching something on my iPad for distraction. I’m beginning to feel a bit fitter again! And I had a half way quiz pop up!!

Half way!!!

[drun]

You can have a break from running for two weeks with hardly any loss in condition after that loss is gradual.

Try to break up long periods of sitting time with activity for 1 or 2 minutes.

nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/w...

Keep up the excellent work.

[Crittermad Graduate in reply to drun]

Thanks, work are starting to limit teams meetings to 50 mins then a 5 min break to move around as I think everyone is feeling it - especially when working from home

[Fionamags Graduate]

You'll be back to 5k in no time!

[Crittermad Graduate in reply to Fionamags]

I do hope so

[Jogger22 Graduate]

Hi Crittermad well done on completing your run! I had problems with both my achilles early on in the programme and followed everyone's advice to rest up until they didn't hurt anymore. I think I stopped running for almost 2 weeks. I've read that it's quite common in the beginning to get aches and pains whilst your body adjusts to the new stress that running places on it. Having injured myself 3 years ago I decided to follow the advice and rest up and not run through the pain. I completed C25K on Tuesday and haven't had any aches and pains for weeks now and definitely feel I am getting stronger with each run. So take it easy and don't force your bodytoo soon. Is there any other exercise you can do that won't put too much strain on your achilles?.😀

[Crittermad Graduate in reply to Jogger22]

Thanks I do Pilates - I think the stretching helps and the core stability definitely does - the lady who leads the class is a physio so we are in good hands - I’ll ask her on Monday

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Well done.

I used to suffer from tight Achilles tendons on first getting out of bed, while doing C25k first time round. I would strongly recommend that you introduce some gentle eccentric heel drops on a step into your daily stretching routines. I didn't and my first (and only) true running injury was a tweaked Achilles that stopped me for about six weeks.

[CressidaB Graduate]

Yay, well done you. It's amazing how quickly this programme seems to go. Good luck with it. 😊