After completing Week 7 last week, it’s so tempting to forge ahead to do weeks 8 and 9 and finally get that graduate badge 😊, but I’ve decided to go back a bit - I have a lot of aches pains between runs, despite doing strength exercises. Did an oldie today – Week 5 Run 2. I’m comfortable with it – my happy run! I’ll consolidate using this one for a few weeks along with the strength exercises, and let my muscles catch up to where my running’s at! Found a useful link for those of us who might find the programme is going too fast: physiofitcambridge.co.uk/ad...
Going back a few weeks: After completing Week... - Couch to 5K
Going back a few weeks
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OldflossAdministratorGraduate
Welcome back... slow and steady...and you should be fine.
LionoGraduate
Sounds very sensible to me. Don't forget that you can also take extra rest days when you need them 🙂 Much better to get there slowly than not get there at all!
Instructor57Graduate
Your program, your runs !If stretching out the weeks works for you that's great!
Dendev75Graduate
That sounds sensible, you know your body better than anybody so definitely listen to it - good luck 👍🏻
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