... that voice is in our head, and we do well to listen to it.
Here we are, another week on , Autumn is here, and the weather... err... well the weather is the weather!
I hope that many of you are getting into an enjoyable routine of running and, putting in some rest day exercise by now; and I do know that some of you are really doing very, very well. I love reading your posts and I reply to as many as , with my other duties, I am able!
I am noticing here and there in a few of the posts. comments or questions about running and illness or injury are beginning to appear.
Okay... injury from running can affect anyone, from the most experienced of runners , to the newest beginners. From pushing ourselves too hard... to trying to run with muscles that have no idea what they are doing
Injury or indeed illness can knock your confidence and impact on your motivation, so it is important to clear your mind set when this happens.
Many, many of us on all the forums have suffered injury from running, non running injury which has stopped us running, or illness which has also stopped us running.
One of the hardest things, when you are on this programme is to recognise, that what is going on, means that you really need to stop running. Listening to that voice in your head and taking notice.
I have learned over my nearly seven years of running. that if I take the correct action, and follow expert advice, however hard it may be, then in the end, I will run again! I can in all honesty say, I am never tempted to rush things and when I first head out after any stop, I take it slower than a slow snail on a go-slow
We do when starting this plan, expect what we refer to as, normal, aches and pains, and they are just that. Real pain is easily identified and should never be ignored. We always advise stopping running when that kind of pain occurs, seeking expert support and advice, and also, never ever, to mask that type of pain with painkillers.
So... here is a list of the most common complaints we may get as new runners.
1. Knee pain
2. Achilles pain
3. Shin pain
4. Heel pain
5. Muscle strains
Learning how to recognise certain injury is helpful, but there is no substitute at all, for getting expert help and a correct diagnosis. We are not medical experts, and even though folk on the forums may have had similar issues, no two cases will be exactly the same.
I will be updating this post, with some useful links to helpful advice, that may help us to begin to distinguish between what is normal... and what is not, in our running.
Right...the good news after all this advice? The runs wait; they are patient and no matter how long it takes, they will still be there, and be all the sweeter for it 
Please, do let us know how your running is going right now. How you are finding your runs as the days get shorter and the evenings draw in...read the other posts and do, please reply to them. We run as a running family and that is what makes C25K so brilliant!
Oldfloss
P.S
I am listening to my body right now, after having my Covid Booster and my Flu vaccination on Saturday... I shall be listening to the voice in my head, until it tells me, ...good to go!
To all you new runners. Run run run!
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