Completed the first run of week two today 🙌 🤗 Ankles are feeling much better but now my left knee is starting to niggle. Think I will have to start knee strengthening exercises as soon as. Should these be done on the rest days from couch to 5k or can you/should you do them everyday? I don't want to make things worse. Also is there any benefit to 'strapping it up', as in wearing a tubigrip bandage?
Any thoughts welcome, thanks 🙂 x
😀 way to go keep it up. I’m on 4 this week feeling much more stronger …
Do them daily... the knees take a lot of hammer on the runs... Try very hard to land lightly too...kiss the ground with your feet !
Here are some knee exercises for you!
nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/r...
healthunlocked.com/strength......
A knee bandage at this early stage is probably not necessary... just getting the normal, aches and pains of a new exercise
Keep us posted please
Thanks Oldfloss 🙂The knee took a turn for the worse yesterday, making stairs almost impossible, so I've bandaged, iced, elevated and rested. I'm thinking I will need to do more work to strengthen my muscles before I continue running but hopefully I'll be back very soon.
Feeling a little downhearted about it to be honest but also quite determined not to let it put me off,
Fingers crossed! 🤞 x
Oh the knees. I've had endless troubles over my C2K5 journeys. So far I've done the program 3.5 times - and then by the end one or other gives up.
What I did this time - and it is helping - is religiously do the NHS strengthening exercises for four weeks before even starting to run. And I've carried on doing them during the last five weeks as I've progressed through the programme.
All I can suggest is give that a go and if there's an option, to run on a softer surface (or get really spongy trainers!). Good luck and health to the knees.
Thanks for your suggestion 😊 I'm definitely intending to do the exercises before I get back to it. Hopefully that won't be too long 🤞
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