Week 1 run 2 done. Running is so hard and I feel so awkward but I’m guessing this is normal? But, I pushed on and finished each run
I last ran at school so guess being nearly 50 thats a long time ago and my memory is blank🤣. Does it feel any easier soon?
Very well done for getting started. If it feels really hard slow down, it will feel easier once you run at a conversational pace, but expect it to be hard at times, if it was easy everyone would do it.
Hello Mrswesty, welcome to this forum 😊 and well done for getting started. The first and second weeks were the hardest (so far) for me, until I realised we are only meant to run very slow. There is a video about slow running in healthunlocked that really helped me. That made all the difference for me! Keep going! All the best!
Hello and welcome! Well done to you, for starting this !
Many folk felt exactly as you do... this is new... school-day running was then...but this is you now and your body is asking , what the heck is going on?
Do, please check this post out.
healthunlocked.com/couchto5...
It really is essential reading... even if you dip in and out! It has such useful advice and links... and ways to keep you injury free, ( hopefully), and make sure you really enjoy this great programme.
Do keep posting too for terrific support !
Congratulations!So proud of you.
I am right there with you! Just completed week 1 run 3. I have never really run and at 60+ it is totally new for this body. I am going to keep going and hope to reap the benefits. Stay strong 💪🏻
You’re doing great! Sounds totally normal. I’m 61 and graduated couch to 5k a week ago. Had never been a runner before but now I can actually say that I am, albeit a slow one! I call it jog plodding! At the beginning I struggled and realised I was going too fast for what my body could manage so I made myself jog as slowly as possible. Not much faster than my brisk walk. I questioned if it was worth it as in my mind I wondered if I would get more from brisk walking and thought about giving up. Then I read an article somewhere that said no matter how slow you run it is beneficial and counts as high impact exercise as when running, even very slowly, both feet are off the ground at one point and this is what makes it high impact as opposed to walking, which even when brisk counts, as moderate as one foot is always in contact with the ground. This was a bit of an epiphany moment for me on my running journey and I kept going. I can now jog plod for a full 30 minutes. I’m still slow and yet to reach 5k. Some days feel harder especially in the heat. But it’s always wort it. I am hooked now and get such a buzz from my runs. Keep going! You can do it!
I’m 59 been running now for over two years it’s the best thing, just keep going on this plan it’s magical.
You will find your rhythm or pace and don’t panic about speed or distance it all comes with practice.
Good luck and welcome runner 🏃🏼♀️🏃💨
Welcome from me too! At times. I’ve described by running as “drunken octopus”, “like a doll where the limbs have fallen off and been screwed back on too loosely”, “like my body doesn’t belong to me”. That awkwardness you feel is totally normal and the great news is, it’ll pass as you run more and more. It’s an uncomfortable stage but it might help to think of it in the same way as learning a musical instrument. At first, the finger patterns for the notes feel stiff and unnatural but you have to just keep practising. You know that one day they’ll feel easy and you won’t have to think about where to put your hands any more. You’ll just be enjoying making beautiful music. Running was so like that for me. Keep going and you’ll find that wonderful, free and easy pace where you’re not thinking about running (or if you are, it’s you noticing how good it feels!). I think it was around week four or five that I realised I was running but had forgotten to think about it-I was singing along to the music in my ears and looking at birds. You’ll get there!
Hope that’s not too much of a ramble!!
Oldfloss has pointed you to some great links for hints and tips. Can’t wait to hear about how you get on!
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