I’m delighted to say that I finished Week 9 run 3 this morning. I really wasn’t sure I’d be able to complete the program after having a hip operation in September 2023. But I took things slowly - gave myself a year to properly get my strength back and did masses of weight training and low impact stuff like spinning in between runs. Also after pulling a calf muscle in Week 3 I stopped being religious about three runs a week and just did two when I felt it was the sensible thing to do. And above all I didn’t worry about speed. I was a veritable snail but hey, I’ve done it.
I can’t thank the community enough for their support. Reading about other people and their ways of overcoming issues is really inspirational and has definitely helped me over the last few months. Thank you all!