Well, WK3 R1 was great. Calves didn't hurt, seems that niggle has gone, touch wood or trainers or something. What a great run or 3 minute/90 sec intervals! Sun shining, concentrating on breathing, left leg for 4 steps etc. Takes my mind off thoughts of, OK I'm getting bit out of breath now! I also realise I was running a bit too fast before, maybe that's why calves played up? Anyway you lot on here do keep me going, as earlier I thought I'm not going, have another rest day, could make the calves worse. Then I read some blogs and thought get out there, it's only reps of 3 mins and 90 seconds, not a marathon!! :))
No pain, lots of gain!: Well, WK3 R1 was great... - Couch to 5K
No pain, lots of gain!
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NevertoolateGraduate
Good for you!! I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying running. And it's good news that your calves were okay. Please be cautious about them though - I ignored calf pain and ended up being out of action straight after graduation. The good news is I just ran for 10 minutes and the calf seems to be behaving itself.
I hope you continue to thrive on week 3!
runningwildGraduate
Thank you Nevertoolate! May our calves behave themselves!!
happierswimmingGraduate
It's surprising how many problems sort themselves out if we just go slowly- it's all about building stamina to keep going for 30+ minutes and you're well on the way to that- you can work on speed later. Glad to hear you enjoy it
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