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Congratulations :) you're doing great :smiley:

@KellyLouiseGibson Fantastic achievement, well done for pushing through the 'barriers'. And what a great smile you have, you must have been pleased :)

@LP_Std Congratulations on your first week of C25k. Am pretty sure there is a 'correct' running form, unfortunately I have no idea what it is. Maybe someone else reading this can give you guidance, if not try starting a new post, am sure someone can point you to a good video or website. From my experience, I can give you…

@fraukazi Thank you very much, have a great day :)

@KellyLouiseGibson Congratulations on getting to week 6, good job :smiley: You can do it :smiley:

@AmyC2288 @TavistockToad @OldAssDude Thank you all for your support during the program, it helped a lot and is very much appreciated. Have a great day :smile:

Session 3 week 9 done. The final session conquered. Not my best run, was up half the night with a upset stomach and my right knee was not healed, the sensible decision would have been to delay run, but my inner Spartan surfaced, so I got my running gear on. Out of the door, I found the weather a bit cold but not 'arctic…

@martaindale Thanks :) Re knee, will take it easy see how it progresses

Session 2 Week 9 done. All the overtime I did at work this week caught up with me, so I slept through my alarm and had to do the session later than normal, I would not have the city to myself to use as a training ground. So out of the door and I was met by a cutting arctic wind, so yet again my warm up walk was very brisk…

@OldAssDude Congratulations on training for half marathon, that won't be on my radar for a while :smiley: Me inspire you, well thank you for the comment, from my perspective you inspire me to set my goals higher :smiley: Have a great day and thank you for your positive comments

@KellyLouiseGibson Congratulations on getting to week 5, that's awesome. Your photo made me laugh so hard, that I could hardly breathe :smiley: If that's your happy face, I would hate to see your angry face, thanks for brightening my day :smiley:

@Runaroundafieldx2 Thank you very much :smiley:

@TavistockToad Thanks for your post

@TavistockToad Thanks for your concern, in a ideal world I would hire all the experts to sort my knee out, unfortunately my finances are not ideal for that sort of expert treatment. So I have to make compromises, as this pain is not constant am filing it under 'to be monitored'. Having said that your advice is text book…

@martaindale Thanks :smiley: Re knee I will keep monitoring it, but it's not a major concern for me, am at an age where I have lots of niggles/pain. The activity is new so am assuming it's a 'shock to the system'

@AmyC2288 Thanks :smiley: Re the knee, not sure what is happening, but as I can 'run it off' I suspect it's a combination of old age and doing something new, obviously if it becomes a problem in my 'normal' activities will get it checked out.

Session 1 Week 9 done. Today's session consisted of: 5min warm up 30min jog 5min warm down Run prep was was done on 'automatic pilot'. Once out of the door, the first thing I noticed was the cold, so I did a 'brisk' warm up walk, no real problems, just my head playing with me, my first attempt at 30 mins jogging. One part…

@martaindale I did, thank you :smile:

Session 3 Week 8 done. Once the alarm went off getting ready for the run was automatic, one slight change, last night my left calf seemed stiff after work, so this morning I rubbed a 'deep heat' cream on both my legs. No real science knowledge for this just thought "prevention better than cure", a placebo action so I would…

@AmyC2288 Thank you very much for those positive comments. Am definitely pleased with my progress, looking forward to my first Park run :smiley:

@Runaroundafieldx2 Thanks :smile: On my shopping list :smiley:

Session 2 Week 8 done. Today's session consisted of: 5min warm up 28min jog 5min warm down Preparation fairly automatic, I could hear the rain, but this is England in December, no surprise. Out the door, tablet now secured in the carrying holster by two elastic bands, in fact so secure that I could not access the volume…

@GrumpyHeadmistress The "Nightmare 10" Based on my experience so far, I think it's an actual phenomena, mine seems to last 3 to 5 mins, to be honest I had put it down to 'old knees'. Hoping to to get one of those 3D printers for Christmas, so I can print myself some new ones, preferably a sports turbo version, with red…

@fraukazi Thanks for your positive words of encouragement, they are much appreciated. Am enjoying the program and looking forward to completing it, then work on my next goal :smiley: Looking forward to the day I participate in a organised event, got eye my on a weekly park run event, suspect it will be in the New Year :)

@Runaroundafieldx2 Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. This was an unusual run for me, that the actual run barely 'registered' with me, just seemed to be sorting minor problems out. That being said, am really happy that I did it :smiley:

@tdiamond88 Thanks for your comments much appreciated, I find updating this post and reading people's comments is a great source of motivation and knowledge for me. Good luck with your own C25k journey, let me know how you get on :smiley:

Session 1 Week 8 done. Today's session consisted of: 5min warm up 28min jog 5min warm down Did not have the greatest of start, to the morning, was so tired from last night's shift, that after switching the alarm off, I went back to sleep. So when I finally got up, looked out the window and saw rain, contemplated delaying…

@martaindale Thanks for the motivation. As to a new pair of shoes, in the ideal world, I would agree with you, unfortunately my finances are not in the ideal world, so am going to have to suffer a soggy sock, now and again ;-)

@Runaroundafieldx2 Can't wait to see the difference between Winter & Summer running :)

@tirowow12385 Thanks for your comments much appreciated. Hope I get to love running as much as you do, am still getting used to it. I tend to run in the early morning, so I have most of the city to myself :smiley: It's easier to to cross roads, without the cars and pedestrians. The good thing about a few people on the…