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  • Hit a steady pace you're comfortable with at the bottom of the hill and then Keep Going! I don't mean this in a facetious way. If you believe you can do it and have the mental strength to do it then your body will just get on with it and then next thing you'll know you're at the top of the hill.
  • I kept going and started the b210k programme immediately after completing c25k- it works too :D
  • I concentrated on just doing the programme at a speed that was comfortable to me. At the point that I was doing the longer unbroken distance runs (10 minute plus) I found I settled very quickly into a 6mph pace. I continued that on through c25k and b210k. It's only now I can confidently run for 10k that I'm looking at…
  • Try changing your footwear. I suffered from terrible shin splints the first time I tried a running programme. Fast forward 3 years and a better set of running shoes and I blitzed through C25k and B210k with no sign of shin splints. It really could be as simple a problem as your shoes.
  • I'm bringing a thread back from the dead here but I'm an archer too. I've been a target archer since I was 14 and I do dabble a little bit in field archery - never bow-hunted as it's illegal in the UK. It's a much more physically demanding sport than many people realise. Especially with a reasonably high draw weight…
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