I'm going to try to do a tiny bit of running on the treadmill today. My foot's not 100% better, but after galumphing about doing some folk dancing on Saturday night (aunt's 70th birthday party - had to join in or would have been ostracised from family ), after spending 2.5 hours on my feet in the morning, it was hardly any worse on Sunday. So, I reckon that it's probably up to a little bit of treadmill work. I thought I'd just do a 5 min brisk walk to warm up, lots of stretching, and then do 1 min jog 1-2 mins walk for a few more mins, to see how it holds up.

I've only got 5 days to my 5k, so running that just ain't going to happen, but if I can jog a bit today, at least I'll know that I can jog a bit on Sunday too

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Good Luck bagpuddycat.........
I have been there myself this year,Its so frustrating..............................




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Thanks Dave.

I see the excess pounds are disappearing fast, though - you're well back into the running now?

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As requested ..good luck!!

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It's finally happened.....

Hope it goes well

Injurys are so frustrating.

SJ

Well, the moment of truth will come tomorrow morning when I get out of bed. If I manage that without wincing in pain, all will be good. But for now, I'm very chuffed that I managed 10 mins of alternating 1 min run and 1 min walk. I felt like I could have done loads more, but I didn't want to overdo it first time and go back to square 1 again. I was really worried that what little fitness I'd managed to build up since Jan would have vanished but, while it's definitely not what it was when I injured myself, it's still way better than it was back in Jan. I was having to watch the clock on the treadmill to stop myself running longer than a minute, as it felt so easy.

It felt so damn good to be running again, even such a little bit

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That's good to hear bpc and good luck

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Good luck for Sunday

Fingers crossed for you Could be that this injury's on the way out!

Sounds promising BPC

Good luck with the 5k

BTW, who was it that said you should try everything in life except incest and folk dancing???:eek:

Best of luck BPC! Do what you can on the day and who knows, you might impress yourself - Good to hear that your coming back to fitness, now you'll have to plan another 5k (or maybe 10k!) that you can aim to run in it's entirety

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Already done

I've entered the Adidas women's challenge in September - 5k around Hyde Park.

I'll see how that goes before I move up to 10k, I think. One step at a time!

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GOOD LUCK BAG will be routing for you !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks everyone

I promise I will stop going on about my foot now

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