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Ok, I did my first run of week 2 this morning, week one was hard i thought, i actually did it twice. So over the weekend I bought new shoes (Asics gel-cumulus 13 ) recommended by the guy at the shoe store, plus they were on sale for 69.00 at Sports authority. He also recommended thorlo running socks which when i first tried on at the store felt amazing like i was walking on a cloud. So this morning i put socks and shoes on to go run and they feel way more tight than i remember, i hope they loosen up some. I made it thorough the runs but most of my walks i had to stretch quite a bit, cause my shins hurt. I really hope i can do this for my health, my cholesterol is sky high and the statins made me weak in the arms and legs so i stopped them. I really want to make a life change and I've found i love this feeling of accomplishment already, even though im still taking baby steps. I'm thinking i may do each week twice.

Hi Linda! Well done getting started! Just a quick post to say that you should definitely follow your instinct if it tells you to do each week twice.

Happy running,
Benjohn

Thanks Ben,
Since my runs dont seem so easy i think i will do them twice. Im in no hurry.

The run felt kinda rough this morning, why does one and a half min seem so hard to me? But i completed it.

I did my first week two run this morning and noticed a big difference too. I fought through it and am going to focus a lot more in my eating and fluid intake before I do run 2 on Friday. Keep it up!

Thats really important im sure, come to think of it on the days i run i take water with me but i dont drink much before cause on some days about halfway throug the run i needed to go pee, but didnt. Lol . Wish there was a potty near where i run. Also my new shoes and socks are feeling great since ive broke them in real well.