u/panthergirl55

So, running is the only exercise I'm doing at this point, and always with a rest day in between. I took a week off, and resumed my run on Wednesday of this week. Today, it was pouring rain so I decided to skip it. But I've got some nasty shoulder pain and couldn't figure out where it came from, until I checked with Dr. Google and saw that it can be from RUNNING, if I'm too tense or hunched in the shoulders?

It's pretty nasty, and Naproxen hasn't done anything. I used the TENS machine on it and now I'm wrapped in a heating pad. If it's not better by Monday I'll go to the physio.

Anyone else experience shoulder pain from running?

I'm in the Netherlands, so I can't get the NHS one, but I'm curious about the difference. The C25K app I use is an 8 week thing, and it seems the NHS is 10 weeks? Is that right?

I just took a week off because we drove to France and it just wasn't conducive to keeping to my schedule, but I'm back home and starting again tomorrow with W7D2.

When I first installed it, it automatically imported my previous runs. But now it only captures Apple Fitness activity (like my post-run walk home). I thought maybe I had to use C25K on my watch in order for it to work, but I did that today and it didn’t sync over to Strava. What am I missing?

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First of all, I did it. That's the good news. But for the first time since I started to slow way down, I struggled and didn't feel great when I finished. (Ok, I felt great THAT I finished lol). Here's what changed:

Normally, I run in the morning around 9:30 after I've had coffee, but nothing to eat. Now that it's warming up, it's also better because it's cooler. I'm super-sensitive to the heat.

Today, they were removing scaffolding outside our building and it was pretty unsafe to go out there until the workers broke for lunch. Because I had to wait, I ate a banana with peanut butter about an hour before I left, which ended up being 1pm. It was super windy (it's Amsterdam, afterall) which is always harder, but mostly it was a bit too warm for me (20C) and I felt like I had a full belly. When I finished, I had to sit down after the cooldown which I NEVER EVER do, because I felt a bit dizzy and nauseated. I have a Camelbak so I do drink on my runs. Have to.

I had also been sick from Sunday until Tuesday with a head cold, so I didn't do my normal M/W/F schedule. I did nothing until today.

So, the moral of my tale, for me anyway, is not to break my routine if I can help it. I know people recommend eating before running but I don't like how that feels. And I need to avoid the heat at all costs as spring and summer kick in. Thanks for coming to my TED talk 😃