Hi Beginners,

I heard you were all great last week, showing up even when the weather wasn’t so wonderful – well done! 

This week we will be adding one 3 minute interval running interval to our two minute ones.  It is absolutely essential we keep the pace very very slow so we don’t allow our heart rates to get too high, both for psychological reasons (so you don’t feel exhausted and worn out when you finish, and start hating it) and for physiological ones (as most of you haven’t run before, you need to give your bodies time to adjust so as to keep injuries at bay).  I know some of you feel as though you could run faster, but there are other groups for that – please let me know if you feel you could possibly move up – if you have any experience in running whatsoever, running slowly may actually hurt you by altering your gait and creating unnecessary impact on your joints.

We will not be doing much street running just yet, but please make a point of being very careful at the few road crossings we do have – it is very easy to just follow the person in front of you out onto the road without checking for cars or bikes, so please be careful! 

One last thing – I know a couple of people have not been receiving the emails – please let me know if there is anyone that is missing from the list!  Most of you probably know that we have a website – womenrunningtheworld.com, but for those who do not, the weekly email will be posted there under the beginners tab. 

I’m looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday!

Syma