20/01/2026
🏃💨 Struggling to return to running? 🏃♀️💨
Maybe confidence? Maybe too much too soon? Too fast too soon? Maybe you don’t know where to start?
We get asked these questions regularly in the clinic.
If your discomfort is 4/10 or less and you’re still functional, best getting started to build up load tolerance and capacity.
If you’re not up to distance or sp*ed quite yet, keep it simple: start slow and steady, distance before sp*ed.
Example:
Week 1: 4 min walk : 1 min jog x 3-4 (15-20mins) x 2-3 per week
Week 2: 3 min walk : 2 min jog x 3-6 (15-30mins) x 2-3 per week
Week 3: 2 min walk : 3 min jog x 5-6 (25-30mins) x 2-3 per week
Week 4: 1 min walk : 4 min jog x 6-8 (30- 40mins) x 2-3 p*e week
Obviously, it’s not one size fits, this is a simple example of how we may build our patients back in running tolerance. Depending on how you feel, progress or regress accordingly.
We will always strive to keep our patients in the game doing what they l love doing E.g running 🏃💨
