Well the good news was that people turned up this week and so we didn't put you off. We even had a couple of new people join this week. We even stopped running round in circles, exciting times ahead!

There will be times that people can't make it and so we completely understand if you can't come along each week. Hopefully there's time for you to catch-up on what you have missed.

In week 2 we did 90 seconds of running (efforts), followed by 60 seconds of walking (recovery), we repeated this five times. Then we did 60 seconds of running and 60 seconds of walking for five times. This is a gradual increase in the running this week of two and a half minutes. Hopefully you are starting to see an improvement in how much running you can do and can see your progress. We can certainly see the progress and we covered a longer distance of either 1.8 miles or 2.3 miles, depending on who you were following.

We can get a little too focussed on the clock sometimes, worrying about how fast or far we are running. Whilst this can be a good way of developing goals, there will be plenty of time for that. There are many benefits of running as a group, you are meeting new people, learning a new skill and also getting fresh air.

Hopefully we will see you again on Sunday, for week 3 we will be running (efforts) for 2 minutes seconds and walking (recovery) for 60 secs, repeating 10 times.

 SIt's been a while since our last beginners group, but here we are again patiently waiting at the picnic benches at Kiveton Community Woodlands.

The weather was very kind to us on Sunday, sun and slight wind but no rain (which is always a bonus). As we waited to see who would turn up at 9.00am on a Sunday morning, it was a lovely surprise to see some of our runners from our first group last year. There are many reasons why you need to take a break from running or exercise completely but it was an important first step coming back. Congratulations to all of the 12 runners who completed week 1, you did really well and made it look really easy.

In week 1 we did 1 minute efforts (running) followed by 1 minute of walking (recovery) for 20 minutes. It might not have felt that far running round in circles but we covered 1.3km or 0.8 miles, that's nearly a third of the distance we are hoping to build up to.

It was really great to see our new runners chatting and providing support to each other. Over the next few weeks, it will start to feel a little harder as we run and that's when running as a group keeps you going. 

Please do come along to week 2, even if you were unable to attend our first session, there's still time to get started. This week we will be increasing some of the running (efforts) to 1mins 30 secs (x5) with some 1 min running (x5) too and then walking for 1 min (recovery).