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Hoping for some advice as a new runner: I happily and successfully completed the 5k Color Run run when I was in about week 6 of the C25K training programme. I ran the whole 5k (well, not very fast, but I didn't stop and I didn't walk) as the atmosphere was so great and I felt on top of the world - and previously I had never run further in one go than a little over 3k, and the 3k I had only achieved about 3 times. So - proud moment! BUT since then, my knees - the right knee in particular, rarely the left - have been a bit sore. It's a kind of dull soft ache, mostly above the knee (not on the outside or inside) but I can feel it all around the knee too sometimes, guess it radiates - and it sometimes goes away after I have jogged for a bit. I had 10 days off running after the 5k 'race' to rest up. I do knee exercises since then - about 3 weeks ago since I completed the race now - but these exercises, too, increase the soreness of my right knee. Is this common and what can I do? I am wary of just quitting for weeks on end but is that what I have to do? (I also have to cycle to and from work, have no other way of getting there, so total rest is sadly not an option). I am guessing I over-exerted myself in the 5k run but I am really hoping the injury (or whatever it is) will eventually go - but how? Advice from others very welcome as doctors only ever tell you to rest and don't show any real interest xx

Just do what u can and it will come easy

I've had success repeating weeks when I've had problems. For me, Week 4 was when I hit the wall. It took 5 tries to be able to do both of the 5-minute runs in that week, but I eventually made it.