I'm really sorry to hear about your injury R&R girl. I'm glad you've encouraged other people to run, I managed to get my friend running in December last year including taking her to a running shop and getting her suitable trainers as she's had shin splints problems in the past. She's been running regularly and pain free since then andwas enjoying it but has lately been bemoaning her lack of progress, she's allowed me access to her online training log (she has access to mine) and she's been doing the same 2 mile loop with a stupidly big steep hill in it over and over again! We're going for a girlie MTB ride tomorrow so I'll be trying to convince her that runnng exactly the same thing over and over again is akin to weighing yourself everyday! Hopefully your bunch are a little more sensible.

I'd like her to build up to running comfortably for an hour then she can come out with my club as she has no one to run with and she does much better in company - she works long hours which doesn't help, our schedules are completely different.