Official Running Thread

[knocky1]

Four stretches

1. Sitting with affected foot over other knee, push top of foot and toes forward until you feel outside of calf and hold for 20 secs.
2. Normal calf stretch holding wall
3. Still holding walll bring back (affected) foot so toe is in line with heel of front (good) football and go down using your knees
4. Affected foot in to wall toe up and push in to wall, feeling the back of the calf stretch, agonisingly in my case.

****. I don't do any of them. Will get on to it. Was a bit confused how to use the football in exercise 3 but worked out foot eventually. Thanks.

 

[Guinness Boy]

****. I don't do any of them. Will get on to it. Was a bit confused how to use the football in exercise 3 but worked out foot eventually. Thanks.

*good foot.

the toe of the affected foot should be in line with the heel of the good foot. Sorry. Clearly typing too fast with football on the brain and the first glass of celebratory rioja hitting the mark.

 

[billpotter72]

Anyone else enter the Poppy Half not realising it messed up match day?

 

[knocky1]

What happened today @BigNuts? Pulled up? Are you OK?

Usual rubbish from me. Trying to get under 22 after 3 weeks trying and failed on 22:00. At Hove Park.

Not going to beat my rubbish Phoenix 10k time in the Brooks 10k Sunday at this rate. Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish. Pain in ankle getting worse, as well, although not any problem when running. Need 3 points to get over this.

 

[big nuts]

What happened today @BigNuts? Pulled up? Are you OK?

Usual rubbish from me. Trying to get under 22 after 3 weeks trying and failed on 22:00. At Hove Park.

Not going to beat my rubbish Phoenix 10k time in the Brooks 10k Sunday at this rate. Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish. Pain in ankle getting worse, as well, although not any problem when running. Need 3 points to get over this.

Pulled out at 4k no excuses just had no motivation for some reason and couldn't muster the strength to get up the final hill.

I was on track 11:30 at 3k and 15:23 at 4k so would have been between 19:10-19:20.

Not ideal before the Brooks next Sunday but still better to have done 4k than nothing at all.

Ive only pulled out up once before but that was for a genuine reason, so not sure why I've decided to do this today. Possibly a mixture of sleep deprivation and over doing it over the past 4 weeks.

 

[knocky1]

Pulled out at 4k no excuses just had no motivation for some reason and couldn't muster the strength to get up the final hill.

I was on track 11:30 at 3k and 15:23 at 4k so would have been between 19:10-19:20.

Not ideal before the Brooks next Sunday but still better to have done 4k than nothing at all.

Ive only pulled out up once before but that was for a genuine reason, so not sure why I've decided to do this today. Possibly a mixture of sleep deprivation and over doing it over the past 4 weeks.

Holding back at the end today could be beneficial next week. You still had a good run out.

 

[penny's harmonica]

Ran the poppy half in 2:01 today. Conditions couldn't have been much worse with lots of runners struggling through the battering coming in off the sea. I ran 10 miles in 1:21 and then predictably my knee gave up on me again. Very deflating watching everyone pass me in the last 3 miles and now determined to get my knees right before I go out again. That said met some lovely people today and everyone in very good spirits despite everything.
How did you do Sheebo?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Thought I would spend today jealously reading everyone else's updates while I nursed my foot. Instead those stretches are already doing the business big time and my only issue today was my poxy Garmin which refused to find where I was even off the wrist, I knew what time it was however so started the strava app on my phone and went for a timed run of two hours. Didn't quite make the HM distance but did beat my 20k personal best.

Now for something that will annoy [MENTION=27279]dazzer6666[/MENTION] - Shot Bloks. Used these again today and I prefer them immensely to Hi Fives. Felt sick after one Hi Five although I wasn't. Munched a whole pack of shot bloks today. No bad feeling in the tummy, easy to get down, tasty and gave me enough energy to do my fastest long run yet. Sorry!

 

[knocky1]

@Guiness Boy you have passed the injury onto me. I am now booked in for tomorrow lunchtime as ankle is not improving and fear ligament damage. On top of that my back is semi ceased maybe from spending an hour or two digging at the allotment every day this week.

As to gels I personally have no time at all. Over 20 miles and I will have some jelly babies and sports drink but not under. My up to 3 hour fuel is coconut fat.

 

[Guinness Boy]

@Guiness Boy you have passed the injury onto me. I am now booked in for tomorrow lunchtime as ankle is not improving and fear ligament damage. On top of that my back is semi ceased maybe from spending an hour or two digging at the allotment every day this week.

As to gels I personally have no time at all. Over 20 miles and I will have some jelly babies and sports drink but not under. My up to 3 hour fuel is coconut fat.

Eek, get well soon, hope it's not serous.

Gels seems to divide the crowd entirely. I have a friend who has run 4 marathons and regularly cycles between seventy and a hundred miles on a ride. He swears by them for anything over an hour on foot or bike to stop "bonking out". Dazzer wasn't a fan of the brand I was testing when I mentioned it on Strava. The guy at Run in Hove said use them even when I was clear I wouldn't be buying any that day. I think [MENTION=18183]big nuts[/MENTION] said he was another Jelly Baby user. The bottom line is I'm going to test several brands between now and February on runs that I can bin off, rather than risk barfing and crapping my way round a marathon or dying at the wall and stopping.

 

[dazzer6666]

Thought I would spend today jealously reading everyone else's updates while I nursed my foot. Instead those stretches are already doing the business big time and my only issue today was my poxy Garmin which refused to find where I was even off the wrist, I knew what time it was however so started the strava app on my phone and went for a timed run of two hours. Didn't quite make the HM distance but did beat my 20k personal best.

Now for something that will annoy [MENTION=27279]dazzer6666[/MENTION] - Shot Bloks. Used these again today and I prefer them immensely to Hi Fives. Felt sick after one Hi Five although I wasn't. Munched a whole pack of shot bloks today. No bad feeling in the tummy, easy to get down, tasty and gave me enough energy to do my fastest long run yet. Sorry!

LOL, not annoyed at all.......it's that I don't get on with them. I have been experimenting with all sorts of stuff, some works, some doesn't. For some reason I am particularly sensitive to fructose-based gels (like SiS and Hi Fives), get stomach pains almost immediately. It's salted caramel Gu gels for me on middle distance runs now.........and still real food on anything over marathon distance. Someone told me we 'are all an experiment of one' [emoji3]

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

As the weather starts to turn for the winter, I was just wondering what people's motivational techniques for getting those miles under their belt are when its cold and wet outside, and the last thing you want to do is leave the house?

 

[big nuts]

Eek, get well soon, hope it's not serous.

Gels seems to divide the crowd entirely. I have a friend who has run 4 marathons and regularly cycles between seventy and a hundred miles on a ride. He swears by them for anything over an hour on foot or bike to stop "bonking out". Dazzer wasn't a fan of the brand I was testing when I mentioned it on Strava. The guy at Run in Hove said use them even when I was clear I wouldn't be buying any that day. I think [MENTION=18183]big nuts[/MENTION] said he was another Jelly Baby user. The bottom line is I'm going to test several brands between now and February on runs that I can bin off, rather than risk barfing and crapping my way round a marathon or dying at the wall and stopping.

Marathon distance I take on anything I can get my hands on gels, jelly babies, orange slices & energy drinks. My stomach is pretty sturdy I'll take it all definitely helped last marathon no wall at all.

 

[big nuts]

As the weather starts to turn for the winter, I was just wondering what people's motivational techniques for getting those miles under their belt are when its cold and wet outside, and the last thing you want to do is leave the house?

I've never done this but read that some wear running kit minus shoes to bed then straight out. I can see the logic in this as weekends early starts for me. And I use Tuesdays after work to run an elongated route home.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

I've never done this but read that some wear running kit minus shoes to bed then straight out.

For real? That sounds, kind of... sweaty before you've even got going!

 

[Bozza]

As the weather starts to turn for the winter, I was just wondering what people's motivational techniques for getting those miles under their belt are when its cold and wet outside, and the last thing you want to do is leave the house?

If you want to go out on Sunday don't drink lots in Hotel du Vin on Saturday night. Hope this helps

 

[dazzer6666]

As the weather starts to turn for the winter, I was just wondering what people's motivational techniques for getting those miles under their belt are when its cold and wet outside, and the last thing you want to do is leave the house?

I LOVE running when it's freezing cold. Nothing better.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

I LOVE running when it's freezing cold. Nothing better.

I love it when I'm out there, its just the getting out there that seems to be the trouble!

 

[Pembury]

As the weather starts to turn for the winter, I was just wondering what people's motivational techniques for getting those miles under their belt are when its cold and wet outside, and the last thing you want to do is leave the house?

To get miles under your belt try and build in runs into your daily rountine.. Commute runs or lunch time work runs. I can't get up at silly o clock to go for a run esp in the winter. Ive tried but i just cant do it.. Rapping up warm.. Music.. Running your ffavourit/easy/short routes that you can extend if the run is going good.. Evening runs instead of morning runs.. Just some suggestions. And if your really cant be bothered to go for a run when its grim.. Just dont, as theres always another run around the corner.. Oh and one more thing.. Have a plan for the week.. Eg Different runs..tempo, hills etc. And have a race to focus on. Thats my two pennys worth!

 

[Pembury]

I LOVE running when it's freezing cold. Nothing better.

I'm the opposite.. Hate the cold and wind.. Give me scorchio any day.