The Running Thread

[boyse7en]

Friend of mine completed this last week,

broke the world record in the process

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/53-year-old-man...

The thing is, he's only been running three years, makes me feel a right lazy sod

[RizzoTheRat]

I've got a decent Petzl, and a stupidly bright little LED hand held, must remember to put a lanyard on it.

[Moulder]

Run the Rock 10k today (http://www.runtherock.co.uk/). Barely a flat bit the whole way around so a bit of a wake up call after training by trotting around the local streets.

[MC Bodge]

I have developed a pain on the outside of one foot, below the ankle whilst away on holiday last week. It appears consistent with a peroneal tendon inury of some sort. I intend to visit the physio about it later this week.

It didn't hurt whilst actually running, but began when I stopped and felt stiff the following day.

It was possibly my own fault. I did a few, fairly hard (for me) hilly coastal path runs with some steep ups and downs (I normally run in my very flat local area) in my trail shoes, which I rarely rare wear and don't fit me that well with my orthotics, so I wasn't using the orthotics.

Everything felt fine, so I continued without the orthotics. I suspect that the steep downhills have caused me the problems.

I've not run on it since Thursday (although I have cycled and done some light swimming) and it is easing a bit.

Has anybody experienced similar?

I am supposed to be running a 10K race in a couple of weeks' time. What are the chances of me getting to the start line?

Thanks for any replies.

Edited by MC Bodge on Sunday 7th June 20:47

[krallicious]

No experience but I would see how you feel in a week and then decide what to do. If it is only a couple of weeks away then I would er on the side of caution as tendons can take a long while to heal.

[fiatpower]

I've been running since December when I started running purely to get fit again for football but enjoyed it so much that I have carried it on and run a few races (3 x 10K and 1 x 5K) since. I have now signed up for the Birmingham Half Marathon in October with the aim of running a sub 1 hr 45 min race (currently do a hilly off road 10k in approx 47 mins). Due to this I have been doing a longer easy run each week to build up my distance. A few weeks ago when it was cooler I had no problems but my last run which was 16K in the heat I got home and had a funny spell which I believe was due to dehydration. What do you all use for longer runs where you have to take on water? Do you have belts or camelbaks? I will just use the water stations for the race itself, will be purely for the training.

[Lotus Notes]

For up to 1h30 in the heat, I use a belt with 2 x 200ml of electrolite drink..I refill half way if I can.
For longer, I use a camelpak, with anywhere between one and two litres, depending on distance and refill possibilities.

Recently, in temperatures of 30C, I went out for 3 hours and lost 2.5 litres of water, but only replaced 1.5 litres..Must do better!!

[Dr Murdoch]

Well I thought tempo training was brutal, nothing compared to speed training I found out...

Managed 2 x 1/4mile @ 6.5min/miles with 2min recover runs in between, then 2 x 1/4mile with 1 min walk + 1 min recovery jog, and that was it! My lungs and legs just couldn't do anymore, just trickled home at 9min/miles.

Hopefully this week I can extend the number of speed runs from 4 to 6, although I don't feel confident.

Managed a steady 10 mile run on Sunday, which was superb, blue skys mixed with the freshness of the morning, quite divine!

Tonight its back to tempo, hoping to maintain a 3mile stint at 7.5min/miles with a slow run pace either side @ a mile each.

[SHutchinson]

Blaydon Race tonight. Looks like a nice night for it.

[lost in espace]

Endure 24 for me too. Hopefully it won't be too bad, forcast looking OKish.

[KTF]

lost in espace said:

Endure 24 for me too. Hopefully it won't be too bad, forcast looking OKish.

Looks like rain overnight on the Friday then showers on the Saturday at the moment.

Thats going to get everything in a right state for the start at noon unless it dries out quickly.

[krallicious]

Just back from my first run in a week. My left knee and hip have still not quite recovered from the marathon but had a good 10.7k. We managed 3 laps of the park with the middle lap being run at just shy of full speed. It felt like we did the lap (2.2k) in around 8.30 which I was pleased with.

[wiggy001]

Complete novice question... I still running around 4k at a time, just improving my stamina and speed gradually with a couple of runs a week for general fitness. One thing I've noticed is that the calf muscle in my left leg aches to the point of almost being painful far worse than my right. It starts during a run and I can still feel it 48 hours later whilst the rest of me feels fine.

Is this likely to be a running style issue or something else? Should I be putting stretches through that calf before a run or warming down better after? Any thoughts for a complete novice would be appreciated.

[krallicious]

I find a warm up followed by stretching is essential but this varies from person to person. A cool down with stretching though is vital if you don't want tired muscles the following day/s.

Did you have a running analysis done before buying your shoes? All good running shops will be able to offer this service and it costs nothing.

Are you always running on the same route with the same camber?

[wiggy001]

krallicious said:

I find a warm up followed by stretching is essential but this varies from person to person. A cool down with stretching though is vital if you don't want tired muscles the following day/s.

Did you have a running analysis done before buying your shoes? All good running shops will be able to offer this service and it costs nothing.

Are you always running on the same route with the same camber?

Thanks for the quick response.

I always stretch after a run (learnt the hard way after my first run where I could hardly walk for days!) and it's the fact that it is just in one leg that led me to post the question - if it was both then I'm obviously not warming up/down enough.

I did have a gait analysis done and don't feel like I have an issue with the shoes as such.

I'm mainly doing 2 routes (one at home at one near my current work). The work route is pretty flat (along the thames near reading) - 2km out and 2km back) but the home route (done most often) is a circular run around a park - I should probably reverse the route every other run as well as taking in other routes (although I like this "known" run as I can pace myself against previous runs easily).

[MC Bodge]

wiggy001 said:

Complete novice question... I still running around 4k at a time, just improving my stamina and speed gradually with a couple of runs a week for general fitness. One thing I've noticed is that the calf muscle in my left leg aches to the point of almost being painful far worse than my right. It starts during a run and I can still feel it 48 hours later whilst the rest of me feels fine.

Is this likely to be a running style issue or something else? Should I be putting stretches through that calf before a run or warming down better after? Any thoughts for a complete novice would be appreciated.

I had recurring calf problems for over 2 years.

I would recommend:

calf raise strengthening exercises with knees bent and straight (to isolate the different muscles).
-Excessive static stretching may not be desirable.

skipping

hamstring strengthening
glute strengthening
"core" strengthening
-stretching of all of the above, plus hip flexors.

Yoga plus weight training is ideal.

[ewenm]

We had my least favourite type of session last night: 4 sets of 6x100m with 1 min recovery in the set and 3 mins between the sets. So very short efforts (~15s) with good recovery but I just don't have the speed any more and end up in lactate hell quite quickly!

No fun but should improve lactate tolerance...

[markh1973]

ewenm said:

We had my least favourite type of session last night: 4 sets of 6x100m with 1 min recovery in the set and 3 mins between the sets. So very short efforts (~15s) with good recovery but I just don't have the speed any more and end up in lactate hell quite quickly!

No fun but should improve lactate tolerance...

Sounds like hell just reading it!!

We ran our club 10k route last night - actual race (the High Elms 10k) is on Sunday morning.

It's a tough route and that's without actually racing it.

[RizzoTheRat]

Looks like it's going to be reasonable for Endure 24, but rain tonight will make for a wet course at the start
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2657544

At least it's a bit cooler, went for a gentle run yesterday afternoon and was knackered by 3km, way too hot in the sun.

[Foliage]

I finally managed to push under 26minutes for 5km new pb 25mins 49secs