[cite]Posted By: Ketman[/cite]I have got to say I am enjoying the running less & less last few weeks. Have been out in the p*ssing rain Monday & Tuesday this week getting home thinking was that really worth it? Waking up next morning aching, then do it all again after work the next day. Think it's the running alone syndrome need someone to come out running with me !
Sounds like you are getting stale and that is when you pick up injuries if you are not careful.
Cut back to every other day or even twice a week for a bit. Rest is as important as the actual training for overall benefit.
I know I'm a fat git now but that is because of health problems not letting me exercise. I was running half marathons comfortably under 2 hours in my late forties so I know a little bit about it.
Sounds like you are getting stale and that is when you pick up injuries if you are not careful.
Cut back to every other day or even twice a week for a bit. Rest is as important as the actual training for overall benefit.
I know I'm a fat git now but that is because of health problems not letting me exercise. I was running half marathons comfortably under 2 hours in my late forties so I know a little bit about it.
I would agree with this. I would also say, vary your route, going somewhere different makes a big difference, try and get off road, find a country park or something locally and run round that.
Also doing things over than just long runs makes a difference. Use an ipod or a radio to take your mind off the running.
Your not the only one who needs a pacemaker Mr Ketman, mine being the type to keep my heart inside my chest, picked another injury this week, this time it feels like I`ve bruised the sole of my foot!! is that possible?? bloody painful though, will give another go tonight to try it out if its too sore, then its back to the crosstrainer.
ooooh I had a bruise on the sole of my foot, although that was from wearing high heels one night I went out and i'm not sure that was the cause of yours. a lump and bruise appeared, the lump wasn't clear all the time, and someone told me it was fluid build up but when i put my feet up, it came back up, so sometimes i limped and somethings I didn't. It did really hurt tho at times but gradually went down and stopped hurting. took about 6 days.
[cite]Posted By: T.C.E[/cite]Your not the only one who needs a pacemaker Mr Ketman, mine being the type to keep my heart inside my chest, picked another injury this week, this time it feels like I`ve bruised the sole of my foot!! is that possible?? bloody painful though, will give another go tonight to try it out if its too sore, then its back to the crosstrainer.
if you did it this week I would advise keeping off the roads for a few days and hit the crosstrainer, as sometimes when the pain hits the damage is already done. I missed around 6-7years of running due to recurring damage to my feet (and still get the odd twinge) after running the london marathon in 1996 I really would recommend to take it easy.
[quote][cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]ooooh I had a bruise on the sole of my foot, although that was from wearing high heels one night I went out and i'm not sure that was the cause of yours. a lump and bruise appeared, and the lump went down when i felt it a bit and someone told me it was fluid build up but when i put my feet up, it came back, so sometimes i limped and somethings I didn't. It did really hurt tho at times but gradually went down and stopped hurting. took about 6 days.[/quote]o
No visable bruise or swelling but your right about, one minute I limping the next I`m not, I currantly run around Charlton to try and take the stress off the foot, like I said, I`ll try again tonight.
Message to self................................ chuck out cheap Sling Backs :-)
had to cut my run short yesterday as my wife was not that great, so instead of about 7 miles did a 5k time trial. Was hard work as it was quite warm yesterday.
This weeks tip is inspired by yesterdays run and also in homage to Messrs Ronaldo and Blatter. Namely don't be a slave....
to your training programme.
Whilst following a structured programme is ideal, there are always time when reality intrudes, you feel ill, you've been bus at work that sort of thing. when that happens do rigidly stick to your programme. Do a shorter run, swap a day around, even miss a day completely if you need to (although don't make a habit of it). If time is short do what I did, do a shorter, faster workout.
Okay but i did nothing all weekend cos felt knackered all weekend... tres worried re this! Think ill make a decision in September whether i think im capable.
Confined to the crosstrainer at the moment due to my foot injury, doing 12k @ 19/20kph (dont know what that is in old money) every second day. If thats good or bad, I dont know I`ll find out in October!!!
Can anyone work out the route the half marathon is taking, some of it appears obvious some less so?
According to some of the comments on the forums, some of the runners haven`t even started their running yet! only 78 days to go! me, I`m still confined to the crosstrainer and will be until next weekend.
Now I just need to find a bookie who will take a small wager on the result of the race. Mr Ketman and his dog, £5 each way reverse forecast.
Back out again following sciatica. Have been on hols and have run on the promenade deck on cruise ship for an equivalent of 24 miles over the past week plus 9 mile walking.... still managed to put 5 pound on in weight, probably a bit of muscle as clothes still fit OK. Keep going everyone it will pay off in the end but don't push your limits too hard
a pretty warm day made for a nice 8miler today in about 62 minutes, including about a mile and a bit with those running the dartford half marathon, which confused the marshalls somewhat when I turned off the route.
There is now about 10 weeks to go and you should all be able to manage about a hour on your feet without needing medical attention. If you are having trouble sticking to the programme drop me a line and we can try and adjust it slightly to get you round.
My tip for today is to keep hydrated. Anything up to an hour you shouldn't need to drink anything along the route, however it is not around the time you need to think about either taking a bottle of water with you or setting up your run so you can stop off to grab some water along the way. Some people drive around the day before and hide their drink in the bushes, the difference a bit of mild dehydration makes to your performance is immense so make sure you have enough on board.
sipping little and often is fine, it's more that you generally don't need to unless it is hot. Little and often is also the way to go.
also it it worth practising the drinking and running at the same time as you will be surprised how difficult it actually is when you are knackered.
8km is about 40% of the distance, if you can get to doing training runs over over half the distance then you should be fine for a finish even if it means a combination of run/walk to get round.
After Kiglia's & Len Glovers suggestion, I have backed off the longer distances & did four shorter runs in faster times last week. Worked much better for me as felt good doing all four runs in 6 1/2 / 7 min miles. Will now continue to vary run distances for remainder of training days. I have passed 300 training miles now since I started 19 weeks ago.
The water in take is down to individual preference I would think.
I try to drink at least 2-3 pints of water in the hour before I go for a run but then I also carry a small hand held bottle with me to sip on the way round whether it be just a 2-3 mile run, a 5-6 mile run or anything longer (although I've only gone past 6 miles twice in the last month).
I feel as though I'm struggling time wise at the moment. Anything up to 4 miles, I'm running around 10min/mile pace but anything over that and I'm slipping back to 11-12min/mile pace. I ran a 5 miler last night and it averaged out at 11.20 min/mile.
I dont know about everyone else but I've really been suffering badly from blisters in the last two months. I'm wearing my correctly fitted running trainers and I'm using hilly twin-skin socks which is supposed to limit the friction on the feet but I'm regularly getting blisters on the side of my feet just below the ball on both feed.
After consulting the forums of running world, I appeared compeed and zinc oxide tape seemed to be the preferred solution but taping up my feet seems to make the problem a lot worse. Anyone got any ideas?
Went down to a David Lloyd Gym last night with a Friend last night & they were having a Running competition on the running machine. You basically had to run as fast as you could for 2km, now I am not exactly sure how far that is in miles but the fastest time posted that day had been 6 mins 32 secs. Was tempted to have a go but decided against it. :-)
The Mrs did her 5k run on Saturday and so i have finaly upped my run from the 3 miles i have been doing with her over the past few weeks. Did 4.4 miles on Tuesday cross country in 43 mins and did 4 miles road running in 41 mins, wont break any records but hopefully those times will get me round in one piece.
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Sounds like you are getting stale and that is when you pick up injuries if you are not careful.
Cut back to every other day or even twice a week for a bit. Rest is as important as the actual training for overall benefit.
I know I'm a fat git now but that is because of health problems not letting me exercise. I was running half marathons comfortably under 2 hours in my late forties so I know a little bit about it.
I would agree with this. I would also say, vary your route, going somewhere different makes a big difference, try and get off road, find a country park or something locally and run round that.
Also doing things over than just long runs makes a difference. Use an ipod or a radio to take your mind off the running.
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if you did it this week I would advise keeping off the roads for a few days and hit the crosstrainer, as sometimes when the pain hits the damage is already done. I missed around 6-7years of running due to recurring damage to my feet (and still get the odd twinge) after running the london marathon in 1996 I really would recommend to take it easy.
No visable bruise or swelling but your right about, one minute I limping the next I`m not, I currantly run around Charlton to try and take the stress off the foot, like I said, I`ll try again tonight.
Message to self................................ chuck out cheap Sling Backs :-)
The technical term is .............. one of those ski ing type thingy`s. ;-)
had to cut my run short yesterday as my wife was not that great, so instead of about 7 miles did a 5k time trial. Was hard work as it was quite warm yesterday.
This weeks tip is inspired by yesterdays run and also in homage to Messrs Ronaldo and Blatter. Namely don't be a slave....
to your training programme.
Whilst following a structured programme is ideal, there are always time when reality intrudes, you feel ill, you've been bus at work that sort of thing. when that happens do rigidly stick to your programme. Do a shorter run, swap a day around, even miss a day completely if you need to (although don't make a habit of it). If time is short do what I did, do a shorter, faster workout.
Can anyone work out the route the half marathon is taking, some of it appears obvious some less so?
According to some of the comments on the forums, some of the runners haven`t even started their running yet! only 78 days to go! me, I`m still confined to the crosstrainer and will be until next weekend.
Now I just need to find a bookie who will take a small wager on the result of the race. Mr Ketman and his dog, £5 each way reverse forecast.
Keep going everyone it will pay off in the end but don't push your limits too hard
There is now about 10 weeks to go and you should all be able to manage about a hour on your feet without needing medical attention. If you are having trouble sticking to the programme drop me a line and we can try and adjust it slightly to get you round.
My tip for today is to keep hydrated. Anything up to an hour you shouldn't need to drink anything along the route, however it is not around the time you need to think about either taking a bottle of water with you or setting up your run so you can stop off to grab some water along the way. Some people drive around the day before and hide their drink in the bushes, the difference a bit of mild dehydration makes to your performance is immense so make sure you have enough on board.
but i had a water bottle with me and was sipping throughout. so perhaps i shouldnt then?
also it it worth practising the drinking and running at the same time as you will be surprised how difficult it actually is when you are knackered.
8km is about 40% of the distance, if you can get to doing training runs over over half the distance then you should be fine for a finish even if it means a combination of run/walk to get round.
im just going to be grateful to get round.
Ill do a full hour run this week kigelia and then up it next week etc. I hope to do at least a 9-10 mile run before the race.
I try to drink at least 2-3 pints of water in the hour before I go for a run but then I also carry a small hand held bottle with me to sip on the way round whether it be just a 2-3 mile run, a 5-6 mile run or anything longer (although I've only gone past 6 miles twice in the last month).
I feel as though I'm struggling time wise at the moment. Anything up to 4 miles, I'm running around 10min/mile pace but anything over that and I'm slipping back to 11-12min/mile pace. I ran a 5 miler last night and it averaged out at 11.20 min/mile.
I dont know about everyone else but I've really been suffering badly from blisters in the last two months. I'm wearing my correctly fitted running trainers and I'm using hilly twin-skin socks which is supposed to limit the friction on the feet but I'm regularly getting blisters on the side of my feet just below the ball on both feed.
After consulting the forums of running world, I appeared compeed and zinc oxide tape seemed to be the preferred solution but taping up my feet seems to make the problem a lot worse. Anyone got any ideas?
Are you getting into the gym then?
ive got a bit of painful chaffing after my runs this week... whats good for it? :-)
Sudocream if you can find it.
going to the pub instead of a run ?