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In the interests of sharing knowledge, I had a physio visit today which has ruled out issues with my hip/pelvis but there is some gluteal tendinopathy that I will need to work on for a while.
http://www.running-physio.com/gluteal-tendinopathy/
i've only done easy running with one, but there are some fairly rapid racing records with them though, so they are certainly capable of handling the sort of speeds we would be talking about
My interest in running is definitely on the up now the injury problems seem to have gone and i'm hoping to clock up a hefty 20M this week which will mean 12-15-20 in the last 3 weeks. Thoughts about progression and building up a long run reminded me of a favourite blog of mine, where the blogger did lots of miles consisting of 4M doubles most days.
The blogger/blog was a parkrunfan / "Running on a Raisin" and having not visited for quite a while i went off to have a look at what he's been up to. His last post was about a cancerous growth in his scalp which he had removed last May and after a bit of stalking it seems he had his usual year full of races last year but this year he did a 5k and a marathon in Feb then seems to have stopped. Exactly the same for his other half.
Fingers crossed all is ok for him
Mace - stopped about 2 years ago. With my July 2015 half drama, I had to put it on a very definite "hold", and it proved to be such a saga and very unclear to what level i could push, so there wasn't a point in being given a schedule, it'd have been frustrating both ways round! It came to a natural end. But it was a real privilege, tonnes of pbs, and that confidence that a hard sounding session was doable, and it was leading to top fitness.
Now that element is less clear, but i still use the Moz structure, but tend to work to a 12session 5k plan that makes me work harder and longer and is bringing the best splits i've ever done, so i'm cautiously optimistic, and 5k wise, i'm in and around whatever i ever did.
We'll find out for longer stuff soon! The beauty is that if any race is one i fancy, it's on the agenda, as when you've had uncertainty about even running again, just racing is great, let along being fairly competitive!
DT - i met PRF once, good guy. The bit that struck me was how laid back he was in terms of pretty much all the "rules" of running i'd taken as gospel.
Racking up 1,000s of miles in shoes, racing very frequently, never resting, all those sort of things. Probably helped that he did what a lot of us really struggle with, and truly ran easy. Rather than sitting at the top end of our calculated zones and claiming it as such
Needless to say he loved a parkrun, literally every single week. I managed a spell of about 6 in 8 weeks once, but those early wakeups on a Saturday after week of 6ams were never going to be forever
StevieG said 'and that confidence that a hard sounding session was doable, and it was leading to top fitness.'
Yes you also managed to transfer that same confidence to me for that period you helped me out. Still much appreciated.
I met prf, Barnsley Runner, Hilly, Pub Phil and Curly all at the Cabbage Patch 10mile race once. That's one hell of a runners world faces meet!
SG- Yes every rule that is cited on here, PRF and HO flout, with a great degree of success.
Is phil pub still posting on here? Wasn't he going for a sub 2.30 at London?
Ah yes, so she did. I had to do some basic detective work to remind myself of her name.
Yesterday I ran 1.5 miles and it was really impressive. The only shorts I can still wear are cycling bib shorts.
Well done at London everyone, especially DT and muddy on the hard-won PBs. I was watching but missed you all.
Reading about Eliud Kipchoge and the sub 2 attempt this morning (he ran 2:00:24), I discovered that Nike has started making special tape to reduce aerodynamic drag on runners' legs! How long till it becomes as ubiquitous as compression socks or nose tape?
My sister, who doesn't usually run, entered a marathon with some friends. She trained a bit but developed a leg/ankle injury which hurt even when just swimming, and even after a few weeks' rest. So she went and did the marathon last weekend anyway. From the splits it looks like she jogged a bit, then hobbled the last 23 miles or so. It took about 4h40. An X-ray the following day shows she has broken her fibula. Clean through, and a little displaced - none of my sissy hairline cracks.
It's not an easy course with 360 foot of climbing and it's always sunny, so with an 11am start it gets warm.
Following some horrendous finish line heaving which I refused to stop for, came in with 39.47. I'm usually a good minute slower here than most other courses so bodes well for when I'm fully recovered and get a fresh block of training in. A minute faster than last year as well.