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Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:50 pm
by armchair
5 miles..............39min 53sec
Warm, cloudy, hardly any wind at all
Average 7.98 min/mile
Todays top tip:-Dont eat yellow snow.
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:04 am
by OneBardGooner
Here's some...
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:30 pm
by armchair
7.7 miles..........1hr 6min 47sec
Warm/cool, cloudy/sunny, rain/dry. Pretty much every kind of weather except snow ffs!
Average 8.67min/mile
Todays top tip:- More of an observation/moan really. My right knee has been playing up for a while, getting painful at around the 5-6mile point. I've just been sucking it up really and getting on with it.
But last saturday I took my 7year old and his mates out and did a few sprints. 50 - 100 mtrs. (They were on their bikes, the little feckers!). Ever since my knee has been quite painful and now my right ankle has started going the same way.
Dont really want to stop running to see if it recovers as I've built up somewhat of a routine/momentum. Mentally and physically (apart from my knee and ankle) I can handle the runs pretty well. I feel that if I stop for any amount of time, a few weeks maybe, I may find it very difficult to get motivated/going again.
So although having a break may benefit me physically. Mentally it could be a problem.
Sooooooooo I might have to reduce the distances and take things slower for a while. Not ideal but somewhat of a compromise.....
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:47 pm
by arseofacrow
armchair wrote:7.7 miles..........1hr 6min 47sec
Warm/cool, cloudy/sunny, rain/dry. Pretty much every kind of weather except snow ffs!
Average 8.67min/mile
Todays top tip:- More of an observation/moan really. My right knee has been playing up for a while, getting painful at around the 5-6mile point. I've just been sucking it up really and getting on with it.
But last saturday I took my 7year old and his mates out and did a few sprints. 50 - 100 mtrs. (They were on their bikes, the little feckers!). Ever since my knee has been quite painful and now my right ankle has started going the same way.
Dont really want to stop running to see if it recovers as I've built up somewhat of a routine/momentum. Mentally and physically (apart from my knee and ankle) I can handle the runs pretty well. I feel that if I stop for any amount of time, a few weeks maybe, I may find it very difficult to get motivated/going again.
So although having a break may benefit me physically. Mentally it could be a problem.
Sooooooooo I might have to reduce the distances and take things slower for a while. Not ideal but somewhat of a compromise.....
My top tips for you mate:
1. Slow it down a bit. A lot of pressure on the joints and people can cope at different levels.
2. Find some specialist exercises for the knee. Perhaps you don't have enougj strength in the upper leg and that's the real problem.
3. Look at some vitamins which are good for the joints.
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:38 pm
by armchair
Gonna look into your tip of some tabs for joints and probably reduce the distance and slow it down. Maybe slap on some deep heat type cream too.
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:05 pm
by LDB
Top tip: Buy a car
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:47 pm
by DB10GOONER
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:50 pm
by armchair
7 miles..........59min 50sec
Warm, sunny, no rain. Quite nice
Average 8.55min/mile
Left it a week to see if my dodgy knee and ankle would benefit from the layoff. I loaded up on pain killers but after less than a mile I thought I'd have to give up cause my knee started getting quite sore. I stuck it out and completed the distance. Still sore but not too bad. Just have to take it easy.
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:14 am
by DB10GOONER
armchair wrote:7 miles..........59min 50sec
Warm, sunny, no rain. Quite nice
Average 8.55min/mile
Left it a week to see if my dodgy knee and ankle would benefit from the layoff. I loaded up on pain killers but after less than a mile I thought I'd have to give up cause my knee started getting quite sore. I stuck it out and completed the distance. Still sore but not too bad. Just have to take it easy.
Mate, if you have actually damaged the cartilage or frayed the outside threads of your ACL or medial ligament you will only do more damage by running, even by reducing distance, intensity, etc. The only thing (if the knee doesn't actually need surgery) that will heal it is rest, and then slow physio type work to build it up again.
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:51 pm
by armchair
DB10GOONER wrote:armchair wrote:7 miles..........59min 50sec
Warm, sunny, no rain. Quite nice
Average 8.55min/mile
Left it a week to see if my dodgy knee and ankle would benefit from the layoff. I loaded up on pain killers but after less than a mile I thought I'd have to give up cause my knee started getting quite sore. I stuck it out and completed the distance. Still sore but not too bad. Just have to take it easy.
Mate, if you have actually damaged the cartilage or frayed the outside threads of your ACL or medial ligament you will only do more damage by running, even by reducing distance, intensity, etc. The only thing (if the knee doesn't actually need surgery) that will heal it is rest, and then slow physio type work to build it up again.
This is what Im afraid of. If I do have to have an extended rest then I doubt very much I'll find the motivation to pick it up again.
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:04 pm
by armchair
7 miles...............59min 6sec
Warm, sunny, breezy no rain
Average 8.44min/mile
Have done a couple light 5 mile runs with a weeks interval between them since I last posted to see how my knee and ankle fared.
Today my knee got noticeably more painful after 6 miles but not enough to force me to stop. Ankle was fine. I reckon the ankle problem arose from over-compensating due to the knee pain.
Anyway, onwards and upwards.
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:08 pm
by g88ner
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:21 pm
by OneBardGooner
Top Tip - Why run when you can catch a taxi?
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:26 pm
by armchair
7.2 miles...........1hr 2min 14sec
Hot......Just. Too. Hot.
Average 8.64 min/mile
Break of 10 days since my last run and although my right knee still gets sore, it bearable and my right ankle pain seems to have gone.
Note to self - Never, ever run in hot weather ever again. Ever!
Re: Any runners on here?
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:01 pm
by OneBardGooner
OneBardGooner wrote:
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