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Sounds horrific! How did you manage that? I must admit a proper injury does scare me, and it's what gave me a push to sign up for a marathon. Worst I've had is a couple of twisted ankles so far.
I'm trying to eat less too and doing a lunchtime meal-replacement shake - with cereal in the morning and cooked meal in the evening.
If I can loose 7-10lbs in the next few weeks before skiing, I'd be delighted!
I intend to get back into it and will be entering a couple of local events, and hopefully another endurance team event of 10k laps over a 24 hour period.
I'm hoping to run more trails and be regular rather than distance or pace.
The CHM has always been a great event, so I'm looking forward to giving it another go. Last year I ran with a friend, chatting and taking it fairly easy, but this time I want to have a crack at my PB.
Alternatively I might try a trail run; a friend did the Sunset Trail marathon at Holkham and really enjoyed it. That said, I did a half at Thetford in October, and while the course was beautiful, I found the softer surface _really_ hard work. So putting in more off-road miles is another thing I'd need to work on.
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My running went massively downhill last year due to being crazy busy (and lazy).
My 2021 total was just shy of 1.300km where as my 2022 was just over 600km and a lot of that was from the earlier part of the year.
At the moment I can only just run 10k at a very slow pace so there is significant work to do to get myself into half marathon condition with 2 months to go though it should be doable. I'll be targeting just getting round in under two hours rather than trying to get a PB or anything.
Running has become less central to my life than it was and I'm happy with that, but I do want to keep up a decent level of fitness.
I'm never going to be aiming at the stuff you guys are, a regular 5kmat less than 25 mins is all I intend to aim for. I'd rather get faster or more comfortable at a short distance than have it taking over my life trying to get to 10km or a half marathon - I think you really have to enjoy it or care a lot to do that much and I have neither of those in my armoury.
I'd rather do swimming as it's easier and less cold but there aren't really any pools locally that are open at convenient times with a proper fast lane, so I'll have to stick to running I think.
I had a bad bout of covid over christmas so I can't start back just yet, also the covid cough pulled a muscle in my side (I literally felt it snap) so I'm at the mercy of that repairing itself as well. Humbug.
My trainers are a bit battered and to be honest are a bit big for me (had to go a size up for the width but are too long), but I don't enjoy shoe shopping at the best of times and I'm guessing a trip to Sports Direct would be as futile as usual and with the associated dirty feeling afterwards.
Also I find the music I like listening to doesn't lend itself to running, but running playlists make me want to rip my ears off. Should I be looking at audio books or something or is that a vibe kill as well?
I would advise getting some new trainers if you can afford it. Ideally going to a shop to get your gait assessed, once you've spent a lot the first time you just find online trainers in sales to suit your gait. I always buy asics as I know which trainers they do that suit me and you can usually get last seasons for 20+% less than the current ones.
I would recommend walking a few times and time yourself to walk at 100 paces a minute then read the "couch to 5k" and follow that.
My wife did the Couch to 5k thing during lockdown, I couldn't be arsed (and now find Sarah Millican's voice quite triggering ) so just went straight into running the full time as stop-starting was just causing me to get bored and have tight muscles (I already have dodgy knees from teenage times).
Re music sadly I live in a shithole city so running around streets with associated noises at 8am rush hour - also with silence I have too much time to think and that's never a good thing for me.
Will see how it goes when I can actually get out there again without being in pain before I even start
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I’m eyeing up a short ultra if I can stay fit and also concentrating more on strength training in my posterior chain; basically more squats, deadlifts, etc and functional stuff crawlers and some plyo stuff - jumps etc. more stretching and more yoga! Plenty to work on in other words.
I also get round the urban shithole scenario by choosing lightly trafficked routes and running late at night - I’ve sussed it now so I can run on road and meet very little traffic.
Having never run before, I'm astounded at how good it's made me feel. Planning on heading out again tomorrow and really looking forward to it.
The Parkruns are great - all abilities and ages are there and it's such a supportive atmosphere.
Going to start going to my clubs speed sessions again for a bit of variety and try move longer runs to the weekend so I have more time available to increase the mileage.
looking to get back in to it now. I’ve set a goal to do park run in sub 25 mins. Currently pb is just under 27 but haven’t run under 30 in 3 years.
with my 58th birthday approaching it feels like a very ambitious goal.