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I've not been too bad lately though. I carried on running down by the river, which is pretty mindless but sometimes gives lovely views of the river and docks in the early dawn. Then yesterday I went for a slightly longer run in the opposite direction.
As far as footwear goes, I'm in F-lite 195s now - close enough to the ground but no chance of rubbing in the wet or getting bruises on the soles of my feet.
My feedback thread is here.
2 miles in the forest in 26 mins with the same route the day after in 22 mins.
Had a stunning headache but that's OK, according to the head injuries nurse! So long as I don't kick the backside out of it.
I'll be banging out that route and a few others I know in the forest, over winter. Never enjoyed roads. Much prefer fells, mountains, and forests.
I'm using Arcterxy shoes which come up rather tight. Can only wear thin socks. They aren't really great on cushioning.
Radiohead and the Sisters of Mercy make it easier, however my fave is an audiobook. Stops me thinking of what it is I am actually doing!
Well, I'm here now.
USA Deluxe Strat - Martyn Booth Special - Epi LP Custom
FX Plex - Cornell Romany
Then last week my wife suggested that we run to and from the local woods to see the autumn colours, but we got diverted because of a flood and ended up doing 14miles! That’s my longest ever distance.
Then based on that success we did another long one this week... and ended up at 20miles! It was proper tough but no lasting soreness after 24hours so that’s a success in my book.
Sorry to hear about your injury Dan, it seems like running is such a big part of your life so it must be hard to step back for a bit.
I broke my arm last year whilst out on a run from work on my lunch break, it’s amazing how sometimes a fall is a slight scrape and other times it can be much worse with no real rhyme or reason.
Gojira
The prodigy
Bring me the horizon
Korn
Pendulum
Ones that I found make the run really drag even though I really like the bands:
Tool (I mean you can kinda see why)
Mastodon
Blue Oyster Cult
A few middle of the road ones that were good once but prob wouldnt do again:
Fall Out Boy
Papa Roach
Foo fighter
Feels great getting out for a break especially while working from home. I’ve had podcasts on for my previous two runs, I found the time seemed to go quicker than with music.
I’ve done 10km three times this week and beat my personal best twice. Going to have tomorrow off and get a Sunday 10km in.
My feedback thread is here.
Anyway, just to say Nike is having a sale at the moment, code BRIGHT30 for 30% off and just bought a pair of Pegasus 37 for £50.
Although I must confess I haven’t run for several weeks now. In my defence a few weeks ago I bought a smart turbo trainer and a Zwift subscription. I also signed up to a 28 day workout program so after spending an hour on the bike I don’t have any energy to run.
I’ve been running for 2 or 3 years, and have very gradually worked up from generally finding it very uncomfortable to run at all, to being comfortable for a 16k run and stretching myself to half-marathon distance. I find I get real sense of achievement and reward from the longer runs.
I had a break from running in August this year due to some personal life stressy stuff that was going on, but I got back into it in early September. I went at it quite hard - smashed my PBs at 10k, 16k and half marathon.
Unfortunately, though, I overdid it. Did too many hard runs without enough rest and developed a left knee pain. So I rested for a bit and tried a 5k. Pain still there . Did a couple of cycles of this without any improvement. I’ve done loads of Internet research and I *think* it’s IT band syndrome. I’m now doing low impact strengthening exercises - squats, bridges etc and I’ve found that I can run 2k without aggravating the knee problem. So at the moment I’m intending to run 2k every other day, interspersed with strengthening workouts. I’m going to try increasing my running distance very gradually, the idea being to not reach the point of aggravating the knee problem.
The other thing I’ve learned is that your hard runs shouldn’t make up a large proportion of your total running (this was basically the mistake that I think I’ve made). The large proportion of your running should be at an easy effort.
Anyway please wish me luck in rehabilitating my knee and getting back to longer distances.
At 15.5k last night I almost talked myself into the half marathon but the sensible side of me said no. There’s plenty of time to do that.
Hope the ITB issue doesn’t hold you back for too long.