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Only started running again in September and the most I'd done up until today was 8k so very happy with my distance increase.
Time was pretty slow at 1 hour 11 but I'm working on endurance not speed.
That's also my target time for 5k.
From a bit of googling it sounds like standard runner's knee, but only in one... Is this normal? Or is my fledgling running career over?
Yesterday was "fun". It started hailing, which with the 15-20mph wind was pretty painful for my face. It got to the point where even my legs were feeling the stings, but at least I had a nice sense of achievement at the end.
My feedback thread is here.
Went on my first ever trail run this morning with my new sexy Scott GTX shoes. It was hilly, I got lost, I stacked it on the ONLY bit of icy tarmac on the route but it was great. Really muddy and properly went all in. Wasn't fast, but got 4.65 miles covered. Only covered 12 miles this week - hopefully 16 by Sunday - but still on track for my monthly target (I have a spreadsheet which works it all out for me month by month )
i found James Dunne on YouTube really useful for rehab and strengthening exercises. If you do a search on YT for James dunne runners knee there are quite a few vids that hopefully will help.
I'm relatively fit, usually, but work and lockdown have killed that a bit. I was getting into triathlons, not seriously, but just as a way of rounding out my fitness and keeping it varied. Cycling is my main event, running I don't really enjoy, and swimming is great but I'm poor at it.
So, running just now is the only one I can do easily. I hate it. But I set myself a target of 20 miles in January. I'm up to 23 now as I discovered I'm not as unfit as I thought. My triathlon club post some coaching sessions, and there are virtual race events which I'm happy to join in. I surprised myself in doing 5 miles without stopping, not particularly fast but I was happy with the time of 46:30.
My goal is to cover 40 miles in February, and to get my pace up. 5km in 20:00 is my target, and 8km in 35:00.
But, no rush. For me, I have to start small with running because I very easily remind myself how dull I find it and how uncomfortable it is. I think I need to do trail running to make it more interesting. Any other tips?
I decided to download the couch to 5k last year in lockdown and managed my first 5k. In September i managed to do 100k which i was really please with. Since March i have also lost 4.5 stone so its getting a bit easier but my PB for 5K is still 34 minutes. Maybe when i lose another couple of stone i can get to 30 minutes.
I used to dislike running but learned to love it (and also learned to love it without any music to accompany me, which was the only thing that got me through before) when Ironman training and I now find myself never wanting to touch my bike ever again. I now take my headphones with me again, and I'm enjoying it.
Aside from the trails, is there anything else that made you start to love running?
Hence why I've set myself the lofty target of 1000 miles this year. It'll be hard, but it's motivated me to get back out again, after nearly 6 months off. And where I was using "my lower back aches" as an excuse, I'm finding myself running through it (it's fine when I'm running mostly), as I think it's mostly "not-running-for-ages" pains.
is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
I got a referral to a physio and he told me I wasn't stretching enough or properly (not a surprise, I knew nothing). He gave me some stretching exercises and recommended icing my knee after a run (the old bag of frozen peas to the rescue again). So far so good, but I'm always a bit nervous when I get twinges in my knees now!