My Turn ... Running Down A Dream
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@MajorRage sure.
Rest. Massage. Start slowly again and build up incrementally. No intense sessions (no hills, no pace, no big distances).
Same old boring shit, but it works!
Until you get too old of course.
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@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@MajorRage sure.
Rest. Massage. Start slowly again and build up incrementally. No intense sessions (no hills, no pace, no big distances).
Same old boring shit, but it works!
Until you get too old of course.
Cheers .. I'm fairly confident London marathon will be canned this year. Hope so now, as if I can do none of the above, then its' gonna be tough ....
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Yeah I've been deep heating the right calf and Achilles and it's certainly helped. Left Achilles has been feeling dodgy for ages but not sore, just a slight pulling. It's holding in there though!
Right Achilles (which had the repair) aches most mornings where it joins the heel...but the deep heat rubs have been helping for sure.
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@Bones said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@Bones what are you doing in a marathon thread bro? 😬
The same thing you do in rugby threads 😬
That's just mean
Really mean
It's even worse when you can probably extend the sentiment to politics, cooking, cricket, and actually anything relating to exercise.
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@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@Bones said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@Bones what are you doing in a marathon thread bro? 😬
The same thing you do in rugby threads 😬
That's just mean
Really mean
It's even worse when you can probably extend the sentiment to politics, cooking, cricket, and actually anything
relating to exercise.That's me.
But hey, don't be so hard on yourself. You're like the "go-to-guy" for anything Palmy related! Or is that @Nepia ?
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And it’s off.
Can apply to defer to October 21, April 22 or April 23. I’ll be 45 by the last one so who knows. There is a virtual one but I’ll see how I go after a spate of recent injuries. Might be nice to train up and push for a slow 4:40 one or something. I’m a very long way behind where I need to be for a good time.
I must say, even after I saw this coming a mile away and also had some good oil on it ... I’m completely gutted. We had a lot of cool stuff going on this year and I’ve been ok with losing that. I’ve honestly thought I’m better off (Covid-wise) than many and kept spirits up. But this has killed all of that.
What A fluffybunny of a year. Fuck you.
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Saw update on the other running thread so I thought I'd put an update here ...
I decided to sign up for the Virtual London Marathon. Even though I ran it on the original date, I need to do it on the 4th October to get all the finishers stuff. So there we go I'm doing it.
Problem. I lost 5 weeks of training (weeks 5-10) of the 16 week plan due to my calf. It resolved itself in two weeks, but then flared up again a week later, so I had to rest for two weeks. Subsequently, I'm in a pretty shitty shape to try and do it. Especially when you also add that I had a decent summer of bbs and boozing, so I'm a few kg above my running weight. Longest run I've done in training is just over a half. Which is a fair way down on the 35k I did in the original lead up. One small plus is that I'm back up to a level of running a 10k with ease with so I'm not completely out of it.
Upshot is that my aim for this one is pretty lame. A massive 5 hours. A whole hour above my original target (which I missed by between 5-10 mins depending on how much you trust the Garmin). That's 7 minutes km's which is a long way above my usual training pace. I think I can run 30k before I will start getting into trouble at my usual pace of 5:25-5:35 p/km pace. So I'm planning on reducing that pace down to 6 min/km. Aim to get to 30k in 3 hours then see how it goes. Will definitely be some walking, and maybe even need a few stretch / breathing stops. Aim is to run 42.2km, not put myself in hospital.
On another note, the Garmin is now somewhere between fucking useless and broken. I ran 20k a couple of weeks back. Ran out 10, then turned around and ran back, exact same route. Total distance when home? 19.4k. 6% error! Looking at the map, at one section, the route out is identical to the route in, and the km back is easily 10% longer. Fucking useless.
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@MajorRage Good luck hope it goes well for you!
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Slow and steady wins the race .... 5:03. Terrible time in essence, but actually one I'm pretty proud of.
UK had some serious shitty weather over the weekend, which meant by the time Sunday came about, the local canals had in places overflowed the paths beside them .... which put paid to all the running routes I had been planning and knew so well and had to improvise and run along roads instead. So I figured out a route and toddled off in the wet. By 10 minutes in I was completely soaked, however I had been extremely liberal with the Vaseline so managed to avoid any serious chaffing etc. Did a 21k loop then swung by home to put on a fresh shirt / over layer which was magnificent. Keeping warm had proved to the main obstacle ( on top of slippery footpaths, poor visibility and having to continually run in the middle of the road to avoid huge puddles), so the change was brilliant. I got through the first half in about 2:10 so I was feeling pretty comfortable for a 4:40 ish. Anyway, next 8-9k was pretty solid, just keeping my pace and soaking it all in - was a good atmosphere amongst my fellow runners.
So toddling along and then at 32k, I hit the runners wall. I had suspected that losing 6 weeks training and inability to keep all the weight off was going to hurt me above 32k and I was spot on right. I've hit many a runners wall before, but not like this. I flat out couldn't run - was completely toast. So I did what I'd been reading to do ... take in water, drop a running gel, walk at a fast pace for a few mins then ease back into it. Remember I mentioned the cold earlier? 10 mins of walking just fucked me completely. Muscles had cooled off and were starting to tighten. I was now about 1k from home, so I swung by home, put on a fresh jacket and succumbed myself to mainly walking the now last 7k. I did manage to jog some of it (including the last 500m) but the energy was gone. Crossed over at 5:03 and took immense satisfaction in completing it. Although I still don't think I can say that I RAN the London Marathon. But I certainly completed it.
Was a funny old day, the atmosphere on the roads was great. Cars tooting you, saw at least a couple of hundred fellow runners. People were in really good spirits, which was fantastic. Given the current UK state and the weather being what it was, it was really uplifting.
Really glad I did it, and it only took me 5 minutes to get down the stairs this morning. Raised around 2k for my charity, UK Guide Dogs as well.
The best part ... they've agreed to defer my place to one of the upcoming ones too ... so I get to do it all again!
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@MajorRage Awesome effort mate, a marathon is a marathon at the end of the day
