....After fellrunning

[Splatcher]

I think it'll be birdwatching & helping out at the running club for me, once my knees are no use for hillwalking or cycling. My dad's knees went in his mid-70s, & so did his dad's, both without the fellrunning to make it worse. That's as in feathered birds. Don't forget the testosterone will be running out too!

[IainR]

Mountain leader and self righteous forum critic.

Noo.. legs will have gone... I'll stick to the critic... that suggests a level of intelligence... but in North Wales it seems being on a committee post running career is a natural career path so maybe I'll step that way...

[Derby Tup]

If I have one regret in life it's that I've never been involved with live music. I can't play any instruments but I do fancy a bit of singing when my knees are shot :closed:

[IainR]

I think it'll be birdwatching & helping out at the running club for me, once my knees are no use for hillwalking or cycling. My dad's knees went in his mid-70s, & so did his dad's, both without the fellrunning to make it worse. That's as in feathered birds. Don't forget the testosterone will be running out too!

I thought there is evidence that increased blood flow from running can actually help re-build cartilage and such like.. or is that me just grasping at straws in some vague hope I won't be a cripple by 33...

[lilactime]

fell walking

[Swoop]

I can't play any instruments but I do fancy a bit of singing when my knees are shot :closed:

I know someone who could help you!


http://www.elitemusicservices.co.uk/vocal.html

[Alf]

I will be hanging about in the post race pubs cadging pints and boring everyone who will listen with my greatly exaggerated fell running adventures of yore.

So no change really :closed:

[fozzy]

I thought there is evidence that increased blood flow from running can actually help re-build cartilage and such like.. or is that me just grasping at straws in some vague hope I won't be a cripple by 33...

There is no direct evidence that running predisposes to developing OA (at any rate greater than the general population) that I am aware of at the moment, and my boss (a Rheumatologist) is firmly in the camp of "use it or lose it" - i.e. by exercising and using the cartilage, you actually help self-regulate the natural repair and regenerative properties. There is some evidence that this seems to be the case. Certainly, non-active people seem to be at a higher risk of developing OA because of this.
Of course, I encourage you to go and look at the literature, as I could be wrong!

[Dynamo Dan]

If I have one regret in life it's that I've never been involved with live music. I can't play any instruments but I do fancy a bit of singing when my knees are shot :closed:

It's never too late to learn an instrument or join a band DT. I've played guitar since I was eleven but shamefully I've hardly picked an axe up since my band got dropped a few years ago.....I'm starting to miss it quite a lot now.

[BritNick]

I'd probably go back to the LDWA events if I can still walk and shuffle a bit.

DD, where do axes come into guitar playing? Were you in a punk band?