Today's Training

Bit of a catch up here! So the last weeks training and injury woes!:mad:

Tues I went out and did 12 on the road. Fastish first 10 just under an hour 8 and then an easy two to finish!

Weds just a 4 mile recov run!

Thurs was down the gym and no running!

Then friday I get a niggly pain just above my ankle when I put my foot down (walking not in the car). So decided to give it a rest hoping it would be better for sunday (edale)
So saturday if anything its got worse, painfull to hop on and run on.
So canned edale (as I didn't fancy things going wrong up there in that weather) and sat on the turbo trainer sunday night for an hour!

Legs still sore.
It isn't sore to the touch. And when I hop on it its difficult to tell whether its the landing or the jumping bit which hurts most. It certainly feels more bone type pain than a muscle pain!

Am panicking a bit now as its come from nowhere and its only 5 weeks till FLM.

Any ideas?:confused:

Ooh Calf i dont like the way this is going. Let's hope its soft tissue after all, not bone.

5miles on the roads tonight. After a six minute warm up and then every 3 minutes i ran hard and fast for 30secs.

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Originally Posted by bestathlete

Ooh Calf i dont like the way this is going. Let's hope its soft tissue after all, not bone.

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Me too.

Its tuesday night track fun tonight so going to head down there and see how it is!

I'll have a chat with the coach and see what he thinks.


Fingers crossed!

4x 1mile.
Pleasure to be running so little this week. It's my week 1 and by god i need it after the last fortnight.

Bit of a shock tonight - touched the track for the 1st time since september! A tad rusty shall we say...
Having said that, lunch times run went by like a flash!

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Originally Posted by Calf

Then friday I get a niggly pain just above my ankle when I put my foot down (walking not in the car). So decided to give it a rest hoping it would be better for sunday (edale)
So saturday if anything its got worse, painfull to hop on and run on.
So canned edale (as I didn't fancy things going wrong up there in that weather) and sat on the turbo trainer sunday night for an hour!

Legs still sore.
It isn't sore to the touch. And when I hop on it its difficult to tell whether its the landing or the jumping bit which hurts most. It certainly feels more bone type pain than a muscle pain!

Am panicking a bit now as its come from nowhere and its only 5 weeks till FLM.

Any ideas?:confused:

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Don't despair completely Calf. These pains often FEEL like the bone when they're probably muscular.

Depends on where this pain above the ankle is. Is it high enough to be classed as "shin"? Is it medial or lateral to the tibia? If you've been doing a lot of miles on road and if you might have had the odd calf strain as well, it could just be Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (shin splints to you and me!).

Ice it, gel it, anti-inflamms, rest it....and see how it goes in a couple of days' time.

Hope it sorts itself out Calf.

Today I had a cracking hour on the Downs. Started at Whiteways car park, up on to the south Downs Way west past Warren Bank and the Clump and down to the Three Barns, climb up to Bignor Hill and the new Toby's Stone, down to the car park, left turn for a few hundred metres then east through Houghton Forest, past Gumber Bottom and along the Denture. It snowed good and hard most of the way and the wind was brutal. 225m ascent.

Thanks for the encouragment!

Well went to the track last night 16*300m. Mainly 57-59 secs bar the last one which was 49 :)

Pain in my leg wasn't bad, if anything it felt as thou it was tightening up a little which gave me a bit mroe hope about it being a muscle thing.
Put some borfen gel on when I get on and it seems ok this morning. Legs a bit sore but more sore from running quick sore.....you know what I mean.
So am feeling a bit more encouraging about it now!

Think I'll try and stick to the fells for the rest of the week thou, well until Wilmslow on sunday!

6 miles on road- 5x 3 min efforts. Can't wait for the clocks to go forward...

Since getting a dog last week, I have done very little training. I keep having to get up with him at stupid times so he can go and look at the garden. I'm bloody knackered.

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Originally Posted by Graeme

Since getting a dog last week, I have done very little training. I keep having to get up with him at stupid times so he can go and look at the garden. I'm bloody knackered.

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I'm assuming this isn't quite how you imagined your life with your new running partner would be???:eek:

six miles on the moors last night, lovely clear night.

Since the Edale Skyline i have been mostly.....

walking the dog,

and will be until the weekend, to give the hip/thigh strain that i have chance to clear up. then back into three peaks training

Not quite, he is only six months old though, so I'm sure he'll be up to a few shorter runs by the end of summer though. He seemed to be at the park the other day, the little sod ;o)

six miles around my river circuit.
Didnt time it
didnt try hard
didnt enjoy it
Well ok I did kinda enjoy it but definitly not as much as i enjoy running hard.
Bloomin easy week!
it's gonna drive me nuts tapering in the last 10 days or so before the marathon.
Training is taking a toll though, am often in bed by 9pm lately and sleeping through until 6ish

9 miles , ache all over :(
it hurts after edale , even my kneck, ouch

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Originally Posted by daz h

9 miles , ache all over :(
it hurts after edale , even my kneck, ouch

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your kneck? you mean neck! did you bounce on the way down? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Penguin

your kneck? you mean neck! did you bounce on the way down? :confused:

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no its called doin edale in my thin top instead of a coat and just wearin shorts
got a chill in my neck,

easy 35 mins - 50% road, 50% down in the woods - glad cold wind had relented.

Got a run in this morning, woo hoo, 5 mile ssteady, all my niggle started hurting by the end of it though. Nice to be out again.

A nice run up winter hill last night with lostock.
Nice gentle pace, weather great and view fantastic!

More importantly (for me) pain in my shin seems to be getting better so am hoping thats that!:D
Planning 9 miles on the hills tonight and something similar tomorrow afternoon, nowt on sat then Wilmslow on sunday!

This is the 3rd time I've done this race and blown up both times at 10 miles.
This time its payback!!!!!:mad:


(I'm so going to regret that come sunday :eek: )

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Originally Posted by Calf

A nice run up winter hill last night with lostock.
Nice gentle pace, weather great and view fantastic!

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Who were you running behind - I wasn't there last night:D :D

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Originally Posted by Calf

A nice run and view fantastic!

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Originally Posted by emmilou

Who were you running behind :D :D

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:D ;)

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Originally Posted by emmilou

Who were you running behind - I wasn't there last night:D :D

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not quite sure how to answer that!

:o :o

1 hour ten minutes on the Downs today. Started near Goodwood, over to Upwaltham then down past the church, up the steep hill, back down to the farm then a long climb up to the South Downs way before hanging a right back to the car. About 9 miles I reckon and felt pretty good.

12 miles easy. Not feeling great. Bit of a sore throat.

Calf - I've done Wilmslow a few times too and it's always stung me after 9 miles. This year I'm having a go at Coniston 14 instead on the Saturday.

12.5 miles on the longdendale trail in 1hr 27. Thought I would get a longish one in before doing Wilmslow on Sunday. Got a late entry from a fellow forumite - not done a long run in ages. Felt ok ish but im gonna struggle on Sunday. New Asics shoes make one of my toes sting like buggery

Ajohns, we are doing the 15 Trigs mid April and we will be dropping off CockHill heading to Harry hut which must be pretty close to your house.
We will be crossing the Snake just SW of Shire hill, We are on a tight shedual Do you know of a place to top up our food close by?

Easy 3.5 in Boggart Hole Clough, a record 8 of us out this lunchtime.

8 miles up and around cheetham close (Bolton and no it not a cul de sac built in the 60's ;) )
Around 8 miles in 1:06. Nice and easy on the road bits but felt pretty good, bit of pain from the shin but a good stretching sesh after seemed to improve things ands it ok today!

Should be out this afternoon up winter hill for about 9 and then a rest day on sat when I have to clean my flat........really I do most of the west pennine moors seem to be collecting in the corner of the hallway :rolleyes:

BA good luck tomorrow with Coniston, have you done it before? From memory its like running a roller coaster!

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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak

Ajohns, we are doing the 15 Trigs mid April and we will be dropping off CockHill heading to Harry hut which must be pretty close to your house.
We will be crossing the Snake just SW of Shire hill, We are on a tight shedual Do you know of a place to top up our food close by?

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Ian - if your crossing Shire Hill where I think you will be you will be more or less passing my front door. From Cock Hill trig you probably will be coming down the old quarry path which would bring you to my door. From there its a bit of road then up and around ( not over) Shire Hill and down crossing the A57 ( bottom of snake pass next to Royal Oak). From there I imagine you will be following the road to Moorfield House ( road is known locally as "Derbyshire Level") then down towards the fell path up towards Harry Hut trig point.

Of course you may have completely different route plans.

We are in the process of selling our house just now (We are moving to the USA) as I would have suggested you can use my garden for your food stash. We may still be in the house by then so you could use it - but I cant say for sure

Hope this helps

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BA good luck tomorrow with Coniston, have you done it before? From memory its like running a roller coaster!

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cheers Calf, no i havent done it before. I've been led to believe that half is rolling hilly and the other half is steeper climbs. So we shall see tomorrow. And good luck to you on Sunday


And to get back to the thread title....

No training today. Still not feeling 100%, hopefully will be better tomorrow.

Another short mostly off road flattish run - only 3.5 miles but for the first time this year I've managed 3 days in a row and planning a decent hour or so tomorrow.

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Another short mostly off road flattish run - only 3.5 miles but for the first time this year I've managed 3 days in a row and planning a decent hour or so tomorrow.

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two entries in a row on this thread -whatever next?:eek:

65 mins mostly on Meanwood Trail race route - muddy in parts so RX Terrains came in handy -atlhough they've made the main path from Meanwood Park to the road crossing 'pushchair friendly' since I was last there!! By parking at southern end of route I got the only really decent fellrunners climb in in the last 10 mins of run.

I think you must be the only one actually doing any running! 3 miles around Sutton Park for me watching the Warwickshire road relays. Apparently I'm running the 12 stage next week... :eek:

Coniston 14 (13.875)
Finished in 11th position which is what i anticipated. (well i thought 10th actually). Pace was 5:58.5, was hoping for faster but never having done it before perhaps this was as good as it was ever likely to get.
Beautiful sunny day in the Lakes, warm too, around 14 or 15 deg C.
Felt poorly since finishing though - bad guts and throat still slightly swolllen up. Nowt much on tomorrow though apart from driving (2hrsE/W) to Barrow for about 30mins work!!! Hope it's nice in the Lakes again - will go the scenic route.

Good luck once again to Wilmslow runnners tomorrow

Did a recce of the anniversary waltz today, breathtaking scenery, couldn't have picked a better day for it. Can't decide whether to enter the race or not, i'm going to have to make a decision soon :confused:

No problems all the way round to Cat Bell then followed the path to the right and headed towards the road, instead of bearing off left after the last rocky bit, think i just got carried away in the excitement of completing the route :D

9 miles hills, quite windy
seen loads of squirrels and rabbits and a dead badger at the roadside, poor bugger:(

Lincoln 10k this morning (beat my 10k pb by 3.5 mins :eek: not bad considering I had done about 45 miles already this week walking and running up in n yorks) followed by a big juicy steak in the pub :D

My legs urt now :(

Ran over to Winter Hill from Roddlesworth via Great Hill. Back via Belmont and round the reservoir.
2½ hours. Didn't feel bad after Fiensdale yesterday but a bit tired by the end.