Bed time

[Al Fowler]

Your only young Al, you've got years ahead of you, your running at a good pace now, the endurance will come with age, be patient, and keep going through the pain barrier. I got cramp after 20 miles of the Haworth Hobble but still finished (33 miles) my training for that had been a shambles, personal problems, lack of miles due to piles (not joking) most i'd run leading up to it had been 15 painful miles, but i got it into my head i was gonna finish no matter what, so i could have a smoke at the end
If a lumbering, lazy, fat b@st@rd like me can dream, so can you.
Off to bed to dream of a smoke free Merrylegs

Very true, its just that i get very negative alot of the time and cant always see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I know what you mean about digging through the pain barrier. It was pritty sole distroying at the Roaches watching everyone be able to run whereas if i picked my knee up to high the cramp nail me. Those 7 mile back to the finish where so depressing thinking back now, i hit a real low and thought i'd never get back, at times i just wanted to pack it all in. But as i told emmilou afterwards, what kept me going was making sure she never passed me.

[emmilou]

. But as i told emmilou afterwards, what kept me going was making sure she never passed me.

yeah yeah rub it in!! I'm even more crap

c'est la vie!

[stevefoster]

yeah yeah rub it in!! I'm even more crap

c'est la vie!

Competitive kids eh
They rather battle someone else than their own demons, i'm begining to sound like an old man......................

[Al Fowler]

yeah yeah rub it in!! I'm even more crap

c'est la vie!

Competitive kids eh
They rather battle someone else than their own demons, i'm begining to sound like an old man......................

No, it wasn’t competitiveness what so ever. I sort of worded it wrong. I meant that i was expecting her to pass me aswel as the rest of the field and end up right at the back/last, and that was one of the things that kept me going.
I think had i actually come last i would have been tempted to hang my boots up....but that never happened and my boots are on my bedroom floor actually

Ive been wearing my running clothes all day under my uni clothes for tonights track session as there’s nowhere (that i know of )to get changed so at the moment im not enjoying wearing my tights.
My knee still isnt right after nearly a weeks rest but im afraid im not waiting any longer for it.

[Derby Tup]

I think had i actually come last i would have been tempted to hang my boots up....but that never happened and my boots are on my bedroom floor actually


My knee still isnt right after nearly a weeks rest but im afraid im not waiting any longer for it.

Being last is actually a liberating experince Al; once you've done it you don't have to worry about it happening again! No shame in it either - you've still beaten everyone who didn't start

Take care with your knee mate

[Al Fowler]

Being last is actually a liberating experince Al; once you've done it you don't have to worry about it happening again! No shame in it either - you've still beaten everyone who didn't start

Take care with your knee mate

Well i once came last in a 1500meter race because i got a bad stitch, that was bad enough. Hopefully i wont taste coming lst, or a DNF but there every chance both can happen so who knows eh.

[Derby Tup]

Well i once came last in a 1500meter race because i got a bad stitch, that was bad enough. Hopefully i wont taste coming lst, or a DNF but there every chance both can happen so who knows eh.

I suspect unless something untoward happens or you bite off seriously more than you can chew you've got too much talent to worry about being last

[Al Fowler]

I suspect unless something untoward happens or you bite off seriously more than you can chew you've got too much talent to worry about being last

Aye true but i just need to get my confidence back that my legs can last the milage without getting cramp.
Every time ive run since the Roaches, ive been able to feel the cramp nipping me in the same spot i was getting it in the race.

[Derby Tup]

Aye true but i just need to get my confidence back that my legs can last the milage without getting cramp.
Every time ive run since the Roaches, ive been able to feel the cramp nipping me in the same spot i was getting it in the race.

Cramp is a real distance runner's nighmare. I met Manhar at the top of Ingleborough at the PPP in the spring and was trying to say hello and shake his hand while clutching my right leg which was cramping very badly to the point there was a big lump in it the size of my fist

Build up the mileage and drink plenty and although it'll always be a threat it will get less of one. Bear in mind some events are more 'crampy' than other too

[Al Fowler]

Cramp is a real distance runner's nighmare. I met Manhar at the top of Ingleborough at the PPP in the spring and was trying to say hello and shake his hand while clutching my right leg which was cramping very badly to the point there was a big lump in it the size of my fist

Build up the mileage and drink plenty and although it'll always be a threat it will get less of one. Bear in mind some events are more 'crampy' than other too

Aye, i'd best go and wait for my bus to take me to training, we'll see how things go with the knee and the cramp.