Thehooperman
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I had 10 days off, run once since back and pace is way off and my legs feel odd!
They are odd, everyone's are (usually), otherwise you'd have two left feet or two right feet
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I had 10 days off, run once since back and pace is way off and my legs feel odd!
Second ever half marathon today, wasn't planned but found myself able to keep going past what I expected. Was also wearing compression leggings, which could be relevant but I didn't think they made much difference? Also got kidney pain at around the 15k mark
Edit: oh, and a toe is bleeding! Beat all my PBs from 10k up though so worth it
I had a long-running (hah!) knee problem. Then I injured it quite severely.I managed to do a half marathon once while training for the Stafford half marathon. Developed a knew injury so had to pull out about 2 weeks before the actual race. My aim was to get under 2 hours. (the one i managed to complete in training clocked in at 2hr 4 minutes but there was some snow on the ground!)
Haven't ran since but keep meaning to start. Not sure whether my knee would be ok but i suppose if I don't try I will never know!
I had a long-running (hah!) knee problem. Then I injured it quite severely.
I embarked on a cycling programme, in an effort to 'run it in' again - and also because I couldn't drive the car or really walk very far..
This was so successful that I have been almost 100% pain-free for two decades now.
@Colossal has recently reported similar progress using a cycling programme.
Knees are a very poor design, when used in an organism that has been modified as far away from the original scheme as we are.
I managed to do a half marathon once while training for the Stafford half marathon. Developed a knew injury so had to pull out about 2 weeks before the actual race. My aim was to get under 2 hours. (the one i managed to complete in training clocked in at 2hr 4 minutes but there was some snow on the ground!)
Haven't ran since but keep meaning to start. Not sure whether my knee would be ok but i suppose if I don't try I will never know!
How does that work then, they give you a distance to run and you pick where to do it?I did my first ever virtual race. Surprisingly motivational tbh as I'm very lazy! Have updated my strava route details so now eagerly await my race t shirt. If you haven't tried a virtual race they now come recommended by me
How does that work then, they give you a distance to run and you pick where to do it?
I never did do a real event, I may have to do a virtual. I know what you mean about targets, I set 5/10/15/HM ones in lockdown 1 and having an aim really focused me. I got geeky and had a trello board tracking best attempts etc. Not been close to my records since I started back at work, best run by far was the day before in fact!Enter the virtual race of your choice and they will provide dates to do your run between. Run any route of your choice that meets the distance criteria for the said race. Provide evidence of route completion. Most people will upload a link to the activity they've uploaded on Strava, that's what I did, surprisingly straightforward. Wait for medal or t shirt to arrive!
I found having the race target to complete really helped me get out running and kept me going. I shall soon receive this lovely covid lockdown memory!
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I never did do a real event, I may have to do a virtual. I know what you mean about targets, I set 5/10/15/HM ones in lockdown 1 and having an aim really focused me. I got geeky and had a trello board tracking best attempts etc. Not been close to my records since I started back at work, best run by far was the day before in fact!
I'd say 30 quid (whole of jan 5 quid off) isn't really far off other events from what I know, might be wrong.
I enjoyed the 10k 4 years ago now mind
I love Garmin watches. The vivoactives do everything and aren't as pricey so is worth a look.
I bought a 35 quid GPS watch to start with, used for 6 months and tbh the garmin isn't much more accurate!Thanks for that I'll have to have a look. just building the basic mileage first but once I hit 6 miles mark i'll look up a half marathon plan, to be honest all I want to do for this one is complete it, as i've only just got back into it again and starting from scratch- will probably look at getting one in 3-4 months at least it shouldn't be hard to beat my time in next years one ! haha (all being well, you never know what will happen before then..)
I bought a 35 quid GPS watch to start with, used for 6 months and tbh the garmin isn't much more accurate!