Run Fatboy, Run - Page 4 - Beginners

Cake

pirate

09/03/2012 at 17:11

Ibulprofen is a wunderful thing sometimes mate if you need it.

Cinders

09/03/2012 at 17:38

Yep and get your feet up!

Tobyloby

09/03/2012 at 17:44

Hehe if it is not unreasonable to link a fat dude to an addictive personality, is it wise for me to sample the pharmacopeia?

Cake

pirate

09/03/2012 at 17:53

Just the one if you need to after the race. A lot of runners have addictive personalitys matey. Just don't go mad and start thinking I must do 30 miles a day everyday it happens and if you look around this site there are quite a few like that.

What cinders said makes a lot of sence, She talks sence a lot does that lass.

Not davidh

09/03/2012 at 19:54

Not sure if anyone ever recreationally abused anti-inflammatory medicine! I did find a 12-step program for running though

http://www.aroadrun.org/Half_Fast_Lane/2002/12_Steps_of_Runners_Anonymous.pdf

Tobyloby

09/03/2012 at 22:20

true NSAIDs aren't the harshest of things

Cinders

10/03/2012 at 09:28

Lol, ta Cake You're right too about the addictive side of it.

Not sure about abusing NSAIDs but you can get too reliant on them, ie remember reading about people with headaches that wouldn't go away because they got too used to taking painkillers for them.

Are you off out for a run today Toby? Hope the legs aren't still sore

Tobyloby

10/03/2012 at 10:20

Yup, though only when it gets dark so I remain unobserved. Like a phantom. Well, a very wheezy phantom.

Stephen E Forde

10/03/2012 at 11:10

I try to avoid the NSAIDs as much as possible.

Often any aches I have are the result of a rushed post run stretch, and a non-existant warm-up.

Today I did 13 miles and thats excluding a 1mile warm up jog. The cool down was a 5-15 minute walk home and 45 minutes of stretching. Almost as much time in all as I was running .

When ever I skimp on my before or after routine the aches begin. Always with out fail.

Running full on, on painkillers is risky, the injury is still there your just not feeling it. Best to rest while taking them or pull back on the effort.That way the area damaged gets a rest and because the pain is lessened your running motion is not effected as it was before.

As you gain in experience you will learn how to read your body better and many of the aches you have simply wont occur anymore as you get stronger.

You will just get other ones

Thats just the way it is

sorry

Tobyloby

10/03/2012 at 11:55

Thanks Stephen. (for nothing! Other pains?!!

)

At the moment I have been doing a 5 min walk pre- and post run, with a small bit of stretching. I haven't frankly looking into the best stretching moves, I've just made it up lol weirdly though I've always been highly flexible despite my body size so I'm hoping that means my body will tolerate certain abuses

It's harder for me to do a warm-up run as any running makes me more than warm! That will have to come later I think.

I'm changing my route tonight to a long, long road, so that I can just keep adding to the distance.

Stephen E Forde

10/03/2012 at 15:16

Yes you have much to learn of the Way of the Run.

Tobyloby

10/03/2012 at 20:25

Argh, owwww, mewl. New route, new pain. Definitely found it harder than last time, but still managed 30 minutes instead of the required 25 and could have gone on.

I saw a dead badger

LeedsNick

10/03/2012 at 20:27

What was the new pain? Did you stand on the badger?

Tobyloby

10/03/2012 at 20:57

Blisters forming on the arches of both feet

and mega stitch on both sides of my lard (though I'm surprised it took so long to manifest considering what's jiggling about lol)
Shin still going to shatter, right knee feels weak but that might be cause of the shin

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I find it weirdly satisfying hehe

I think it's time to get some fitted shoes. I thought I'd lucked out because I've always been really really prone to monster blisters and I didn't get any, and took that to mean my shoes were good. Oh well!

And ewwwwew lol no badger corpse-bothering!

Edited: 10/03/2012 at 21:00

LeedsNick

10/03/2012 at 21:08

I admire your perseverance... and yeah, worth getting shoes that fit well. Strangely I only ever used to get blisters when I wore socks. I don't wear socks now and never get blisters...

Tobyloby

10/03/2012 at 21:17

Lucky git!

Tobyloby

11/03/2012 at 15:38

I'm tempted to do an extra run today and possibly from now on run four times a week.

Maybe sat, sun, mon, weds?

LeedsNick

11/03/2012 at 15:41

If you feel comfortable.... run...

Cinders

11/03/2012 at 16:00

How do your shins and blisters feel?

Tobyloby

11/03/2012 at 16:17

Blisters I've knifed lol but I'm used to dealing with blisters, my right shin now rested isn't painful when I walk/bear weight, just a bit tender if I squeeze it inappropriately!