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Rachel Corner

25/10/2004 at 11:39

13 miles on a treadmill this morning. Very boring, now very sore...glad i did it..even if it did take me 2.21 hours!! lets hope I get quicker!!!

Cuddly Fifi

25/10/2004 at 11:41

Wow Rachel - well done girl - was that at a gym or do you have your own treadie?

Rachel Corner

25/10/2004 at 14:51

the gym...I was the only person in there at 8am this morning!!!

Cuddly Fifi

25/10/2004 at 15:16

Excellent - good on ya.

Day Nurse (night nurse's slower sister)

25/10/2004 at 19:27

Training has taken a bit of a dive and I am feeling really miserable:0(
Feeling generally grotty like I am "coming down with something" generally have had a headache and been achy all over with niggly sore throat and tired for 10 days and hence no running. I've been well enough to go to work but simply cannot summon up the energy to go for a run. Annoyed because up until 2 weeks ago I was getting a good fitness level. Taking echinachea and vit supplements.
fingers crossed i'll be running by the weekend.
Well done Rachel on completing 13 miles on the treadmill. I've got a treadmill at home and have never done a long run on it. The furthest I have ever done is 7 miles, i normally use mine for speedwork

Dips

25/10/2004 at 19:37

You must win a prize for determination Rachel. I can just stand 20 mins on a treadmill. Much nicer outside, at least the view changes.

NK2

26/10/2004 at 07:50

I've been running for about 4 months. Did the Liverpool 1/2 marathon a few weeks ago in 1.50 but I've began to ease off training so decided to enter the FLM for another goal to work to. If I don't get in I'll probably do another in UK or Paris.
Where is there a good marathon schedule as I seem to find lots of conflicting ones on the net.

Rachel Corner

26/10/2004 at 09:52

I usually only use the treadmill for speed work too, but I wanted to know that I'd run exactly 13 miles and how long it took me. I got disheartened when the computer clock on the treadmill reset to 0.00 because it could only count up to 99.59 minutes!!!

Stylish

26/10/2004 at 11:41

Morning all. Well done RC on doing 13 miles, haven't been anywhere near that territory myself LOL. I checked a few gyms re use of tready and was told max of one hour use so told them not enough time.I don't think I could run on a tready for that long either as i would bet bored. Did a gentle 4 miles last night and going to the club tonight. Hope the winds stay away.

NK2 - if you look under the grey training tab above and then scroll down to thr racing bit there are schedules there that might interest you.

L8rs

Bananna

27/10/2004 at 12:19

Hi Everyone,
I haven't posted on this thread for ages because I've become a bit disillusioned with my running lately as I've had knee problems. No specific injury, its a different niggle every time when I run. So I'm not running at the moment but cycling and cross-training at the gym, which is fun, but I'm so jealous of the people on the treadmills!
I haven't had any specific advice on when I should run again, but I'm going to wait till next week and then gradually increase time on the treadmill every other day.
Any other tips for knee niggles?

Stylish

27/10/2004 at 15:01

Hi Bananna, I would say that you need to find out why you are getting these niggles and try and find a cure for them to ensure that they don't happen again.

Bananna

27/10/2004 at 15:32

Stylish, my Dr says that she doesn't think it's a muscular imbalance, but a repetitive strain injury and could be to do with the way I run so I need to think about my feet when I run to make sure they land properly.
I'm getting an appointment with a private orthotics place and they may help. But that won't be for a while.
I'm hoping that a combination of leg exercises, tubigrip and special insoles will keep it at bay till then!

Stylish

27/10/2004 at 17:07

Bananna, If it "could be to do with the way I run" then you need your gait analysed and it's good that your going to see a podiatrist.Shop around becasue of costs and if you can, see one who runs himself or deals with sports related problems.

Before that what you could do is go to a couple of specialist running shops and get them to do a gait analysis.See what they say about the type of shoe you need. If you go to a couple and the recommendation is for a type of shoe different to the one you have now then that's most likely to be the problem. See the pody afterwards.

Good luck

Dips

27/10/2004 at 17:35

Have you looked at your shoes Bananna? How old are they, are they correct for you as Stylish says.

I would also recommend having regular sports massages, good if the prob is brought on by IT band probs.

If these simple measures don't help I would see a Sports Physio rather than your GP. Sports Therapist's have expertise in the field, more so than a GP

tiredgirl ks

27/10/2004 at 19:43

Banana, As I'm suffering from ITB Syndrome at the moment I think the advice from both Dips and Stylish is really good. My problems were caused by slightly incorrect shoes and also from running a half marathon in them when they'd worn out. I'm seeing the sports therapist at the mo and also a podiatrist who did a gait analysis and advised me on which shoes I should be purchasing. Be careful about orthotics though, because they are designed to straighten your body out which can cause its own problems because its never been straight before. Welcome to the minefield, good luck........

Bananna

28/10/2004 at 11:27

Yikes! Tiredgirl you've scared me a bit! I'm only going to an orthotics place because that's what my GP suggested. She does run so she knows a bit about it. I'm actually covered by BUPA so I can see anyone really. Will look into podiatrists...
I think my problems may well have been caused by running a road half-marathon in trail shoes (I was a novice and didn't know any better!).
At the moment I'm running in New Balance 1022, which are new. The guy in the shop had a look at me jogging in them and said he didn't think I was over-pronating but I will check out some other running shops' advice too.
Will go and do that now actually. I'll keep you posted, and thanks for all your help.

Stylish

28/10/2004 at 11:58

Hmmm bit funny. A GP who runs suggests an orthotics place but guy in shop doesn't think you over-pronate. One can't be right.
The shoes that you have are just cushing shoes and don't provide stability.It may well be that that's what you need.Anyway hopefully you find out soon.

Dips

28/10/2004 at 13:58

You should be able to tell from the wear of your old shoe if you over pronate.

My guess is the GP just grabbed at a straw to give you something to do. A poddy will be able to advise you whether or not you need them.

Essex

28/10/2004 at 14:09

I have a place for FLM as I deferred last year with pulled hamstring. This year I have a whole host of new probs and am so worried I'll miss FLM again. To cut a very long story short I'm considering orthotics (for leg length discrepancy) as I have tried everything, and I mean everything else over the last couple of years. I am in Fleet, Hampshire area, can anyone recommend a good podiatrist or other such bod who does orthotics?

Bananna

28/10/2004 at 14:24

Hey. Well I've been to a different running shop (Up & Running, Oxford) and the guy had a good look at the treads on my road shoes and trail shoes and said that they looked perfectly neutral. He also watched me jog and said it looked a bit like my heel rolled inwards, but he was confused because there was no evidence of that on my shoes. So he didn't think it was a shoe problem...and I'm back to square one.

I think I'll stick with low impact exercise for another couple of weeks and then try building up time gradually on a treadmill.
Plus lots of leg exercises as it may well be muscular if not a shoe issue.

Hope everyone else is enjoying their running. Don't take it for granted if you're injury free, I'm soooo incredibly jealous!!