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Dont suppose the payment link would work if you have already donated your entry fee ? (Hope I'm right because I couldnt resist not going to the payment link.  I think it told me that they dont have my details)

Hello fat buddha, dont believe for one minute thats you in the picture.

This is my second attempt at replying.  Just lost all my text.  Hope it wasnt sent to you.

Yes, I'm not used to longish distances and Yes, I'm 60 and a bus pass holder.

My G.P tells me this:  If my feet hurt, then dont run, and if they dont hurt, then run.

He knows that I'm doing the VLM and I'm sure he would have made a comment ref my medication if he thought there was a problem.  Some of the threads I've been reading are really scarey!

I like my 3 - 4 mile routes and I do them maybe 2 - 3 times each week.

Recently, I've been covering 11.5 miles at the weekends.  I read somewhere that in you build up for the VLM, dont foreget the weekend long runs.  I'm doing my own thing at the momement.  I plan to begin a program after Christmas.

I have just enough stamina to do the 11.5 miler but have little or nothing left afterwards.  I can do it in one, but last Sunday, I was over dressed and after a short while, I was wet through.  Then later I began to get really cold.  Hence me doing a jog and a walk.  But I stay out for 2 hrs 15mins.

Tomorrow, I'll do a 3-4 miler.

Thanks for your comments

Yep! me too.

After 30 to 40 mins at 10/11 min miles my ''Tingling'' begins in the right foot and after a while, will travel up my leg.  My runs are normally hilly.  I made a mental note on my last 2 hilly runs to record what and where I was when the ''Tingling'' kicked in and when it (almost disappeared).  When I came to a down hill part of the run, the ''Tingling''  began to ease.  I have since had my feet measured at ''SweatShop'' and found that my right foot is size 9 and my left foot is in between 8 and 8.5.  I now run in ''New Balance'' size 9 wide fitting and touch wood, have not had any ''Tingling''. since.  I'll keep you posted on my future runs.

Fred

I'm a bit concerned about my aches and pains since I did my last 11.5 mile jog/walk last Sunday.

My calves and thigh muscles are pretty sore. Today is Wednesday.

I dont normally suffer from such severe aches and pains, perhaps I didnt warm up and warm down properly.

But I'm concerned about the medication that I have to take to combat my arthritus problem to my hands and feet.  For the past 3 years, I have been taking, the following drugs.

Diclofenac, Metatrexate and something called Hydroxychloroquine.

Having read other threads on Health and Injury, would Vet Runners know if my medication would prevent my aches and pains from healing and would I suffer unduly on the VLM?

Thanks for reading my thread.

Fred