commuting time, but also to run and/or cycle to and from work at least a few times a week. Even if my new employer has changing facilities, how do I get my suit into work when I run in, and not look like a tramp when I get there? I've searched the internet
after a week or less. A good idea is to do some cross training: swimming, cycling or walking. But be very careful of doing quick breast stroke if you've recently run. It's an unnatural action for legs that are used to only going forwards or backwards
was run, run and run (oh, and a little cycling). I'd get niggly injuries, but would generally run through them. By 2000 I was in a very bad way, with back and leg problems that just wouldn't go away. Eventually I stopped running altogether – something
and in a more functional way. Using a rower is good providing your technique's good. Row at a pace that leaves you breathless but still able to talk a bit. What about stationary cycling or swimming? – SianceMix up your aerobic exerciseBasically the answer
runner who occasionally cycled a bit, to doing The Longest Day (Ironman), and I spent about £100 all told on everything except the entry. It doesn't have to be a ferociously expensive sport if you don't want it to be, though it is very very easy
away with wearing a thin layer and a thin jacket on top, as I'm not working as hard to keep warm. I was quite worried I'd overheat in them, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I tried running once in my thicker fleece-lined cycling tights once
it ever since. – greyhoundA friend who's registered blind runs on her own around places she knows are safe (playing fields, quiet roads, cycle paths, tracks). It's probably a bit boring, sorry, but might sticking to routes you know well help alleviate
– but running one day, cross training the next seems fine if your body isn't complaining. – Jeremy LarcombeHorses for courses...Upper body weights don't count as rest in my running schedule, but I do count swimming as rest and cycling, but not too much, as "half
for a long slogHaving gone through a really annoying phase of shin splints, I got some physio input and they gradually re-engineered my running style. It was a ground-up (well, hip-down) re-think about each muscle group and its role in the cycle
