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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #360 on: October 19, 2014, 09:34:02 PM »
Sub post... daughter did it in 1:46.46 - fantastic effort over £500 for cancer research ... she did it for her mom (who has it)

What a superb effort, well done to her.

And Eric WW's sister, in fact everybody who ran. A lot of charities will be able to carry on supporting people for longer because of the run, which is the best reason for having it.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #361 on: October 20, 2014, 12:01:30 PM »
They are now advertising a new BUPA Birmingham 10K for May 2015. Gonna have to be done!

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #362 on: October 20, 2014, 03:42:17 PM »
It sounds as though if you were in the left lane of at least some of the waves there may well be a 2 minute-ish discrepancy with your official time so if you were timing yourself your watch will be the reliable one!   

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #363 on: October 24, 2014, 05:10:09 PM »
They have now acknowledged that there was a synchronisation error and you can ask for your time to be corrected if you think you were affected. I have had my time put up by 1.57 as I would have felt I was cheating otherwise.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #364 on: October 29, 2014, 07:03:54 PM »
Suggested stretches for upper hamstrings?  I've never had a problem with it previously so probably neglected stretching this area but it has gone tight in two of the last - say - 4 runs, over a period of about 3 weeks.

Advice appreciated.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #365 on: November 06, 2014, 12:33:30 PM »
Suggested stretches for upper hamstrings?  I've never had a problem with it previously so probably neglected stretching this area but it has gone tight in two of the last - say - 4 runs, over a period of about 3 weeks.

Advice appreciated.

http://www.runnersworld.com/stretching/10-tips-to-relieve-hamstring-tightness


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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #366 on: November 06, 2014, 07:28:01 PM »
Have you got a trigger point roller?  If not, get one and get a good one like one made by Trigger Point themselves and get instructions as well, too easy to do damage to yourself with one, best £40 I spent in the last few years.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #367 on: November 06, 2014, 07:55:36 PM »
Has anyone done the Stafford Half Marathon? I've just entered and I wondered what the course is like.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #368 on: November 06, 2014, 11:01:53 PM »
Have you got a trigger point roller?  If not, get one and get a good one like one made by Trigger Point themselves and get instructions as well, too easy to do damage to yourself with one, best £40 I spent in the last few years.

You can use a golf ball or equivalent for trigger points. Personally I like a Rumble Roller which is like a foam roller but with bits sticking out that you roll over to get trigger points. It's been very useful when I've had a stiff back or having strained my back.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #369 on: November 07, 2014, 02:25:25 PM »
Ran 8km Wednesday afternoon in my second week of trying to run 2 days each week. Knee feels good. 

I'll aim for 8 - 10 km tomorrow morning.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #370 on: November 08, 2014, 10:07:10 PM »
Finally able this morning to get back on the course that the local high schools use for cross country events. Ran 10km in 63 mins - glad that I could manage the distance. Now time to work on sub-50 8kms and sub-60 10kms.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #371 on: November 18, 2014, 01:42:26 PM »
After seeing doctors and physics since March, MRI scan has revealed a scar so am now waiting for an assessment (probably four weeks minimum) before anything can be done. In the meantime I'm still lurching around like a buffoon.
Take care with your knees out there folks.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #372 on: November 18, 2014, 01:46:45 PM »
After seeing doctors and physics since March, MRI scan has revealed a scar so am now waiting for an assessment (probably four weeks minimum) before anything can be done. In the meantime I'm still lurching around like a buffoon.
Take care with your knees out there folks.

Sorry to hear that - have you read Bullet Proof Knees?  It's on this thread somewhere (I think JC posted the DropBox link). Hopefully it will be of some use. 

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #373 on: November 18, 2014, 01:53:22 PM »
After seeing doctors and physics since March, MRI scan has revealed a scar so am now waiting for an assessment (probably four weeks minimum) before anything can be done. In the meantime I'm still lurching around like a buffoon.
Take care with your knees out there folks.

Sorry to hear that - have you read Bullet Proof Knees?  It's on this thread somewhere (I think JC posted the DropBox link). Hopefully it will be of some use. 

I have - you sent me a copy and it has helped to a degree.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #374 on: November 18, 2014, 01:53:36 PM »
Has anyone done the Stafford Half Marathon? I've just entered and I wondered what the course is like.

http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/halfmarathon

Sounds like the new route will take you through a number of the local villages - which are all very pretty. A couple of sharp hills - in doxey and then as you go toward stafford castle on the A518 - but apart from that , fairly flat.

 


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