Week 8 Complete!

[Visionon]

All I was thinking before I started was run more slowly, slowly slowly, just take it easy, relax, everyone is recommending that I slooooowwww it down... I really did try to slow down, as you can see from the first km, but I find it almost impossible, it feels so unnatural, however, on the whole the run was a little slower, which is a small achievement.

But the best news is that my achilles tendons feel so much better, a little stiff at the moment but no pain, I am putting this down to new trainers and heel drops 4 times a day, which I will continue with. I was getting a little worried that my body was about to breakdown, but I have a lot more confidence now that I am going to make it to graduation and then on to 10km!

Hope everyone has a great run today, cheers!

[Jay66UK Graduate]

Well done. Those are impressive times you’ve got there.

[Visionon Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

Thanks Jay.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

A fast run..take it steady to the podium.. just run the allotted times..😉

[Visionon Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks Oldfloss, rest assured I am not running any longer that the allotted time though.

[misswobble Graduate]

Sore Achilles 😬. I put Vaseline on mine before runs and choose shoes with a soft heel counter, or cut the darned things 🙂

Calf raise into a heel drop,is excellent Slowly raise up as high as you can go (off the stair) then slowly lower - again going well down to get the stretch You can do foot lifts too, and lunges All sorts of foot exercises are available 🙂

Go nice and steady 👍

[_SimonT_ Graduate]

Lol! Going slow is a bit of a challenge at first because it uses different muscles - I was reading this on a very interesting set of replies I think to one of sallenson posts.

Great speed though!

[Visionon Graduate in reply to _SimonT_]

Thanks, you're not kidding it is very difficult. Been reading an article that iannodatruffe pointed me to today. It talks about the importance of doing other strengthening exercises when increasing distance, specifically the core and legs, going to fit this exercises into my regime as well.

[_SimonT_ Graduate]

I go to the gym when I get time. I do a lot of more strenuous aerobic stuff there on low impact machines like rowing. I also do a lot of resistance and core stuff. My balance has definitely improved.

It’s all good! 😀

[Fabulous450 Graduate]

Brilliant Visionon! 😁 Glad to hear the trainers seem to be helping with the aches. Wow W9! Amazing! Well done! 😁❤️