Some training advice for taking things forward and training for a 10k using a mix of different runs
mrqwest GRADUATE 5 days agoReport My first 10k ( and bear in mind, this is the only time I've done 10k ) was 1hr 6mins or something in that a...
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I don't want to count my chickens before they have hatched but .....
I have just completed week 5 run 2 in that weather and think I may have found my " groove ". Also, I pushed myself to go faster in the last 6...
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. I have dvt after broken ankle in popliteal vein behind the knee. Will I need thigh compression stocking or below knee and should I wear on
one leg or both....
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An update from 'shin splint' lady!
Hi all, The last time I wrote I had just started back running after a few weeks ' break and suspected my shin splints were coming back. The d...
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To Paraphrase Eric "Don't Always Walk on the Right Side of the Road"
Net surfing the other day and out of curiosity I looked up ITband a problem that has afflicted several people on here. One thing I did see ab...
Great Winter Run done!
I'd run the course before round Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh but only as a fun runner for the Race for Life, walking bits of it, so I knew it w...
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A short blog to say tempo runs are hard work
Looking at my Garmin stats I'm not so despondent, as I see my average pace for this run was about 30 seconds/min faster than any I'd run prev...
Another week with no running!
Bad ligament injury, I haven't run for four weeks. My target was 5 k by Christmas and I feel really bad that I didn't manage it....
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Ok to run with minor shin splints? Only did w1D1, want to do D2 tomorrow am, is it ok?
Can I run if I have shin splints? It's minor....
Merry Christmas to me.... Not
thanks to a wonderful thing called medial tibial stress syndrome, shin splints to me and you. And I have my Christmas Day run to look forward...
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strange day
It's been a bit of an eventful day. It started off with a trip to the fracture clinic ....
Anyone had problems with extreme pain after general anesthetic surgery?
I underwent surgery recently to remove a shoulder replacement inserted in Feb 2012 due to bone growth into a muscle and the insertion of a re...
Still waiting but not patiently
Went to get a gait analysis done but the running shop was shut and anyway it's a bit theoretical at the moment. In the meantime it's great to...
Parkrun with son and a trip to Sweatshop (would recommend them!)
This was his first Parkrun and he hadn't done much running since an operation on his foot this summer. She did a gait analysis then offered a...
Back again after a two week injury lay-off. Don't worry guys, injury doesn't need to mean losing your hard won fitness!
I hobbled on for a couple of weeks, even getting a PB 5K on the 24th October!...
Femur stress fracture?
After I finished my very first 25 minute run back in week 6 I started to notice a dull pain in my upper right thigh. During week 7 I had no p...
broken wrist - arm in plaster - GUTTED
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the thought of starting again, and not being able to do the uk park run in november ha gutted me, boo hoo....
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I completed the Day 2 of Week 1. I have been diagnosed with osteopenia tending towards osteoporesis last year.
I have been walking regularly at a fairly good pace - completing 4 kms in 40 mins at least 4-5 days a week. Now, I decided to start running, ...
Week 5, Run 3 done - success, but not easy!
I started out with the 5 minute warm up and was ready to give the 20 minute run a " run for its money ", so to speak. I still haven't found a...
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50th birthday party last night - not such a good run this morning!
Next, Laura's first 5 minutes on Stamina is only 4 1/2 minutes ( so last week when I thought I'd nearly got to 5k in 35 mins I'd done half a ...