Struggling with neck,hand numbness,Achilles, energy levels,tiredness.
Got a physio appointment today at long last.See what the way forward is.Just may have to step back for a while but stopping cannot be an option.
Hang in with the garden for a while,and hope stuff will mend.Telling myself to stop being so demanding.Quiet period for me.🤔
Good luck with your plans.
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I’m quite tired too. I think this time of year, when the energies change and we’re gearing down towards winter, often catches people out. We’ll be alright once we’re past the equinox and have adjusted to shorter days and the lessening of sunlight.
I’m glad you've got a physio’s appointment and hope they sort out those niggly physical things.
Thanks Flick feeling pathetic.🙈
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It won’t last, these things go in cycles. Everybody gets these lows, but when we’re older, we attribute it to the ageing process and think it’s a sign we’re on the decline. You will come out the other side, I promise x
That is exactly what I am doing Flick.I am telling myself I am finished, time to review and curtail, seeing the mountain ahead just too big.🙈🤔.Save yourself, trim back,past pier stuff ringing in my ears.🙈.Then I hear other inspiritational people saying stop bending and pleasing others find yourself and other like minded people find your tribe, it all starts with movement.🤔⭐️👏👏
Guys I’ve just had two low mileage weeks and it’s really helped me. Sometimes you’ve got to listen to your body and slow down and cut back. This meant scrapping my training plan but it wasn’t working.
They say it's important to seek "failure" in order to learn and improve. I try (don't always succeed) not to see "failure" at all just new opportunities to find new ways of doing things or just improve.
Physio can be great, go easy on yourself 👍🏻😁
Step back and rest if need be Tbae. I think Flick is right about those cycles. You have had a busy time of late working manually in that garden.
Good luck with your phsyio appointment. Hope you get some sound advice.
Forward is the only way to go...😊xxx
❤️Thanks Jan.
Yes you are right there Jan, I keep going back and beating myself up.🙈
Onwards and upwards.🏃♀️⭐️👏👏
Bit of a change in the weather as the seasons change always has an effect on me. Mood dips, the sense of what seems possible decreases... running has really helped with levelling that out for me the last couple of years though. But it’s also always an effort to get through that first ‘gear shift’ that I think Flick is referring to as well... ‘keep on, keep on, it’ll pass...’
On purely technical terms, haven’t you been doing quite a lot of short, very fast runs lately? Maybe ease off and slow down, bumble along and be more gentle on your body for a while? Enjoy the crisp Autumn mornings. They’re the absolute best!
Thanks Colin for that.
Yes to the latter, that is all I have been doing along with my form of gym, gardening graft.
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The impact will be tough on the joints even if you’re being very careful with your warm-ups. That might account for the Achilles?
It’s strange, I usually have a niggly right Achilles, but after my HM on Sunday it’s literally the ONLY part of my body that ISN’T aching! Go figure!
Yes Colin.🙈
Yes I have the NHS Oxford University Hospital patient paper and have been keeping Achilles under control for months now.👍
Been trying to do all the right stuff re warm up and post stretching.
Good luck with your Achilles.
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Look at any training plan and it will have recovery weeks built in when you cut back and do less so your system catches up before you start placing demands on it again.
Your body improves in response to overload. However, persistent overload will have the opposite effect.
Patience and perseverance.
I’ve had similar issues of late Tbae. I was really on the up working towards my HM distance and really feeling “ in the zone” when I ran. Afterwards I’ve been in a slump, keep making excuses, feel tired and weary, not enough sleep, stiff neck since I ran the 21k too. I had tingly fingers when I ran the longer distances but that’s cleared up now. But now I find I have to walk several times over a 3k run ( if I get that far!!). When I ran the 16 and 18k I ran continuously so what’s that all about?
Think I need a plan to follow so I’m going to go through Jujus Magic Plan to 10k again and go from there.
Hope you feel better soon and that the physio helps ( I have a sports massage on Friday morning which I cannot wait for 😁)
Thanks LL.Very much appreciated.
It can be a lonely place,fear of expressing your feelings and being a burden and stuff on others pleasure.
Easier said than done but we all have to be able to manage the lows and downtime.
Just a novice but so grateful I have posted on here.Really been dragging the chain this last couple of weeks.Conjured up a grand plan trying to lift myself,Think I just put more pressure on myself.
Pleased you are moving forward and enjoy your massage Friday.
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Even the machine that is Tbae needs a break now and then. Take it as an opportunity to get in a little break before you continue on your running plans.
I usually like to get a few weeks non-running in around November, before stoking up the HM training in Decemeber.
Gosh Dave I will never match you.
But I am not going to deny I need your support and the magic forum.
Sorted Dave all OK just to pick myself up and start the C25k on the 16/09/19 as planned.
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Take care my friend...as Marcus Aurelius said..
"Look well into thyself..there is a source of strength, which will always spring up, if thou wilt always look. "
I love my quotes xx
I love this quote Floss....you're such an inspiration. xxx
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I love them also Fabulous Floss❤️
Learnt so much again from you and the magic forum.
Ready to go again.
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How did it go with the physio?
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Good Abi thanks.
All checked out fine.Did all the checks for neck and hands.No problems.Given my four exercises and generally 6 reps for each twice per day.But wants me to temper it with how I am feeling.Good and go for it.👍👏👏.Basic stuff but he wanted to know everything I was upto.Very comprehensive.
Call anytime if not he will just discharge me in two months before I go off to Dubai. Perfect really.
Thanks Abi and good luck with your Triathlon.
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Good luck with everything!
You are not crashing, you are gliding.
On the Achilles front, my friend, a nurse went for acupuncture. Two weeks of treatment and it was sorted.
Anyway, glide for a while, just wait for the next upward current of air, and you'll be grand!
Thanks Teresa.Thats a good way of putting it.
Earlier this year with my Achilles problem,a practise physio said to me if I were a soldier and having to carry a substantial back pack I would send you for a procedure, but at your age, now 76, we do not want to mess around with you.🤔🙈🤣
Up and out...early morning run!🏃🏽♀️🦌🦌🙂
Freaking out a bit
Ran out of juice. :(
Half marathon here I come
