The athletics/running thread

[Gary the Enfield]

Quick question, guys. My faithful Asics are evidently not as soft underfoot as they once were.

Am I ok to chuck insoles in them and carry on?

How's the grip? You should be good for 500 miles per pair.

[Bruce Rioja]

Quick question, guys. My faithful Asics are evidently not as soft underfoot as they once were.

Am I ok to chuck insoles in them and carry on?

How's the grip? You should be good for 500 miles per pair.

The grip, as indeed the rest of the trainer (both of) is superb. I suppose they've just lost a bit of springy-ness with having my corpulent abundance hammering down on them!

[Gary the Enfield]

Quick question, guys. My faithful Asics are evidently not as soft underfoot as they once were.

Am I ok to chuck insoles in them and carry on?

How's the grip? You should be good for 500 miles per pair.

The grip, as indeed the rest of the trainer (both of) is superb. I suppose they've just lost a bit of springy-ness with having my corpulent abundance hammering down on them!

Try insoles.

[Bruce Rioja]

Try insoles.

Might double 'em up!

[thebish]

ok - still not really sure what is wrong with my knee - though it is nothing major - but I have been told not to go running and referred for a course of physiotherapy!!

so - that's me off the hook!

[Gary the Enfield]

ok - still not really sure what is wrong with my knee - though it is nothing major - but I have been told not to go running and referred for a course of physiotherapy!!

so - that's me off the hook!

So no impact training. What about running in water? Sounds silly but a lot of runners will do this whilst recovering from injury to maintain the aerobic fitness but limiting stress on the joints.

I presume you can still swim and/or cycle?

[thebish]

ok - still not really sure what is wrong with my knee - though it is nothing major - but I have been told not to go running and referred for a course of physiotherapy!!

so - that's me off the hook!

So no impact training. What about running in water? Sounds silly but a lot of runners will do this whilst recovering from injury to maintain the aerobic fitness but limiting stress on the joints.

I presume you can still swim and/or cycle?

C'mon GtE - in my profession it's running ON water!!

she said I could try the bicycle or the x-trainer and see what happened!

[Gary the Enfield]

ok - still not really sure what is wrong with my knee - though it is nothing major - but I have been told not to go running and referred for a course of physiotherapy!!

so - that's me off the hook!

So no impact training. What about running in water? Sounds silly but a lot of runners will do this whilst recovering from injury to maintain the aerobic fitness but limiting stress on the joints.

I presume you can still swim and/or cycle?

C'mon GtE - in my profession it's running ON water!!

she said I could try the bicycle or the x-trainer and see what happened!

I thought that was the CEO's prerogative.

[Bruce Rioja]

she said I could try the bicycle or the x-trainer and see what happened!

Cross trainer's your thang, Bish. No (or very little) stress on your joints.

[Gary the Enfield]

For the Bish and Brucie.......

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Is this how your boss did it?

[thebish]

For the Bish and Brucie.......

http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk ... 139&ny=122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is this how your boss did it?

aye - liquid sandal orthotics!!

[Harry Genshaw]

Dropped my car off in Little Lever today for a service and decided to use the opportunity to run home. It was longer and hotter than I realised. I was baked to a crisp by the time I got onto my street and the ice bath I had straight away, probably means I wont be seeing my testicles again until about Jubilee weekend

[clapton is god]

For the Bish and Brucie.......

http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk ... 139&ny=122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is this how your boss did it?

I just got a pair of Superfeet for my walking boots. Cost £35 but I wish I'd done it years ago. Feels like I'm walking on air by comparison to the insoles I had.

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[Bruce Rioja]

For the Bish and Brucie.......

http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk ... 139&ny=122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is this how your boss did it?

Ahh, they'll clearly be superior to the Kiwi fleece things that I've just bought down Asda then?!

[Gooner Girl]

Not me, I'm a right cart horse over 100 or 200 metres.

Just been sent a video of what happened last time Harry ran track for his club...

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[Bruce Rioja]

Not me, I'm a right cart horse over 100 or 200 metres.

Just been sent a video of what happened last time Harry ran track for his club...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ4fA_nwnZ0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That reminds me of when I got dobbed in to the back crawl swimming race at school. I started off in lane one and came last in lane three!

[Harry Genshaw]

Cheeky minx!

Bruce Had something similar happen to me in the army. First time on a rifle range and the CO came counting up our scores out of 30. He starts counting mine up and was obviously about to fast track me to sniper school when he realised the poor bloke next to me had been firing at my target as well. Cue lots of effing and jeffing and then he scrawled in chalk a big 'D' on the blokes cap

[Bruce Rioja]

Just played an hours 5-a-side. It's been a while since I've had to get the frozen peas out for non-eating purposes

[Gary the Enfield]

I've started back this week with my speed endurance coach.

40 minutes continuous effort.

Find a big hill and run up and down it for 10 minutes at 70% effort
Shorten the distance by 1/4 and increase the effort to 80%
Halfway up the hill and run at 90%
3/4 up and sprint as fast as you can

To warm down do 10 squats, 10 lunges and 10 press ups
Repeat 4 times

I also ran 1 mile there and 1 mile back from home.

Knackered.

[Wandering Willy]

Further to my return to running on the treadmill I ran another 5K a week ago in a decent time 27 min ish. Ankle hurt a bit and the next time I ran it hurt a lot but I soldiered on.

After more swelling over the last couple of days I finally had it checked out - turns out I've been running on a fractured ankle.

Bastard - weeks in a cast now.