The athletics/running thread

[Gary the Enfield]

Bollocks. Have pulled a calf playing 5-a-side. Felt it go right where I ruptured it some years ago. I'm not bothered if I never kick a ball again but am pissed off because I won't be able to run for a wee while. Have had the frozen peas on it and now have a compression bandage on it.
Any other tips, anyone?

Rest and ibuprofen.

And elevate it.

[Gary the Enfield]

Happy to report I completed my first 10 mile run in over 8 months yesterday. A steady 8.30 pace (more or less) which sets me up nicely for my weekend in Ireland and the 10 mile challenge there.

[Bruce Rioja]

The calf's feeling all good now. Too early to go for a run tonight?

[thebish]

The calf's feeling all good now. Too early to go for a run tonight?

aye - it's not even time for elevensies yet!

[Gary the Enfield]

The calf's feeling all good now. Too early to go for a run tonight?

You could try a VERY GENTLE jog. But no hills.

[Bruce Rioja]

The calf's feeling all good now. Too early to go for a run tonight?

aye - it's not even time for elevensies yet!

[Bruce Rioja]

The calf's feeling all good now. Too early to go for a run tonight?

You could try a VERY GENTLE jog. But no hills.

Me going at full tilt is a gentle jog to you

That's what I was thinking, to be honest. Just a flat 3K or so.

[Gary the Enfield]

The calf's feeling all good now. Too early to go for a run tonight?

You could try a VERY GENTLE jog. But no hills.

Me going at full tilt is a gentle jog to you

That's what I was thinking, to be honest. Just a flat 3K or so.

It's all perspective. Make sure you ice it as soon as you finish and take a couple of ibuprofen too. Good luck.

[Burnden Paddock]

The 'Golden Run' came to an end at Saturday's Parkrun. I suppose it had to tbf. Abolutely horrendous conditions, as Bruce noted from his bedroom window! I'm going to blame my disappointment at finishing 9 secs outside my PB on the pouring rain, masses of mud and massive puddles all around the course. Great fun, but my socks went straight into the bin afterwards!

[Gary the Enfield]

A friend of mine did Wantage Half Marathon yesterday. He said the wind was horrendous and that the skinny runners were being blown all over the place.

I'd have been fine, apparently.

[thebish]

A friend of mine did Wantage Half Marathon yesterday. He said the wind was horrendous and that the skinny runners were being blown all over the place.

I'd have been fine, apparently.

[Bruce Rioja]

The 'Golden Run' came to an end at Saturday's Parkrun. I suppose it had to tbf. Abolutely horrendous conditions, as Bruce noted from his bedroom window! I'm going to blame my disappointment at finishing 9 secs outside my PB on the pouring rain, masses of mud and massive puddles all around the course. Great fun, but my socks went straight into the bin afterwards!

That's exactly what happened.

Nine seconds out in weather like that's still bloody good, I'd say.

[Bruce Rioja]

1st run back since the calf tear. Set out to do a very gentle 3K, which became a very gentle 5K. Still not Parkrun fit though. It's like having a 1 inch strip of cramp in the calf that's saying "Yeah, step in up, fat boy, and see what happens". I'll get up a couple of hills next week and see how it goes.

[Burnden Paddock]

1st run back since the calf tear. Set out to do a very gentle 3K, which became a very gentle 5K. Still not Parkrun fit though. It's like having a 1 inch strip of cramp in the calf that's saying "Yeah, step in up, fat boy, and see what happens". I'll get up a couple of hills next week and see how it goes.

Sounds sensible.

I'm giving it a miss too. The course was like a swamp in places last week and as we've had nothing but rain this week, I can't see it being anything other than a whole lot worse tomorrow. Got a bit of a problem with the big toe on my left foot too. Painful to walk on it, so running doesn't seem like a great idea.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

It's like listening to witches mither on in Salem. WTF has ibuprofen got to do with restorative powers of muscle tears???

[Gary the Enfield]

It's like listening to witches mither on in Salem. WTF has ibuprofen got to do with restorative powers of muscle tears???

You know fine and well that ibuprofen is a decent anti inflammatory but as you are some sort of superhuman athlete who never gets injured and is never wrong on anything, ever, feel free to contradict and antagonise for as long as you want. no-ones listening anyway.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

It's like listening to witches mither on in Salem. WTF has ibuprofen got to do with restorative powers of muscle tears???

You know fine and well that ibuprofen is a decent anti inflammatory but as you are some sort of superhuman athlete who never gets injured and is never wrong on anything, ever, feel free to contradict and antagonise for as long as you want. no-ones listening anyway.

If nobody's listening anyway what was the point of answering???. And as for being being super-fxclin-human, I think you'd find that God, or medicine, would have stopped me from suffering massive heart failure, brain cysts, and bleeding colon in the last four years. I'll still run a fxckin marathon this year whether I'm right or wrong about my contention that you shouldn't be internet prescribing (ibuprofren for me, for example, is toward the scale of potentially fatal) I won't be publishing what it is that other runners should be doing to overcome medical problems, because I'm not a doctor - if that's alright with you pal.

[Gary the Enfield]

I didn't prescribe ibuprofen for you. You weren't involved in in the conversation. You chose to step in and get all fecking shirty. And I'm not your pal.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I didn't prescribe ibuprofen for you. You weren't involved in in the conversation. You chose to step in and get all fecking shirty. And I'm not your pal.

If you note I just observed it was like Salem witches screeching, which to me it still was
I know you have an antipathy to me and now I note that pal is a banned epithet when directly responding to posts you aim specifically at me (I was merely following the Christian pastor, thebish himself, who in an earlier post named me as matey as being the new sarcasm). You no doubt feel that this thread is yours and yours alone to occupy. I'd suggest you check out the handle of the OP and reflect

[thebish]

nahh - you've got it badly wrong...

I was referring to this:



that's the current visualisation I have of you... (there are other Matey characters, though..)

I don't think there is a bubble bath called "pal"...