FoxesAreBlue Posted 29 June 2012 Posted 29 June 2012 My injury woes. Hi Lisa, Only just read this (I've been away for a while). How is your rehab going? Are you still swimming? If you are how does the Achilles feel? The only reason I ask is that you mentioned that you were doing breast stroke, which whist in a low impact environment, the sideways forces CAN hinder recovery. Most people would recommend sticking to a flutter kick style stoke (ie front crawl). Please don't take offence and I'll try not to stick my beak in anymore! I'm just speaking from personal experience!
reynard Posted 29 June 2012 Posted 29 June 2012 My injury woes. Lisa Really sorry to read this. I know you know what you are doing but I did my Achilles last November which basically buggered up my training plans for London. I found this site quite useful (hope the link works) http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sport-injuries/ankle-achilles-shin-pain/achilles-tendonitis/achilles-tendinitis-rehabilitation Also my physio recommended pool running as being a very good way to maintain fitness. You can look a bit of a prat doing it but I found it worked for me and was tougher than it looked. Hope you heal quickly.
FoxyPV Posted 29 June 2012 Posted 29 June 2012 I'll second the benefits of pool running. I did my hammy a couple of years ago and was told to run backwards waist deep in the pool. Healed pretty quickly despite looking like a tool
FoxesAreBlue Posted 30 June 2012 Posted 30 June 2012 Pool running is great and when you are fit again and smashing out PB's like there's no tomorrow (admittedly for me only over 5 & 10k distances) then all of a sudden looking like a 'pool-tool' doesn't bother you anymore!!
Guest Posted 30 June 2012 Posted 30 June 2012 Thanks, chaps! I can't do a lot of breast stroke, as it buggers up my knee, so I tend to stick to crawl. I'm concerned about any ankle movement, so I've been using a pool buoy to stop me using my legs, which is great as I've been able to focus on getting my technique back on track. I haven't done any pool running yet. I have been referred to the physio by my GP, so hoping to get an appointment sooner rather than later. Thanks again
FoxesAreBlue Posted 30 June 2012 Posted 30 June 2012 Do you have a physio in mind? If not I can PM you the guy I use, (ex LCFC and still works with 'The Legends') I don't get any commission or special rates for recommending him but by god did he fix my knee just in time for the Silverstone Half earlier this year. He must have learnt physio at Hogwarts because it was nothing short of magic what he did to me.
danny. Posted 1 July 2012 Posted 1 July 2012 Sorry to hear Lisa, injuries are horrible. Have you looked at your running form lately to see if you can make any changes/improvements to that, on top of the stretching? Hope you are on the mend soon.
Guest Posted 2 July 2012 Posted 2 July 2012 Thanks, Danny. I looked at the video on running technique posted earlier in the thread, at the time it was posted. I'm spot on. I usually pick a treadmill opposite a mirror to analyse my running style, and it's very neutral. My GP thinks that it could be I'm predisposed to these kinds of injuries because of my hypermobility syndrome. Just one of those things
Asha Posted 4 July 2012 Posted 4 July 2012 I've wanted to do a marathon for several years and never actually got round to it. Really keenly eyeing up the Leicester one on October 14th, but when do we have to register by? I appreciate I'm going to need a lot of training but I'm prepared for that, plus Watermead is about 45 seconds walk from my house so I can run there early every morning There's 14 and a half weeks and there's plenty of training guides around. However in about six weeks I'm off to India for two weeks and obviously won't be able to train, is that going to be a significant problem in terms of preparation?
James. Posted 4 July 2012 Author Posted 4 July 2012 However in about six weeks I'm off to India for two weeks and obviously won't be able to train, is that going to be a significant problem in terms of preparation? What's your background and current fitness level? Even with 14 weeks if you have never really done much running before it'll be bloody difficult to get marathon fit in that time, assuming you want to do it in a "decent" time (i.e. around the 4 hour mark).
FoxesAreBlue Posted 4 July 2012 Posted 4 July 2012 I've wanted to do a marathon for several years and never actually got round to it. Really keenly eyeing up the Leicester one on October 14th, but when do we have to register by? I appreciate I'm going to need a lot of training but I'm prepared for that, plus Watermead is about 45 seconds walk from my house so I can run there early every morning There's 14 and a half weeks and there's plenty of training guides around. However in about six weeks I'm off to India for two weeks and obviously won't be able to train, is that going to be a significant problem in terms of preparation? Bit late to start training to be honest especially if your going to have two weeks out. Shouldn't be difficult to enter though - I forget the website but a quick google will bring it up
reynard Posted 4 July 2012 Posted 4 July 2012 I've wanted to do a marathon for several years and never actually got round to it. Really keenly eyeing up the Leicester one on October 14th, but when do we have to register by? I appreciate I'm going to need a lot of training but I'm prepared for that, plus Watermead is about 45 seconds walk from my house so I can run there early every morning There's 14 and a half weeks and there's plenty of training guides around. However in about six weeks I'm off to India for two weeks and obviously won't be able to train, is that going to be a significant problem in terms of preparation? You can enter leicester on the actual day from what I recall but it cost more. I've registered only /3 weeks prior to a previous year. Are you running a lot at the moment?? By this i mean able to complete say 8 miles quite easily?? If not you really are cutting it fine. You could run/walk the distance but if you aren't running a lot at the moment or have a very good level of running fitness then you could really hurt over the last 9 miles. It really depends on your fitness levels but 16 weeks is a minimum really. You need to be able to cover at least 16 and preferably 18 miles in training and unless as I say you are already upto 8 comfortably or some kind of running freak you may struggle to get enough miles in your legs to get round and enjoy it. You could train for a the half quite easily and build from there. That would give you a good base level fitness to push on for a marathon next spring. You don't have to do London there are lots out there. Milton keynes was supposed to be a good course which started this year. Only you can judge how fit you currently are.
Charl91 Posted 17 July 2012 Posted 17 July 2012 Went for a run with my brother yesterday (since he's training for a half marathon) for 7 and a half miles, which is the furthest I've ever run (never done more than 3 miles before). It was raining and horrible, and I had to stop quite a few times, but did it in slightly less than 80 minutes, which I didn't think was too bad considering I weigh about 90KG (14 stone). Going to try and go for another one tomorrow and see if I can improve, but at the moment I have jelly legs.
danny. Posted 17 July 2012 Posted 17 July 2012 Bit late to start training to be honest especially if your going to have two weeks out. Shouldn't be difficult to enter though - I forget the website but a quick google will bring it up God I hope not, I've been ill for almost a month now (virus) and haven't been able to do any kind of exercise, got about 11-12 weeks now til Leicester full, arg!
FoxesAreBlue Posted 22 July 2012 Posted 22 July 2012 God I hope not, I've been ill for almost a month now (virus) and haven't been able to do any kind of exercise, got about 11-12 weeks now til Leicester full, arg! I would say that you would be is a better position to make a decision as A) you have experience of running and B) you will still have some level of awe fitness. The previous poster (I forgot his name and I'm on my phone so cba to check!) is a beginner and in my opinion it's a very short time to get training for it. For example I'm following a 16 week plan that I wrote myself however I wanted to start 18 weeks in advance so that I could factor in any illness, bad weeks etc... As it happens I was I'll for two weeks at the start and have now lost any sort of 'lee-way' I have given myself. What is your target time? I should imagie it's a bit faster than mine of 3h 30m
SystonFox Posted 22 July 2012 Posted 22 July 2012 **** a duck. 3h 30m! im looking at 4h 30m but will take 5h!
FoxesAreBlue Posted 22 July 2012 Posted 22 July 2012 It is quite a big target and if I don't hit it I won't be too fussed however so far this year I have hit every goal I have set for myself meaning my targets have been too low. I need to push more Also, I want to qualify for the Boston Marathon by 2015. By then the qualifying time will be 3:05 so I have a LOT of work to to. My life goals (running wise) are to run the five world marathon majors (London, Berlin, New York, Chicago, Boston) and also Leicester (home turf), Edinburgh (have a friend up there), Athens (original marathon) and that volcano marathon (forget where it is, Hawaii I think). It ain't gonna be cheap! But I have a lifetime to do it
danny. Posted 22 July 2012 Posted 22 July 2012 I would say that you would be is a better position to make a decision as A) you have experience of running and B) you will still have some level of awe fitness. The previous poster (I forgot his name and I'm on my phone so cba to check!) is a beginner and in my opinion it's a very short time to get training for it. For example I'm following a 16 week plan that I wrote myself however I wanted to start 18 weeks in advance so that I could factor in any illness, bad weeks etc... As it happens I was I'll for two weeks at the start and have now lost any sort of 'lee-way' I have given myself. What is your target time? I should imagie it's a bit faster than mine of 3h 30m I'm going for that too, as I feel like I have lost LOADS of fitness - really annoying. Also have mainly been doing 5k and 10ks before that, last "long" race was Belvoir half, which I got a bit over 1:30 for, so I'd be chuffed with 3:30 for the Leicester full. Will look out for you in the 3:30 pen then!
FoxesAreBlue Posted 22 July 2012 Posted 22 July 2012 Will do! I'll have my personal training t-shirt on can't hurt when your company is called Leicestershire Personal Training! I don't know if 3:30 is optimistic but London was VERY busy and was hard to get into a rhythm. I'm hoping the smaller field a Leicester will reduce that problem. Usually when I run I a 5/10k I can get ahead of the pack and am fast enough to finish in quite a bit of free space - that said I still don't threaten the front runners. Did 8 and a bit miles this morning in 1h05 but don't know how that would translate to the length of a marathon
danny. Posted 22 July 2012 Posted 22 July 2012 what are your 5k, 10k and HM PBs out of interest? Just curious as we are both going for the same FM time. What did you get in London? Leicester will definitely be easier to get a decent pace going. I did the half last year and there is a decent amount of room after the first couple of miles in, esp the full as I think only about 300 odd people do that.
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