Any Runners On Here??

[Richard A Thackeray]

My next events are;
Saturday 16th; http://fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=2524 (8miles/1200 feet of ascent)

Hard, bloody hard!!!
Quite possibly the hardest 'medium' (distance) fell-race that I've run

Proper report/photo/results to follow later
I drove Gail & Craig up. Denise & her partner met us there (along with grandson)

Before the race (at Ogden Water)
L-R = Gail Wrangles, the writer, Denise Marshall, Craig Tipton


After, all 4 of us looking slightly tired
(& with muddy legs/tights)

Sunday 17th; http://www.pecoxc.co.uk/pages/race4.html (near the old Barnbow/Vickers factory site)

Roll on tomorrow, think it'll just be a plod round?

 

[DCLane]

Had a 5k run today but the usual problem happened. (note, this doesn't happen on the bike or swimming).

OK runners - help needed please ...

Whenever I'm running I get stomach cramps after about 2k, not 'stitch' but actual stomach cramp, meaning I need to stop, burp and can then run further before repeating. It doesn't matter whether I've eaten, drunk or not.

Any advice gratefully received. Particularly as I apparently burp loud enough to wake the local residents!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is it the food stuffs you eat??, or the tiem you eat before running???

I leave it 3 hours for solid food, but may have soup (etc..) maybe 2 hours beforehand

 

[DCLane]

Is it the food stuffs you eat??, or the tiem you eat before running???

I leave it 3 hours for solid food, but may have soup (etc..) maybe 2 hours beforehand

No - I either don't eat before a run or have something light an hour or so beforehand. Either way it still happens.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just ingested air, if coupled with a fairly fixed upper body position??
I used to get a stiff back for the first year or so, before I learnt to relax a bit

 

[DCLane]

Thanks. Basically then, I need to relax!

 

[wanda2010]

Another Sunday. Another run. I managed to run with the club this time and we subdivided into the 'one hour run' section, or as we called it 'the old and injured' section

It was a nice route through Tooting Common, Wandsworth Common and a 'hint' of Clapham Common then back to the track. I think we managed an hour 10 but it was at a slow conversational pace which we were very happy with.

Now about to have a hearty lunch then continue with my day

 

[MrJamie]

I ached Tuesday to Thursday after last Mondays run and was depressingly slow again today on my usual 6k route.

There were quite a few people out running today, including a woman who surprisingly followed me through several inches of icey water and a guy who kindly told me well done which amused me, given I'm in my fourth year of running and presumably thought I was just starting out with losing weight.

 

[wanda2010]

Having wimped out of the club track session on Tuesday I was, surprisingly up for a short run around the Common this evening. Given the low temp I figured my fingers wouldn't appreciate a run to Streatham for the hills session even though encased in two pairs of (roomy) gloves and I was right.

I had to cut short the run as my fingers froze despite my best efforts. The rest of me was damp though!

 

[Trail Child]

I haven't felt pain in my foot since I started running again! I've ran four times this week at 30 minutes each. It's nice to not feel plantar fasciitis anymore, but 8 months recovery time really sucked. I'm toying with the idea of entering a 5k race again though.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm toying with the idea of entering a 5k race again though.

Go for it!!!, do you have the equivi;ant of ParkRuns to start with??? (nationwide 3 mile/5K runs, that are free)

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/

 

[Tommy2]

+1 for parkrun, i've only done 1 due to work and stuff but the atmosphere was great even though there was a foot of snow, bet it will be a real buzz in summer.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

+1 for parkrun, i've only done 1 due to work and stuff but the atmosphere was great even though there was a foot of snow, bet it will be a real buzz in summer.

It's my local events 100th birthday soon, but due to work/other commitments, I've only run 5 (or 6) of them

 

[Tommy2]

The one I did was its 1 year anniversary, unfortunately I couldn't go for a coffee afterwards as I had to go pick up my new bike

 

[Trail Child]

Go for it!!!, do you have the equivi;ant of ParkRuns to start with??? (nationwide 3 mile/5K runs, that are free)

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/

Lots of races to choose from, such as really big races to small trail races. I prefer trail races, but am tempted by a larger race for the social aspect.