DFW running club mark 2!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

Doomcow

hi, my name is doomcow and im a sit-on-my-!!!!-aholic, beer swilling metaller who wants to be in a bit better shape.

currently walk 2 miles each lunch 35mins, and tonight tried a 1.25mile jog and ended up only jogging 40 - 45% of it and ended up with sore shins (bah).

better luck next time tho!

RichOneday_2

Ukevas wrote: »

Come back becky ..

And Can Rich add me down for Barcelona Marathon - 7th March 2010 :cool:..

I might just go for a A - Z of marathons ...

Blackpool
Brussels
Bradford

London
Leeds

Paris
Potteries

I think I've definitely got a tendency to cluster as far as the alphabet is concerned!:p:p

Ukevas

welcome Doomcow first steeps are allways the worse.. but keep at it

as for the A-Z I say 2 a year will be done when im 43... ..

Just means no London till .... dodgy maths time again.... 2015?? that said with the ballot ,wont that be the year they have to let me in anyway

RichOneday_2

Doomcow wrote: »

hi, my name is doomcow and im a sit-on-my-!!!!-aholic, beer swilling metaller who wants to be in a bit better shape.

currently walk 2 miles each lunch 35mins, and tonight tried a 1.25mile jog and ended up only jogging 40 - 45% of it and ended up with sore shins (bah).

better luck next time tho!

No problems there.

The sore shins are a sure sign of doing too much too soon - you might not think you were trying to do a great deal, but to your lower legs it was a big deal (in comparison to what they're used to) and as such they couldn't cope.

If you're not used to exercising, the sheath around your shin muscle becomes very inelastic and tight. If you try to exercise the shin muscle itself will swell due to the additional bloodflow but will find itself constrained by the inelastic sheath, thus creating pain and forcing you to stop.

To remedy this you need to tease some elasticity out of the sheath so that it can accommodate the workload of the muscle more comfortably. The way to do this is walking, preferably with a range of gradients to get the sheath stretched out.

How much walking? Well to be truthful - in the region of 200 miles, but it soon adds up with 6/7 mile walks and will have a whole range of other injury prevention benefits into the bargain.

Try not to be impatient, the groundwork will stand you in good stead.:D

RichOneday_2

Ukevas wrote: »

Just means no London till .... dodgy maths time again.... 2015?? that said with the ballot ,wont that be the year they have to let me in anyway

No, UK......they HAVE to let you in once you've run sub 3 hours, I reckon you should have managed that before 2015!;)

Rachel021967

Well after feeling very sorry for myself and not running since Friday where I managed just a quarter of a mile (in my defense I was carrying shopping as well) I was very disheartened. Pulled myself together today and I ran half a mile. If I run on a dirt track I can run two thirds of a mile but I'm well and truly stuck.

beer_tins

Rachel, what is it that's stopping you running further, do you think? Also, how regularly are you running? Regular running and loads of walking is key at the start.

I did a 4 miler this morning. Weather was just right, so I really enjoyed it, just plodding around. I was meant to do 6 miles, but I'm building up gradually to get back on track with the plan. The full milage would be too much of a shock to the system after my lazy week in Sapin I think!

becky_rtw

Morning All!

Stayed up late last night so no running this morning - am aiming for one this evening after meeting my granny and auntie for an early dinner but I am still tired (no doubt due to the late night ) so we'll see how it goes - I really want to try the 400m intervals now I know I am doing the right distance

sallyx

Take it easy Becky...have you had your results back or are you just feeling much better?

KeepYourChinUp_2

Hi Thought I would let you know im still running . hospital gave me the all clear on my eyes so i ordered my prescription sun glasses :j.

I only ran 5k yesterday it was a bad run day I think I may have been a little dehydrated. So today I will do 10k. I seem to have hit that not getting any better phase which is dumb because although I started running back in january I have only done the real running in the last month or so (ie running non stop for longer distances). Seems that it takes me 3-4k to relax properly.

Glad everyones doing ok :T