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

becky_rtw

Hi Sally - I've done that before - the first time hurts and then for some reason you keep knocking it - mine bleed rather nicely for a few days...then I made a conscious effort not to hit it for a while and it went away and has never happened again - I reckon when its cold or you're tired you can easily alter styles as your body compensates to draw power from elsewhere to propel you forward

10 miles is a good midweek run though How long did it take by the way?

becky_rtw

Poor you Hypno - ahh they joys of pet ownership (and children ), never mind its pretty horrible out so life gave you an excuse not to go

hypno06

Sally - 10 miles is excellent!! Well done!

As for the running style - perhaps because you were going slowly, perhaps because you are tired? I find that if I am tired I don't pick my feet up as much, and sometimes "shuffle" which can lead to clipping of ankles etc.

sallyx

yeah was probably because I was going slow...must check official Garmin time was around 1.45 with stops for traffic lights etc in that

hypno06

That's good solid training, sallyx - 1:45 about right for 10 miles steady. good for you for going out and doing it! You put me (and the pseudo-missing cat) to shame!

RichOneday_2

Well done, Sally.

What time did you go out? It must have been pretty cold if its anything like here - the temp plummets after 4pm because of the clear skies.

I wouldn't worry about the ankle clipping - you haven't done it before and probably wont again, it could just be a certain group of muscles being tighter than normal because of the cold.

And 1-45 is just fine, the slower the better within reason.:D

sallyx

Didn't head out till nearly 6pm Rich...dark, cold, snowy and icy...lovely. Need to plan a new route for my 14 miles on Sunday, am bored of running the same roads over and over again and hopefully I can go during the day when its light. Would also like it to be nice and flat Fussy me, no never!

becky_rtw

God I spend ages planning my routes on mapmyrun...I have about 5 or 6 at each distance (4,6,8,10 and 12 miles) so I can switch up a bit depending on what I want to do - I also try to make them intersect a bit so if its busy somewhere I can swtich onto a different route and I still know how far roughly I've done

(I'm a route nerd )

RichOneday_2

Is that the West Country equivalent of the Yorkshire 'I'm a reet nerd'?

becky_rtw

No because they dont have smart people up there to be nerds