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  1. CobusV
    More or less the same thing happened to me middle December and it is not lekker. Hope you heal up quickly!
  2. CobusV
    That is good news! I have to wait another 4 years minimum then before considering the big C.
  3. CobusV
    Good luck with your calf injury. I totally agree on taking your time and making sure it heals properly. I started too quickly again, and just re-injured my calf. That is why my calf took 6 weeks to heal and my wife's calf only 3.
  4. CobusV
    Looking at you guys/gals' training up to now, I suddenly feel over-trained. I didn't have te best of Januaries. Mainly due to my calf injury, but also work stress related. Retrenchments on the horizon - if you're struggle to sleep you struggle for energy to train. But I still managed a good 230km. So far I'm on 90km for February and hoping to push it to 280km.
  5. CobusV
    I see your taper and carboloading started early this year!
  6. CobusV
    7 weeks to go.. Had me in a bit of a panic beginning of this week, and after this morning's 23km even more!
  7. CobusV
    If you're looking only for a training run and not necessarily a race, go and do day 2 of the Randburg Harriers Easter 100 (31st of March). Chilled but toughish 30km through Randburg/Roodepoort.
  8. CobusV
    I must admit. During the second half of any marathon I also walk through plenty of the refreshment stations. But this scheme described here seems way too eloborate. Ek wil hardloop, nie wiskunde doen nie..
  9. CobusV
    I feel the same. Also, unless you have this elaborate scheme written down somewhere (or have something more fancy than a Casio/Tomtom), you are going to struggle to keep track of when you are walking. Or suppose to walk. Or suppose to run. When I'm tired the last thing I want to to do is to count seconds.
  10. CobusV
    No thanks. I will continue to do what works for me. Whay not try to run the whole way?? Run the first half conservatively and try to beat that the second half. On Akasia my fist split was 1:56 and the second half about the same (~30 seconds faster). I ran the first half roughly 15 mintues slower than what my 21km race time will be - well inside my limits. On the other hand I treated this mainly as training run as I was injured and didn't want to push too hard. If I was racing a marathon, which I will only do during the second half of the year, I might go for the crash and burn approach again.
  11. CobusV
    The most convenient and easiest watch I used (in terms of logging) was the original Forerunner 305. All the data was stored on the watch in an accessible format. I used it in conjuction with SportTracks. So it was just a matter of plugging in the USB, open SportTracks an clicking Import. No websites. No wireless. No Strava. No facebook.
  12. CobusV
    21st Century problems.... My Casio wil ook nie vanoggend oplaai nie...
  13. CobusV
    If there is one thing I don't like about road running it is the injuries. It is just such a repetitive action on the legs and especially the joints (read knees). On all the trail stage races I've done my knees are holding out perfect, even after 3 consecutive days. Yes, your muscles are stuffed after day 1, but that I can handle.. But I've never picked up any injuries. Oh yes, and the second thing I hate about road running is getting to the actual races the morning of the race, bar OMTOM where I walk to the start. The total disregard of any road laws by my fellow runners brings out the best road rage in me.
  14. CobusV
    Our Akasia marathon went according to plan. I ended up with 3h52 and my wife about 2min behind me. We ran together up to 34km, at which time she told me to go ahead and run my own race. We had rain from about 23km onwards, of which the first 1hr was really hard rain. So somehow I feel we were really lucky and fortunate. The 5:30 start and rain definitely helped. Looking back at our training the past 4 weeks we shouldn't have been so fortune. My log for the past 4 weeks were 60km; 60km; 41km and 26km. My wife's log for the past 4 weeks were 46km; 50km; 36km and 26km. We were definitely not over-trained going into te race. Added to that we both had some injury concens. So I'm very glad we got our qualifier out the way without any major hiccups.
  15. CobusV
    Due to my calf acting up, I cycled to work the last part of December and beginning of January to keep my sanity (2 to 3 times a week). Worked wonders for my injured calf - gently streching and excercising the calf without the accompanying shock of running. It also helped a bit to keep my fitness level a tad. But I must admit though, I only did about 30kms a day...
  16. CobusV
    I've had right calf issues since middle of December. Up to that I've been rotating 2 running shoes - Zante 6mm drop vs. Boracay 4mm drop. Everytime I use the Boracay my injury flares up again. So now I'm rotating the Zante with a new 8mm shoe (Reebok). But lots of icing and TLC since December and my calf seems okayish now. Will let you know on Monday, since we're doing Akasia 42 tomorrow. But, to make things worse: We ran PWC 21 last Saturday. At about 5km in my wife's right calf also popped (she is a bit hardegat - continued to run and ran a 13min negative split). Was really struggling to walk Saturday afternoon, but lots of icing, compression and TLC and by Sunday morning she was walking normal again with only minor inconvenience. Continued with RICE. Did a 4km test run yesterday and she said her calf felt 100%. My injurey was definetely an overuse injury, which started with the achilles and progressed to the calf. Feeling almost deep within the calf. My wife's injury was more of superficial injury due to nature of the race - stop/start and on/off pavements due to the crowds. Good luck with your injury. It is massively frustrating.
  17. CobusV
    Didn't you get sick just before last year's race?? Seems to me this race is your bogeyman...
  18. CobusV
    My wife and I did the RAC club run yesterday - a slowish 24km. Actually went quite well considering all the injury troubles I've had the past 6 weeks. Was the first time since the Tough One that we went past 20km. Ended the week on a solid 60km. So slowly getting back into the swing of things. My leg is still not 100%. I'm still running with a "calf guard" (or kuit bra as one my friends call it) - trying to protect the injured leg as much as possible at the moment. But it seems to be working.
  19. CobusV
    I have a first generation DomTom that I bought for 1k from Makro on special. It is the one with the useless inaccurate wrist based HR monitor that I'm not really bothered with. My thinking was: If lasts me a year then super. More than that is a bargain. When it eventually breaks (the watch itself or the unobtainable wristband) I will replace it with a new old generation watch, i.e. Suunto Ambit.... I don't really need a fancy watch to tell my I'm slow - or injured for that matter.
  20. CobusV
    I'm also now in 8mm drop shoes - but I changed mainly from 6mm shoes just because I felt those particular lacked enough cushioning. I do however think this problem has been waiting to happen for a long time. These past 5-6 months I've really been struggling with my left knee. Now that right leg feels weak, my left leg quads are taking even more of a hammering. In other words - I don't think there was anything wrong with left knee or my shoes at all. I was just subconsciously using my left leg way way more than right leg, fatiguing the muscles more and causing the knee pain. At some point something had to give... After a break of 3 weeks and virtually no running December, my knees are 100% now.
  21. CobusV
    About 5 weeks now. It was feeling much better last week. On Sunday we did a 16km run, and I started to feel my achilles again towards the end, but nothing dramatic (such like I had to stop immediately). We went for a 10k run on Tuesday, and from about 3k in I could feel it properly again. From about 6k my calf started pulling into a spasm - probably because I changed my gait to compensate for the achilles pain. My calf is still tight and sore today. I also found that if I start on a moderate downhill for about 10min, it feels okayish for the rest of the run. That first 10min gives it enough time to warm up it seems.
  22. CobusV
    My 2018 started where it left off in 2017 - still injured. Achilles Tendonitis. Running any significant mileage is a real struggle at the moment. I will at least be well rested should I get to OMTOM.
  23. CobusV
    Heal up quickly SeaBee. At least I find a bit of comfort knowing I'm not the only injured. I "strained" my calf last week. Struggled to run 1km yesterday, so it seems I'm forced take an extended break. Will commute on the bike to work 2-3 days this week and next week just to more or less keep going, but it is massively frustrating. And to add to that my wife is sick as well. So both of us next to nothing since running Tough One 2 weeks ago.
  24. CobusV
    I used to get about 700km on Kinvaras. By then there was less outsole left than Nike Free; less cushioning left than Vivobarefoot; and less upper left than LUNA Sandals.
  25. CobusV
    Mmmm, I see it is three week between Loskop and OMTOM. Tempted. 3 races for me beginning of next year (and only three): Akasia Marathon (Qualifier for OMTOM) Deloitte Marathon OMTOM No 10km races, no 21km races and no 32km races. I despise races and crowds. Will rather do a club run (especially RAC club runs!).
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