shaper Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Must be the change in weather (or am just getting older), currently at physio trying to sort out my niggling ITB and now have a tricep injury from swimming... so more physio!!
g3n151d3 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Gladly , all welcome https://www.strava.com/clubs/bikehubsa Pedro Created it last year and i think only he can change the name from "Comrades" to something more inviting to runners of all levels. Joined! I have a running problem - I suck at it. But I'll keep the bottom of the log warm for everyone! ScottCM and Barry Stuart 2
CobusV Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Is anyone running Glencairn this weekend? (asking in the hope of meeting some fellow hubbers ) I wish... Stunning part of South Africa that. I will be there next year for Giant's Cup though.
Mudsimus Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Joined! I have a running problem - I suck at it. But I'll keep the bottom of the log warm for everyone!These Strava groups can be intimidating. If I look at the weekly mileage of our local Comrades group I get very concerned..???? Barry Stuart and g3n151d3 2
g3n151d3 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 These Strava groups can be intimidating. If I look at the weekly mileage of our local Comrades group I get very concerned.. Yep - about 2 months worth of running (for me) in a week!But I need to start somewhere
SwissVan Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 These Strava groups can be intimidating. If I look at the weekly mileage of our local Comrades group I get very concerned..????Ja some are crazy... Nothing like that "I'm being watched...." feeling to you motivate one to do a few extra km's???? Lexx 1
SwissVan Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 My ITB issues are both sides, fortunately not at the same time. I have managed to figure out a way to treat the discomfort on the fly. When the camber slopes one way, I try my best to run on the opposite slope as well since we can't always run on the flattest piece of tar all the time. Works for me.Must be a nightmareHave you had it officially diagnosed as ITB?Reason I ask is I learnt from my own experience that self diagnosis can lead you up the garden path... Had ITB once before, out of running for many months.Years later the pain came back but only when walking and I ASSumed it was ITB related, exact same pain and place... Well after many years of suffering I had it professionally checked and it was not ITB, but a small cyst just below that little bone on the side of the knee Cyst removed and now I can walk all day with no pain ( well no knee pain.....) ???? Point is, get a professional diagnosis, get 2 just to make sure....
Paddaman Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Ja some are crazy... Nothing like that "I'm being watched...." feeling to you motivate one to do a few extra km's I am not concerned about the km's but rather intimidated by the pace. As Norrie Williamson said, it is not enough to run far, but you also need to be able to run fast as well. g3n151d3 1
SwissVan Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 I am not concerned about the km's but rather intimidated by the pace. As Norrie Williamson said, it is not enough to run far, but you also need to be able to run fast as well.That as wellBut there is always someone somewhere who is faster than the fastest guy / girl you know.... Barry Stuart 1
Mudsimus Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 I am not concerned about the km's but rather intimidated by the pace. As Norrie Williamson said, it is not enough to run far, but you also need to be able to run fast as well.Fast is a relevant term. My fast is Kipchoges trot to the hotel after a Marathon.
SeaBee Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 That's true Swiss! But I have to share a giggle of this morning. I was giving a friend of mine a good talking to this morning after she ran a 400m PR last night with less than a week to go before Cederberg Traverse. I was thoroughly PO'ed at that... only to be told her watch re-activated again, must've been as she got in to drive and she logged a bit of driving by sheer accident after her run (before she realised it. Then went to see her 400m was Wayde van Niekerk-like ito time!
tjommies3 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Must be a nightmareHave you had it officially diagnosed as ITB?Reason I ask is I learnt from my own experience that self diagnosis can lead you up the garden path... Had ITB once before, out of running for many months.Years later the pain came back but only when walking and I ASSumed it was ITB related, exact same pain and place... Well after many years of suffering I had it professionally checked and it was not ITB, but a small cyst just below that little bone on the side of the knee Cyst removed and now I can walk all day with no pain ( well no knee pain.....) Point is, get a professional diagnosis, get 2 just to make sure.... Fortunately not a nightmare anymore. There were times when I just wanted to stop running altogether. I go for treatment as maintenance only. The therapist is a Sports Scientist, offering Lynotherapy, who is a triathlete with her strongest discipline being running. I did my own diagnosis after a bit of research and nobody, professional or otherwise, has disagreed with the diagnosis. I think that I am currently at a point where doing all the right things have made my body strong and balanced enough to deal with the pressures faced during a marathon. I'm now working on getting it beyond that point so that I can run Oceans without any hassles. Barry Stuart 1
Barry Stuart Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 (edited) These Strava groups can be intimidating. If I look at the weekly mileage of our local Comrades group I get very concerned.. I find them pretty useful. I like to look for guys that are just a bit faster than me over the respective distances and then follow them and learn from how they train. I've occasionally met up with other groups via Strava and joined them on their training runs, it's great experience being the weakest runner in a pack and being forced out of a comfort zone. But as you say, some of them are pretty intimidating. I look at a guy like Graeme MacCullum, for example, and his aerobic (marathon pace) 21km training runs are up to 6 minutes faster than my half-marathon PB! But he's in the masters category so I'm banking on speed coming with age Edited October 10, 2017 by Barry Stuart Hacc 1
dave303e Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 You will know when you have ITB, it is not just running with pain, if you have it properly you will stop running very quickly, before I had the opp I was in pain walking down stairs or before the 2nd kilometer of a run started. It was so sore running downhill that I was looking foreward to hill repeats so i could only run up and walk back down. I was lucky with the successful surgury but I am very weary of the other side going one day. I tried to ease back into running last week, first training week since karkloof and the legs were nowhere, 8km trail run on a course where I have gone sub 30mins I was barely able to run 40mins, tried again on friday and felt ok but saturday running 14km trail was sseriously pap and niggling left right and center so back to the couch for a few more days now. On the plus side I am now in love with my Hoka's(still can't bear to look at them they so ugly but love how they feel) CobusV 1
ScottCM Posted October 10, 2017 Author Posted October 10, 2017 @ Dave303 I see next weekend in your neck of the woods is a free trail run 6/12/18km at Groenkloof hosted by Columbia, ever done one of these events? Raab 1
ScottCM Posted October 10, 2017 Author Posted October 10, 2017 OMTOM Article about Compression Socks In conclusion, this study showed that there are few beneficial effects from wearing compression garments, with minor improvements in ankle circumference measurements two days after the race, but no other significant effects related to either muscle damage or race times. Based on the results of the study, there is limited evidence to support the continued utilisation of commercially available below knee compression garments during running. Full article:http://www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/blogs/anonymous/investigation-impact-compression-garments-endurance-running-performance
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