Running/Jogging/Speed Walking

Raposa

Kinell...half marathons?
Getting out of me depth on here now!

Think I'll start a separate thread for me and TB...the 15 mile a week crew!
My hamstrings are just dandy by the way!!

Travis_Bickle

90Piesanhour

I've done a fair few 10-11 mile runs, so I should try the full half soon. Not sure my hips would take it, never mind the knees!

Loose_Lips

Work commitments have been full on so I've got a3.4 mile loop I ping round most days whilst its light with a 10k at the weekend.

Gets me to 20 miles per week for the last two weeks.

Weight is falling off. I'm very close to seeing the scales start with a 14 rather than a 15 by Friday.

Loose_Lips

Not missing a beer either.

I've got 3 cans in the fridge that I have promised myself will be there come Feb.

Travis_Bickle

I've done two half marathons. One on the towpath, Leeds-Rodley-Leeds and then the Manchester one.
Suffered the last couple of miles. Aches where you don't normally get them!

90Piesanhour

Travis_Bickle Recently? Being mid-50s myself, I'm not sure if the strain would be too much on knees and hips (and calves, feet, etc).

Travis_Bickle

90Piesanhour October 2019 for the half. Feels like an eternity.
Just back in from a 5-miler. I reckon I can get back to 13 by the Summer. It's the niggles that make it tougher. My back is knackered so my stride is all out of alignment. I over compensate which means I get pain down my lefr-hand side. Decent runner shoes have corrected some and my physio has shown me how to keep as straight as possible.
I'm not arsed about times, I like racking up the miles and trying to stay healthy.

90Piesanhour

Travis_Bickle I'm the same, more or less. Not too concerned about times, but happy if I beat my own best. I'll just keep going until I drop, I think.

Anchor

It was on a tow path. So flat bar the 10 lock flight. Ok going down on the way out, on the way back was horrible.

I've always been able to go decent distances. Like a diesel engine. I've done loads of halves in my time.

Travis_Bickle

Anchor nowhere flat round here. 500ft elevation in that run tonight.

90Piesanhour

Anchor How old are you, Anchor?

Anchor

Travis_Bickle No canals in your neck?

Anchor

90Piesanhour I'm 51 Pies.

I've always run and always excercised although my physique would not suggest it! i'm 5' 9" and 16 stone!

Re the hammys - bain of my life. I played a lot of rugby in my time and they were a recuring problem.

Travis_Bickle

Anchor Yep, it's the hills on the way there that are the problem.......

Anchor

Travis_Bickle Ha ha ha - yeah - a rather challenging hill on the way to my nearest canal - I drove! 😀

Travis_Bickle

Anchor I have driven into Brighouse and started on the canal before. Got pretty busy in lockdown tbh. The hills are tiring but they also mean you get a lot of cardio done in a shorter run.

Anchor

Travis_Bickle Man - I am like Mark Cavendish presented with the Tourmalet when a hill is intrduced - I just go backwards!

I include them in my regimen sparingly. But hard where I live - in a natural bowl.

Oh - the canal near me - rammed.

Travis_Bickle

I'm looking forward to the weather improving and the footpaths being runnable again. They're a slopfest at the moment and lethal in places.
Might even buy some Inov8s to complete the 'mid-life' set....

fuzzy

Ran four miles this morning in the minging, cold rain but on the plus side I saw a fox. It was only a few feet away, startled it, it stared right at me for a split second then nashed off. Most exciting thing that's happened in weeks.

90Piesanhour

fuzzy These are the things that keep you going, aren't they? I was on a run the other week, when a kestrel swooped low across my path, which also happened to be a flyover over the local dual carriageway. Just fantastic.

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