Running/Jogging/Speed Walking

Travis_Bickle

Anchor Sounds like that could be your back tbh. I get pulls in the calf, thigh and sometimes in my upper back and arm. Comes from my knackered disc.

Anchor

Yeah - I keep getting random aches - right hip in bed, left hip running. My posture shot to bits.

I am so sedantry these days - I am normally very active when I teach - moving about and being animated. On Wednesdays I sit staring at a screen for six hours solid.

Travis_Bickle

5.3 today. Really enjoyed it although I felt every one of my 51 years at times.....

90Piesanhour

5.63 miles in 49:34 tonight. 8:48 mins per mile. Sub 8:50 for the first time, ever. Over the moon. 😀

Loose_Lips

Knee back to normal. I've dropped a few miles this week but will sort myself out from tomorrow.

Anchor

Four miles yesterday under 10 min miles - happy - still random aches and pains.

90Piesanhour

5.61 miles tonight in 49:28. Under 8,50 a mile, again. No recurrence of the old 'ITB' knee, which appears to have fucked off for now, thankfully.

Travis_Bickle

Achilles playing up this week. Tried running through it the last couple of weeks but I reckon it's tendonitis. Bit of a lump forming at the back. Everything stems from my back. Haven't been to physio since lockdown so was bound to happen. Bollocks.

fuzzy

5.75 miles this morning. It felt hard work for the last mile but I feel good now. Doing HIIT and runs on alternate days. Not had a drink for a month. Feeling quite good for my age. Bit more energy.

Cooley

I took up jogging after I knocked the drink and fags on the head. Fucked my knee, and was told by a consultant that I couldn’t run again. Fucking shame because I used to enjoy it - particularly in the rain.

fuzzy

Cooley Running in the rain is ace. Hiking too. I was caught in a massive downpour a couple of years ago out by myself on the moors near us. I listened to Sonic Youth's 'Dirty' all the way through while giant, fat raindrops bucketed down. It felt incredible. Like a trip or something. I was laughing to myself.

Shame about your knee mate. I'd maybe get a second opinion . Some doctors can be negative bastards. My mate was told he was getting too old for running, had some physio and is right as rain now.

Anchor

Had to abort last night after a mile and half - Hammy fully gone. FFS.

I am thaqt typical obstinate old man - I knew it was fucked yet I persist with my fucking regimen.

I was trying three runs a week and HIIT on days off - the HIIT fucked it the day before I think. Stupid bastard that I am.

Like you @fuzzy I feel good - lost a stone, have energy and am enjoing running again. Now this. Arse.

Fingers crosssed two weeks off sorts it.

So - hamstring - then, ice and incline???

fuzzy

Anchor Don't forget to not forget you've got the ice or you'll get a lovely blister and burn like i did.

I only do low impact HIIT now. No more jumping around. Mainly squats, press ups, planks, mountain climbers etc. Main thing is to have hardly any rest between exercises (10 or 15 seconds) . Totally fucks me, I sweat buckets and feel like puking sometimes but the results were a revelation to me last year. Can't believe I used to spend hours in the gym and I'm in better shape doing 20 mins of that a few times a week.

Harvest

Anchor My lad's hamstring went playing football in September. He laid off it for a couple of weeks while we applied heat to help it heal and then he graduated to stretches. He thought he was recovered but it kept flaring up again after he'd played. Just before Christmas I paid for physio. The bloke was brilliant, full assessment, ultrasound, trigger point massage and exercises to do at home. These included strengthening which is really important. That got him 80% better and we went back for a second session. Another ultrasound, massage and different exercises based on movement and using the hamstring. The physio said he'd be amazed if we had to go back. A week later my lad was all sorted.

Sometimes you just need a professional to sort things. It wasn't that expensive, £40 first sesh, £32 second. Money well spent, it's not worth second guessing. Get a proper to assessment using the money you'd have spent on ale. 😉

Cooley

fuzzy I saw the scan. There’s fuck all cartilage to speak of, and the right one creaks like old stair. I think the enjoyment of the rain stems from playing footy as a kid. Soaked to the skin, covered in shit, then back home for a night hot bath. Bliss.

90Piesanhour

How old are you, Fuzzy? Asking for a friend...!

fuzzy

90Piesanhour Fifty.

90Piesanhour

fuzzy You've got six years on me, then! The funny thing about running is that I am now fitter than I've ever been, which feels odd in my 50s. That's why I'm carrying on. Not had a resurgence of the ITB I was suffering from and feel really good after each run. Now that I've got a free-standing punch bag to practice the TKD on, I'm properly set up.

90Piesanhour

Managed 13.1 miles this afternoon, exactly half a marathon, in 01:57:29. No aches or strains, which is nice.

Raposa

90Piesanhour
Brilliant going that.
These days wouldn't even consider those sort of distances.
Generally 4 or 5 miles does me, occasionally a bit longer in the summer months
Happy to just keep everything ticking over and get a good sweat on.
Fair play to you though.

90Piesanhour

Raposa Cheers, mate. It's become a little experiment, now. How far can I go at 56? At the moment, I'm doing a short run during the week, trying to get a faster pace, with a longer run at the weekend. I tend to see how I feel after breaking the 10 mile barrier, and then trying for full half, as it were. Still can't imagine doing a full marathon, though. Well, not yet, anyway...

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