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The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner-Runner
duke3016:
--- Quote from: kinboshi on January 22, 2009, 12:34:37 PM ---
Here"s a blog, with a bit of a difference.
I"ve decided to start this thread for three reasons.
1. To help motivate me to do the necessary training
(I"ll motivate You if it kills me)
2. To make people aware that I"m running to raise money for the NSPCC
Great cause you have my sponsorship
3. To hopefully encourage more people to take up running for fitness and/or for the challenge to run a 10K, half-marathon or the quite frankly ridiculous 26.2 miles of a marathon.
FECK RIGHT OFF
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kinboshi:
--- Quote from: duke3016 on January 22, 2009, 17:22:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: kinboshi on January 22, 2009, 12:34:37 PM ---
Here"s a blog, with a bit of a difference.
I"ve decided to start this thread for three reasons.
1. To help motivate me to do the necessary training
(I"ll motivate You if it kills me)
2. To make people aware that I"m running to raise money for the NSPCC
Great cause you have my sponsorship
3. To hopefully encourage more people to take up running for fitness and/or for the challenge to run a 10K, half-marathon or the quite frankly ridiculous 26.2 miles of a marathon.
FECK RIGHT OFF
--- End quote ---
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Disappointed with the third comment there Ger! I thought you"d be right up for it... ;)
TopPair2Pair:
Doubt I could ever run 10k but would love to do the cycling part of a triathlon one day, somehow!!
always played footy alot, and ridiculously injury prone, the last 3 attempts to return to playing regularily have resulted in; a chicken nugget growing on the back of my right ankle, a torn up knee, a torn up groin, and ongoing worsening shin pain! And thats just in the last fortnight......they"re all mainly due to me being a fat lazy b&%$%$7!!
I dont know what you do and dont know so i"ll just ramble about stuff that helps me and hopefully one of the points will be of use...
You"ve prolly heard of creatine before but may not know about monster supplements, cheapest place to get good supplements (free delivery). If you"ve havent then i"d do some reading on it. basically helps your muscles recover sooner/improves endurance. 8 week cycles are recommended. It is expensive but also the best creatine product out there imo. 2 servings a day, 1 immediately after run will send ya fitness levels through roof to start off with, best to go back to 1 serving aday at a certain point to make them last longer over the 8 weeks.
A few reuseable cold packs from www.physioroom.com (not sure if the cheapest place for these) are an excellent way to minimise the aching. I come home, go straight to freezer and shove 2 of them on each leg, for 20mins, (20m+ is bad, also if you stretch for a cool down, do it before this). I then have a hot bath which seems to work much better for me rather then just icing shins, none of that walking around like the floor is on fire the next day!
Asda Porridge. Yeah it tastes like used pants but if you can hack it, its great, v cheap, fast to make and a goood source of carbs. prolly most approp to have it straight after morning run.
Umm... seems like you"ve run before but most important of all is recovering (rest+ right nutrition), if you dont recovery form last run then u"ll allow the niggles to get worse, a good routine is tough to find but thats been my solution. Hope I dont sound liek a fitness numpty writing all this, i am not, i just have loads of great experience of being a "sicknote baller"!!!
Good luck fella!
Mikeyboy9361:
Dan, I am very impressed with any one who runs and claims to enjoy it! I have run all my life to either get fit or keep fit for other team sports I play, as a kid I used to run Fell races, and I have to say that I actually hate running! I have always said that one day I would do the London marathon, but as I get older that aim seems to be drifting away. So good on ya, and I will give you a tenner in Walsall if you promise not to put it on black ;)
kinboshi:
I"ve never used creatine - but I"m sure it"s useful. Some of my friends who do boxing swear by it. I think I"d just swear at the cost of the stuff!
I do take vitamin and mineral supplements, as well as cod liver oil and glucosamine sulphate for my joints (not damaged through running, but through karate and hockey). I also try to eat well most of the time.
Rest is also the key for me. But it"s a tricky business. I need to get the miles in, and need to increase the number of miles I run in a week - but at the same time I can"t increase it too quickly as I need to take days off for rest/recovery, and also if I increase the mileage/speed that I run, then the recovery will take longer and I"ll be increasing the risk of injury as well. I don"t want to get an injury before London. I also don"t want to catch flu or something else that"ll interrupt the training.
You can shove your porridge - I can"t stand the stuff. I"ll stick to my pasta, rice and bread.
Ice baths are great - but I"m such a wimp. They do make a difference though, and I usually jump in the shower after a run and start it cold for my legs. That usually lasts about 5 seconds before I turn the heat up though :D.
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