general running thread

Wow! I was going to ask if he was running away from something

I saw Mo Farah today!! Just wanted to share with some fellow runners. I was taking my dd to a party and needed to cut through St James park and got caught up in the detours because of the Westminster mile races. He was at the finish line, I assume going to hand out winners medals, he was lovely, doing photos and signing autographs.

Hopefully I'll see him again tomorrow when I do the London 10,000.

How are your feet, mellie?

No Parkrun for me yesterday, DH was away so I took the DDs with me and volunteered again. It was so muddy, the poor bloke in the lead slid right over :( Don't think he was injured luckily. I'm going to have to get some trail shoes soon, the course is only going to get worse later in the year.

My running has been crap recently but this morning was much better. Managed 6.7k without stopping although it was a very slow 6.7k! I'm just glad I didn't end up walking umpteen times like the last few 'runs'.

pleaseputyiurshoeson that's what I think now. They are the same size as my last pair and the same brand. They felt fine when I did 3 mins or so on the treadmill and they did feel tight. But I just put that down to being new n having loadsa extra cushioning n generally not worn to death. But having done 2 runs n worn them all day at work n theyve not stretched out too much i think they are just a tad too small.

I wanted to take them back n get checked out at the weekend but I can barely walk without being in pain with this sodding blister let alone run! So it's going to have to wait a bit

@ melliebobs, I know this sounds obvious but are you sure your trainers weren't too small? Reason I ask is that mine are a full size and a half bigger than my normal size as when you run your feet 'flatten' and swell a bit making them a good size bigger. I used to get numb feet when running and the running shop said it was because my shoes weren't roomy enough for running in. HTH. Am so fed up with being injured and freaking out about how long it means I have to ease up with the running for and what that will mean re training to run a HM. I will be really irritated to have run all year only to have to pull out now. For the minute I'm just trying to do other things, swimming etc but it's not the same.

Well done neithershredded on uoyr PB . Sun 30 min is my park run target and now DS1s football season has finally finished I may actually get to a few park runs over the summer

Ow mellie you poor thing. Deffo take them back.

Vic and Hedge - well done both of you on your 10K's. Mine is next Monday and I'm not as ready as I'd like to be.

But I PB'd at park run yesterday and did my first ever sub-30 min 5K, despite feeling as though I was chugging around slowly .

Oww Mellie that found awful

I did my 10k race today, it was hard I couldn't breath in the middle (not helped by bursting into tears cos I felt do shit). The time was 1hr7 which wasn't so bad but I'm really glum cos it was so hard and my body wasn't playing ball today. Wine I think

I screamed blue murder in the shower this blister hurts do much. Now it's just stinging. But as soon as my feet were released I got all feeling back. Very odd

Melliebobs that sounds like agony, how are you feeling now?
I did 10k today (1 hour, 7 minutes ) it was hard from start to finish. My knees ache, I'm tired and I don't know what went wrong today, I seriously wanted to quit after 10 minutes.

Hope sweatshop take shoes back covered in blood did first 2k and the trainers from hell made my toes numb to the point of pins n needles which radiated up my shin and also gave my left foot a blister the size of a pound coin. I think I cried at the end and rung dh to come pick me up with my old trainers. Winced round in 32:10. So I've had it. Run 5mile in them, walked 3 mile in them ad ran 5 mile in them. They aren't right.

In other news in 4 weeks I've lost 4cm round my waist. Happy days

Just back from a chilly parkrun. I cycled there (uphill), so my legs were tired before I even started. I am not expecting a great time.

Hope the shoes were OK mellie and that you feel better soon pleaseput. And sorry to hear about your dizziness Eau. Have you had your baby yet martha?

DH had his knee operation on Tuesday (meniscus repair, ACL reconstruction and some sort of bone graft on his knee cap to repair wear and tear caused by the lack of working ACL). No running for him for 3 months, and even then only light jogging in a straight line .

Oh no :( I hope your feet don't get ruined!

No ParkRun for me today. I've been feeling really dizzy lately (drug side effects) and I had to sit down for ages after my last run. Don't fancy driving in that state so I'm just going to go for a run around the village instead.

Good luck, everyone!

Its Saturday. Which means ParkRun. In the new trainers from hell if they still break my feet after this they are going back to where they came from

Injured - sooooooo annoyed!!! Pulled hamstring. That's my training plan scuppered.

Lol I had a few of those 2. Even with black tops on it was still very apparantly white. Whoops

Well this afternoon I had gait analysis and a new pair of trainers to replace the ones that I've run through the back of. I've had it a few times n find it fascinating got some funky Asics ones again, ran over a mile trying on 5 different pairs! And they were reduced from £100 to £70. And even on sale stock NHS staff get a further 10% off. WINNER! I've got 30 days to road test them n I get a free 16 week training plan through Full Potential too. Not bad! Can't wait to give them a proper go tommorow oh AND there's a free running club from the shop too so going to try it next week

Oooh melliebobs, poor you that sounds painful. Got my fingers crossed I am fortunate enough to have a natural birth although the further overdue I go the more I worry this won't happen. I'm signed up for a 5k race for life on the 30th of June but maybe that's a bit ambitious. I do plan on bf as I did with my son. Had so many leaky boob situations when running after him
....tried to pull it off as weird sweat patches I think!

I waited best part of 10 months had an emcs though n poorly baby n ebf so running was last thing in my mind. N even at ten months even though I'd stayed active with alooooot of running I felt a mess like my scar was going to split and my insides fall out even now 14 months later it still gives me jip

Hi everyone. Just read through the entire thread, very motivating! Hope you don't mind if I join in. I'm currently 41 weeks pregnant and although I've had a very active 9 months, I can't wait to run again! How long did everyone give it post birth? Before pregnancy my long weekend run was unto 18 miles in 2hrs40, I was targeting doing a full marathon by the end of this year. Is that a ridiculous target now? Hope everyone is enjoying the slightly nicer weather, happy running x

Did my hill n speed based session today. Covered 6k altogether but a lot of walking cos was trying to work maximally. Not nice on an empty stomach and in the cold and hail

No park run for me today - I had to go to an OU tutorial. Looking forward to a long run tomorrow

Was our parkruns 1st birthday today. Absolutely lashed it down but an attendance record! And I knocked 1m2s n got my PB down to 31m29

I did my long run today, 12k in 1 hour 17 minutes. I've eaten last nights left over Chinese food, put a bag of frozen peas on each knee cap and had a sweet cup of tea and I feel as good as new again hope you all had great park runs x

So, who did Parkrun this morning? I was marshalling today along with the DDs. DD2 tried to sabotage it by pointing in the opposite direction to where the runners needed to go.