Runners thread number 6

Adding my last pre holiday run from last night. I did 8k in 51:18. Still slow but 4 minutes faster than last time and it was exactly the same route.

My holiday challenge is to run 100k in 20 days. Urgh.

briteside I don't know you but I wish you and your family all the best.
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briteside I'm thinking of you, wishing you a speedy recovery! Love to you and your family

Just checking in to say I'm missing you all almost as much as I miss running!

I hate summer holidays

123:58:18 includes a half hour run from me last night. I did a body conditioning class yesterday lunch time too. So today am having a well deserved rest.

Joining the painful hip brigade . Mine hurts going up steps, getting on and off my bike and when I turn over in bed. I think it's related to my painful achilles, calf and ankle on the other side because I have been compensating and out of balance. I too need gait analysis and a going over by a physio but never seem to have the time. Instead I am getting more and more fed up, losing fitness and gaining weight .

and ((())) to briteside. I hope the treatment goes well and please let us know how you are getting on.

blathers I'm sure you already know this but I've read you should replace shoes after around 400 or 500 miles of running - they last longer the lighter you are, which makes sense.

I didn't want to take a week off either but I thought I might be doing long term damage if i didn't. Keep up the inner thigh muscle work though - I'll bet that will make the difference in the long run. A thought - do you have anywhere you can do a bit of barefoot running - just a couple of km to test out running with no shoe effects at all?

My hip pain was in the flexor ligament I think. So now I'm just trying to up my strength without aggravating it so hopefully I can get back to doing lovely spinning twisty kicks without injuring myself

Is there something that they really like to eat Blatherskite? A bag of haribos would keep mine still and quiet during gait analysis even if it's not ideal for their health to eat a whole bag between them!

Mine has been checked by 2 different physios. Looks like it's caused by weak inner thigh muscles which are then over-compensated for by my outer hip muscles. This is why I spent last night doing wide squats, plies and bridges thank feck I was home alone :)

I am wondering about shoes though. I have 2 pairs which I rotate between that were bought in February and April last year so while I have done a lot of running, they shouldn't yet be knackered, but the pain does seem to come on when I put them on. I was fine all day on Monday, didn't notice my hip at all - then laced up my shoes and walked from the car park to where we meet for the club run and could feel the pain even without running! I can't decide whether it's because it actually hurts more with the shoes on or if I just notice it more because I'm thinking about it if you see what I mean?

I need to go back to Sweatshop and get them looked at but it's hard when both of the children are home on holidays as going for a gait analysis and taking both of them would be traumatic. Might try being more mindful of how it feels barefoot and in other shoes and then wearing my running shoes around the house later and seeing if there is a noticable increase in pain. I'm loathed to take a week off training as I'm onto the second week of my half marathon training plan and I'm frustrated that the first time I try to do this properly, I'm still not doing enough :(

Mine feels like the top of my hip bone is bruised and if I poke it (yes, I know - just stop poking it!) it feels sore to the touch too. Where is your pain pirate?

128:23:18 after 33 minutes in the rain. Am down staying with dm and going to commonwealth games tonight with dh and dcs. Sorry to hear about all the sore hips. Dr google diagnosed me with piriformis syndrome for my hip/buttock pain and the suggested stretches and exercises seemed to have helped. Hope you both get your sorted out

(((((((((Briteside))))))))) wishing you all the best with your treatment.

Oh no to continuing sore hip - sounds like it needs checking out pirate and you blatherskite.

My sore hip seems to have been resolved by one or more of the following: stopping doing twisty kicks at Tae Kwon Do; getting new trainers after running too long on old, knackered ones, resting up fully for a week, doing appropriate extra stretches before and after exercise (oop, I've let that slip recently). If it comes back I'm getting it checked out though.

39mins to add from last night

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That's rubbish originalpiratematerial, perhaps it's time to visit a physio?

Another 46mins from me, I'm on a roll this week!! 127:11:18

My hip is sore too pirate Maybe we can find a solution together?

I feel a bit shitty for whinging now, in the circumstances, but I was coming on here to bow out for a while as my hip has gone funny again (very abruptly and painfully when I was out running this morning). So my plans to (a) run up lots of hills (b) do at least one Northern Ireland parkrun (c) run with my brother, whilst in Ireland, may all have to take a back seat. I am pretty much giving up on HM training I think as this is the third time in five weeks that I have had to take a running break for the same reason. Am thoroughly pissed off.

Oh briteside, so sorry to read your news. I wish you all the very best for the coming weeks and months. My heart goes out to you and your family. Healing vibes and prayers .

Well done Sirzy just didn't want to give you a kick up the bum when you had asked in case you needed it :)

41 mins from me pyramid intervals and then a little run 126:25:18.

vlad according to the park run website there's a few in Glasgow, such as Pollock and Springburn. Think Pollock would be nice, that's a country park, you may have seen it as part of the commonwealth marathon course.

Hello to Mrs Huxtable and Bubble!

Well done to everyone on their runs.

Briteside - really have everything crossed for you. Maybe at the start some 'sanity' runs will help, whatever the distance? Stay strong, love to you and your family.

Well done for getting out sirzy, hope you get your mojo back :)

A very short run from me a couple of days ago - 21 mins. Hopefully will add a bit more tonight, though I am really tired so we'll see...

plus Bubble's impressive 2 hours 15

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'anti cancer, a new way of life' book from amazon is a nutritional book that's quite helpful.

Feet it's the stroud half, so flat despite it being a hilly area.

Hi postman, cinnamon, vlad, Halle and blather.

I ran two hours 15 mins last yesterday. Mix of rural lanes, tracks, fields, hills with my running partner. Planning to kit ourselves out with torches and reflective wear now the nights are getting shorter.