Keep on running - runners thread number 4

[Sirzy]

We are speeding through these threads much faster than I can run!

New thread for runners of all abilities!

Mitchy, I thought you were the next county over from us? I live near fishandjam. I haven't been running for nearly a month now :(

Not as far as I know originalpirate - I think we're just country cousins!

I'm being dense!

EauRouge how are you doing? I hate not being able to run.

Slowly going insane, but that's nothing new Should be going to the physio this week or next, whenever the insurance company coughs up for the vet bills.

Aw Tess I hope you are feeling better about it now. I agree with everyone else, I bet they couldn't even run for a bus.

Melanie how frustrating! Hope it gets better soon.

I must admit I never actively warm up. On Tuesdays I've already done a school run, so kinda warmed up anyway, Thurs and Suns I run straight out the door. I tend to stretch a little after a sunday run, since it is my longer one. And I do ice any sore bits.

All the vegetation does seem to be shooting up! One part of mine is very narrow path surrounded by nettles that are closing in week by week. I end up sort of prancing and hoping down that stretch! I can't even really run on the road there as it is so narrow and cars come down there at 50mph.

I'm curious, how DO people run with dogs? We always had labs when I was a child, and I couldn't imagine trying to run with any of them. One would have thought it was hilarious and tried to run around me. Another would have disappeared into the biggest mud pile going and rolled for half an hour. And what happens when they need to go? Do you have to stop?

3.5 from me this morning. Weather forecast for rain or hail, reality was humid and sunny. I dressed for rain, and was too hot and rather uncomfortable.

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I run with my dogs on a lead. One at a time, and in different circumstances.

Max, a Weim, is very skittish, and gets a bit hyper when he's around cyclists, other dogs, crowds etc. So he and I do my solo long Sunday runs on quiet roads. I keep him on a lead, yes he usually needs to go at some point, I'll always carry poo bags, and then spend the next 10 minutes looking for a bin!

Mini is a cocker spaniel, and much better with groups of people. She comes with me on park runs. I use a chest harness and a short lead to make sure she doesnt get under people's feet. I try to ensure she's peed and pooed before we start, but occasionally we have to make an unscheduled stop. I run alongside the grass where possible.

It's a matter of getting them used to it gradually, and recognising what is going to work for each dog. Serious Canicross folk use a waist belt to attach the dog to, keeps the arms free.

Oh, and no running before a pup is 12 months old, as their bones arent fully formed.

Physio for me too, on Thurs.

I've just found out you can get plastic credit card-sized Parkrun barcodes! Excellent! My paper ones always get damp/crumpled.

Melanie my sister also has a Max and a Minnie - and also a Floyd - they're all retrievers though.

I went to my local park this morning and ran the parkrun route. It was ok and my time was fine, so think I'm going to register and give it a go.

My 3.1 miles this morning take us to 575.6.

fish would definitely be someone I knew in real life if she was running on that route, most of it isn't a public footpath or bridleway

I usually run with my dog just loose, round the fields where in theory we shouldn't meet anyone (he can be a bit sharp) but the farm dogs always join in so I end up with a whole pack of spaniels who go off and hunt together, when I needed to do longer routes or couldn't face laps of the same 2 or 3 miles I started using a waist thing with a bungee attached to a harness - unfortunately like any good springer spaniel he quarters so it can be perilously zigzaggy at times, it does mean we can go along the edges of roads so opens up some more possibilities

am so looking forward to being able to run more than a few miles and at a half reasonable pace (for me)

I run with mine with a belt and line and harnesses. My little dog is a whippet x and she'll run as far as me and beyond do I have a single line if I take her on my long run and a double line if it's 6miles or less and I take the greyhound too. I run in the forest and often quite early in the morning so let them off for a good chunk of it and they love it! Took my greyhound a while to get used to it as he never pulls on the lead and stopped every time the line went taught and pulled him so I'd then trip over him! He's got used to it and still doesn't pull when he's on his normal lead and collar which is great. The whippet took to it straight away and at parkruns she never stops now, longer runs she'll wee I tend to either walk a bit for poos or let them in the garden before we go and mostly then they will perhaps go again once towards the end. They also tend not to wee very much when they're on the line. I have taken mine in the road once but it's quite stressful and pretty much defeats the object of running for me so I don't!
When we run with the others dogs they're off pretty much all the time and tend to run as a pack just in front of the people. We have one who's quite new to it who comes back to check on her owner and can be a bit if a hazard! My two know everyone well so tend to be happy to check in with who ever is at the front. We do accept that a doggy run is a bit stop start and we're just enjoying being out with our dogs rather than a training run or getting a good mile pace. We run with people who do 7 min miles on other runs so it's a social run for them for sure!!

You can get smaller ones too fishandjam, mine lives threaded on my trainer lace so I never forget it! Just have to wipe it to remove dirt before it's scanned. I think it's under £3.50 for 3 from parkrun :)

I have these bar codes Like cinnamon, I keep one on my trainer lace so that I can never forget it. It also doubles as ICE information for if I'm running alone as you can have an emergency number printed on it too.

Lunchtime fartlek session for me today - 4.1 miles takes us to 579.7
A bit frustrating dodging pedestrians, but nice weather for it.

Yay SoftKittyWarmKitty! Missed your post first time around

So really, the dogs do get used to it! It must be lovely having the company. I'd love dogs again, but they are such a commitment.

but if you got one chops you'd have an excuse to get a special garmin type thing for dogs!

such as THIS

want to get one as am convinced spaniel covers about 12x as much ground as me

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Annoyingly mapmyrun app decided I had run 1k about 150m before I really had, don't understand. So not really sure of pace. Humph. Maybe a garmin needed....

Just logging in to confess to a lazy start to the week I skipped pilates yesterday evening (Work interfered) and canceled my lunchtime run due to the rain. (Of course, as soon as I was halfway through my lunch the sun came out and I regretted not going!)

originalpirate yes, yes! Soleus!! I have had problems with the muscle on the side of my ankle while running and it cramps just before my feet go numb - I always stretch my calves out but googling the Soleus, I realized that I was not stretching that specific muscle.

Anyone else doing Juneathon this year?

I was really fit after last year's but then attempted Janathon which I failed miserably.

oh I missed the soleus chat

that is the one I strained originally in right leg, and then when the other leg got sick of compensating for the injured one I had an almost matching set but in slightly different ways and places

don't understand why muscles can't speak up clearly a bit earlier if they have an issue with their level, type and volume of work

I want to do juneathon but EFFORT of blog

Well done kitty

Best wishes to all recovering from injury

Mitch -how is your new running plan going?

Garmin for dogs - Mumsnet is a mine of useless useful information . Does it ward off random shooters ?

I did a slow 10km /6 miles today. I'll let someone smarter than me add that onto the running total