Ref Langdale, I'm assuming they'll open a field for parking? Nowt on the FRA forum about this.
Other that what google throws up, any recommended advice for planar fasciitis. Did first 5 k for about 3 weeks on Saturday and bottom of heel hurts like hell.
turns out that a late night with prosecco cocktails and gin the night before is not conducive to feeling great running
Who knew! Hope it really was a "falling in a bog up to mid thigh"
I'm at the relays Stabbsy - agree on it being a highlight of the year and indeed one of the reasons I finally joined a club was to get a chance to run in these. I'm off first for Helsby with the aim of giving Leg 2 plenty of people to chase. I've swapped from our 'funner' team because one of the faster guys has picked up a hamstring niggle.
Who's at the relays this weekend? I'm heading up on Wednesday for (very) long weekend - my favourite event of the year (along with Calderdale).
Quote from: SA Chris on October 10, 2016, 10:21:35 amOther that what google throws up, any recommended advice for planar fasciitis. Did first 5 k for about 3 weeks on Saturday and bottom of heel hurts like hell.I don't think there's a silver bullet for this and, as with lots of injuries, it's just a symptom and depends on the cause. In my case, I had a bout caused by tight calves so I just did a chunk of stretching/foam-rollering on my calves and it sorted itself out. If I feel it coming back, I revert to the same exercises to manage it. I've heard of others where the cause was their arches collapsing, which could be lots of things - over-pronation, weak glutes, etc. I'd have thought you need to work out what's causing yours or just do some general stretching and strengthening work to see if it sorts itself out.
Quote from: Stabbsy on October 10, 2016, 11:06:07 amQuote from: SA Chris on October 10, 2016, 10:21:35 amOther that what google throws up, any recommended advice for planar fasciitis. Did first 5 k for about 3 weeks on Saturday and bottom of heel hurts like hell.I don't think there's a silver bullet for this and, as with lots of injuries, it's just a symptom and depends on the cause. In my case, I had a bout caused by tight calves so I just did a chunk of stretching/foam-rollering on my calves and it sorted itself out. If I feel it coming back, I revert to the same exercises to manage it. I've heard of others where the cause was their arches collapsing, which could be lots of things - over-pronation, weak glutes, etc. I'd have thought you need to work out what's causing yours or just do some general stretching and strengthening work to see if it sorts itself out.Seems it's not PF, just an inflammation of the fatty pad, which is apparently good news, not too bad to heal. Told to do loads of stretching before running, after running and any time in between. Recommended foam roller and knobbly ball, plus rolling arches with a frozen 2 l bottle of water, all of which seem to be helping. Recommended not running for a week or two until it feels better, annoying as we're on holiday in Callander next week, and there is an excellent trail system around there. Guess I'll have to try get my mountain bike to the top of Ben Ledi instead of running up.
Hi guys. Just cheekily joined the Strava group. Been running since the beginning of the year (with some gaps) after being challenged to run a half marathon, but have always intended to end up in the fells. Mostly roads/trails around Sheffield and the Peak up till now, but hope to start racing asap.Mark
Mini fell running yyfy.Went for a hillwalk/fell run hybrid last week around the Tyndrum 4. 30km & 1600m. Ran a lot of the flats and downhills...destroyed my hip flexors the my IT bands flared up (unsurprisingly) Final descent was....disgusting!So, went for another, shorter one today - Driesh and Mayar, only 850m ascent and 14.5km. Got round in 2hr 44 mins. Ran the first 3km, then power trudged to the top of Mayar, then ran 80% of the descents/flats, having a few stops to stretch the hamstrings, quads, hip flexors & IT bands when things started to tighten up. Next up will be some shorter, less steep runs where I can hopefully run the full thing! Quite fun this fell running thing when you can actually do it...
Plus 2 new munros? In spite of climbing in both corrie fee and winter corrie, I've never tagged the summits.
Getting stuck in there Fultonius, nice work. Banged on about it before but get yourself doing some serious glute medius, core and plyometric work and your ITB pains will start to lessen. Those and building up your distances gradually (note: I'm most certainly not a physio but those things have helped me).