I'm interested in how others combine running and climbing. It's not something I've ever felt I've done well before. I'm very willing to put climbing on the back-burner for much of summer, but don't want to go backwards strength-wise. I've been thinking of finger-boarding a couple of times a week as a fairly low-energy investment but which will hopefully keep me from regressing at least. Really interested in others' thoughts regarding what kind of climbing or training combines well.
I'm completely naive to the nutrition side of running, any suggestions on a good place to read up on the basics?
Have you seen a physio? Knees are complex beasts, you might find the prognosis isn't as bad as you think.
Never had runner's knee specifically but both knees packed in (for different reasons) last year, in both cases the fix was to ease back the mileage to whatever I could do without pain and to do a load of stretching/strengthening stuff (which I'm still doing) before slowly building the miles back up. It was pretty frustrating for a while, just going out and whenever I got to 3 or 4 miles having to stop running and walk back but it worked and they've been pain free for a few months now.Have you seen a physio? Knees are complex beasts, you might find the prognosis isn't as bad as you think. Ennerdale is still two months away, that's loads of time to get fixed and fit again!
Patellofemoral pain syndrome? Had it quite a few times, squats are the only thing I've found that works. Generally found I can keep running through it with enough squats, cut down the mileage and less fast stuff/hills.
I've been to the Himalayas, Alaska etc but when it's like that the Lakes are unbeatable.
I'm not going to be around on the weekend of the Waltz/TWA
Quote from: T_B on April 10, 2017, 07:29:47 amI've been to the Himalayas, Alaska etc but when it's like that the Lakes are unbeatable. What. A. Day. I can't remember the last time I got this sunburnt or had so much fun in the hills. I also thought I'd overdone it on Grisedale Pike; fortunately my legs woke up on the way down to Coledale Hause. I was desperately rubbing water from the damp rock on Crag Hill onto my face to try and cool down! Loved the descent from there - rocky and technical seems to be one of my strengths and for once it was nice not to have half the field stream past me on the way down. Barrow was awful - I was pretty much on my knees - there's only about two bloody contour rings to cross! The finish was just great although I only just stayed upright in those last couple of bogs! Straight down the hill for a lie down in the river. Brilliant. Well done to everyone else who ran!Quote from: Monolith on April 10, 2017, 01:57:04 pmI'm not going to be around on the weekend of the Waltz/TWA That's a shame, is this because of the knee injury or other life events taking priority?
Not really done much running since the autumn but got inspired by mates racing and the psyche on here, so just cycled 4 km on mum's shopper bike (all that I have available and I hate flat road running) to get to the start of what I hoped would be a good hilly circuit near my mum's. Ended up having the most continuous, fast (for me) and pain/niggle/weakness free run ever! 7.4km/190m ascent on a mix of farm track, sheep track, really rough cattle track (grim, boggy, ankle breaking) and lots of open grassy/heathery hillside in 51:33. All up and down with very little flat, really nice views and felt very unfamiliar despite being slap bang in the middle of where I grew up. Really chuffed! The good thing about being a total punter at something is the feeling of improving - those gains are much more incremental and hard won in climbing!