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One for the runners

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Houdini:
Lets start one for the limpers and joggers out there.


Must be around 4 months since I started with an hour every other day (decreased to every 3rd day - sometimes back up depending on how keen for a run I am & how much the ankles/shins ache).


Does anyone else on here run this much and if so do they have any advice vis-a-vis footwear; has anyone had videoanalysis of themselves running prior to trainer fitting/purchase?  Useful?


Curiously, I'm heavier than ever(!), but can't imagine not running (or ever tabbing again).

webbo:
when i was younger i ran 3 times aweek as well as climbing,my recollection was i managed this quite successfully for an extended period.however on reading my diary of the time recently i was always having some problem or other.usually achilles/calf problems.every time i try to get back in to it now i usuall do ok for a week or 2 but so as i extend the distance/time i get achilles problems.apparently the older you get the more likely these are if you have a lay off running.

BenF:
I've run regularly since my mid-teens and this has included years of running 7-10 times a week (with 3 days per week of running twice a day) and more recently running 3-5 times a week.  I used to run shorter distances but much more frequently, hence my years of getting out twice a day during the week.  When I moved to NZ I changed my work/climb/running pattern and started going out for longer and longer runs in the hills, which led to me running maybe 3 -4 times a week but for 1-3 hours at a time.  Now back in the UK I run for generally 1 hour each time I go out and in the summer try to get in a couple of longer (up to 2 hour) runs each week (I'm lucky in that I can get into the hills easily from work).

To be honest I've never really had any kind of injuries related to running, apart from a fortnight of shin pain about ten years ago, which I remedied by not running for a week, and a month or so of ankle stiffness when I was running a lot in the mountains in NZ.  Since I started taking glucosamine supplements in cycles of 2 months on, 1 month off, I haven't had any stiffness at all. 

As for shoes, apart from occasional (and regrettable) forays into Adidas or New Balance, I've worn Ascics road shoes for fifteen years.  When out in the hills I've always worn Montrail trail shoes.

I've never seen a video of myself running, but am reliably informed by my regular running partners that I run like a "gimp".  This seems to entail running on my toes and balls of my feet, with the heel hardly touching the ground at all.  I strike the ground with the outside of my feet (which can be seen on my road shoes as they wear down on the outside edges months before anywhere else on the sole).  The "Ben Gimp Run" seems to work as I don't suffer from injuries and without meaning to sound like a tosser  :wank:, I'm quite a pretty good runner and can run for hours on end.  However, everyone I know that has tried recently to run like a gimp has ended up with very sore calves.  Don't really know what that proves other than I've always run like that and it works for me.  Maybe it allows my legs to absorb the force through more joints, I don't know.

lagerstarfish:
I'm not running at the moment (gout/arthritis combo), but did a half marathon last year and ran on roads for an hour around 3 times a week for 5 months. I've had quite a few periods of running regularly in the last 20 years, but don't seem to keep it up for more than 12 months at a time.
I have had a couple of pairs of shoes fitted by proper running shops (Complete Runner in Ilkley 1989 and somewhere just off the Moor in Wad-Town which isn't there any more 1993), but generally just buy what fits best now that I know how they should feel - I wouldn't be as confident if I hadn't had the advice from those shops.
No video of anal cysts though.
I did concentrate on comfortable technique while recovering from back problems http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,8225.msg123902.html#msg123902
I do a fair bit of walking on pavements as part of my job and avoid foot/ankle problems by swapping between different pairs of good shoes. I do the same thing with running shoes - buy a new pair well before the old ones are worn out and mix their use, using the new pair only once out of every 3 or 4 runs to start and changing the ratio until the old pair are replaced by a new new pair and the process starts again. If I get a hint of calf or shin pain, I wear the other pair for a few runs - at least I feel like I'm doing something about it. I used to buy High-Tech Silver Shadows all the time, which were very cheap and did the job when used in this way - I can now afford decent footware; Ascics (spelling?) have been good to me of late.
I am shit at running, but don't get many injuries from it. I save all my injuries for bouldering, which I am also shit at.

I thank you in advance for your careful consideration of this matter and hope that you and your solicitor can find satisfactory alternative accomodation for my cat before the arranged deadline.

Do I win £5?

chappers:
i run a fair bit. compete for a club etc...
tuesday nights i go interval training on a running track, doing for example mile intervals as fast as possible with a 2 min rest.
then i run on the road too, with a session on thursday nights.
race at the weekends, at the moment in the mid lancs cross country league and road races across the north west.
it is my goal to run 10miles in under 60 mins. (last race i did id ran 61:35).

my main aim with running this year is to be fit enough to not nearly kill myself trying mountain marathons like last year, i have signed up for the saunders already...

my main issue with running seems to be that i get run-down, start to suffer from colds alot. i try to help myself out by taking loads of vitamins.
i also lose the psyche and find it easy to take the night off, but it is important to remember how much better you feel after a run!

i always buy the same shoes. sauconay (sp?) for the road. and inov8 for the fells.

if you want to get psyched for the fells read the book "feet in the clouds". a true inspiration, and details so well that feeling when you go quiet in a fell race, your legs feel like jelly, your mind shuts down and you know it is too late to get calories inside you.

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