Taming the marathon beast...

Fieldsman wrote: »

Hi Runchic Delighted to hear of your good run in Lisburn and also getting the young ones involved as well. That run reminds me of a race I had in Belfast a few years ago called the Titanic 10K. to mark the 100 year anniv. and as I had a close relative lost in that tragedy I had to have a go. Checking back I note my time that day was 51 47 but alas I'm way short of that now but I enjoyed that day.
I'm back from a break in Italy, taking in Pompei, Sorrento, Capri and the Amalfi coast, folks put this place on your bucket list as I've never seen nicer scenery. As the roads were unsuitable and the weather very hot I didn't do any running at all just a good bit of 'elbow bending' was my only exercise while there !!
My next race might be the National Half marathon which is run in conjunction with the Rock n' Roll race in early August.
Hope your hip isn't causing any more problems.

Hey Fieldsman welcome back! Italy sounds fab, one for the bucket list for sure Not too long until the half, plenty of time to work off the holiday excess
I've ran the titanic 10k a few times, really great race, managed 48 mins there a few years back, those were the days!!
Hip thing becoming a bit of a menace, mind you I haven't been very good at resting it so think its time to give in and let it heal. Hopefully just a temporary blip, feeling good otherwise.

Not a great week on the running front

Mon - 1 hr MTBing, great session in the summer sun, lovely, managed 6 hill climbs which I was happy with as I found 2 hard a few weeks back.

Tues - 4m easy run, hip thing niggling after 3 miles so realised no point continuing running, time to rest, dam

Wed, Thu, Fri - walking, core, stretching, ice - hip niggle still there but not as bad

Was away for the weekend with the mountain bike

Fri - 1 hr MTBing handy enough trails, good fun

Sat - 2.5 hr MTBing, tough trails, miles of climbing, crazy descents, most fun I've had for ages!! ...well a girl has to amuse herself somehow when the runners are banned :cool: Probably not sensible though, I'm pretty sure my physio would say biking is ok but avoid hills, in fact that was his exact advice last time I had this, oh dear.

Sun - rest (well except for the core stuff) and the realisation that its time for a professional opinion. I kind of know there'll be a running ban but best get it sorted now. 11 weeks until the goal HM so need to keep the eye on the prize.

Might get back in the pool this week.

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Sorry to hear that Runchick, but it sounds like you're having an awesome time on the MTB. Hope that hip is sorted soon, fingers crossed!

Thanks BG yeah probably too much fun being had on 2 wheels

hillsiderunner wrote: »

Good luck with the physio visit, I am headed in the same direction myself tomorrow.... fingers crossed it will not be too much interruption for either of us.

Fingers crossed indeed hilly, hopefully only a few weeks - not enough to go completely crazy but enough to make us appreciate being able to run when we get back out there! Good luck

June update

After a great start to the month this damn hip injury put a real spanner in the works, meaning I only ran 14 days in June. Mind you included a 10k which I was delighted to be able to do. Bit annoyed as I felt my fitness was really getting somewhere but hey that's running for you.

Physio this week. Basically I have a labral (?) tear, the extent of which won't become apparent until we see if I progress well over the next 2 weeks. Optimistically its a small tear and 2 weeks of glute and groin stretching will see a big improvement. I am not even considering the worst scenario here yet - no point. Also the pilates I was dong was aggravating it so all that's on hold until I get this sorted, stretching and foam rolling only for a few weeks.

The good news is I can cycle and swim, strongly advised to give the aqua jogging a go. Have been on the bike most days this week. Frustrating but I have known something was amiss for a while so in a way I'm relieved to be finally getting the right advice and managing this. At this stage physio reckons the September half marathon is still realistic so gonna keep that as the goal and hope for the best.

Enjoy your running you lucky folk

Jun 85 miles, YTD 592 miles.

tang1 wrote: »

Thats rotten luck, what part of the hip requires surgery?

Physio thinks it's a labral tear which would need removed by keyhole, common enough among endurance runners apparently, mri will confirm the cause hopefully

tang1 wrote: »

Exact same thing i have, my physio advised that surgery should be a last resort, i done 3-4 months of rehab on it and touch wood its behaved itself. It does niggle from time to time but i was told to expect that. I run pain free, its only after sometime it lets me know its there. I would avoid surgery if you can, but i'm only speaking from a bad experience on my behalf with my knee. Mo Farah has suffered with the same injury for the past 7 years and not needed surgery on it.

Really tang? That's great to hear. What rehab were you doing? I haven't responded well to anything we've tried over the past month. Wotld be interested to know what's worked for you?

tang1 wrote: »

Yip, i done a serious amount of work with a resistance band strenghtening the hip back up. Basically lie on your side resistance band around your ankles and lift the affected leg/hip up and down. I done about 100-200 of those daily. Obviously work the good side to. Another exercise was just basic step ups on a wooden box or bench. Walking lunges, one legged hops forward on both legs, hop forward as many times on one leg as you can, i had serious weakness in my left leg compared to my right doing this first and run of the mill hip stretches. Resistance band stuff was the big thing for me.

Thanks tang. Did it hurt when you did those exercises? I can't do lunges or resistance band work on the sore side without a lot of pain. Physio doesn't want me doing anything that irritates it. Very frustrating but I'll def be asking about non-surgery options when I see him this week.

tang1 wrote: »

Yeah it hurt like hell to begin with, but as the strength improved the pain eased off. My physio told me the pain was due to weakness & in fairness to him in my case it seemed to be the case. Aqua jogging worked for another few around here with hip issues also, career move would definitely sing its praises.

Thats interesting, lots to think about and questions to ask, maybe all is not lost! Thanks tang and best of luck with your continued return