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DCM 2015: Mentored Novices Thread
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Speaking of new runners... I bought a new pair yesterday on the advice if my physio as I am having knee pain (nothing new there!) I went for brisk walk last night and all feels good. Should I go for my long run this weekend in my new runners or break them in with a few shorter runs this week and wear the old runners for the LSR?
I would wear the new ones, as they might be better to cure your knee problem rather than running with runners that are maybe not right for you, just make sure and wear a decent pair of running socks that are on the thicker side (prevents chaffing) and I have used a bit of vaseline on the heel and toes on each foot to help any potential abrasions.
Also make sure that you don't have them too loose on your feet as this may cause blisters as your foot will move around too much.........best of luck
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On the outside sole of my left foot. Fine when I'm sitting down, but gets aggravated when I walk. Not excruciatingly painful, but enough to cause a slight limp when I catch it the wrong way.
I had pain here too about two months ago. Took almost a week off and it was fine. I hope it'll be the same for you. I think it was because I didn't have my shoe tied tight enough on my LSR. Not sure though but I think I was straining myself as my shoes weren't secure perhaps? Was just relieved it went away on it's own after some rest so didn't analyse it. I did lots of gym work that work and laid off the runs.
Did my 18mile LSR today. Planned on doing 20miles but miscalculated the route - annoying! And once I was back home, mentally as silly as it sounds I just couldn't face doing one more 2 mile loop. I thought I had 20 done and was gutted to see my watch said different when I got back. Chuffed to bits though considering I'm not feeling the best atm. Went really well - I'm so relieved. I forgot my lead to connect Garmin so can't post my split times but will do next week.
Good luck to everyone on their LSR this weekend. And to those of ye off to EP have fun.... ye lucky ducks!!0 -
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Just home from my 6 mile run (easy pace) which included my first 'serious' hill sprint session. The hill sprints replace my usual HIIT session that I would have normally had with my PT on a Monday. Since I'm losing that session, I'm doing the HIIT on my Thursday easy run instead.
Completed all miles and sprints and felt pretty good doing them. I didn't go all out on the sprints, wasn't supposed to, but did make an effort on them for sure. A few hiccups for this session as I took a wrong turn to get to my route so I ended up with a unintended 2 mile warm up!
I chose the Kyber Road for my hill. Splits were:
Sprint 1: 1:54.4
Recovery 1: 2:56.8
Sprint 2: 1:56.4
Recovery 2: 2:50.8
Sprint 3: 1:51.5
Recovery 3: 2:39.3
Sprint 4: 1:48.5
Recovery 4: 2:43.1
Sprint 5: 1:52.1
Recovery: 3:09.4
Once I was finished I kept going at my recovery pace until I hit 6 miles, finished in 1:35:13. So, run done! Went straight from work again so I'm home and all in good time.
Oh, these are my Garmin splits and timed at 0.15 mile sprints. Strava is telling me my 200m PR on Kyber Road is 1:14 (with 2nd and 3rd fastest times at 1:18 and 1:19) so I might have actually overshot my distance. Hope these are ok sprints in terms of time for recovery and progression though. If I've done them wrong, be nice about telling me so please!
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I would wear the new ones, as they might be better to cure your knee problem rather than running with runners that are maybe not right for you, just make sure and wear a decent pair of running socks that are on the thicker side (prevents chaffing) and I have used a bit of vaseline on the heel and toes on each foot to help any potential abrasions.
Also make sure that you don't have them too loose on your feet as this may cause blisters as your foot will move around too much.........best of luck
Just want to explain why I say go with wear them now. I started marathon training last Spring and I bought myself an expensive pair of Asics Gel Kayano's for €140 as they were the 'best' runners for running a marathon. After a few weeks the inside of my right knee started to really hurt and then I developed IT band problems.....
....very painful
I then got some really good advice from a girl in Elverys and she said I needed a different type of runner as my arches were too high and I was 'underpronating' when I ran and the Kayano's were all wrong for me and more for a flat/normal arch. I bought a pair of Asics Gel Pulse 5 (half the price of Kayano's) and the problems went away overnight and I have avoided the physio for 9 months now!! Painful and expensive lesson learned about buying 'expensive' runners that may not be right for you, I now cut the grass in the Kayano's....
I reckon that 'in the name of science' Windora should wear one new runner and one old and report back her findings to us on Monday morning 0 -
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Hi TFGR, sounds like you feel pretty chuffed with this run anywayThis Fat Girl Runs wrote: »Just home from my 6 mile run (easy pace) which included my first 'serious' hill sprint session. The hill sprints replace my usual HIIT session that I would have normally had with my PT on a Monday. Since I'm losing that session, I'm doing the HIIT on my Thursday easy run instead.
Completed all miles and sprints and felt pretty good doing them. I didn't go all out on the sprints, wasn't supposed to, but did make an effort on them for sure. A few hiccups for this session as I took a wrong turn to get to my route so I ended up with a unintended 2 mile warm up!
I chose the Kyber Road for my hill. Splits were:
Sprint 1: 1:54.4
Recovery 1: 2:56.8
Sprint 2: 1:56.4
Recovery 2: 2:50.8
Sprint 3: 1:51.5
Recovery 3: 2:39.3
Sprint 4: 1:48.5
Recovery 4: 2:43.1
Sprint 5: 1:52.1
Recovery: 3:09.4
Once I was finished I kept going at my recovery pace until I hit 6 miles, finished in 1:35:13. So, run done! Went straight from work again so I'm home and all in good time.
Oh, these are my Garmin splits and timed at 0.15 mile sprints. Strava is telling me my 200m PR on Kyber Road is 1:14 (with 2nd and 3rd fastest times at 1:18 and 1:19) so I might have actually overshot my distance. Hope these are ok sprints in terms of time for recovery and progression though. If I've done them wrong, be nice about telling me so please!
Maths - as we know! - is not my strong point but it looks like your reps were around 300m?
Hill sprints would usually be short and sweet, i.e., 8-12 seconds on a very steep gradient and practically all out so I'm guessing as these were so much longer and 'not all out' that they were more endurance intervals?
How did you feel physically going into each rep? Recovered/fully recoveres/tired a little or tired a lot? Your splits and recoveries are fairly consistent which is a good sign: a fall off with times and/or an increase in recovery needed would suggest a misjudgement of pace.
I reckon that 'in the name of science' Windora should wear one new runner and one old and report back her findings to us on Monday morning
And you know if the other knee starts hurting...*somebody* could be in trouble :eek: :pac:0 -
Deleted User wrote: »I once broke my leg at EP
- I promise to try to not do that this time.
Holy crap!!
/makes plan to make sure not to hurt herself if at all possible.
Now someone please tell me to stop playing with my eyeliner and to go to bed!!0 -
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Hi TFGR, sounds like you feel pretty chuffed with this run anyway Maths - as we know! - is not my strong point but it looks like your reps were around 300m?
Hill sprints would usually be short and sweet, i.e., 8-12 seconds on a very steep gradient and practically all out so I'm guessing as these were so much longer and 'not all out' that they were more endurance intervals?
How did you feel physically going into each rep? Recovered/fully recoveres/tired a little or tired a lot? Your splits and recoveries are fairly consistent which is a good sign: a fall off with times and/or an increase in recovery needed would suggest a misjudgement of pace.
Thank you! Yes, the plan is more of a build endurance one for me, rather than speedwork. So hill sprints are 200m with recovery. This week I did 5, next week will be 6 and so on. Physically I felt pretty ok considering I had a tempo run yesterday and didn't sleep great last night. First rep was hardest because I wasn't sure when to stop or if I was running too slow or too fast. Recoveries were fine, didn't feel I needed any longer than that. After I got used to the idea I felt really good with the intervals.
The reason I did 0.15 miles (300 meters..yikes! I'm no good at maths either!) is because to plan the run I input my warm up, intervals and cool down in my Garmin (pardon my French!). Because I track in miles I could only choose 0.10 miles or 0.15 miles for my intervals. I was doing this with a guy at work who uses his Garmin for this on a regular basis so he was showing me how to set it up. We thought it would be best to go a little over rather than under. Especially as I wasn't going to be running all out.
It turns out I can input the correct intervals online and then upload it to my watch. So next time I will be able to do the 200m exactly.
But all in all, I was happy enough with these, despite dreading them because I hear all the time about how much people hate them! I probably would hate them too if I were doing a steeper, faster sprint! :P0 -
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This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »Thank you! Yes, the plan is more of a build endurance one for me, rather than speedwork. So hill sprints are 200m with recovery. This week I did 5, next week will be 6 and so on. Physically I felt pretty ok considering I had a tempo run yesterday and didn't sleep great last night. First rep was hardest because I wasn't sure when to stop or if I was running too slow or too fast. Recoveries were fine, didn't feel I needed any longer than that. After I got used to the idea I felt really good with the intervals.
The reason I did 0.15 miles (300 meters..yikes! I'm no good at maths either!) is because to plan the run I input my warm up, intervals and cool down in my Garmin (pardon my French!). Because I track in miles I could only choose 0.10 miles or 0.15 miles for my intervals. I was doing this with a guy at work who uses his Garmin for this on a regular basis so he was showing me how to set it up. We thought it would be best to go a little over rather than under. Especially as I wasn't going to be running all out.
It turns out I can input the correct intervals online and then upload it to my watch. So next time I will be able to do the 200m exactly.
But all in all, I was happy enough with these, despite dreading them because I hear all the time about how much people hate them! I probably would hate them too if I were doing a steeper, faster sprint! :P
Ok but next week allow a day - or two - of recovery/easy jogs in between tempo and intervals (technically these are not sprints. Sprints are all out).
Remember the maxim, keep the hard days hard and the easy days easy....but you must always follow a hard day with an easy day.
The easy day allows your body to rest, repair and adapt = improved fitness and performance 0 -
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Ok but next week allow a day - or two - of recovery/easy jogs in between tempo and intervals (technically these are not sprints. Sprints are all out).
Remember the maxim, keep the hard days hard and the easy days easy....but you must always follow a hard day with an easy day.
The easy day allows your body to rest, repair and adapt = improved fitness and performance
Hmmm....my schedule is a little complicated...as follows:
Monday: Recovery run (used to be PT session)
Tuesday: Rest (Soon to include college course)
Wednesday: hard run
Thursday: easy run (now with hill, used to be just easy)
Friday: rest
Saturday: PT with HIIT
Sunday: LSR
Not much wriggle room to move things around...the hills are new to September and replace Monday's HIIT. Tuesdays are out now with my college course starting up. If I do hills plus easy run on Friday that's two days with HIIT followed by two days running so 4 days on with no rest, and a Tuesday and Thursday rest day seem to be too close together. My coach didn't want that for me.
Any ideas? I actually don't feel too bad today all things considered. I stretched well (always do) after last night's run so legs feel ok this morning.0 -
Up at 6 this morning to get 5 miles easy in before work as I had a work night out last night. a lot to be said for early morning running setting you up for the day. Feel great after it. Was actually still a little dark so had to wear the high viz bib and a bit nippy so pulled the arm sleeves on as well. All went well had to detour into west wood where they very kindly let me use the loo am starting to map out all these useful places that have toilets I can use for LSR ! 0
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Up at 6 this morning to get 5 miles easy in before work as I had a work night out last night. a lot to be said for early morning running setting you up for the day. Feel great after it. Was actually still a little dark so had to wear the high viz bib and a bit nippy so pulled the arm sleeves on as well. All went well had to detour into west wood where they very kindly let me use the loo am starting to map out all these useful places that have toilets I can use for LSR !
Well done A, But have to say running train station to train station as
pjd suggested, much better than toilet to toilet.😀0 -
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