Mr Slow: The Return

Mr Slow

RayCun wrote: »

you could try the Chi running course, in the time before you start the next marathon cycle.

I've heard good things about that but I'm currently running the way I should, I just have to make it feel more natural and then there'll be the minefield of new runners to look forward to.

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Wow, I'm not going to give out any more about only getting 350 miles out of a pair of runners!

Might be worth looking at J, it's a vicious circle, heel strike (big impact) = worn runners (insufficent/incorrect support) = IT Band etc issues.

RacoonQueen

All the cool people are forefoot strikers.

claralara

500 miles.... I run like a light footed gazelle!

Mr Slow

claralara wrote: »

500 miles.... I run like a light footed gazelle!

Where's a smilie for 'laughing so much I puked' when you need it?

Mr Slow

6.58 rain soaked miles in 56:30 average pace 8:30, spend most of this run conciously trying to stay on my toes, I didn't enjoy it!

I'm going for biomechanical analysis later in the week and possibly a run with some club for assessment and they may give me a few drills to help my running overall.

Sticking to my guns on Dunshaughlin, I know myself that I won't do myself justice. I'll run Parkwest instead!

rainbow kirby

Mr Slow wrote: »

Sticking to my guns on Dunshaughlin, I know myself that I won't do myself justice. I'll run Parkwest instead!

Didn't realise that was on this year :eek: Am planning to do the one in Dun Laoghaire the week after.

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Didn't realise that was on this year :eek: Am planning to do the one in Dun Laoghaire the week after.

Parkwest is closer to Tallaght!;)

RayCun

Mr Slow wrote: »

Sticking to my guns on Dunshaughlin, I know myself that I won't do myself justice. I'll run Parkwest instead!

I thought they weren't running that this year... apparently some guy vomited all over the finish line last year...

rainbow kirby

Mr Slow wrote: »

Parkwest is closer to Tallaght!;)

Being honest, I think I need the extra week! 3 weeks of being welded to the couch did a number on my race fitness

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Being honest, I think I need the extra week! 3 weeks of being welded to the couch did a number on my race fitness

PIBE it!

Mr Slow

RayCun wrote: »

I thought they weren't running that this year... apparently some guy vomited all over the finish line last year...

Tough race Mr. Ray?

RayCun

Wasn't me! I haven't lost any toenails to running, or puked at the finish - guess I haven't become a real runner

Mr Slow

RayCun wrote: »

Wasn't me! I haven't lost any toenails to running, or puked at the finish - guess I haven't become a real runner

I haven't puked but I'm about to lose my big toenail from the same toe as I lost it last time.

For those who like a story, I got a monstrous blister under the nail in Cork which I popped so that I could run a few days later, then a shelf came out of one of the presses at home and landed on the toe, I though it was broken but it's fine. Just waiting for the nail to come off in my sock any day now:D

menoscemo

RayCun wrote: »

Wasn't me! I haven't lost any toenails to running, or puked at the finish - guess I haven't become a real runner

I've never lost a toenail Ray :rolleyes:

Nice to see it's on again this year, especially that it's under new management beacuse The last crowd have me banned :pac:
I'll definately do this because i live in parkwest.

Also i have to say it is literally the flattest 10k you'll find.

chinguetti

Note to self: don't eat bananas at Parkwest 10k

Brianderunner

menoscemo wrote: »

Nice to see it's on again this year, especially that it's under new management beacuse The last crowd have me banned :pac:
I'll definately do this because i live in parkwest.

€25 euro, a bit saucy innit?

menoscemo wrote: »

Also i have to say it is literally the flattest 10k you'll find.

What about a 10k on a track?

rainbow kirby

Brianderunner wrote: »

What about a 10k on a track?

Sounds like a recipe for a mangled IT band

menoscemo

Brianderunner wrote: »

€25 euro, a bit saucy innit?

It is a bit. God knows what the crowd running it would be like either. At least with Eoin Ryan you know you are getting a well organised race. Still though, with the Midlands half i can't do Dunlaoghaire 10k, so this is a good option and a much fater couse i suspect.

Brianderunner

menoscemo wrote: »

It is a bit. God knows what the crowd running it would be like either. At least with Eoin Ryan you know you are getting a well organised race. Still though, with the Midlands half i can't do Dunlaoghaire 10k, so this is a good option and a much fater couse i suspect.

Yeah you'd be mad not to do it with it being so local, you're a cert to break 40 in that. Can you race the midlands half if you get enough pacers for it?

menoscemo

Brianderunner wrote: »

Can you race the midlands half if you get enough pacers for it?

That would certainly be nice if we got other pacers. Any volunteers from around these parts?

tHE vAGGABOND

Productive afternoons at work everyone then :pac:

macinalli

Mr Slow wrote: »

Because I heel strike so hard I'm shattering the support structure of the heel in the runners and as I ran Cork effectively on my toes without a problem, I'm taking their advice to use the fact that my current runners are forcing me to forefoot strike and use it as a transition to a pair suited to that.

While heel striking is obviously bad, you need to be careful not to go too far onto your forefoot. That was my problem and my heel would barely touch the ground when I was running. I say problem because it means that you're putting huge stress on your calves and in my case this was giving me injuries (at least 1 per yr). I did that chi running course and what Caitriona McKiernan advocates is a mid-foot strike and it's not an easy thing to change. It's a pricy course (€150) but I think it's money well spent, especially if it keeps you away from the physio!

Brianderunner

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Productive afternoons at work everyone then :pac:

Funny the way this forum goes quiet outside office hours from Monday to Friday isn't it, bunch of slackers the lot of you, no wonder your country is fcked

chinguetti

menoscemo wrote: »

That would certainly be nice if we got other pacers. Any volunteers from around these parts?

Course is quite hilly for the first half so pacing could be fun if the weather is bad/hot. Ask me after Clontarf and i'll think about it.

RAL3

chinguetti wrote: »

Course is quite hilly for the first half so pacing could be fun if the weather is bad/hot. Ask me after Clontarf and i'll think about it.

Big girls blouse

chinguetti

RAL3 wrote: »

Big girls blouse

Yep, i am but mainly trying to avoid pacing with Meno, wouldn't wish that on anyone:D

menoscemo

chinguetti wrote: »

Course is quite hilly for the first half so pacing could be fun if the weather is bad/hot. Ask me after Clontarf and i'll think about it.

Yeah, it's almost identical to Wexford. I Checked the website and while the profile looks bad, the actual amount of metres climbed are few. Overall there is less climbing than Wexford or Enniscorthy...

Mr Slow

macinalli wrote: »

While heel striking is obviously bad, you need to be careful not to go too far onto your forefoot. That was my problem and my heel would barely touch the ground when I was running. I say problem because it means that you're putting huge stress on your calves and in my case this was giving me injuries (at least 1 per yr). I did that chi running course and what Caitriona McKiernan advocates is a mid-foot strike and it's not an easy thing to change. It's a pricy course (€150) but I think it's money well spent, especially if it keeps you away from the physio!

I'm going to have it all analysed on camera at different speeds then do a session with this running group where they'll watch me run as I tire etc and put me through a few tests and hopefully come up with a safe formula to reduce my dependence on a bulky heeled runner.

tHE vAGGABOND

I'm going to have it all analysed on camera at different speeds then do a session with this running group where they'll watch me run as I tire etc and put me through a few tests and hopefully come up with a safe formula to reduce my dependence on a bulky heeled runner.

Translation : Im going to ask Meno what he thinks I should do in the pub on Saturday night after a few pints :pac:

Mr Slow

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Translation : Im going to ask Meno what he thinks I should do in the pub on Saturday night after a few pints :pac:

Are you new? When's the last time Meno waited to be asked?