Platypus' Beginners Guide to Running

Martynt74 said:
@neoboy

Consider a plastic bottle filled with water in the freezer and roll your arch with that. I found it helped a lot.

Never really sure of the cause, i know some people suffer from it again it seems to linger forever but i usually just get it for short periods and it's never too severe.
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Looking around the Internet, apparently it's common after ankle injuries, my other foot is fine. In fact looking at my foot, there's almost a thick line like swelling going from my ankle to the bottom of my arch.
 
Ah sounds tough, i know you love hiking. Are you able to still do that? Or is it stopping you altogether?


Posted a little run report in my progress thread. I know i've covered most of it in here anyway, but if anyone wants to read in a more structures prose, then here's the link
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...ss-prone-to-brokeness.18928275/#post-35501228


For today i enjoyed being away from a structured plan. I had paid for coaching up the the event on Saturday which is now completed. I'm not sure i get the benefit as i'm not quite competitive enough and have enough knowledge to plan things myself. Might be something i look at again someday though.
In light of that i decided to aim for pace. Probably not the most sensible option given i'm sure i'm still recovering a little from Saturday but i set off and immediately started running a little faster. This continued for the run, and since the first lap was a little slower due to a hill, i decided to try and increase pace at each mile point.
It was a really enjoyable session and even at the end not completely flat out. I think it's something i'll try and add in for future weeks for sure.

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Anyone here doing the Brighton Marathon?

It's my first marathon 'event'. Have run a fair few personal marathon distances, but excited to run a 'proper' marathon.

Hoping for sub 3. 3:16 is my best time so far, but that was after a ride (ironman training), so never ran a marathon on its own.
 
Got a half marathon in June so was planning on increasing the miles I'm doing each week, but have got a bit of a thigh strain. Nothing too bad but also seem to be causing some numbness in my foot. Think I'd better ease off for a while and see how it goes.
 
Seems odd that, what kind of increase are you trying to do? I know people generally follow a 10% rule, but that often feels low to me (providing it's all done at a fairly easy effort level)

Have you got a foam roller or anything you can use to try and work the strain loose?
 
I suspect the 10% works better for shorter distances (10k --> 11k etc.) if you are doing your sort of runs, or marathons etc, then maybe the increases start to feel a bit easy, hence the need to go over that percentage?
 
I was doing a couple of 5ks during the week, then adding a mile or 2 each each week to a longer weekend run. It was on an 11 mile run when the issue started. Tried to run through it for a couple of weeks, but it's not getting any better, so probably need to ease off for a while.

Will look into getting a foam roller.
 
Ian_Eb said:
I suspect the 10% works better for shorter distances (10k --> 11k etc.) if you are doing your sort of runs, or marathons etc, then maybe the increases start to feel a bit easy, hence the need to go over that percentage?
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I would agree for individual runs, but if scaling up then 10% as a weekly todal is minimal. If you only do 3x5k's a week, then i'd say you could easily move up to 4 or 5 x 5k's a week which would be a 25-30% increase. Providing perceived effort is kept easy.

@doggs seems like what you've done is fairly sensible. Disappointing that it's kicked in, but hopefully over time it'll ease and you can keep the pogression.
 
Never thought that the 10% might have been a total weekly thing rather than per run. It makes loads more sense that way ;-)
 
Yeah, some people suggest it, but it just seems stupid to me. Obviously i'd never suggest going mental and going from 10 miles a week to 30, but as long as you're sensible you could easily jump from 10 to 15 i think.
 
Also want to get a HRM and/or sports watch. Almost got the Garmin Forerunner 245 Music when it was available for £200 a couple of months ago but can't see if for anywhere near that now.
 
I know that feeling! Passed a link to a friend back in Dec for the non music one for £150ish and now they are all dearer. Should have got one myself at the same time.
 
Just found a site where they are very cheap 245 - £140, 245 Music - £190. Not sure if the site is legit, says it's based in Suffolk. Not sure if I can post a link?
 
I am not 100% sure, but I thought the rule was if OCUK sold it then no, but if they don't then it's ok. Anyone able to confirm?
 
Yeah.... Not sure i'f trust that. The fact that the only way to make payment is through connecting your bank through open banking would concern me!

For not much more cash i'd consider a used Fenix 6 in a similar position i think.
 
Agreed, will give that a miss.

Is there anything I should be looking for in a foam roller? Tempted by the TriggerPoint Grid.
 
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