Platypus' Beginners Guide to Running

Ordered two new caps today, gone for 1 vaga trucker hat and one club one.
My ciele one is great but fancied trying something different.
I've been slowly bringing my mileage back up, did 19 last week and on target for 20 this week. My pace is creeping up with frequent running, for me easy speed is around 10:30 min miles which I am happy with. When I started to come back from injury it was around 12 so picking up without the extra effort.
 
Martynt74 said:
Don't you have to run 11x that in about a month :p
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Well, I don't have to, but I will try :D :eek:

Hopefully the weather is cool and wet this year again! I did long run on Sunday in the heat and came back covered in salt. I really need to remember to fuel and supplement properly.
 
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Martynt74 said:
True, that's the good thing with events, just snaffled everything at check points. Providing you're not the kind of people to have issues with certain foods. Luckily i could always eat anything without issue :D
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Depends a lot on events, sometimes you can be 5-6 hours between checkpoints!

I did a race a few weeks back and had horrible stomach issues. Every time i tried to eat at an station i threw up.i could just about manage a gel every few hours. 116km, 5500m, 17.5hours and i probably only consumed 600-800 calories . Hoping not to repeat the stomach issues this coming weekend - Verbier X-Alpine 140km 9400m+ climbing
 
D.P. said:
Depends a lot on events, sometimes you can be 5-6 hours between checkpoints!

I did a race a few weeks back and had horrible stomach issues. Every time i tried to eat at an station i threw up.i could just about manage a gel every few hours. 116km, 5500m, 17.5hours and i probably only consumed 600-800 calories . Hoping not to repeat the stomach issues this coming weekend - Verbier X-Alpine 140km 9400m+ climbing
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Yeah, I've had that before. I'm very bad overall for fueling, replacing salt and drinking too. My aim for the Lakeland 100 is to eat something every hour, plenty of salt tablets and tabs for my water too. The checkpoints will count as extra!

P.S. your endurance and pace is mental, especially in your neck of the woods. I almost skip past your Strava efforts because I'm jealous and feel inadequate :D
 
Dup said:
Yeah, I've had that before. I'm very bad overall for fueling, replacing salt and drinking too. My aim for the Lakeland 100 is to eat something every hour, plenty of salt tablets and tabs for my water too. The checkpoints will count as extra!

P.S. your endurance and pace is mental, especially in your neck of the woods. I almost skip past your Strava efforts because I'm jealous and feel inadequate :D
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My advice is to carry plenty of food with a lot of variety, things that always seem appealing and work well can suddenly seem revolting. Eat while you can and eat early. If things do go wrong with digestion, it feels way worse than the physical impact. You can always reset. Not happened to me much but some people can spend a fe hours throwing up and then their body resets and they get right back in it. Slowing down can help and you don't loose as much time as you expect..


I am hoping i can pick my pace up more this year. Going back to Tor des Geants but want a faster time. In the winter i was battling some niggles and lack of motivation. Things picked up about a month ago but now it is hard to get the long runs in with work travels and wife out of town a lot as well. I have about 6 weeks to train before i need to taper - you need need a long taper for a race like Tor
 
Yeah, that makes sense. My longest was probably 2-3hrs between checkpoints, and at my slow pace it's manageable. Main impact is water, especially in hot climates given how much i sweat.

I've been really considering whether to go to the doctors and try and push for surgery on my foot. It's an annoying level because it hurts when running >10km and as such i've not ran since February. I threw myself into cycling, but it's just not the same and i keep looking at the mountains around me longingly.

My concern is that for ~99% of the time when walking around i don't feel any issues. I walked along the beach on Saturday and weirdly in some Saguaro barefoot shoes my foot went into agony on every step, yet i took the shoes off and went actually barefoot and it was fine again! Some people seem to have bad recoveries from the surgery and so i'm unsure whether having the surgery might make it worse than it currently is and make it a permeant issue and whether that risk is worthwhile just on the chance of people able to run in the hills again!

Might try and see if i can get back to some short runs and seeing how it reacts. It's been ~4 months now and it doesn't feel as bad as it was. Curious to see if that's due to not running at all or if it's actually finally improving on it's own.
 
Anyone got any advice for getting back into running after breaking a foot? In my case the bones at the base of the toes where most of the pressure tends to go…

I’ve been out of it for nearly 6 months, and I’m just worried about going out for that first (gentle) run and feeling a crack and being back to square one again.
 
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BurningHorizons said:
Easy does it and it will soon come back. Speaking from experience - both my wife and I.
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I guess it’s just a few runs to get over the ‘fear’ of it! How long did it take you to get back to something resembling your usual level?

The time out is part of the problem too, guess. Being out of it, I’ve put on some weight and that naturally puts more stress on your joints, bones etc

Ian_Eb said:
I would probably speak to a physio first and maybe see if they have any exercises that you could do at home/work etc.
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Indeed. I was just wondering if anyone had experienced similar here. Probably didn’t phrase my initial question too well.
 
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Martynt74 said:
Not a broken foot but after my ankle I followed a Ben Parkes recovery plan.

The biggest thing was to be strict. Run for a minute and then take walking breaks at a regimented structure. Don’t just run as long as you can or until it hurts. Then build up.
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Nice! I’ll have a look, thanks :)
 
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