Month: January 2016

Need to take a step back – and even that hurts.

Only did a 6 and a 10 this week, and really knackered my left knee on the 10 miler. Stupid, but I just had to keep going and when I got back to Magor I could hardly walk back to the house.

I have now finally realised that I need to do something about this – the problem I believe came from the 20 miler, and not then resting enough afterwards. That is so rubbish, as I have sort of wasted two weeks now with no progress other than a *really* sore knee.

So I am not doing anything this week, maybe Sat if I can manage, but really going to take it careful now, I have put a schedule in, and will have to follow it, hoping that it will build up enough to get me where i need to be by July. Slightly worried that my knees may just be rubbish, so really need to try to build it up this time.

Its two days later and my knee is still pretty damn sore. Can’t go downstairs, but can walk, may risk going to the shop for the paper though…

So new regime started, lets see if it helps.

Miles: 16

Beers: 12

ow – again – damn.

Some running undertaken this week, but the 20 miler from last week made my knee bad, so tried to have a few days off, but it was still not right before I stupidly went out anyway….

This week I managed about 30 miles,  so no t bad – when I started this I had a bad right knee and  assumed that the left would be fine – this seems to be not the case.

I walked and ran on it it, this week, and with six months now until the event, my bloody knee’s may be a cause for concern. So, I will really need to train my legs/hips/knees somewhat, its frustrating as cardio wise I feel I could run all day but my body wont let me..

We went for a “hike” around the Yat this weekend, great walk, but badly sign posted from the initial section by the river, we followed the map, but just before the bridge the directions said take the path, but there wasn’t one, so we went “off piste” to try to find the way through.  In the end we just trusted the OS map and went up the side of the hill, with no real path, but kept up against the fence  and we were lucky, but we got where we wanted.

Anyway, after this we followed the yellow signs and it was great, easy(ish) to follow and no one around – magic. One interesting bit is the “free standing stone”, which is apparently the biggest free stone in the country – its pretty big. After this we walked to the “middle point” expecting a pub (in Staunton) but it was shut for some reason – so with no provisions we walked to Christchurch and found a pub. Google said it was best one in the village, which would be a worry if true, but it was popular, and had some faggots and some booze. Once sated it was only 3 miles of good walking to get back.

Next day – after 11 miles on the “hike” I ran 12 miles, bad knee got worse. Good run though, although at about 9 miles it was reasonably sore.

I am doing nothing for a couple of  days now – hopefully sort the knee issue, we’ll see

Miles: 32

Beers: 12

Been a while since the last update and it was “that time of year”, and I couldn’t really be bothered to just write – ran some miles had a beer every week.

Been improving on the mileage trying to run around 6 on a normal day, and getting longer sessions on the weekend, but now we are in January I need to find a plan and try to stick to it. Current idea is to start doing some longer walks on the weekend, then a decent few hours jogging also.

Got some stuff for Christmas, so I have new pants (not tried), new socks, a headlight, a hat, some earphones and a Salomon vest. The vest seems a little “snug” but I think it is supposed to be, and I *hope* to be slightly less massive in July, so it should be okay. The earphones are the best thing so far, they are sony ones which have things to go right around your ears, as buds always fall out for me, I have been listening to the Joe Regan Experience pod casts which really help with the time on the road. The casts are about 3 hrs each, so plenty of time to get round even the longest run I have done, and as you can download them before hand, I always have one to hand. So far have listened to Steve-o, Joe Perry, Louis Theroix and Dr Steven someone.

This week I have got the mileage over 40 miles, with 3, 6-7 milers and on Sun ran 20 miles – the big one was split into 3 sections, a 6 then back to the house for 5 mins of stretching and drinking and eating, then 6 again with the same pause, then an unexpected 7.5 to finish to make it over 20 miles. I cannot pretend it wasn’t hard, but I think it is certainly easier with the breaks. I did run too fast though, and although my knees felt fine when I finished, later and today my left one is pretty painful – must ice next time.

Started my new job today, so we’ll see what the coming months have in store.

last few weeks have been:

31, 14, 25, 42 miles.