so, in light of my recent knee issues, and concern that i could potentially screw it up enough that my walk would become ridiculously difficult, more ridiculously difficult than it is to start with, em and i decided to bail on the saunders.
it makes me a bit sad, but turns out that a lot of out friends who usually do it, aren't this year. which means not even the overnight camp would be that much fun. and since, with said knee issues taken into account, the walking/running bit was not looking like it would be fun, we decided to bail.
on the plus side, this means i can focus more on hiking and less on fell running training. when i get round to training. really must get back on that...
jin x
55 days to go...
22.5.11
16.5.11
this time in two months...
...i'll be sitting in minehead youth hostel, wondering why the hell i decided to undertake the challenge of walking the whole south west coast path, in one go, in 39 days, in summer, alone.
i'll probably be very scared, a little excited too, but mostly scared. because i'll be leaving the next day.
with only two months to go it's really starting to sink in how daunting the summer seems.
on the plus side, i ordered the last few expensive bits of kit today. my pans, solar charger for the iphone, and my sleeping mat*, and we know how excited i get by gear.
now i've just got to wait for it to be delivered and i can get out on the moors to test it all out.
jin x
61 days to go...
*for those observant people with good memories, you'll realise this isn't the thermarest neoair i talked about getting before. turns out this one (which has only just come out) is cheaper, warmer, and lighter than the equivalent neoair. and it's black. most importantly it's black.
i'll probably be very scared, a little excited too, but mostly scared. because i'll be leaving the next day.
with only two months to go it's really starting to sink in how daunting the summer seems.
on the plus side, i ordered the last few expensive bits of kit today. my pans, solar charger for the iphone, and my sleeping mat*, and we know how excited i get by gear.
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| poe peak elite ac |
jin x
61 days to go...
*for those observant people with good memories, you'll realise this isn't the thermarest neoair i talked about getting before. turns out this one (which has only just come out) is cheaper, warmer, and lighter than the equivalent neoair. and it's black. most importantly it's black.
11.5.11
and the verdict is...
having had a good google the other night, i was pretty sure the knee pain i got in the half marathon was itbs (illiotibial band syndrome), resulting from weak glutes.
a classic running injury, particularly in women, and particularly from running on uneven ground.
various sites lead to me various conclusions on how to a) treat it and b) stop it happening again (when i run the saunders in 7 weeks time). so i decided to see a professional. luckily my uni, marjon, specialises in sports stuff, so you can see a trainee physio for only a tenner, at a days notice. who needs the nhs?!
their verdict: i have itb and hip flexor issues, resulting from a weak glutes, a dropped arch and lateral hip rotation on my right hand side - well i was half way there at least!
their advice was similar to what i'd gleaned from internetting: stretch it out with a foam roller, work on my glute strength, make sure i get some training in on similar terrain to the event, and keep up the cross training.
they gave me some good stretches i didn't know, and some foot exercises to hopefully reduce my overpronation, which should stop my hip rotating so much.
now to put it all into practice, daily, so i don't let emma down in the lakes. and don't let myself down on my walk.
jin x
66 days to go...
a classic running injury, particularly in women, and particularly from running on uneven ground.
various sites lead to me various conclusions on how to a) treat it and b) stop it happening again (when i run the saunders in 7 weeks time). so i decided to see a professional. luckily my uni, marjon, specialises in sports stuff, so you can see a trainee physio for only a tenner, at a days notice. who needs the nhs?!
their verdict: i have itb and hip flexor issues, resulting from a weak glutes, a dropped arch and lateral hip rotation on my right hand side - well i was half way there at least!
their advice was similar to what i'd gleaned from internetting: stretch it out with a foam roller, work on my glute strength, make sure i get some training in on similar terrain to the event, and keep up the cross training.
they gave me some good stretches i didn't know, and some foot exercises to hopefully reduce my overpronation, which should stop my hip rotating so much.
now to put it all into practice, daily, so i don't let emma down in the lakes. and don't let myself down on my walk.
jin x
66 days to go...
1.5.11
pain. lots of pain.
i did it! i ran 13.1 miles across salisbury plain. well. almost.
this is how it went:
mile 1: feeling good, wish emma had trained more/had not spent the last week in mallorca getting pissed, smoking lots and only flown in last night at midnight.
mile 2: still feeling good, wish emma had trained more/see above.
mile 3: we've done 3 miles already? that's ok! also, emma seems to be whinging less, score!
mile 4: it seems to be flattening out a but, that's nice!
mile 5: nope, not flat, apparently flat, that's subtly up hill, damn it!
mile 6: i felt like crap at this point in the mk half last year, not so much now, training seems have worked! though that does feel like a blister starting to form.
mile 7: over halfway! starting to feel it though.
mile 8: oh yeah, that's what the wall feels like.
mile 9: getting back into it. no wait. what's that? ah. um. em, my itb is playing up again. i think i'm gonna have to stop.
mile 10: i feel like a failure. i wanted to run it all. wait. what's that? we've only been going for 1h40m?
mile 11: crying (and resultant horrendously tight chest) out of the way: i can do this. oh no. i can't
mile 12: yes i can. no i can't. yes i can. no i can't. yes i can, if i run like a weirdo. there's the finish!
last year, we ran the flat, milton keynes road half marathon in 2h17m. and died afterwards.
today despite em's 'slow running' at the start. and despite my knee deciding it definately does not like rutted ground. and despite the heat. and despite the hills. and despite the holiday indulgences. we ran in 2h12m.
i had to ask 3 different people who had timed it on their watches before i would believe it. i'm still not sure i do.
even more odd, aside from the massive blister i earned (7 miles in the making):
i really don't feel that bad (some thanks probably have to go to the aesthetically pleasing masseuse boys at the end).
i was gonna put a bit in about mallorca's runs, but quite frankly, that can wait, i have top gun to watch, and the cardiff half to enter!
jin x
76 dags to go...
this is how it went:
mile 1: feeling good, wish emma had trained more/had not spent the last week in mallorca getting pissed, smoking lots and only flown in last night at midnight.
mile 2: still feeling good, wish emma had trained more/see above.
mile 3: we've done 3 miles already? that's ok! also, emma seems to be whinging less, score!
mile 4: it seems to be flattening out a but, that's nice!
mile 5: nope, not flat, apparently flat, that's subtly up hill, damn it!
mile 6: i felt like crap at this point in the mk half last year, not so much now, training seems have worked! though that does feel like a blister starting to form.
mile 7: over halfway! starting to feel it though.
mile 8: oh yeah, that's what the wall feels like.
mile 9: getting back into it. no wait. what's that? ah. um. em, my itb is playing up again. i think i'm gonna have to stop.
mile 10: i feel like a failure. i wanted to run it all. wait. what's that? we've only been going for 1h40m?
mile 11: crying (and resultant horrendously tight chest) out of the way: i can do this. oh no. i can't
mile 12: yes i can. no i can't. yes i can. no i can't. yes i can, if i run like a weirdo. there's the finish!
last year, we ran the flat, milton keynes road half marathon in 2h17m. and died afterwards.
today despite em's 'slow running' at the start. and despite my knee deciding it definately does not like rutted ground. and despite the heat. and despite the hills. and despite the holiday indulgences. we ran in 2h12m.
i had to ask 3 different people who had timed it on their watches before i would believe it. i'm still not sure i do.
even more odd, aside from the massive blister i earned (7 miles in the making):
i really don't feel that bad (some thanks probably have to go to the aesthetically pleasing masseuse boys at the end).
i was gonna put a bit in about mallorca's runs, but quite frankly, that can wait, i have top gun to watch, and the cardiff half to enter!
jin x
76 dags to go...
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