Running

Super, I gather the TP100 has a hopping category.

In more important, me-related news, I'm racing my last TP warm-up in South Africa.

What advice can people provide for looking after a knee that's had previous ACL issues?
Ideally I'm after support rather than bracing.

They will tell you to run more.

Run more? Looks like I'm going to have to switch from pints to tinnies.

back on the treadmill for me tonight. going to try one of the built in interval sessions rather my usual "i'll just get to X distance then whack it up to Y mph for Z minutes".

i have a load of Can, Daft Punk and The Fall ready to turn me into a finely tuned motorik running MACHINE.

Just managed 4 miles in 24.30, on the treadmill, find running in the gym quite entrtaining really between numpties, flirting and posturing personal trainers more than enough not to need music

pifko you should be up for poole park 5k races by now- free every sat.
get yo ass over here

I've been meaning to do them. Signed up and everything. Now my right hip flexor is fucking me around. I've given it 2 weeks rest and last night tried a slow run. Could only manage 2k before stopping. So I'm gonna continue to rest, stretch and build up some strength in it. Upping the cycling instead...

feeble excuses. free time next week txt me Ive just got the fixed roadie out again to start upping the bike fitness for upcoming season.

running tonight in my super- advanced- train 2 days- before- race schedule lol.

10k, then another new forest race sunday, big field against several mates,
should be fun.

Run more? Looks like I'm going to have to switch from pints to tinnies.

I run with those neoprene knee supports. Whenever I feel like my knee will fold the wrong way, I'd switch to a walk for a minute. And then jog again. And so on.
After some ice or a warm compress. Painkillers. And hope for the quick advance in bionic knee transplants.

Cheers EEI,

I gave up on the hopes for the latter years ago.

Seems like the advice I'm being given so far is pretty much the same as cycling advice.
Build up slowly.
Don't push too hard when you have the bad pain (Very different from the normal pain).
Compresses after exercise.

Not a fan of neoprene supports owing to the sweat factor but the elasticated ones are ace. I can't live without them.

I do loads of that walking/running thing, since I'm so slow it doesn't really matter if I'm doing 6.50 min/km or 9 min/km (when guys here can run a mile in the same time).

Yep, that neoprene is a sweaty bastard, but allows me to run 6km instead of 4.5.

Have you got good running shoes, Mr. Object?

Funny that, no running for me today. Something has just clicked in my left knee (it was the right one yesterday) and I think I will rest.
Will do a gentle spin on the exercise bike and a 30 mins session on a rowing machine instead.
I was really looking forward that roast pork belly in the oven - now I will need to make sure I will do enough cardio to burn the calories from the crackling.

I'm sick in bed and my girlfriend just got back from a run... Hating her right now. So jealous. Grrrrr.

Went for a run last night before driving down. Was feeling great till about 5 mins from the house, when I ate it on some hidden ice on a corner.
Pain now.

Did you fall over or pull something?

since I'm injured I'm going to watch the rugby from the turbo today and start using it instead of all my runs till I start feeling better. However I've always thought that an hour on the bike was easier than an hours run.

Does anyone have a rough rule of thumb for equivalent distances? e.g. I'd say that 10k running (c.40mins) roughly equates to about 40k (60mins)? Or, maybe its easier to do it by time... 60minutes running = between 90 and 105 minutes cycling?

Given the type of running you do I'd say your 40 to 60 rule is probably ok, but I don't really know..

Just did 21 miles in 2 hours 47 minutes which is dead on my marathon target time, so really pleased! Schedule said 19 but I felt fresh this morning and was still good at 18.5 miles so took the slightly longer loop back to my inlaws.

Weirdly didn't hit the wall at all today, annoyingly did two things fundamentally different today so it will take more investigation to find out why; used nakd bars instead of gels, and had a big pasta dinner last night.

Sure they both helped, but thought the lack of caffeine would affect me negatively but I don't think it did.

What advice can people provide for looking after a knee that's had previous ACL issues?
Ideally I'm after support rather than bracing.

Deep squats. Seriously, it builds up the muscles that support and protect the knee. Can have the side effect of squatters bum, where you develop muscles in your arse that you didn't know you had. That and the quads you develop from mixing cycling and squatting can make finding trousers that fit a challenge.

Edit: oh, just to be clear, this is barbell squats, not silly bodyweight squats.

Fairly good idea that, but body weight is fine to start with innit?

New shoes (warranty replacements for the old ones):

Need to try those out at some point, but sorted for shoes until marathon unless I get another pair of lunar elites...

Seem to get lots of blisters in my lunar glides so far....

Just squatting with your arms held out is good for balance and flexibility, not for strength. If you want to build up muscle strength, it needs to be weighted squats.

Nice VFFs, Dammit. I have the same make.

I just need to work out how to run more than 2 miles without my calves getting so pumped they stop play.

are you running on your toes?

Possibly! started running at the end of 2010, in "conventional" shoes, then got the above VFF in July last year.

Moving to forefoot strike put a massive load through my calves that had not, previously, been there