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procedure: stand the maximum distance you can stand flat footed away from the wall, and also be able to bend your knee to touch the wall. Repeat for each leg.

wat?

ahhh..

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My left calf started hurting on the way home last night, something I've never had before. Internet diagnosis please? What should I do? I know nothing about calves.

maggots probably

or its a bit tight.

have a hot bath, then stretch it, then ice it while relaxing on the sofa with an iced beverage.

That doesn't get rid of maggots. Only fire does.

I did some crossfit style wall squats when I got home and nearly fell over, I think that probably killed off the maggots. I'll try this hot bath/cold beverage malarkey, I reckon that sounds like my kind of training.

I ran today. It was some distance. It felt good. My foot isn't hurting.
I feel I may finally be able to start training again.

^good news.

great news!

@HB thats a pretty full on last week as well, makes me feel lazy as I have an easier week than that every 3-4 weeks!

that said I don't haven't got a marathon taper right yet, so it will be interesting to see how you get on!

adjusting for my ahem toilet break on sunday I ran the half at 8:41 min/mile which is 20 seconds off target marathon pace but while I was tired it wasn't a real struggle and I actually spent a lot of the run at 8:05 -> 8:20 slowing mostly in the middle when nature was about to start calling.

that was on top of 41-42 miles before the race including two hard workouts

on marathon day I'll be going into it off of 24 miles all easy pace so the first half of the race should be a cake walk in comparison, then I am hoping the second half will feel pretty much like sundays run did as I hit the same amount of mileage. like they say their training focuses on simulating the second half of the race, so hopefully I'm right where I need to be.

obviously fueling will play a big factor as will a big dose of htfu to push through the 17 mile mark into the unknown but if i can get past those and avoid any injuries I'm hoping I'll be in a good place.

have you done a flexibility test?

http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/calf-flex.htm

I got told by my physio that if you aint getting 10cm then your are really running a risk of injury.

~15cm, bilaterally.

^^ y u no proper taper? Good chance you'll still be running tired no?

There's no training gains in the final 2 weeks prep, just looking after yourself and getting ready for the day.

Fwiw I ran Weds (~4 miles) and Fri (3 miles) both at appx target pace the week before my last Marathon.

have you done a flexibility test?

http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/calf-flex.htm

I got told by my physio that if you aint getting 10cm then your are really running a risk of injury.

Annoyingly for me although I can hyper extend some joints I still get tight thighs and hamstrings after exercise.

^^ y u no proper taper? Good chance you'll still be running tired no?

There's no training gains in the final 2 weeks prep, just looking after yourself and getting ready for the day.

Fwiw I ran Weds (~4 miles) and Fri (3 miles) both at appx target pace the week before my last Marathon.

here's the section from the plan on tapering, explains what their reasoning is... http://imgur.com/a/g8d4v/

I see what they're saying, esp about taper length still not convinced on mileage. Do they offer study citation for the physiological stuff in the last para?

Fewer, short, slightly sharper runs shouldn't leave you feeling sluggish.

My calves (soleus to be exact) felt very tight after Sunday, and slightly brittle if that makes sense?

As in, I didn't want to risk running on them and tearing one/both as I did at roughly this time last year.

So I am back to doing 300 calf raises/leg/day to strengthen them up.

These are surprisingly hard work if you do them without holding onto anything.

Can you include a lot of steps in your weekly schedual?
Long steep hill climbs?

Dalsnibbe is going to involve running lent forward by 8% for hours. So your calfs are going to be streatched the whole time.

I'm have two worries. My suspect hip-hamstring connection when climbing on the bike so long (what popped last time). Then my calfs exploding, on the run, in a cloud of sulphur and lava.

I had a dream last night that I was taking part in a race (ha! race!) and I not only got a PB but I also won a prize for pulling the best face for the photographer. What an amazing dream. If only I could remember what that face was...

here's the section from the plan on tapering, explains what their reasoning is... http://imgur.com/a/g8d4v/

Can you photograph the 78 previous pages as well?

Thank you

here's the section from the plan on tapering, explains what their reasoning is... http://imgur.com/a/g8d4v/

FOR SClENCE!!!!

AND RACING!!!!

I had a dream last night that I was taking part in a race (ha! race!) and I not only got a PB but I also won a prize for pulling the best face for the photographer. What an amazing dream. If only I could remember what that face was...
I had a dream that I was the Master Chief in Halo, and I was giving a rousing speech to the troops on the eve of battle.

This has nothing to do with running.

But I have just taken delivery of this:

Is that a bib? Do you drool when you run?

body armor. You can never be too safe.