The Rabbit Hole

35 secs difference , wrong turn and soft course, that would suggest it is almost a given that you will beat the runners time.
Are you going to or have you run it yet ???

I paid my first visit to the gym in over 25 years this morning. Made me realise how pathetically weak we become when we stop training: In mind and body !

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I do run part of that course, but not the whole lot as the start and finish is a bit awkward to get to. Believe me, I am nowhere near that sort of speed running. My 10k road best is 42:30. Any wind, hills, rough ground, lumps, gravel, grass, mud, thick mud, especially HILLS and WIND, slows me down more than most. :joy: I got the piss taken out of me badly at the club!

So feeling a wee bit puny after all these years? :joy: Hub has got a 5 way commercial multigym weighing in at 750kg!

I hope thats the total weight of the equipment and not available weight to lift :blush:
I only use free weights in the gym apart from Lat pull down and leg press machines so not really sure what a 5 way multigym can do for you. Presumably all over body parts ?

I have never done 10k in 42 minutes as I have only ever run 10k on the beach. Even on the flat I am sure I would be slower than that.
Anyway I suspect my running days could be over if I canā€™t resolve this back issue. It will be a sad day as I have only really discovered the pleasure of running 10kā€™s this last few years.

I thought hills and wind would have slowed the fatties down more, particularly the wind :rofl::rofl:

I canā€™t do a 10k in 42 either now. :grin: That was a one off, when I was paced. The best I have done on my own is 43.

Dangerous this sport lark. I tried to squeeze through some thorn bushes earlier on the bike. I leaned away from thorns on my left and fell into thorns on my right. :joy: I got some mean scratches. Maybe I should just sit on the settee and eat pizza.

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Just how many ā€˜menā€™ in the British Military want to wear makeup? Inquiring minds want to know.

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The army only accommodates for poofs, dykes who think they can beat men, and Muslims, so are you surprised then that is what they will get?

Do you think we have far more libtards now? During war time, they would have been used as cannon fodder and their numbers kept in check.

ā€œIf the soldiers who stormed the beaches in Normandy in June 1944 could see England as it is today they wouldnā€™t have gone 40 yards up that beach.ā€

David Irving
in reference to English soldiers

How do you run? Do you land forefoot? That would take a lot of pressure off your back and place it in your calves. Your calves will hurt if youā€™re not used to it.

When sprinting which is all I used to do when playing football, what the guy is explaining in the vid is how I used to run.
As you say, it is tough on the calves and when I started running more than a few kā€™s I started to get calf muscle problems.
So cardinal sin, I changed my running form to land more flat footed which although enabled me to go further without calf problems, unfortunately (again you are correct) it caused the start of my back problem. Introducing back exercises, trying to fix my general back pain I beleive I slipped this disc.

If I am lucky enough to get back to running I will strengthen my calves in the gym and re-introduce this running style again. I have accepted, this is definately going to take some time :unamused:

You also need strong achilles, not like me. :joy:

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When Iā€™m on a carpeted floor, I often walk on the balls of my feetā€¦lessens the shock load to the kneesā€¦and enhances agility regarding quick changes in directionā€¦uses the calf muscles.

Works for me. Try itā€¦youā€™ll like it!

I used to play competitive squash, for 12 years. I had a bad twist on my left ankle; it swelled up huge and took me 3 weeks to be able to walk properly again. There has always been a weakness in that ankle since. When I ran a lot of off road with the club, it improved greatly and I thought it was sorted. Now over 10 years later, there is another little injury. It neednā€™t have been, but I was bloody minded and continued for another 5-6k when I should have stopped. It will be ok, I will get on the treadmill in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, cycling is darn good for interval training, naturally. :wink:

Can you do the Moon walk? :grin:

Please define poof for this Yankee.

Fudge packer, i.e. one who packs fudge.

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The warm up is key.

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