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3 hours ago, You Do The Dziekanowski said:

Any one have any good warm down techniques? Other than a cold thatchers gold. Been struggling with niggling injuries, I rest up in between running so I’m  ready to go again but finish with another part of my body hurting for days, even after a short run like 2k. 
 

Struggled with back pain, knee pain and ankle pain recently but rarely the same leg which is confusing me. 

Have you been fitted for shoes properly? It can make a big difference. I don't really do anything special after a run, I always start and end my run around half a mile from home and then use the walking time to/from as a warm up/cool down, but I've had knee and back pain for so long that I think I've just learned to live with it!

41 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

my ass cheek felt good

Mucky bugger. 

Really, really impressed with the new earphones. After almost a year running without music after my last earphones packed in, it's been an absolute joy to be running with music again, I'd forgotten just how much it picks me up when I'm starting to flag.

Looked at loads of pricier models but none of them ticked everything I wanted (i.e. properly waterproof and comfortable to run in) at a price I was happy to pay just for workout earphones, as I already have a nice pair of wireless over ear headphones for general use. 

First impressions are really good, first time of having an 'AirPods' style earphone, was worried they'd move around and not be comfortable to run in but they're great, and for £46 if they only last a year I won't lose any sleep as opposed to some which are £150-£200.

Anker Soundcore Life P2

4 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

First run in decent rain for ages today. God I’ve missed that!

Yep I got absolutely soaked but I love running in the rain, in the summer at least, my waterproof headphones came today too, just in time!

Sounds like it could be a piriformis injury (google it).

Try this for relief

1 hour ago, mozo said:

Sorry, cycling? Urgh...

It's been a welcome break for my knees, mixing running and cycling on alternate days has made a big difference to the amount of knee pain I get. 

Been cycling a lot since picking up a bike during lockdown, so running took a back seat for a few weeks, but been mixing it up every other day and back to really enjoying running again.

And after months of running without music due to faulty headphones, I finally got some waterproof wireless earphones coming which will be a godsend for motivation.

I resolved to "close my rings" (Apple Watch activity tracking) every day in June, so been doing weight training and either a run or cycle every day. 

16/30 done, and starting to flag, especially as I'm in calorie deficit most days, but determined to finish.

1 hour ago, Rob k said:

More than happy to send some routes, i live in Yate and there are some great routes in all directions. I like to keep to the backroads and keep off the Main roads so can send over some rides to do - let me know if you ever want to come out with a few of us 

Thanks man will do! My friend lives just off of Peg Hill so been out a couple of times in the immediate area. 

On 05/06/2020 at 19:24, Rob k said:

There is some absolutely cracking rides around here, i did 80m last sat, took me from yate over to nailsworth, Stroud, tetbury, Wooten basset, grittleton and back in via sodbury. 
Pretty much all through country lanes too so was very relaxed 

Out for an 8m run tomorrow and maybe a ride on Sunday but won’t be too far. I did a 5k run on wednesay in 28 mins but ran up Horton hill 3 times so it was pretty tough.

I’ve only just a month or so ago started cycling for the first time since I had a paper round some 20 years ago....! Be grateful for any recommended routes! Last weekend I did about 20 miles from here (Oldland Common) up to Dyrham and Doynton and back and that was lovely. 

Got a rack for the car so looking to do a few rides further from home where I drive to my starting point. 

22 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Tried Strava, just didn’t like it. I like my Runtastic app that lets me set my own running plan, although I know someone who has downloaded it and it’s now part of Adidas and doesn’t appear  to have the same feature.

After struggling on and off over the last few weeks, struggling to make 1.5 miles, my last two runs, being Friday and Sunday I have managed to hit over 3.5 miles. Slow but steady progress!

I don’t like Strava either but I don’t know of a decent alternative that does running and cycling and gives you a decent analysis (map, performance info etc) as well as having a native Apple Watch app. 

I really like the Nike Run Club interface but I don’t really want to use one app for running and another for cycling. 

16 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

That’s a shame they were not interested, I tend to replace every 500km or so (or until my knee tells me to) so I think you probably had you wear out of them!? 

Just doesn’t seem a lot of activity for an expensive shoe to me, though maybe I’m overreacting. To wear through 3/4 layers of fabric like that seems pretty poor for a premium shoe. 

I know you can’t compare walking to running but I’ve got a 3 year old £60 pair of work shoes that I spend 250 days a year in, 10 hours a day, that have barely got a mark on them and are as solid as the day they were bought. 

50-60 hours for £100 pair of shoes seems poor by comparison but maybe I’m just tight!

36 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

When you say 9 months though, how many miles have you covered?

400-500ish at a guess. Approx 45-60hrs running. Really doesn’t seem very good to me for a £100+ pair of shoes but I don’t know what the ‘norm’ is. Expected better.

But the attitude of the shop was rubbish. Basically referred it to On, came back and said ‘On said no’ and then couldn’t be less interested when I told them I thought it was piss poor. 

On 05/05/2020 at 17:30, TomF said:

Additional - I really need to look at some better shoes. Anyone got any suggestions - finding it hard to consider buying when cant try 

My advice after recent experience - avoid Up and Running and On shoes. 

Couldn't do enough for me when I was in the store spending cash but neither want to know now the shoes have worn prematurely and are unusable after 9 months use. 

According to On this is reasonable wear for the time period on a £108 pair of shoes - this is the inside of the heels by the way 

20 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Went for my first proper run today after having failed a few times so far this year. Having struggled to 2 miles the last few attempts, managed to hit 4 miles today so a step in the right direction!

Also just ordered this... https://freetrain.co.uk/ 

Anyone else use it? I find armbands are uncomfortable, either too tight but if I loosen it at all it just moves around. All the reviews on this look good, just hope it fits!

Top effort mate!

Bants

On 19/11/2019 at 21:53, formerly known as ivan said:

Hit 6 miles on Sunday. That was with my interval running. Need to work on endurance now.

I use Runtastic as my app. Let’s you design your own running plan/interval running. Did download Strava the other day and it cost a bomb in comparison. Put me off straight away given the benefits I get on Runtastic which I think a paid just £5 for. Don’t use the full premium version which is about £40 odd a year.

Top work mate.

Yeah I’ll be honest I don’t particularly like Strava. I find Nike run club much better which was free....with a £400 watch  

Thanks mate. I also tried it straight into Strava on the watch and despite choosing auto-pause from the watch itself within the Strava app, it didn’t seem to do it. 

@Silvio Dante no not tagging as anything.

Here’s the run in NRC (treadmill running so no map....)

Then I use an app called RunGap to export it into Strava - note that it pretty well matches the stats from NRC
 

Then in Strava this is how it shows - it’s counted all the rest time so the pace is almost double 

Does anyone know how to get Strava to record intervals properly? No matter what settings I choose (including auto-pause on my Apple Watch) it counts the rest time as running time and completely messes up my pace. 

Nike Run Club manages it ok on the watch but when you export it to Strava it shows a completely different average pace which factors in the rest time, so it’s showing say 8min/mi in NRC and 14min/mi in Strava?

3 minutes ago, BTRFTG said:

You've conflated a number of distinct legal issues. The prime issue discussed here is whether Cardiff had entered into contract with Nantes for Sala's services. It seems pretty clear they had, hence owe Nantes. Whether Cardiff insured the player's contract, life or travel is a matter for them and I suspect such insurances differ. I understand Cardiff hold generic travel insurance for all their employees (not specific individuals) whilst on official business. Could be Sala's personal injury, life or contract cover wouldn't commence until UEFA had ratified the deal, but that would be Cardiff's risk and is partly of their own making in the way they attempted to misdirect agents fees.

I rather hope Cardiff are hoist by their own petard. That by arguing he wasn't their player (despite having contracted for him) insurers who decline 'agreed' cover on the basis the revised contract wasn't signed argue Cardiff had no intention of enacting the insurance and therefore no cover was in place.....

I’m not going to pretend to know the ins and outs of the situation, but suspect there’s an awful lot that those close to it - from both sides - know that we don’t....

Just seems a bit crass trying to score points on Cardiff about it when none of us know 1% of the situation. 

37 minutes ago, AshtonPark said:

Is it really though? He either was a Cardiff player or he wasnt?

If he hadnt tragically died along with the pilot in that plane, would Cardiff have paid the money or would they had been holding out out they are now? That to me, paints the true picture.

Of course but the transfer would have been formally concluded from a legal standpoint. 

Was the transfer formally concluded at the point Sala died? I genuinely don’t know.

And even if it was, I imagine that Cardiff have been discussing it with their insurers to see if the insurer is on the hook for the fee. Has there ever been a precedent for this type of incident or is it unchartered territory from a legal/insurance perspective? Again, no idea.

There’s all sorts of shady angles on this story, so let’s not kid ourselves that it’s a simple situation for the sake of point scoring against a rival. It’s pretty poor taste when a man has lost his life. 

3 minutes ago, AshtonPark said:

How on earth are your hands tied by legal and insurence matters?

You owe Nantes money, pay the money. Cardiff made out like he was a Cardiff player regardless of who booked what Plane cardiff acted like he was a Cardiff player so pay up.

If he wasnt a Cardiff player why did you have all the fuss at your games, all the crying, Cardiff fans borrowing the bobby reid song and chanting youll always be a bluebird with me?

He was either a cardiff player so you pay up,

Or he wasnt a cardiff player which goes back to what was all the crying, forever a bluebird banners etc?

With the greatest of respect, as much as I love a good Cardiff bashing, the entire affair is clearly considerably more complex than that. 

3 hours ago, !james said:

I am still on sub 10k's at the moment and building up from scratch so not in the Strave group yet!

I also managed to strain my ankle last week (having previously torn ligaments playing football years ago so have always been weak) so haven't been out recently, very frustrating! 

 

Nothing wrong with that mate, get joined in, there’s no right or wrong pace or distance. 

I started running again earlier this year and found it a fantastic way of helping my mental health after some tough personal circumstances. 

I jumped in at the deep end and entered ‘Miles for Mind’ in May and set an ambitious target of 125 miles to be ran in May (I was out of the country for 10 days) and finished on 129.1, with the highlight being a half marathon around East Midlands Airport one morning before work! 

It was torturous and I had to remind myself why I was doing it when I was on the verge of packing it in but I was over the moon to beat my target. 

Really enjoyed it in the warmer weather/lighter evenings when Icould get out and run along the railway path, a bit of calm and peace away from the hustle and bustle of the world. 

Not enjoying it so much now the darkness has forced me back to the gym to do it, I prefer running outside. But I’m doing an interval program in the gym which I enjoy, as it’s a lot easier to stick to a set speed/effort on the treadmill. 

I’m currently doing a 10 min warm up followed by 15 x 45 sec full pelt incline sprint and 45 sec recovery which breaks up the tedium. 

2 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said:

If you're going to finance all of that then why waste your profits by setting land aside for a loss-making football ground?

Just stick a few blocks of flats up instead and make a fortune.

Working around that area and the traffic is already horrendous, although I guess you can say that about most areas of Bristol. Would need some serious traffic improvements you’d think, nothing moves around there at rush hour as it is  

Quite funny seeing all their fans on twitter trying to convince themselves that it’s not ‘ City territory’ because it’s near Eastville when it’s actually as close to AG as it is Eastville.