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Ran my second race of the year yesterday - Coniston Lakeland Trails 13.4.

Stunning scenery, as the course took took you up and into the fells and woodland around Coniston Lake.

The cloud had dropped too, shrouding everything in mist, which added to how beautiful it was.

Wasn`t as tough ( high ) as the Moel Famau race 3 weeks ago, which was reflected in a much better finish of 2hrs 20mins and hardly any stiffness this morning !!
 
COYBL25 said:
Ran my second race of the year yesterday - Coniston Lakeland Trails 13.4.

Stunning scenery, as the course took took you up and into the fells and woodland around Coniston Lake.

The cloud had dropped too, shrouding everything in mist, which added to how beautiful it was.

Wasn`t as tough ( high ) as the Moel Famau race 3 weeks ago, which was reflected in a much better finish of 2hrs 20mins and hardly any stiffness this morning !!
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I know a bloke who lives in Kendall and has done a few of these kind of runs over the years. The pictures always look beautiful.
 
My fitness has become terribly average in the last year or so. Parenthood does that I suppose. Need to get back to doing some regular running and eating a lot healthier.
 

Went for my first (legit) dedicated run this morning through my local park. Only managed 2.5 miles but I have asthma so I can’t do too much on my first try. Feeling great now though and even got a nice picture with the clear weather we’ve had up here.

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Nymzee said:
Went for my first (legit) dedicated run this morning through my local park. Only managed 2.5 miles but I have asthma so I can’t do too much on my first try. Feeling great now though and even got a nice picture with the clear weather we’ve had up here.

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That’s good going for your first one.

Don’t try to do too much too soon, as you’ll end up with terrible stiffness the day after and also could injure yourself as your body isn’t used to it - strains / shin splints etc
 
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Some nice riding this week. Got the mountain legs geared in and feeling good for the race tomorrow.
 

Well, at 24 I think I'm knackered :D

Had a fall while out running in April and my left leg from knee down is shot. Going to physio once a week at the moment (at first they thought my lower back was the problem, but my leg has got worse - feels like a tear/strain to me - and they now think it's a whole raft of issues).

Haven't been able to run on the road in about a month. Early June I was struggling to walk, though that's not as much of an issue now. Tried one run outdoors two weeks ago though and it set me back about 10 days in terms of the pain being there.

Managed to get on the treadmill for 25 minutes though on Sunday. Have been doing a lot of work on the exercise bike and bodyweight training/weights in the gym, though it just doesn't work for me as well as running does. Good cardio session all round on Sunday though (cross trainer, bike, treadmill, some box work, cross trainer, swim) to try and get a bit of a catch up.

If anyone has any advice for dealing with similar injuries that'd be great. The rehab/prehab bodyweight exercises do help strengthen it a bit, but when the pain comes it's hard to do much at all. At first I thought it was shin splints, but the pain has spread all around my leg below my knee. From a numb ache to a sharp pain to literally my leg buckling underneath me when it straightens (which is why I can't run).
 
BlueToff said:
Well, at 24 I think I'm knackered :D

Had a fall while out running in April and my left leg from knee down is shot. Going to physio once a week at the moment (at first they thought my lower back was the problem, but my leg has got worse - feels like a tear/strain to me - and they now think it's a whole raft of issues).

Haven't been able to run on the road in about a month. Early June I was struggling to walk, though that's not as much of an issue now. Tried one run outdoors two weeks ago though and it set me back about 10 days in terms of the pain being there.

Managed to get on the treadmill for 25 minutes though on Sunday. Have been doing a lot of work on the exercise bike and bodyweight training/weights in the gym, though it just doesn't work for me as well as running does. Good cardio session all round on Sunday though (cross trainer, bike, treadmill, some box work, cross trainer, swim) to try and get a bit of a catch up.

If anyone has any advice for dealing with similar injuries that'd be great. The rehab/prehab bodyweight exercises do help strengthen it a bit, but when the pain comes it's hard to do much at all. At first I thought it was shin splints, but the pain has spread all around my leg below my knee. From a numb ache to a sharp pain to literally my leg buckling underneath me when it straightens (which is why I can't run).
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Hi mate,

You need go and get it scanned. I can’t remember the name of the scanner, but it’s like an MRI scanner for muscles and ligaments.

The bigger sports physio practices have them.

It won’t be cheap, but it’ll get to the bottom of it.
 
COYBL25 said:
Hi mate,

You need go and get it scanned. I can’t remember the name of the scanner, but it’s like an MRI scanner for muscles and ligaments.

The bigger sports physio practices have them.

It won’t be cheap, but it’ll get to the bottom of it.
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Yep, I think that's gonna be the next step, it's just gonna have to come when I have a bit more cash. I'm not 100% sure the fall was the issue, it's just the only thing I can think of that might have happened to cause it.

My physio is a contractor for Team GB so I'm not worried that she doesn't know what she's doing. But I just want it sorted now, it's been driving me crazy.
 

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