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Eti1 said:
Maybe it's an overuse injury re the leg muscles since you have been out for a while. In which case take it slow, ease up on the 10km runs, build up your strength slowly. Smaller strides. Massage the legs nicely with foam roller, hands or other objects.

If it's really knee trouble, get a doctor's advice.
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I should have mentioned that I currently run 3 - 4 times a week but usually limit my runs to 3 - 6 kms. The distance is dependant on how I feel before a particular run (and paying extra attention to the state of my knee). I am also actively avoiding trails and any technical terrain.

I limit my 10k runs to one, every second week, at the moment. I've also been focusing on smaller strides since the start of December. This has made the biggest and most immediate difference to date and has definitely helped to limit the discomfort in my knee. I'm working on strength training at the gym but I'm being very cautious about the intensity of these sessions. I may be overly cautious but as I'm nearing my forties I don't want to risk serious injury. I'm really enjoying running at the moment. I also try to ice my knees after each run but I'm not sure if that is something worth doing.

I haven't even considered massaging with a foam roller so thank you for the suggestion! I'll definitely try it out. If I don't come right a visit to the doctor is definitely on the cards. I'm definitely not planning on risking any permanent damage.
 
Jehosefat said:
Fell off my MTB (again) and stuffed up my shoulder so it looks like I'm going to be doing a lot of running over the next few weeks seeing as I can't swim or cycle outdoors until my shoulder has healed :cautious:
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This is exactly my situation in December. :( Hope you heal up quickly!!
 
Is anyone doing the Dis-chem this weekend? Kinda stressing. I did a fair amount of training in December, but this will only be my second 21 and people say its rough...
 
Agent_Smith said:
Sportsman's Warehouse running a sale. Was in there today as I need new shoes for 2020. My current road shoes (Asics Gel Nimbus 21's) are on sale for R1,899 marked down from R2,700. Pretty decent sale. I stood staring at them for like 5min until I turned on my heel and walked out.

Specials on trail shoes too for thems interested.
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I went through on Friday got a 2nd pair of Brooks Adrenaline 19 and Cascadia trail shoes for R2700. When I bought my 19's I paid R2700 so mega deal for me.
 
jouda said:
Is anyone doing the Dis-chem this weekend? Kinda stressing. I did a fair amount of training in December, but this will only be my second 21 and people say its rough...
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I'm doing it. It will be my first Dischem and first race of the year. I hope it won't be too bad, I've been running over the December holidays, but only 5ks at a time. Otherwise I see a lot of walking on Sunday....
 
martin said:
I should have mentioned that I currently run 3 - 4 times a week but usually limit my runs to 3 - 6 kms. The distance is dependant on how I feel before a particular run (and paying extra attention to the state of my knee). I am also actively avoiding trails and any technical terrain.

I limit my 10k runs to one, every second week, at the moment. I've also been focusing on smaller strides since the start of December. This has made the biggest and most immediate difference to date and has definitely helped to limit the discomfort in my knee. I'm working on strength training at the gym but I'm being very cautious about the intensity of these sessions. I may be overly cautious but as I'm nearing my forties I don't want to risk serious injury. I'm really enjoying running at the moment. I also try to ice my knees after each run but I'm not sure if that is something worth doing.

I haven't even considered massaging with a foam roller so thank you for the suggestion! I'll definitely try it out. If I don't come right a visit to the doctor is definitely on the cards. I'm definitely not planning on risking any permanent damage.
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According to this
unless you have a knee injury/bad knees already running makes your knees stronger.

I'm no expert but I only really worry about things that only effect one side of my body, if both knees/claves/quads etc hurt I follow RICE Rest Ice Compression Elevation because it is normally an overuse injury. In the knee its prob an inflamed tendon but if it gets worse see a Physio (the doctor is going to give you anti inflammatory and send you to physio).

I pretty much always do stretch 5 https://www.self.com/gallery/best-stretches-for-knee-pain for my knees after a long run (I should before but don't) when doing this stretch you will hear a pop in the knee which releases the pressure and feels amazing. Foam roll as much as you can and do the full Foam roll guide
(I like this one for reasons :ROFL: ) when the glutes are tight it can effect the ankle that messes up the calf that messed up the knee.
 
Scary_Turtle said:
According to this
unless you have a knee injury/bad knees already running makes your knees stronger.

I'm no expert but I only really worry about things that only effect one side of my body, if both knees/claves/quads etc hurt I follow RICE Rest Ice Compression Elevation because it is normally an overuse injury. In the knee its prob an inflamed tendon but if it gets worse see a Physio (the doctor is going to give you anti inflammatory and send you to physio).

I pretty much always do stretch 5 https://www.self.com/gallery/best-stretches-for-knee-pain for my knees after a long run (I should before but don't) when doing this stretch you will hear a pop in the knee which releases the pressure and feels amazing. Foam roll as much as you can and do the full Foam roll guide
(I like this one for reasons :ROFL: ) when the glutes are tight it can effect the ankle that messes up the calf that messed up the knee.
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This is exactly what I'm after. Thanks to both yourself and Eti1 for the advice!
 
Jaws677 said:
I managed a half decent Parkrun last week. First Parkrun in the two years.

It's quite the site seeing 100kg 41year old trying to keep up with the front runners
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Lol, 21min is 'half decent' according to you. Most of us can only dream of doing even close to that! :laugh:
 
Claymore said:
I did my 300th Parkrun on 1 Jan, and my son did his 100th. I came in 4th, he came in 3rd, and were were both second in our age categories...
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wow! I'm on 67. My son is running with us tomorrow but I think I should be able to beat him, will report back after parkrun
 
Dischem 21K done at 2:17. Not too bad for the first race of the year. My first time on this race and I quite enjoyed it. The climb in the second half was nice and challenging, I had to walk a few times. I still think the Randburg Harriers is tougher when it comes to hills though.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Sportsman's Warehouse running a sale. Was in there today as I need new shoes for 2020. My current road shoes (Asics Gel Nimbus 21's) are on sale for R1,899 marked down from R2,700. Pretty decent sale. I stood staring at them for like 5min until I turned on my heel and walked out.

Specials on trail shoes too for thems interested.
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Thank you for this. Picked up a pair of Hoka Arahi 3's yesterday for a steal. I was also very surprised that they had my size - UK 9.5. It's been a struggle to find half sizes (in stock) in the past.
 
walterl said:
wow! I'm on 67. My son is running with us tomorrow but I think I should be able to beat him, will report back after parkrun
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okay so my son didn't run on Saturday, my time for parkrun 68 was 27:43 and myrun on Sunday was 26:59
 
Did a 15km slowish run starting at 6am on Saturday in 1h27min then got talked into doing a park run where I just tried to keep up with my friend and managed just under 25min, super chuffed with that time (even though I felt like death).

Sunday set out to do a 25km training run but missed a turn somewhere and did 23.4km.

Today I don't feel like I have a runners hangover and my injury is better so looks like its going to be a good year.
 
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