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I came off my bike in 94.7, some guy road into me. After the medics had checked me out and I had put my bike back together, I got back on and carried on cycling.

Managed just under 4 hours thanks to my GF pushing me up the last few hills not quiet the under 3 I was looking for but I made it. Feeling rather tender today haha.
 
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ShaunSA said:
Ashburton is our regular. We skipped that one that you did. It rained heavy the night before so knew it was going to be a mudfest

Hilton is still closed due to tree felling. Piggly Wiggly is nice but I prefer Notty's. SO would rather drive out than do Dusi
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The dusi stink hey hahaha. I've only done it once with a slow 32 time , just want to hit a sub 30 and never return. I'm surprised at the low turnouts, wasn't dusi the most popular one?

I haven't done notty's yet, perhaps sometime next year. Unfortunately XMAS day + New years day fall on saturdays.
 
Scary_Turtle said:
I came off my bike in 94.7, some guy road into me. After the medics had checked me out and I had put my bike back together, I got back on and carried on cycling.

Managed just under 4 hours thanks to my GF pushing me up the last few hills not quiet the under 2 I was looking for but I made it. Feeling rather tender today haha.
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Dude, the pro's only did a 2:13, even if you didn't fall there's no way you'd get under 2...
 
RunningFromFat said:
The dusi stink hey hahaha. I've only done it once with a slow 32 time , just want to hit a sub 30 and never return. I'm surprised at the low turnouts, wasn't dusi the most popular one?

I haven't done notty's yet, perhaps sometime next year. Unfortunately XMAS day + New years day fall on saturdays.
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It was popular cos it was the only one at the time. Now there's a few to choose from and nobody wants to face piles of garbage. Pity because the course itself is quite nice.

Notty's is great. Just a tad further out to drive.
 
ShaunSA said:
It was popular cos it was the only one at the time. Now there's a few to choose from and nobody wants to face piles of garbage. Pity because the course itself is quite nice.

Notty's is great. Just a tad further out to drive.
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Is it a two lapper?I can't really tell from the course page, and only 30 people attended lol. I love the pies at the shop there.
 
Jetty said:
I found switching my shoes to Gel Nimbus got rid of most of my plantar fasciitis issues.
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#PlantarFasciitis
Below things have helped my plantar fasciitis recovery process. PF was diagnosed as a result of side effect of other injury on same ankle. Still recovering from both.

What definitely helped
1. Rolling the arch over frozen water bottle. 3-4 times a day
2. Taping like this overnight (This is NOT kinesiology tape but a rigid one) 1637567846847.png
3. Wearing arch support shoes at home & outside. I work from home.
4. Some of the stretches as mentioned by Bob & Brad on Youtube
5. Flexing toes towards arch.

What made it worse - both these suggestions form about 80% of youtube advise and not only Bob & Brad. I suspect these 2 suggestions didn't work for me as I have original ankle injury that caused PF.
1. Massaging arch as mentioned by Bob & Brad on Youtube :crying:
2. Flexing toes away from arch as mentioned by Bob & Brad on Youtube.

*I am aware our body is very complicated to follow YT advise blindly.
 
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You can achieve a better quality run if you start slow and build - even many of the top runners achieve negative splits (second half faster than first) doing this. Actually felt I could go on for a few more.

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wise_guy said:
You can achieve a better quality run if you start slow and build - even many of the top runners achieve negative splits (second half faster than first) doing this. Actually felt I could go on for a few more.
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My first 3k's always suck and then everything clicks into place. It used to be great on my 10k runs. 5k's not so much.
 
ShaunSA said:
My first 3k's always suck and then everything clicks into place. It used to be great on my 10k runs. 5k's not so much.
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There's no such thing as a 5k run without a warmup - it's effectively a 2-3k run. I prefer a quick 20min cycle or do 6-8k's in total.
 
surface said:
#PlantarFasciitis
Below things have helped my plantar fasciitis recovery process. PF was diagnosed as a result of side effect of other injury on same ankle. Still recovering from both.

What definitely helped
1. Rolling the arch over frozen water bottle. 3-4 times a day
2. Taping like this overnight (This is NOT kinesiology tape but a rigid one) View attachment 1198422
3. Wearing arch support shoes at home & outside. I work from home.
4. Some of the stretches as mentioned by Bob & Brad on Youtube
5. Flexing toes towards arch.

What made it worse - both these suggestions form about 80% of youtube advise and not only Bob & Brad. I suspect these 2 suggestions didn't work for me as I have original ankle injury that caused PF.
1. Massaging arch as mentioned by Bob & Brad on Youtube :crying:
2. Flexing toes away from arch as mentioned by Bob & Brad on Youtube.

*I am aware our body is very complicated to follow YT advise blindly.
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Have you started some running?
 
wise_guy said:
Have you started some running?
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Well, I am a slow paced jogger. You know those sloth paced people you see on the road, I am one of them. :) Using just stationery bike for now but will amble on the roads sometime this week.
 
surface said:
Well, I am a slow paced jogger. You know those sloth paced people you see on the road, I am one of them. :) Using just stationery bike for now but will amble on the roads sometime this week.
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Start with a walk/run/walk/run combo. You will progress quick enough

And if you chuck in a park run every Saturday it quickly becomes addictive
 
wise_guy said:
You can achieve a better quality run if you start slow and build - even many of the top runners achieve negative splits (second half faster than first) doing this. Actually felt I could go on for a few more.

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Very true , adding my run to complement your words. Although having a slight incline and then descent does help.
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Craig_ said:
I'll try that, my pace is all over the place.
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How much effort are you putting in this run?

I do majority of my runs at an easy pace and just treat parkrun as a full-on tempo run. It has shown incredible results compared to 2019/2020 when I also would've considered myself fit but rarely hit under 30mins per 5k.
 
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