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Wallace1492
Joined: 03 Jul 2009
Posts: 1137
Location: North Glasgow
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 Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 12:49 pm |
All this talk of running..... Think I will pop out for a run round my beautiful local country park.... Now where is my i-pod....
Kona Caldera - nobblies back on
Specialised Tricross - rack mudguards and panniers
FCN : 9/7
"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles" |
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Cafewanda
Joined: 08 May 2009
Posts: 733
Location: Balham: London
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simple_salmon
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Posts: 315
Location: Leicester
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:03 am |
Sounds like a good idea. I trained in spikes this weekend for the first time since January in preparation for upcoming X-Cs; I went on the grass and that seemed to work quite well:
a) less stressful on the feet/lower legs; b) slower c) good preparation for running off-road.
Cheers
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Roastie
Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 1242
Location: Battersea
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Wallace1492
Joined: 03 Jul 2009
Posts: 1137
Location: North Glasgow
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:15 am |
Well, did a 5 miler on Saturday afternoon. Round local country park, really enjoyed it, felt great afterwards. Think I will do a fair amount more.
Kona Caldera - nobblies back on
Specialised Tricross - rack mudguards and panniers
FCN : 9/7
"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles" |
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simple_salmon
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Posts: 315
Location: Leicester
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:37 am |
| Roastie wrote: | | simple_salmon wrote: | Sounds like a good idea. I trained in spikes this weekend for the first time since January in preparation for upcoming X-Cs; I went on the grass and that seemed to work quite well:
a) less stressful on the feet/lower legs; b) slower c) good preparation for running off-road.
Cheers
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I'm so bummed. I'd just bought a new pair of XC shoes when my knees started giving me trouble.
I really miss running a lot. TBH I find training on the bike difficult to do, but heading out for an hour's run is brilliant. You may cover less ground, but you see so much more.
Maybe time to ease myself back into it? |
I've been where you are every summer for the past 5 years; just get fit to run then injury strikes - it sucks. The best cycling substitute I've found in terms of time efficiency is an hour's workout on the turbo using HR as a guide to effort or an hour out on the roads on the fixed wheel.
When you start again, EASING back into it is the key - note to self, must learn to take my own advice 
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Roastie
Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 1242
Location: Battersea
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Cafewanda
Joined: 08 May 2009
Posts: 733
Location: Balham: London
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