D.A
Striker
Do the brooks shoe thingyThanks for your advice, will look at giving a new pair of shoes a try. I got nothing to lose.
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Do the brooks shoe thingyThanks for your advice, will look at giving a new pair of shoes a try. I got nothing to lose.
5km in 23:56 which considering the heat I'm happy with. The first lap was 11:45 which would have been around a PB but in the second half the heat got the better of me. The biggest concern is I've hurt my knee. In 5+ years of on/off running I've never had an injury into now! It felt not normal but ok beforehand and movement was fine with no pain - more like a feeling of pressure? When I finished the run it started to swell and hurt, with limited movement. Now it's hurting a fair bit when I'm using it. Will just need to be patient I suppose but it's a weird thing for me.
Thanks for reply, do you think my adidas shoes are a potential problem ? I dont have a roller but im looking up it band as i type this, see what i can find and if it correlates with my symptoms.
First of all cracking time! Swelling doesn’t sound good at all, outside of the knee?
Cheers! I was pleased like. This is the start of the year where my times start to suffer due to the heat so it'll be interesting what happens this year as I'm definitely much quicker.
Sounds daft but I'm struggling to pinpoint where the pain is. The swelling is around the outside and front but it's just about gone now. The pain is sort of directly at the very back of the knee - say if you were looking down at your feet and knees, the pain is at 6 o'clock and the swelling at 2 and 10. It's more that the whole knee feels... Spongey? Especially in a squat position, which considering I do a lot of squats suggests it's from this rather than running!
Since the gyms have closed I have been running 3 times a week using the only trainers available which were intended for indoor weight training.Thanks for reply, do you think my adidas shoes are a potential problem ? I dont have a roller but im looking up it band as i type this, see what i can find and if it correlates with my symptoms.
I can only think of grass or sand where running barefoot wouldn't be a nightmare, and even then only in ideal weather ?Since the gyms have closed I have been running 3 times a week using the only trainers available which were intended for indoor weight training.
Weirdly enough these new balance with minimal cushioning have caused fewer aches and pains than the asics support trainers that I’d used until the beginning of this year and then binned.
I actually think that modern trainers could be too cushioned and supportive, I remember reading articles about people running barefooted or with minimalistic shoes and they avoided injury. There was something about foot placement and how the foot hits the surface, when you run as nature intended then you land more on the balls of the foot iirc.
Since the gyms have closed I have been running 3 times a week using the only trainers available which were intended for indoor weight training.
Weirdly enough these new balance with minimal cushioning have caused fewer aches and pains than the asics support trainers that I’d used until the beginning of this year and then binned.
I actually think that modern trainers could be too cushioned and supportive, I remember reading articles about people running barefooted or with minimalistic shoes and they avoided injury. There was something about foot placement and how the foot hits the surface, when you run as nature intended then you land more on the balls of the foot iirc.
Have to be honest I've loved Hokas for years since original cliftons and never had any issue with them, is worth noting though they are 4mm drop in the main compared to 12mm of a lot of the more standard trainers so they flatter than might think and may take bit adjusting too. Currently running a lot of my miles in Hoka Machs which are more traditional in dont have as big a thick sole and really enjoying them will probably get some mach 2 shortly as they were on offer on sportshoes.comI certainly avoided the knee injuries I'd been plagued by when I switched to a minimalist shoe, basically by getting a metatarsal stress fracture instead. It's a horses for courses thing imho. I can't understand how anyone can run in those highly cushioned shoes like Hokas but there are acouple of people at the running club who've come on leaps & bounds since they started wearing them & have avoided injury since.
Have to be honest I've loved Hokas for years since original cliftons and never had any issue with them, is worth noting though they are 4mm drop in the main compared to 12mm of a lot of the more standard trainers so they flatter than might think and may take bit adjusting too. Currently running a lot of my miles in Hoka Machs which are more traditional in dont have as big a thick sole and really enjoying them will probably get some mach 2 shortly as they were on offer on sportshoes.com
Have had trainers fom all the other big brands including brooks that I kow a lot of people rate but always seem to gravitate back to hoka.
Got any compression sleeves? I have to wear them at all times otherwise they return.Trying to get rid of shin splints atm. Doing my head in
Just ordered some an hour ago funnily enough.Got any compression sleeves? I have to wear them at all times otherwise they return.