Post by desertray on Oct 3, 2012 13:20:37 GMT -5
Well the hard, long training sessions are over. last week-ends slog around the bulk of Rotherhams circumference, in which from Harthill the usual trail and fields have been plowed over. The footpaths have all been lost. turning round to see my virgin footsteps across sodden wave like fields leaves me praying for some decent weather to harden off the paths, and hope all the athletes who are out to recce the course will provide a solid and navigational path before i set off on Friday evening the 19th oct.
I have managed to come through all these long, and often back to back training sessions, sometimes twice, and three times a day, without incurring any injury.
They say you cant teach an old dog new tricks, but i can now dispute that saying, and pass on the secret. Since retiring i now have the time to devote to the task of running long distances, and we all know that to be able to run long we have to train long, there's no other way.
In practice age is generally a big let down for running, so to buck that trend I have had many thoughts on how to balance that fine line between training hard and injury. So without all the bumf, i came up with the idea that as we start to increase the millage, especially at my age, that's generally when the twinges start. The option is then to slow down the increased training, or stop running and recover, but that only adds to frustration, and often either canceling the event or continue with the training and seriously damaging the niggle.
here comes the answer for me.
My increased training has come from going out and not doing the required distance in one hit, but coming back, feet up for a few hours, food, and then off again to complete the desired distance, or , in most cases with me, slightly more, because fatigue is not present. I was running easier doing this type of mileage increase and covering a grater distance until i eventually managed 120mile with a back to back 68mile over the last week-end without so much as a niggle, Fridays have always been my rest days, and religiously stuck to. Good i think
I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who is giving up their time, and sleep to feed and water me over the nights of Friday, and Saturday 19th- 20th oct . I dont take this 150 mile run for granted, but You are all helping to making this challenge possible for me Thanks guys
I have managed to come through all these long, and often back to back training sessions, sometimes twice, and three times a day, without incurring any injury.
They say you cant teach an old dog new tricks, but i can now dispute that saying, and pass on the secret. Since retiring i now have the time to devote to the task of running long distances, and we all know that to be able to run long we have to train long, there's no other way.
In practice age is generally a big let down for running, so to buck that trend I have had many thoughts on how to balance that fine line between training hard and injury. So without all the bumf, i came up with the idea that as we start to increase the millage, especially at my age, that's generally when the twinges start. The option is then to slow down the increased training, or stop running and recover, but that only adds to frustration, and often either canceling the event or continue with the training and seriously damaging the niggle.
here comes the answer for me.
My increased training has come from going out and not doing the required distance in one hit, but coming back, feet up for a few hours, food, and then off again to complete the desired distance, or , in most cases with me, slightly more, because fatigue is not present. I was running easier doing this type of mileage increase and covering a grater distance until i eventually managed 120mile with a back to back 68mile over the last week-end without so much as a niggle, Fridays have always been my rest days, and religiously stuck to. Good i think
I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who is giving up their time, and sleep to feed and water me over the nights of Friday, and Saturday 19th- 20th oct . I dont take this 150 mile run for granted, but You are all helping to making this challenge possible for me Thanks guys