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May 2019
10:03pm, 23 May 2019
2,829 posts
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jabberknit
Is it something that will heal in time, LD, or will it need something doing to it? I know a club member who had an op to sort his neuroma out. Hope yours won't need that.
Sharkie - OH and I can't train together. He is tall, has very long legs and runs very fast, I have very short legs and can't run anywhere near his 'just-jogging-along' speed, never mind his real speed. It causes him problems when he tries to run at my pace, he has to do a sort of stop/start/hoppy/skip thing that looks really uncomfortable. It took us a decade or so to work out a compromise of a walking pace that allows us to walk together!
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May 2019
10:09pm, 23 May 2019
14,843 posts
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Sharkie
Oh jabber I certainly get that one! It was a complete disaster when Raffo and I tried to run together. Like you and rjb, Raffo is half a yard taller - AND he's nine years younger so there was a treble disadvantage for short, female, ancient me.
It was great when I got him to join my sprint group though - I've always trained with mainly younger blokes, we just adjust the reps so we run at the same time. I loved my sprint group!
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May 2019
10:31pm, 23 May 2019
15,177 posts
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jennywren
Jk I definitely know what you mean about the knee niggle thing. I have one as well and I’ve carried on running because it isn’t *that* bad and tends to wear off after a mile or so. I’ve tried resting for a bit and it seems to hurt more! Feels like a constant dilemma though.
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May 2019
7:33am, 24 May 2019
26,750 posts
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LazyDaisy
I dont know, JK. I've had a steroid injection, three months ago, and that certainly helped, but the doctor did warn that it might only be a temporary fix. It's by no means as bad as it was pre-injection, but it didn't like me parkrunning on uneven ground (even though I went very slowly) followed by putting effort in on the bike part of a tri the next day. I kbow there is an op but hope I can avoid that if at all possible.
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May 2019
11:21pm, 24 May 2019
2,344 posts
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Lisrun
Just come across this thread.
I think I am very lucky, I don't have any injuries and I still run long distances (slowly). I don't train as such, but I will do parkrun and shorter distances between the longer ones.
I hope those of you who have injuries recover soon 😀
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May 2019
11:29pm, 24 May 2019
28,253 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Only just spotted this new thread, I need to read back 
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May 2019
9:18am, 25 May 2019
14,845 posts
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Sharkie
Having checked your race profile for 2019 so far, Lisrun, I see you put your feet where your mouth is re racing v.training! Great to hear it's all about fun and that you are lucky (and smart?) enough not to be injured.
And its great to see you here Mrs. J.
Absolutely one of the finest runners on Fetch of ANY age - and an inspiration to all us late starters and still doing it-ers.
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May 2019
1:35pm, 25 May 2019
28,256 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
*blush* Thank you Sharkie, you too are an absolute inspiration with your great track and field performances!
Right, going to start at page 1 to catch up.
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May 2019
1:57pm, 25 May 2019
28,257 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Some great discussions taking place and so good to see so many over 60s here, many who I have been lucky enough to meet in real life
I am embarrassed to admit that I don’t do any cross training or upper body strength work however it is a discussion I have recently had with Jigs and we both (I think) plan to start doing something about it.
I haven’t done a marathon since 2016, I did enter one in 2018 but due to injury and illness (chest infection so nothing serious) I didn’t get the training in, I am seriously considering an autumn marathon this year as I will reach a new age category (65) and also because I quite enjoy the discipline of marathon training, it is a distance that clearly suits me as a runner as my highest wava was Chester Marathon in 2012.
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May 2019
3:10pm, 25 May 2019
15,184 posts
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jennywren
Come and do Yorkshire Mrs J
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