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Dates for next year won't be up yet, but these are probably the two best sites for finding races. Dates tend not to change much from year to year, so looking at what's on this year will give you a good idea.

http://scottishrunningguide.com/races/07/2016

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events

I'd also suggest trying smaller events, usually organised by running clubs. I can't really say what it is, but they just seem to have a better feel to them than the bigger ones, and a bonus is that you often get a good spread of cakes at these smaller ones.

Hope it goes OK at Musselburgh, Morrison. I had a place as well but still not right yet, so I won't be seeing you there. Should be slightly easier conditions than last year!

I finally got to see someone at the hospital about my suspected hernia this week. Was there about 5 minutes, told it's not a hernia and likely an inguinal tear that will just have to heal its self. Good in a way I suppose as it means no surgery needed, but still a tough one to take as it means no end in sight yet. Apparently if you get a really bad tear it can take 9 months to a year to properly heal. It does feel stronger than it was a few months ago and I'm no longer setting it back every couple of weeks by doing something like breathing so I guess it is getting there, just very very slowly. I'm just thinking no how great it's going to feel that day when I'm finally able to get out again - it will come.

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10 hours ago, Socks said:

Dates for next year won't be up yet, but these are probably the two best sites for finding races. Dates tend not to change much from year to year, so looking at what's on this year will give you a good idea.

http://scottishrunningguide.com/races/07/2016

http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events

I'd also suggest trying smaller events, usually organised by running clubs. I can't really say what it is, but they just seem to have a better feel to them than the bigger ones, and a bonus is that you often get a good spread of cakes at these smaller ones.

 

Cheers Socks. I can see a few events that I would be interested in for next year.

All the best with your recovery too. 

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I signed up for the Scottish 10k at Musselburgh in September. Looking forward to it as I really enjoyed my first competitive run in over 20 years at the Edinburgh MF.

Nice one. I've not ran that one but the Half they do has a great course, and it's been cracking weather both years too.



I'd also suggest trying smaller events, usually organised by running clubs. I can't really say what it is, but they just seem to have a better feel to them than the bigger ones, and a bonus is that you often get a good spread of cakes at these smaller ones.

Hope it goes OK at Musselburgh, Morrison. I had a place as well but still not right yet, so I won't be seeing you there. Should be slightly easier conditions than last year!



Can vouch for the cake! I'dve recommended the same sites, too.

Was a bit blowy again today but a bit better than last year; really happy with a 40:13 to keep trending the right way. Coming through the racecourse was the killer again, having got to 5k in around 19:30. Ice cream as tasty as ever, and the flake was in the goody bag again!

I guess that's good news, Socks. Hats off to you for your patience.
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Feel like I've been away from the thread for ages, so time for an update!

Was away to Italy for a holiday a couple of weeks ago so managed to get a few runs in there - early in the morning was still warmer than I'm used to! But some nice places to run going up the river to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome and more scenic in the smaller places we visited.

Marathon training now into full swing - just over 10 miles yesterday which also marked 15 weeks to go so the runs are just going to get longer. Booking in a couple of races to stop me from going mad though!

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Ran the Portaferry 10 mile race last night ,finished in1 hour 21 mins dead so happy enough, smashing setting for a run, a mixture of coastal and countryside, Portaferry is a nice wee town as well ,a nice buzz around it as t was part of the local festival, small numbers around 330 total including the relay runners.

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Finally getting back into the habit after a couple of weeks layoff.

Any training advice for trying to narrow the gap in drop-off time between half and full marathon? Having got the HM down to 1.55 I'd like to try and get the mara down from 4.45 to nearer 4.15 if possible...

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Back from 10 days in Ibiza last week.

Ran on 9 of the days, so the most running I've done in such a short time since 2008!

I mainly ran in mid afternoon in the hottest part of the day.

Reasons for this were 3 fold:

1. I drank too much every night so going out running early wasn't appealing

2. I like to start drinking later afternoon so running in the evening isn't an option

3. I read up that training for 10 days in heat is the new altitude training! Increases blood plasma, red blood cells, trains your body to deal with heat more efficiently, etc.

I did 4 sessions of 8 x 400m, doing each rep in around 1:20. A session of 6 x 1k, doing the reps in approx. 3:55 plus four 10ks runs.

Followed up each session by refuelling on San Miguel.

My son was there too and did a few of the 400m sessions with me. He actually ran twice on most of the days and also did a couple of 200m rep session.

Only problem is that I put on half a stone in weight. First parkrun back last Sat at Victoria Park only yielded a 19.24 return. Aiming to get sub 19.00 soon!

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On ‎02‎/‎07‎/‎2016 at 15:57, BishyTON said:

Been a while since I posted an update.

3k on the Green last Friday went well. It was pissing down about 20 mins beforehand, but then the sun came out and it was so hot that the course dried out completely by the time we started. I had a hell of a start as my GPS wouldn't sync, so I had no idea where I was pacing wise until I hit my first landmark (the blue bridge) which I know is 700m in. At the 1k mark, I was right on pace, so knew a pb was on. I pushed hard and by the turn I was around a second or two ahead of my best from the month prior.

The second half of the race went well and I knew that sub 10 was potentially on, so pushed hard. In the end, the heat got the better of me and I finished just short in 10'01". Still a pb by 3 secs, but a bit gutting to be so close to the milestone!

 

My son won that 3k on the Green in 9:20, which was a new PB.

I'm doing it next Friday. My target is a more modest sub 11.20.

There is a GAA track meeting that Friday night so my son is doing that instead.

Couple of recent parkrun milestones for him as well.

He broke the Springburn parkrun course record on 18th June in 16:15, taking 12 secs out the record.... only for someone else to come along and break the record the following week!

He also broke the Victoria Park parkrun U17 course record on 4th June in 16:05. Ran it in 16:06 last Saturday as well. Sub 16 is the immediate target.

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Finally getting back into the habit after a couple of weeks layoff.

Any training advice for trying to narrow the gap in drop-off time between half and full marathon? Having got the HM down to 1.55 I'd like to try and get the mara down from 4.45 to nearer 4.15 if possible...



I'd recommend more long runs in the 18 - 21 range (5 per training plan, say) provided you're coming off a decent base to start. Something like a 20 easy - 16 - 20 (5-8 at tempo) - 16 etc...

And chuck in tempo runs of 6-10 miles midweek at near HM pace.

All about time on feet so you build up the stamina, with the tempo sessions to help maintain speed. parkrun's also good for outright speedwork or have one interval session of km/mile reps during the week.

That's my tuppence-worth, anyway!
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It's good advice, although I've only got 4 weeks till my marathon, and I've only managed 2 half-marathons as training, as well as some shorter runs. Part of the problem is that I don't really like running on the roads. I started running in loops round Pollok Park, but on my 5th time round, I got bored and gave up.

Going to try and do a proper 18 mile run along the canal. 9 miles there and 9 miles back. No traffic, no hills and no loops. And if I make it the whole 9 miles out, I've got no choice but to hoof it back the other 9 miles.  

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19 mins dead at Kirkcaldy parkrun this morning. Good to see Socks there to scan my barcode at the end, although it took me a while to realise it was him after my sprint for the line.

Couple of hard runs done through the week in the warm weather and 12 miles planned in for tomorrow.

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On 04/07/2016 at 10:55, Yngwie said:

Yesterday I was running on the outskirts of Perth when I came under attack from a pair of buzzards! I didn't know they were there and the first swoop came from behind, passing just above my head - what a fright! There was nowhere to take shelter so I just kept running. There were about 5 more swoops at me (all from the same one I think, the other was just circling) until I found a branch at the roadside which I waved above my head while I ran, which prevented it from coming as close as before.

 

Obviously there must have been a nest with chicks nearby. Luckily for me there was no actual contact from the talons, as I've since seen pics online of joggers covered in blood, these things can cause nasty lacerations.

 

A bit more interesting than the more customary being chased by a dog!

Never been attacked by buzzards but i have reguarly been attacked by herring gulls around July, August time,worst one was when about ten of them started swooping down on me had to run for some trees to give me cover:lol:,i'm sure i could hear them laughing...they also like to shite on you when swooping..

Kinda lost my running mojo lately but went out this morning and did 5 and a half miles in 40 minutes so was ok with that considering,need to get back out regularly though.

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Hit the target of 200km for the month on Strava over the weekend.Most I've ever ran in a month, became a bit of a chore in the end but felt good to get the  Target.

Need some new running shoes now,last ones have a few miles on the clock and I'm getting a few blisters and so on.sweatshop have a few good offers on ,saw a pair of mizuno that look good .

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I done my first park run on Saturday at Portobello. 24:54 so it's a time to improve on. I've recently done a couple of 10k's and finished both in just over 53 mins. I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks, but I'm training at the moment for the Great Scottish Run in October. I'm up to 6.5 miles in my training for that at the moment. Will me taking 2 weeks off affect my training for the run? Also should I just gradually build up the mileage again towards the race day? I've heard good things about the run too, so looking forward to it.

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Been away basically all of July so done no exercise of any note so got myself out for a run today. Managed 6.5k in 30 minutes. Happy enough with that given the heat and my recent inactivity.

Trying to get myself fit this month for an alps trek next month so will try and get put a few times a week at least

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On ‎22‎/‎07‎/‎2016 at 14:23, morrison said:

 

 


I'd recommend more long runs in the 18 - 21 range (5 per training plan, say) provided you're coming off a decent base to start. Something like a 20 easy - 16 - 20 (5-8 at tempo) - 16 etc...

And chuck in tempo runs of 6-10 miles midweek at near HM pace.

All about time on feet so you build up the stamina, with the tempo sessions to help maintain speed. parkrun's also good for outright speedwork or have one interval session of km/mile reps during the week.

That's my tuppence-worth, anyway!

 

Cheers min, only going to manage four LSR's due to a week on holiday, probably going to work out at 17 - 20 - 18 - 22. Also managing an injury just now so sticking to 3 sets of dreadmills a week but getting into bother anywhere north of 10k. Toying with the idea of joining Metro at the end of the month too...

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On 8/1/2016 at 13:51, Rossi1990 said:

I done my first park run on Saturday at Portobello. 24:54 so it's a time to improve on. I've recently done a couple of 10k's and finished both in just over 53 mins. I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks, but I'm training at the moment for the Great Scottish Run in October. I'm up to 6.5 miles in my training for that at the moment. Will me taking 2 weeks off affect my training for the run? Also should I just gradually build up the mileage again towards the race day? I've heard good things about the run too, so looking forward to it.

I'm not really the best person to dish out running advice, but 6.5 miles at the moment should put you in good stead for 13 miles in 2 month's time (the first time I did a half I never ran farther than 6.5 miles previously, although as I said, I'm not exactly somebody you should be copying). 2 weeks off should be fine as well (in my book). The GSR is a good laugh though - love running over the Kingston Bridge and the thousands of people who cheer you on. Does get a bit crowded in parts but it is a nice day out. 

Only 2 weeks to go till my Icelandic marathon and I'm woefully under prepared. Set out for an 18 miler last weekend - got stung by a wasp almost from the off, and chucked it after mile 3 with some of the worst chafing I've ever experienced (despite me putting tons of that Glide stuff on). Going to try it again next weekend with my new skin-tight undershorts. Armed with them, various plasters, water, energy gels, headphones, phone, GPS watch, and emergency £10 "just in case". I thought running was supposed to be a simple sport?!

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Was hoping to be back running at Linwood park run this weekend but the pain in my backside has flared up again. It's been a problem for more than three weeks, although I thought it had gone. It's nowhere near as bad as it was but it's still not right.

It's either my glut or my hamstring and a few folk have said I should see a physio. Anyone know if that will sort me out?

Half tempted to run this weekend anyway on the basis that I might as well wreck it properly and get my money's worth!

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Physio might not necessarily sort you out but it should narrow down what the problem is, allowing you to take steps to fix it. As long as you're not sure what the issue is then you're gonna struggle to heal fully. See the physio and try get an answer - they'll give you the best advice on recovery

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12 hours ago, Stu said:

Was hoping to be back running at Linwood park run this weekend but the pain in my backside has flared up again. It's been a problem for more than three weeks, although I thought it had gone. It's nowhere near as bad as it was but it's still not right.

It's either my glut or my hamstring and a few folk have said I should see a physio. Anyone know if that will sort me out?

Half tempted to run this weekend anyway on the basis that I might as well wreck it properly and get my money's worth!

I had a similar problem a few years back - it was my piriformis - fairly common runner injury

 

The piriformis muscle:

  • Starts at the lower spine and connects to the upper surface of each femur (thighbone)
  • Functions to assist in rotating the hip and turning the leg and foot outward
  • Runs diagonally, with the sciatic nerve running vertically directly beneath it (although in some people the nerve can run through the muscle).

 

I rested - the pain went away - trained then pain (and limping) came back immediately.  I saw the physio and he gave me a deep tissue massage and a couple of stretches.  I was ok to train on it and with the stretching I was right as rain after a couple of weeks.  I still include these stretches as part of my warm down.

Paul-r-cfc is on the money it wont go away after a visit to the physio but they should be able to give you the advice to get it sorted - if at all possible try to get a specialist sports physio.

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