tigerton Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Are you still alive? Give us two rings to let us know you're safe! I wasn't there myself, but there seems to be a bit of a stramash on the Linwood Parkrun Facebook page from Saturday's event. Basically, the 1st place finisher (who was in the 11-14 age bracket) got a course record. In 4th place, someone managed to shave around 10 minutes off their normal time. Turns out they were both "canicrossers" and were running with their dogs. As someone who has run with a friend's dog before (a daschund... hardly the most manly of dogs to run with!), they definitely do help (if they don't get distracted, like mine did ... nearly decapitated the poor thing when he saw his girlfriend and ran off to say hello). People were complaining that their times shouldn't count, other people were saying they should. Some comments were deleted which probably didn't help. As a compromise, their result is now recorded beside "Cani - fit" running club and doesn't seem to count towards the course record. The boy who finished first ran sub 16 with his dog. He had done 200+ parkruns previously and had not broke 19 mins. So, eh, I should probably get a dog!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Why should it not count when running with a dog? If it was up to me, we'd all be running with dogs as they're amazing. Sounds like bitter jealous types complaining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 What exercise can I do while injured? Think I'm going to have to back off for a bit as I keep getting what might be shin splints every few runs and I've started getting a pain in my bum which is similar to what happened in the summer just before I pulled something properly and was fecked for a month. With the time of year I'm concerned I'm going to pile on weight if I'm not running - will I be OK on a rowing machine or exercise bike or is there something better? Don't mind walking but it's not really the weather for that! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 That Linwood story is bizarre. Seems one dude took it upon himself to kick up a fuss on behalf of a boy he knew. He's not taken much care over how he worded his request. Some very harsh comments in the thread.Would be nice to see 'assisted' records acknowledged in some way or you risk excluding or alienating folk. Bit of a shame, really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishyTON Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 That Linwood story is bizarre. Seems one dude took it upon himself to kick up a fuss on behalf of a boy he knew. He's not taken much care over how he worded his request. Some very harsh comments in the thread.Would be nice to see 'assisted' records acknowledged in some way or you risk excluding or alienating folk. Bit of a shame, really. Yeah Eglinton have assisted and normal records. You can't count it as a course record as it is not fair on everyone else, but it should be recognised in some way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Having had a quick look at the Linwood parkrun page it seems a few folk are getting rather worked up about what is meant to be a fun event where results are practically irrelevant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Sorry Stu, missed your earlier post. Are you much of a swimmer? I'm crap at it but I'd imagine that's fine for the shins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socks Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I wouldn't say results are irrelevant. Times are published so there's nothing wrong with racing it, and going for a decent time, if you want to. My 5k PB is a parkrun time. The dog thing is quite amusing, but it does seem right that it's not recognised as a course record when it was obviously a significantly assisted time. As an aside, I was marshalling at parkrun a couple of weeks ago, and one of our runners came over and said she was lost, claiming to already have done two full laps, but was quite happy to do a third (unnecessary) lap. Actually, she just didn't want to do the extra bit on the second lap, and it was quite obvious she hadn't been round twice given the pace she jogged off at. Not a big deal I guess, but why would you do that? Stu, the usual recovery exercises of cycling and swimming should be fine. And if you go swimming at 7.30am as I do, you can be guaranteed endless chat with all the pensioners you'll be sharing the pool with, whether you want it or not! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Lovely hilly 10k in the woods today. No knee pain. Off road seems to be the way forward. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerton Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Lovely hilly 10k in the woods today. No knee pain. Off road seems to be the way forward. Sounds like a plan! My knee was giving me a lot of jip on the club hill session tonight. Only on the downhills, ended up enjoying the climbs more than the descents!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 16 hours ago, tigerton said: Sounds like a plan! My knee was giving me a lot of jip on the club hill session tonight. Only on the downhills, ended up enjoying the climbs more than the descents!! Is it giving you jip going downstairs too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 That Linwood story is bizarre. Seems one dude took it upon himself to kick up a fuss on behalf of a boy he knew. He's not taken much care over how he worded his request. Some very harsh comments in the thread. Aye it's a weird one. Some folk take life too seriously. Yes the dog acts almost as a pace maker but they still need to be able to have run at that speed. Its no different to when I've run with my young son and guided him round to a PB. Though its more likely he'd hare past me these days... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishyTON Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Aye it's a weird one. Some folk take life too seriously. Yes the dog acts almost as a pace maker but they still need to be able to have run at that speed. Its no different to when I've run with my young son and guided him round to a PB. Though its more likely he'd hare past me these days... It is a bit more than just pace making. It can make a massive difference in time terms. Could be as much as 10%+ faster, which is a massive edge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerton Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Is it giving you jip going downstairs too? Yep, had it before and physio blamed tight hamstrings. A lot of stretchig and squats cured it then so that's the plan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 11 hours ago, tigerton said: Yep, had it before and physio blamed tight hamstrings. A lot of stretchig and squats cured it then so that's the plan. Was going to say it sounded like your IT band (tendon in thigh). The best thing for me was the foam roller exercises (excruciating but works) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishyTON Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yeah that sounds like a classic IT band issue. A lighter running schedule, plenty of stretching and a bit of foam roller and you should be fine in no time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerton Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Cheers guys. Entering this 10k XC districts thing on Sunday in Johnstone though. Im sure the nice soft turf wont be too bad on it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Went for quite a long walk earlier and did a bit of jogging during it for 30 second spells to see how I was. My backside injury didn't seem too bad during it and is no worse now than before so going to give Linwood parkrun a try tomorrow. Will take it nice and gentle and it's a nice short run to test it on 9and I can even bail half way through if need be). Fingers crossed. And don't worry, I don't have a dog Cancelled due to the frost. Seemed a good idea... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) Getting pissed off with the frost in Dumfries. It's not that icy but there's a fair amount of white on the pavements even at the end of the day that isn't shifting. Some mad folk have been running on it but don't know if I'm brave enough. EDIT: Went for it this morning, no problems - in fact the slipper bits were where there wasn't any frost! Edited November 26, 2016 by Stu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serbo99 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Aye its a bit milder now but last week was a bit dodgy in bits. When it starts to get to the -2, -3 range then it can be very dodgy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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