I must not Over-do things.

I haven't overdone it yet but I might be pushing things a bit. I haven't done the planned leg session or cycling to help strengthen my knee and I've just been out and done a 15k run. Granted it was fairly slow but might be a bit much three days after a race. That's the thing with running though, when things are going well I tend to press on and see exactly what I can do (and usually end up injuring myself).
Still, I'm happy to have managed a longer run, it took 1:14:45 but as I said it was just steady. I had a running partner for a change and I'm not used to talking while running. It was nice to have some company and helped to keep a constant pace.
Anyway, knee was ok, felt a bit of pain but not much. The plan for the next few days is as it was; leg session at the gym tomorrow and exercise bike on Friday.

Completed Gateshead 10k

Another race completed, another T-Shirt and Medal for the collection. Managed to get round in 44:40, A minute slower than my personal best but good for so soon after injury. The knee is aching but I'm not limping so I hopefully just need to keep exercising it, I'll factor in some cycling on the exercise bike and a full leg session in the gym. I have 3 weeks to prepare for the next race event, the Darlington 10k. Happy with the progress at the moment in general so just need to be careful and avoid overdoing things.

Another 10km completed

Having suffered through two days of butt pain I found the energy to get out for a practice run before Sunday's race. The plan was a slow steady pace to ensure fitness but as usual I got a bit carried away when the pace was reasonable early on and finished 10km in 45:49. A good time for me at the moment especially only three days after a race. It is now an hour post-race and I am experiencing a little knee pain around the tibial tuberosity, where I have recently been having trouble through over exercising. It's nothing excessive so I'm not overly concerned at the moment but I'll just have to see how I feel tomorrow.

My Poor Aching Muscles

Well it turns out hilly runs work different muscles to flat courses. My butt cheeks and hips have been aching pretty badly all day and I look like I've shit in my pants when I walk. I hope I recover enough by Wednesday to get a warm-up run in before Gateshead at the weekend. On a much lighter note the results were published today and my official time was better than I thought. I must've had blurred vision at the finishing line as my time was 48:50 not 49:50! I'm chuffed with that on a tough course. I finished 60th out of 289.

Hamsterley Forest is Hilly!

Well, I can safely say that was the hardest 10km I've ran. I managed to stay under 50 minutes though and I'm happy with that. Legs were reasonable too so hopefully I'll be able to get a slow run in on Wednesday in advance of the Gateshead 10km next Sunday. The one disappointment about today's run was that I had to walk up part of one of the hills but there were a few people doing likewise and I recovered in the second half of the run. It was quite pleasant except for the tiredness actually, very scenic and not too muddy, I'm glad it wasn't wet though as the footing may have proven traitorous in places.

First Post - About Me

I've decided to keep track of my running training by creating a new blog. The idea is that by doing this I am more likely to get my arse into gear and get out more often. I guess the best starting point would be to note exactly where I am in the grand scheme of things. So far this year I've managed about 300km running, which isn't bad for an injury prone overweight chap. I would like to have managed more but I have a tendency to injure myself quite regularly. I have a permanently torn ligament in my ankle and I think this causes other problems like regular calf and knee problems. I'm hoping the more exercise I can manage to get through the stronger my ankle will get. With this in mind I have entered a few races this year and have already completed 10km runs in South Shields and Sunderland as well as finishing the Blaydon Race and getting soaked in the process. The next one is in Hamsterley Forest tomorrow. I'm hoping to get round in about 47 minutes although the course is likely to be challenging as it is called "undulating", which I believe is a running term meaning "You're gonna suffer". As long as I get round in one piece I won't be too disappointed with any time under 50 minutes. I managed a personal best of 43.47 in April but I've gone backwards since then so I'm not sure how it'll go, there's only one way to find out.