Taking back control of my running
Since my last post, the ITB issues and knee pain got alot worse. So bad that I could only run upto just 45 mins on (the flat) before the knee pains stopped me in my tracks. My head was spinning with all of these “experts” giving me their advice that was fixing nothing and to [...]
Running is rather humbling….
Week two….tick! Week two of my training has been ticked off and to tell you the truth it has been bloody hard on my body. Cardio wise things are spot on- but I’ve been aching and hurting in places I had forgot about :D It’s really easy to get frustrated when things are not “just [...]
Coaching – running technique
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I had my first meeting with Karen Muller a few weeks back and it was really positive and all about running technique. To be honest, I’ve never really thought about what constitutes the “best” or “optimum” technique, which is silly really seeing as I’ve been riding bikes for [...]
Those aches and pains & how I’m fixing them
Broken? It’s hard not to get frustrated with all the aches and pains that have seemingly come from nowhere since I started to run. Some of which are totally familiar, but some not so. When I say familiar, I’m talking about general fatigue of the muscles after you have pushed them – along side the [...]
