The athletics/running thread

thebish · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:41 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

thebish wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Was thinking today that i should start running again in this lovely weather but only gone and done something to my knee and can now barely move

want me to send you some of my anti-inflammatories??

Dunno what i have done to it. Is the inside of my right knee. Had problems before doing too much/incorrect technique breast stroke swimming but stopped and its been fine for years. All of a sudden today when getting up from being on the grass with the kids it suddenly really hurt again. Didn't twist ot or anything, is ok if i keep it still but bending and flexing it (ie walking!) it really hurts! Hoping its just one of those things and will be better by tomorrow.

How are all your aches and pains? Do the drugs work?!

ahhh - thought you'd tempt me into some gratuitous breast-stroke innuendo did you??? well - you know I am strong enough to resist that!!

yeah - the drugs work to ease the pain - but they wear off - and the pain is still there un-sorted. will go back to docs in a few days when course is ended - and maybe he'll take the next step... i reckon anti-inflammatories are the catch-all first automatic step for the GP to take...

PS - do you want me to come down and give you some breast-stroke tuition again?

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:49 pm

thebish wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

thebish wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Was thinking today that i should start running again in this lovely weather but only gone and done something to my knee and can now barely move

want me to send you some of my anti-inflammatories??

Dunno what i have done to it. Is the inside of my right knee. Had problems before doing too much/incorrect technique breast stroke swimming but stopped and its been fine for years. All of a sudden today when getting up from being on the grass with the kids it suddenly really hurt again. Didn't twist ot or anything, is ok if i keep it still but bending and flexing it (ie walking!) it really hurts! Hoping its just one of those things and will be better by tomorrow.

How are all your aches and pains? Do the drugs work?!

ahhh - thought you'd tempt me into some gratuitous breast-stroke innuendo did you??? well - you know I am strong enough to resist that!!

yeah - the drugs work to ease the pain - but they wear off - and the pain is still there un-sorted. will go back to docs in a few days when course is ended - and maybe he'll take the next step... i reckon anti-inflammatories are the catch-all first automatic step for the GP to take...

PS - do you want me to come down and give you some breast-stroke tuition again?

Is there anything i can talk about that you wouldn't see innuendo in?! You make Caps look like an *halo*

(but you also make me smile so its ok

)

Hope the doc can sort you out with something that will fix the pain not just mask the symtoms. Scan?

thebish · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:51 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

Is there anything i can talk about that you wouldn't see innuendo in?! You make Caps look like an *halo*

(but you also make me smile so its ok

)

Hope the doc can sort you out with something that will fix the pain not just mask the symtoms. Scan?

likewise - except you won't be going to the doctors anytime soon, will you!!! :wink:

(might be worth it while you still get free prescriptions though..)

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:53 pm

thebish wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Is there anything i can talk about that you wouldn't see innuendo in?! You make Caps look like an *halo*

(but you also make me smile so its ok

)

Hope the doc can sort you out with something that will fix the pain not just mask the symtoms. Scan?

likewise - except you won't be going to the doctors anytime soon, will you!!! :wink:

(might be worth it while you still get free prescriptions though..)

I haven't got free prescriptions since last October! Was only til the twins were 1! And i will go if i am still in this much pain in a couple of days!

thebish · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:02 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

thebish wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Is there anything i can talk about that you wouldn't see innuendo in?! You make Caps look like an *halo*

(but you also make me smile so its ok

)

Hope the doc can sort you out with something that will fix the pain not just mask the symtoms. Scan?

likewise - except you won't be going to the doctors anytime soon, will you!!! :wink:

(might be worth it while you still get free prescriptions though..)

I haven't got free prescriptions since last October! Was only til the twins were 1! And i will go if i am still in this much pain in a couple of days!

ahh - thought it might be 2 yrs... bloody tories!! :wink:

Sponge · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:08 am

Just started jogging again. It hurts. I was thinking of getting a pair of Asics running shoes – are they any good? There's a shiny, high-tech Asics store here in Amsterdam; they have fancy machines that assess your footfall, etc., in order to find you the best fitting shoes. It's probably a load of marketing bollocks, but I have to admit I was seduced.

thebish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:13 am

Sponge wrote:

Just started jogging again. It hurts. I was thinking of getting a pair of Asics running shoes – are they any good? There's a shiny, high-tech Asics store here in Amsterdam; they have fancy machines that assess your footfall, etc., in order to find you the best fitting shoes. It's probably a load of marketing bollocks, but I have to admit I was seduced.

that is the right advice - and it is at least possible that my knee injury is due to me not taking it!!

Gary the Enfield · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:47 am

thebish wrote:

Sponge wrote:

Just started jogging again. It hurts. I was thinking of getting a pair of Asics running shoes – are they any good? There's a shiny, high-tech Asics store here in Amsterdam; they have fancy machines that assess your footfall, etc., in order to find you the best fitting shoes. It's probably a load of marketing bollocks, but I have to admit I was seduced.

that is the right advice - and it is at least possible that my knee injury is due to me not taking it!!

Get your gait assessed for free. Listen to the fancypants salesman's advice on what type of shoe fits you. Make some excuse to leave then get online and order said shoes for about 20 - 30% less.

By the way, how did it go at the Doctor's Sponge?

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:51 am

Sponge wrote:

Just started jogging again. It hurts. I was thinking of getting a pair of Asics running shoes – are they any good? There's a shiny, high-tech Asics store here in Amsterdam; they have fancy machines that assess your footfall, etc., in order to find you the best fitting shoes. It's probably a load of marketing bollocks, but I have to admit I was seduced.

I have never ever gotten into Asics as a brand. I think it's because before I heard anyone say it I had no idea how it was supposed to be pronounced. That funny little thing before the asics confused the hell out of me - I'd look at it and wonder "should it be Dasics, or Oasics, or even a weird version of Basics" - never occurred to me it would be squiggle Asics. When I learnt the truth, it annoyed me, and so on principle I never buy anything squiggle-asic.

Gary the Enfield · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:06 am

The Axman wrote:

Sponge wrote:

Just started jogging again. It hurts. I was thinking of getting a pair of Asics running shoes – are they any good? There's a shiny, high-tech Asics store here in Amsterdam; they have fancy machines that assess your footfall, etc., in order to find you the best fitting shoes. It's probably a load of marketing bollocks, but I have to admit I was seduced.

I have never ever gotten into Asics as a brand. I think it's because before I heard anyone say it I had no idea how it was supposed to be pronounced. That funny little thing before the asics confused the hell out of me - I'd look at it and wonder "should it be Dasics, or Oasics, or even a weird version of Basics" - never occurred to me it would be squiggle Asics. When I learnt the truth, it annoyed me, and so on principle I never buy anything squiggle-asic.

The name of the company, "ASICS", is an acronym of the Latin phrase anima sana in corpore sano, which translates to "Healthy Soul in a Healthy Body"

I quite like their stuff and have run in a Neutral Gel Cumulus shoe for the last 5 years.

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:19 am

Fair enough. I use Innov8, swear by them.

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:35 pm

Best piece of advice I received prior to starting out was get proper shoes. Have these Asics gel things (as well as my Hermes Power Boots) which are padded in the arches (because I'm a flat-footed Herbert).

Asics running shoes, Footjoy Golf shoes & Lotto calf leather football boots all = money very well spent indeed!

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:57 pm

Thanks to Little Green Man I'm now technically equipped, so apropos of GGs piccy on p74(? iIrc) here is a pic of my running companion.
This was on Gairloch beach. At this point she'd rounded up a whole bunch of runners (well two of them, jogging) going in the opposite direction and was giving them the encouragement to run in the 'correct' direction. (I mean, would you gainsay her?)

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:58 pm

uh uh. Technically equipped. I think not.

CrazyHorse · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:59 pm

:sarcasticclap:

thebish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:00 pm

The Axman wrote:

uh uh. Technically equipped. I think not.

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:15 pm

I think the whole site wobbled there for a sec as it tried to upload 50 gigaterabytes of image. The entire continent of North America briefly browned-out as billions upon billions of electronvolts surged from imageshack.USA towards The-Wanderer.co.uk

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:19 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:

:sarcasticclap:

Keep that up and I WILL learn how to re-upload that picture of Megson for you when you're least expecting it!

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:34 pm

As you were.

The Axman wrote:

Thanks to Little Green Man I'm now technically equipped, so apropos of GGs piccy on p74(? iIrc) here is a pic of my running companion.
This was on Gairloch beach. At this point she'd rounded up a whole bunch of runners (well two of them, jogging) going in the opposite direction and was giving them the encouragement to run in the 'correct' direction. (I mean, would you gainsay her?)

technically equipped part 2... {let's hope I don't break the site again}

thebish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:35 pm

border collies... the prince of dogs...

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