I really want to get into running and have tried to before but I can never find comfortable trainers so my feet end up hurting so I give it up. Can anyone recommend some trainers that are good for flat feet that are a reasonable price?
Any tips for painful muscles - shoulders/neck? I love running, especially during the summer but i always drops off in winter as I think I must tense when I run in cold weather and I get awful shoulder/neck pain and it forces me to stop and walk home
What am I doing wrongI warm up and all that and try my best to not tense my muscles but it’s kind of impossible. Are there any tips I’m missing
You’ll get fitter but be careful with running every day if you’re not used to it - I would give yourself rest days/walk in between days until your body is used to the impact. Or just do varying run/walk intervals to mix it up! Depending on the breed most dogs aren’t recommended to run until at least 1 year old - especially not if on lead. Larger breeds need to be olderI haven't posted here for agggggggges. I refuses to run over summer cos it was too hot, but decided I don't have that excuse anymore.
I also got a puppy in April, so want to start going out with her. The dogs normally get me up around 6am, so I think my plan is to run a mile a day. Nothing too taxing, but I think I'm more likely to actually do it if I'm not focussing on doing 5km. Will I get fitter though?
It's ok, I'm a vet nurse so I'm good with the dog infoYou’ll get fitter but be careful with running every day if you’re not used to it - I would give yourself rest days/walk in between days until your body is used to the impact. Or just do varying run/walk intervals to mix it up! Depending on the breed most dogs aren’t recommended to run until at least 1 year old - especially not if on lead. Larger breeds need to be olderit is great fun to run with the dogs though and mine love it!
I think your body would cope better with a couple of 5k runs a week than a mile every single dayIt's ok, I'm a vet nurse so I'm good with the dog info
I was running regularly until summer, so should warm up into it again quickly, I hope! I was just too focused on running 5k and I was struggling to fit it around work, so thinking shorter distances more regularly might work better for me.
Definitely! Fitness wise as well it just makes sense to do fewer runs of 3-4 miles than lots of little onesI think your body would cope better with a couple of 5k runs a week than a mile every single day
Out of interest, are you sweating when you run. I have been struggling all summer with the heat. I don't sweat when I run and after about 3k my head starts to feel like it's going to explode, then I get dizzy and nauseous. During winter I was comfortably running 10 to 12k 4 times a week. My sister has a similar problem and was diagnosed with HashimotosHas anyone else had the experience of getting really low blood sugar when building up how long you are running?
I'm aware of the need to fuel when doing 'endurance' level stuff, but I'm coming to the end of a C25K programme and I'm on 2x15 minute runs with a 2 minute walk break so I should be managing what I'm doing now. I run at a sensible pace (11min/mile) with a group, who all seem to be fine even though some of them are definitely less fit than me.
When we're getting to the end, I'm often getting numbness in my face, tingly hands, and feeling really dizzy. I'm not overly out of breath, it's not a case of overexerting myself like that but tonight the world properly started spinning and I had to cut and walk earlier than I would have liked (managed the 15, was gonna do another 5 to get back but couldn't) to avoid fainting. We got back to the cars and luckily there were some fruit pastilles I could down to bring myself back up.
I'm a nurse and fairly confident it was a hypo, but I don't understand why; I'm not diabetic, and I had eaten a reasonable time before my run so shouldn't have been hitting the wall. It was a bit warm but not insanely hot. It was quite scary though. I've literally gone and bought some glucose tablets to have in my pocket because I don't know how to avoid it happening again and if I was on my own further away from base I could genuinely have ended up blacking out.
I am never one to pop spots or blisters but I would carefully pop it - I had a blood blister under my toenail a while ago and my toenail started lifting. I lost the toenail anyway but it was good to relieve the pressure (I sterilised a needle and popped itI’ve got a toenail blister after a trail run the other day…
it’s so sore. Apologies for the grossness, but do I pop it or leave it?
Pop it if it is bothering you as it'll pop under pressure anywaysI’ve got a toenail blister after a trail run the other day…
it’s so sore. Apologies for the grossness, but do I pop it or leave it?
I would pop itI’ve got a toenail blister after a trail run the other day…
it’s so sore. Apologies for the grossness, but do I pop it or leave it?
It’s getting bigger and bigger, been trying to avoid popping it but after a trail run in shoes I’ve not worn in ages the other day with loads of hills it was so sore on this mornings run I think it will have to go….Pop it if it is bothering you as it'll pop under pressure anyways
I only leave them if I can get away with it
I normally am the same, but there was so much pressure I couldn’t wear shoes without a lot of pain. I didn’t need to burst it myself in the end, had a bath and it started draining itselfI try to leave stuff like that alone. I figure it''s there for a reason, usually healing or protective so why mess with our bodies natural defences but clearly I'm in the minority.
Perfect, must have been ready. I leave the skin on once it's popped until it's hardened rather than use a plaster (if I can of course, not so easy in the winter)I normally am the same, but there was so much pressure I couldn’t wear shoes without a lot of pain. I didn’t need to burst it myself in the end, had a bath and it started draining itself
sorry this is funny, it is so grim, but we have all been there at some point!I normally am the same, but there was so much pressure I couldn’t wear shoes without a lot of pain. I didn’t need to burst it myself in the end, had a bath and it started draining itself
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