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MadWelshWoman Apr 2018 5:58am, 3 Apr 2018 128 posts	0 MadWelshWoman Hello all, some interesting posts on form. I don't have great form and have lots if injuries. Currently still struggling to do more than 1 mile with achillies and heel pain 😣
steve45 Apr 2018 9:59am, 3 Apr 2018 2,467 posts	0 steve45 Good to see you here MadWelshWoman...you're about seventy miles west of me here in Cardiff! Not a good idea to struggle and run with serious Achilles pain. Best "trick" is to rest until it's gone. I'm sure you have loads of advice from Darth Runners anyway! Try a sports physio...don't make things worse!!
Canute Apr 2018 10:41am, 3 Apr 2018 1,866 posts	0 Canute With regard to Zatopek's grimacing, it is interesting to note that grunting while playing a stoke in tennis increases to force applied via the raquet by about 4%. However, I think there are more effective ways to teach your Central Governor to allow you to run more powerfully. I have posted a discussion of this on my Wordpress blog. canute1.wordpress.com
Flatlander Apr 2018 12:04pm, 3 Apr 2018 1,093 posts	0 Flatlander If it's proper Achilles tendinitis or tendinopathy rather than just dull aches, then the best "trick" is eccentric heel drops, together with promotion of blood flow to the tendon, coupled with rest.
Columba Apr 2018 5:17pm, 3 Apr 2018 15,250 posts	0 Columba Very interesting - as always - Canute; thank you. Forwarding the link to my running offspring.
Dvorak Apr 2018 5:47pm, 3 Apr 2018 15,765 posts	0 Dvorak Interesting stuff, Canute. I experienced something related, but still a bit different on Sunday. I should probably wrestle it into a blog, but basically, it was what I'll call the training/racing paradox, which is that in a race I produced a performance which I did not (indeed, could not) get anywhere near in training. Where my case is unrelated is that I didn't get runners high, into the zone, or a second wind (though I did produce a decent finish.) It was also a PW, but a much better PW than my astonishingly inadequate training would have indicated. A good bit of which was due I reckon to having done sixty of so events of the distance or more (ten miles) before: ref Canute's article, maybe I have an enlarged lump of gray matter which deals with race management ;-). (And which only<b/> works in a race situation.)
Dvorak Apr 2018 5:49pm, 3 Apr 2018 15,766 posts	0 Dvorak (does the bold tag carry on in other comments until turned off - best check)
eL Bee! Apr 2018 6:12pm, 3 Apr 2018 20,358 posts	0 eL Bee! Dvorak your 'b' and '` are the wrong way around!
eL Bee! Apr 2018 6:13pm, 3 Apr 2018 20,359 posts	0 eL Bee! 'backslash' don't know what happened there
eL Bee! Apr 2018 6:13pm, 3 Apr 2018 20,360 posts	0 eL Bee! 'slash' even... I'm tired!