Slow and Proud (SAP) Club

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Spreadie ~ whichever way makes it easier for the RD to access and process for the thread :-)

Having run around after everyone for a few weeks I can now run again ... But, with typical timing and before I could crack on, I've incurred something unknown to my lower left leg and have limited mobility in it and weight bearing is <I> fun </I> at the moment.

Although it's a case of no problem at all one day and really bad the next, I still suspect shin splints at this time :-o :-( . I'm icing both legs twice a day, just in case ;-) :-) . I'll get to the surgery if I see no improvement in a day or two :-) .
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kwala
Feb 2018
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Boo decorum, hope it's not shin splints, and the rest and ice do the trick.
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Feb 2018
2:17pm, 12 Feb 2018
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Here's hoping it's shin splints ... I'm basically tender and swollen from just above mid shin down to my ankle and moving my foot is an exercise in exquisite tenderness. Weight bearing and stairs has been interesting too :-o

First day I've not had an ill relative to run around after ... and it coincides with when I could do with someone here to help me get stuff done [not that the cynic in me thinks that this isn't connected ;-) ]

I've got to walk a couple of miles in a while to save someone a drive ... and yes, they know I'm in pain and need to rest and ice it ;-) Got to love hills and fields :-) [same person doesn't want me to over stress it or do silly things like clear a bug on fetch point ;-) ]
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Feb 2018
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Okay ... at the moment it looks like the culprit might actually be related to not running :-o :-) ...

I tend to go bare foot when possible, but wear running shoes for the obvious and a pair of good and proper boots for pretty much everything else. But being boots they restriction ankle movement and I think the issue's arisen due to the sheer volume of leisure walking in boots that I've been doing ~ and it may have caused my calf and Achilles to tighten, ping the bits under my foot and then take out my shin ... I was sort of aware that my calves were a bit tight and that I really should get in and sort them before it became a problem ... best laid plans and all that ;-)

So ... a combo of too much restriction of movement, too much repetition of the same movement, too little work on mobility and stretching and strengthening, and a generous dash of dumbassery :-)
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Feb 2018
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Okay, so not shin splints then ... leg is infected, probably via bramble I failed to spot on a trail run some short time back. Am on antibiotics.
mulbs
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Feb 2018
5:35pm, 15 Feb 2018
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ouch decorum! heal well!
Lip Gloss
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Feb 2018
5:44pm, 15 Feb 2018
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Lip Gloss
:-(
kwala
kwala
Feb 2018
8:44pm, 15 Feb 2018
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kwala
Hope you have a quick recovery Decorum.
alpenrose
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Feb 2018
10:00pm, 15 Feb 2018
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Oh no dec, you haven'r got cellulitis have you? :(
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10:26pm, 15 Feb 2018
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Yep, GP thinks* cellulitis ... could be worse :-)

Either way I've gone from barely able to weight bear to almost normal walking speed already :-)

(* thinks because the skin/flesh over the epicentre hasn't incurred any obvious damage but is a few inches below where I got caught a good 'un by some brambles on a run a few weeks back. The bramble grazes healed quickly and well and what with being a few weeks ago and also being a few inches away I didn't connect the dots ... oops! And although he thinks cellulitis to be the most likely culprit, I'm to keep a close eye on it :-o . )

About This Thread

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star star we are the Slow and Proud Club (formed on 04/02/12) This thread was formerly an offshoot of the Absolute Beginners thread star star

Come and join us - we do not judge people on their pace and you will receive lots of encouragement.

We are proud that we are getting off our couches and getting out there, no matter how slow!

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2020 TARGETS, GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

*** target events for 2020
*** target distances for 2020
*** target annual mileage for 2020
*** other SAP goals for 2020
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[revised 05/10/20]

JAN
medal Nutso - half marathon medal

FEB
XXX GimmeMedals - Run Your Heart Out 10k (cancelled due to weather)

MAR
XXX Lip Gloss - Smokies 10m (DNS due to other events)

APR
XXX Lip Gloss - Declaration of Arbroath 700th Anniversary Half Marathon (11th) POSTPONED
XXX Wazelle - Brighton Marathon (19th) POSTPONED
XXX Alpenrose - M12K 2020 Marnhull (19th) CANCELLED
XXX Mulbs - London Marathon (26th) POSTPONED

MAY
XXX Lip Gloss - Chariots of Fire 5k CANCELLED
XXX Womble - Cranleigh Trail Half walk (10th) CANCELLED
XXX Lemon10 - Windermere Marathon (17th) POSTPONED

JUN

JUL

AUG
XXX Lip Gloss - Hatton 10k CANCELLED
XXX Womble - South Coast Challenge [walk first quarter c15 miles] (29th) POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 (NOW SIGNED UP FOR 50KM)

SEP
* Wazelle - Brighton Marathon (rescheduled date) VIRTUAL EVENT

OCT
XXX GimmeMedals - Great South Run (18th) CANCELLED
XXX Womble - Beachy Head Marathon (DEFERRED TO 2021)
XXX Mulbs - London Marathon (rescheduled date) CANCELLED

NOV
XXX Lemon10 - Windermere Marathon (1st - rescheduled date) CANCELLED

DEC
XXX

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Womble's Goals
1) Keep doing my leg exercises and add ankles to the plan
2) Cto5k/10k my way
3) Concentrate on 5k then 10k times
4) Try to get to +300 miles in a year (plus 1000 walking miles)
5) Arrive at the BH marathon start line fit and healthy, and have fun whilst covering the challenge

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Mulb's Goals
1) to start building some strength and flexibility work into my week
2) to get back in to walking every day for at least 30 mins
3) to shift some of the extra heft I've gained this year
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To be archived: docs.google.com

[edited Dec 2019]
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