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So is anyone else besides my and Purrfect Pussies heading up to Halls Gap for Wonderland this weekend?

If so, what event are you in?
 

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Purrfect Pussies said:
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The King! said:
Anyone else doing melbourne?
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Want to....also want to do Afterglow half mara in November. Wifey starting to raise eyebrows though at all the running expenses lol.....

Will be a last minute entry if I do.
 
MinerBoy said:
Want to....also want to do Afterglow half mara in November. Wifey starting to raise eyebrows though at all the running expenses lol.....

Will be a last minute entry if I do.
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Luckily mine doesnt actually know how much each of them cost :p
 
Milang_Panthers said:
Luckily mine doesnt actually know how much each of them cost :p
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I need to start getting all the shoes, shirts, gels etc delivered to work so she doesn't realise how much gear I buy :D
 
MinerBoy said:
I need to start getting all the shoes, shirts, gels etc delivered to work so she doesn't realise how much gear I buy :D
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My Wife runs too so understanding about it but flip side is she wants to do the events

So sometimes cos of kids one of us has to sit out and share training etc
 
GPW1 said:
Set a 10km PB today at Sandy Point HM. 47.37, (previous best 50.17) in a fairly tough headwind for the for first 5km and a great tailwind on the return leg.
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Well done mate.

Had a great weekend at Halls Gap. Loved the run even though I was completely cooked by the end. Did most of it with a tender ankle after rolling it on a rock 20 minutes in.... so 35km and 4 hours of gritted teeth. Nonetheless, the company and the scenery keeps you occupied and makes it worthwhile.

Few quick sneaky ales with Purrfect Pussies Saturday night and then spent the day after the run at Halls Gap zoo with both our families and out for dinner and plenty more beers on Sunday night. Managed a sneaky 5km Monday morning before the DOMS kicked in.....which they now have. Overall a bloody great event and can't wait for next year.
 
Good news for me. I saw a hip specialist. There's an impingement (which is apparently pretty common) but no other obvious damage. No surgery needed, maybe some more strength work. Most importantly, there should be no issue getting back into running. Hopefully it's onwards and upwards from here!
 
TheWhiteRhino said:
Good news for me. I saw a hip specialist. There's an impingement (which is apparently pretty common) but no other obvious damage. No surgery needed, maybe some more strength work. Most importantly, there should be no issue getting back into running. Hopefully it's onwards and upwards from here!
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Great news mate!
 

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Anyone got any tips on returning to jogging 7 months after having a microdiscectomy on L5/S1. I feel like I could just go out and go for it but thought I'd ask the 'experts' on here first. I'm 24 years old, not overweight so weight won't be a factor of loading my discs :thumbsu:
 
Jimmybob said:
Anyone got any tips on returning to jogging 7 months after having a microdiscectomy on L5/S1. I feel like I could just go out and go for it but thought I'd ask the 'experts' on here first. I'm 24 years old, not overweight so weight won't be a factor of loading my discs :thumbsu:
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just the usual stuff. take it easy, build gradually, listen to your body, etc.
after a 7 month lay off your heart and lungs probably wont want to work too hard to begin with anyway.

also, asking your doc/surgeon what the best approach would be might be an idea.
 
PoopingHindi said:
just the usual stuff. take it easy, build gradually, listen to your body, etc.
after a 7 month lay off your heart and lungs probably wont want to work too hard to begin with anyway.

also, asking your doc/surgeon what the best approach would be might be an idea.
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I'd ask my surgeon but that'd cost me another $3-400. I was never given any follow up appointments with him, thought that was a bit shitty. Doc just says to talk to surgeon, as gp's really have no idea on this stuff.

i might just bite the bullet and go for a 5-10 minute light jog and see how it feels. if good, ill keep that up for a week or so just to get the joints used to moving again. cheers for the reply mate
 
Went to the podiatrist the other day who let me know I've got one leg shorter than the other which is the cause of my planter faciatis I've been carrying for the last few months.

He suggests I'll have to stop running for while if I want it fixed...... which I will do after the half marathon in Sydney on Sunday. Hopefully I can get over it between now and Melbourne Marathon.
 
after listening to them talk about a "benchmark" run on Marathon Talk the other week i thought i'd give it a go to get some sort of indication of how im travelling. 98% of my runs are easy and the rest are relatively short so i've got no real idea where i'm at with the longer stuff.

i had nothing else to do this morning so i headed out for a 32k jaunt.
i ended up running it in 2:37:23 @ 4:55 pace which i'm incredibly pleased with.
the last 2 k's were 4:43 and 4:51. could i have held that pace for another 10k? probably not but im not far off.

now the question is what do i do with this? i'd like to have a go at a 3:29:xx marathon or a 1:39:xx half but the only flat race i can find in the next few months is Melbourne Marathon and i really, really hate the mass participation events (people just arent my thing).
i guess i'll keep looking and leave Melbourne there as a last resort. any suggestions are welcome.

anyway, running is treating me well. i hope its the same for all of you too.
happy trails.
 
Stepping up my training for the half marathon next month. It's a bit of foreign territory for me in that I play footy so don't do too much continuous running.

Ran the furthest I've ever run tonight with 10km in 41:53 mins. Felt pretty good that I could've done a couple more km. Should I just continue stepping up continuous runs or add some different changes to pace?
 
Golden_6 said:
Stepping up my training for the half marathon next month. It's a bit of foreign territory for me in that I play footy so don't do too much continuous running.

Ran the furthest I've ever run tonight with 10km in 41:53 mins. Felt pretty good that I could've done a couple more km. Should I just continue stepping up continuous runs or add some different changes to pace?
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i'd try throwing in a long, slow run once a week to work on aerobic base and get you closer to race distance.
otherwise just keep doing what you're doing. a 41:53 10k with plenty left in the tank is pretty damn good for someone who doesnt do too much running. i'd love to see what you could do flat out off the back of a serious block of training. i'm also ****ing jealous.

but yeah, with only a month to go i'd be running longer than 10k. ideally i would have been running longer sooner especially considering you're probably going to taper in the last week. dont worry too much about the pace, you can work on that in other runs.
 
PoopingHindi said:
i'd try throwing in a long, slow run once a week to work on aerobic base and get you closer to race distance.
otherwise just keep doing what you're doing. a 41:53 10k with plenty left in the tank is pretty damn good for someone who doesnt do too much running. i'd love to see what you could do flat out off the back of a serious block of training. i'm also ******* jealous.

but yeah, with only a month to go i'd be running longer than 10k. ideally i would have been running longer sooner especially considering you're probably going to taper in the last week. dont worry too much about the pace, you can work on that in other runs.
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Yeah I'm reasonably fit off the back of footy season, in that I'd comfortably run 10km in a game just at different intensities.

I definitely would've liked to start a lot earlier but I felt it would've been hard to start throwing in this sort of training during footy season. I'll try to add 2km a week onto my longer run each week to hopefully hit around the 18km before tapering off for the last week :thumbsu:
 

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