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Back up and running. - Bierzo Baggie - 15-08-2006
First proper run since the beginning of June. Tried a couple of times in mid-July but my ankle clicked disturbingly and I didn't manage more than 5 minutes without stopping. No big deal. It's been way too hot to run anyway.
This time I felt OK and jogging fairly slowly it was the other ankle that seemed to ache. At this stage in the game you know that you've recovered from an injury when you realize that something else is hurting more!
32 minutes around the canal. Slower and more tired than usual but not bad considering.
Back up and running. - stillwaddler - 15-08-2006
Way to go BB, hope the ankle is fully recovered.
Back up and running. - Sweder - 15-08-2006
Great news BB.
Good luck with your return - remember, every mile run is another beer earned!
Back up and running. - marathondan - 15-08-2006
Sweder, is it really a 1:1 ratio? That's great news!
Also great news to see you back on the trail BB!
Back up and running. - johnb - 01-09-2006
Hi BB
very pleased that you're back in the saddle (horsey metaphors - it's the time of year). But I really want to know how the knitting has been coming along. It'll be cold up there soon won't it? Hope you've got some nice woolen hats and socks finished.
John
Back up and running. - Bierzo Baggie - 15-10-2006
Inspired in equal measures by Henry Rono and Mid Life Crisis Man’s treadmill diaries and with Sweder's tempting words still ringing in my ears ("every mile run is another beer earned!") I’ll probably end up doing this one next Sunday ….very very slowly.
Back up and running. - Nigel - 16-10-2006
Gosh, running from the town all the way up to the ski station.
That looks like a real killer. Fitting for a slaughter, as indeed the name suggests.
Back up and running. - Bierzo Baggie - 17-10-2006
Nigel Wrote:Gosh, running from the town all the way up to the ski station.
That looks like a real killer. Fitting for a slaughter, as indeed the name suggests.
Well, running and walking... I've got no intention of killing myself.
On Monday I signed up, signed on and enlisted for the 2nd “subida a el Morredero”, the place to die.
The race follows a long bleak mountain road which has been used a couple of times as a stage finish in the Vuelta and despite being a Category one, 1200m climb over 23kms it is not considered by cyclists as one of the tough ones. Long yes and with a couple of eye-wateringly steep sections but it's followed by enough flat stretches to get your breath back and the stage winners (Roberto Heras in 97 and Valverde this year) only took a few seconds off their nearest rivals. In fact it represents less than half the dimensions of the Veleta race that Johnb and Antonio described in their diaries last year (and which must surely be the most terrifying race in Spain). http://www.runningcommentary.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=705
However it’s long and mean and nasty enough for me. I’ve never managed to cycle up Morredero without stopping at least once on the way and the last time I tried was back in February. And although I didn’t even make it as far as the ski station I was rewarded by a landscape of breathtaking whiteness and eerie silence. Took some nice photos too.
http://www.runningcommentary.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=892
The game plan this time is to set off very, very slowly and to walk the steep bits. Strangely enough this may well hurt me less than a flat 10k. In September I ran a 9.6k race (this time they sportingly admitted the missing metres) in Ponferrada and ended up with “burning fires”(Henry Rono-ism) in my left calf. Have discovered that since knackering my ankle in June the sort of running that hurts least is of the slow uphill variety. So let’s crank up that treadmill MLCM…..
Back up and running. - Bierzo Baggie - 22-10-2006
Great day!
Did the Morredero run this morning during a downpour of biblical proportions...and actually quite enjoyed it! It felt like running in the UK. Everybody else was complaining but it made me feel quite nostalgic. Race report to follow when I get time.
To cap it all off I've just found out that the Baggie boys have stuffed the Wolves 3-0. Boing Boing!!
Back up and running. - johnb - 27-10-2006
Congratulations. Running up a hill on the road in the rain. Sounds like a great morning out. Looking forward to reading all about it.