Cheers for the reminder Jimmy - just entered thereDungarvan open this morning
Yep - I found the same when I started running HH - the footie really suffered - especialy 5 or 6 a side games on tight courts. Pretty soon I was an ex-ball- playerI've had a funny time of the last few weeks, went out for a run after the half, all feeling good. Then the following weekend was hectic with the young fellas sports so no chance for me to get out and I was enjoying the break if I'm being entirely honest. Anyway, Monday rolls around and the 5 a side lads are stuck for a player, I hadn't played since May/June so temptation got the better of me. An hour of running around like a demented mutt and I knew I was in for it the minute I stopped.. the tightness in the inner thighs was off the scale - I'm still not moving freely 4 days later! I'm obviously not used to all of the lateral stuff anymore, but I had absolutely no after effects after the half or any of the tri's really bar a bit of fatigue
Anyway, decision made, I'll play the annual tournament next week, and thats it.. the boots are being hung up unfortunately. Someone had mentioned on here before that the training isn't really compatible with soccer, they were right. I want to do a few tri's next year, definitely getting an Olympic in there, and I wouldn't mind another crack at a HM.
The Triathlon Ireland Tri calendar is out now, not sure when the rest of the year fills out with all of the non-ranking events but once they are all out I'll pick a few and put them in the diary as the targets for training.
Well I gave him your number...Smurf, ya fooker, never got onto me! It's as if you don't want to meet up.............
Valencia, here we come anyway.
I had been running in these lads for the past 18 months or so - Air Zoom Tempo Next% - basically the non-carbon-plated foam option.
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Then Nike stopped selling them so I switched to the Zoom Fly 5's
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I ran in them for a few weeks and BANG! - murder tendon pain inside the right ankle. I assumed it was a mileage issue and this screwed my Dublin prep completely - 5 weeks off the road. I started padding the ankle / foot arch and slowly got back running only for the other ankle to go wallop the same way once the mileage went back up. FFS, it was the Zoom 5 shoes all along.
So. it turns out the Tempo Next% are a one-piece shoe - no tongue - which holds the arch support against your foot. But the other yokes have a more traditional tongue in the shoe which makes the shoe way looser so a flat-footed langer like me was sliding sideways onto the uppers in each foot - meaning no arch support and tendon damage.
So now I'm screwed, I'm hunting the Internet for pairs of the old ones while trying to figure a replacement. It might be time to go back to the ASICS - they seem to have really upped their game in the past two years to match the Nike revolution. I did find a pair of the Tempo Next% online so I'm covered for the Seville prep - I absolutely love them. But it's a limited game.
I'm still gunning for a 21k Marathon, T. Did 18k last weekend. Longest run since the end of June Half. Thing is I did a short run on Tuesday and it was shit. Stopped at 6k instead of 8. Here's hoping I'm on a good day Sunday!! Will have to get the knees sorted soon though.Well I gave him your number...
LOL, there's so many of the lads gone out that you'll see them somewhere in Valencia for sure C.
What's the race plan for Sunday?