Running

I did say that it wasn't me wot done it.

Mental though. Half a mile from my house. 37 year old man.

Days 20 and 21 done. 9 and 7k respectively. Fuck me. Half of the 9 yesterday was pure uphill. My poor legs.

Having built bacm up to 9-10km runs, my morton's neuroma has flared up again out of nowhere.

Just as i thought I'd got beyond it. Fuck sakes.

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Have you tried with metatarsal pads in your shoes

I am wondering about trying some weird orthotic shoe insert/insole.

I had a gel pad you put around a toe & it cushions the area, but it helps, but feels a bit odd.

That's kind of what this. It has a 'hook' bit that the middle toe goes through and a cushioned pad bit that sits under the base of tge toes around the 'palm' area- ball of the foot isn't it?

So I had been working towards doing the Plymouth Half in October (delayed since April 2020), and about the middle of September had done a 9 miler which was OKish and my race number was delivered but I didn't bother to open it for a few weeks seeing as there's nothing exciting to read, usually, but then in the last week of August I opened it and it turns out I got my dates wrong and it was today, a month earlier than I thought. So I did a 12 mile last Monday which wasn't fun and walked a few times so just had to suck it up today, think I actually walked very briefly on 7 occasions which is a record for me and came in at 2.25 so I'll settle for that. Not much fun.

Thanks, it was extremely hard dragging myself out of bed at 6am this morning, glad I did but suspect this will be the last for a while at least.

I arrived home to Mrs Mercury and our neighbour/kids doing crafts/chatting etc, after I berated myself for being so slow compared to previous HM's (I was never fast) Mrs Mercury commented 'but you were so thin then' goddamn food I hate you!

Inspired by the good people of this thread I’ve decided to get back out there and run 5k every day this month

Only 5 days but it’s been ok so far. Very slow as I’ve not run regularly for a while, first one was 27 minutes and today’s was 26 so at least I’ve knocked a minute off

Hopefully I’ll shed a few pounds and get quicker by the month end

Day 22 done. My left calf muscle is getting increasingly fucked but I'm still hanging in there.

I did my sixth 5k yesterday so 20% of the way through my 30 in a row

Probably one of the tougher ones as it was hot and Monday is an intense work day so I’m always mentally shattered at the end of it

Aye. One of the runs I did in the middle of the afternoon in the sweltering heat, not making that mistake again. Doing them just after 6.30 in the evening now, last night was closer to 7.30 as I was knackered

Nanocrystal Ah shit man that's rough. Best to just rest up there's no point in risking further injury by carrying on. You've done this before in all fairness, you've nothing to prove!

I'm still hanging in. Quite tough now but, again, that could be the heat (even hotter today!). That's my day 24 done. I've been alternating between a 5 and 7k route for the past week or so with the odd exception so will probably just carry through this til the end.

Bloody hell chief I hope you stayed hydrated! My 30 mins was about 10 degrees cooler than that and still hard going.

Rest up now! You won't lose too much fitness although it may seem like it.