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Post by oldgit on Feb 2, 2010 10:56:09 GMT
Take care!!! I ran competively for 25 years on road, country and fell; and now have painful knees. Bungwa's advice is good but watch the way you come down hili the stress on thighs and knees is big. Really the only thing good for cycling is ......... Ride you bike! Ride your bike!
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Post by thistle on Feb 2, 2010 13:00:14 GMT
I found treadmills very hard work and could normally only manage maybe 20 minutes before getting a stitch or blisters on my feet and dying. I can run for 45 minutes on proper roads though, but hurts a lot afterwards. Maybe running on the springy treadmill is like riding a full suss on the road Swimming's where it's at. More to look at, and it's warm.
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Post by spinner on Feb 2, 2010 15:43:33 GMT
Ive started doing a lot of running on the hamster machines in the gym and actually quite enjoy it. There is a lot less impact due to the softer surface and havent had any problems, its the tarmac stuff that does the damage so ill keep giveing that a miss, also theres a lot better view in the gym if you catch my drift, Aye Wise choice mate I used to do loads of running but had to give it up cos it wrecked my knees, which is why I took up biking . Being a bit over 50, I can't even walk down steep ground for very far now without getting extreme pain in the knees. I've had to turn round and walk down backwards before now I'm afraid to say Having said that, my wife is over 40 (hope she don't see this) and she does fell running and mtb'ing and thrives on it She might end up paying the price in a few years though
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Post by oldgit on Feb 2, 2010 17:20:12 GMT
I can sympathise with Spinner; after walking down hill my knees are painful for days and only spinning on the bike eases them. You wife's a fell runner in her 40's I probably ran in the same events in N Wales. A good tough sport but hard on the body. Good luck to her.
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Post by john59 on Feb 3, 2010 17:25:04 GMT
The hamster machines are easier on joints and will help fitness but a lot of runners dont like using them cos they say you dont actually run on they, you kind of hop while the surface moves below you instead of propelling yourself forward . Choice of shoes is everything as well, in a recent running mag they said you would be better off running in bare feet than using some of the more expensive shoes cos they were that bad. Some 20 odd quid shoes were rated better than the £100 shoes. When I was running I always went to Tony Hulme who owns Running Bear in Alderley Edge for my shoes, basically he could tell by watching you walk in the shop as to which shoes you needed, many times I picked what I thought were the best shoes because they were the dearest only to come out of his shop with a far cheaper pair as he told me the others would be crap for my style of running.
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Post by oldgit on Feb 3, 2010 18:04:41 GMT
Great guy Tony. When on the treadmill elevate the angle of the bed 2 or 3 degrees up and you'll find it harder to bounce along
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