Running to Fitness

My Sciatica was getting worse, it was hurting when I stood up or sat down - the only position it didnt hurt was lying down which is no good so today I thought I’d do some exercise to see if that helped.
I have a cross trainer at home so I used that - I managed [...]

Been ages since I have logged anything on here, unfortunately I have been injured again so haven’t been doing much running. I have had ITBS which isn’t too painfull but will not go unless you lay off the running for around 6 weeks which is what I have been doing. I have been still going [...]

Last week and this week I have been doing some running in the gym on the treadmill, has been going really well and each time I have been picking up the pace. I have a niggling injury in my left leg which feels like some sort of tendon or ligament problem - Ive just got [...]

My back injury has flaired up again so no running for me! At the moment Im just going for a walk each day waiting for it to get better. Will write again once Im back in the gym.

Well its been 3 weeks since my last run - felt a lot lot longer than that but Im finally back!
I did a small outside run this morning of 3.2km in around 20 minutes which is nothing really compared to my 16km long runs I was doing before my injury. Still, it felt good to [...]

Well I did my 16km run the other day - was great and felt fine, unfortunately I went to play golf later in the day and put my back out so I havent been able to run since - very annoying.
I should be ok to have a run saturday morning and then Ill pick up [...]

Well its been around 7 weeks I’ve been off running with shin splints but today I went back out and did a 15minute run of 2.16km - feels great to back even though my fitness has gone!
Didnt have a problem with my shins at all so that great, my aim now is to gradually build [...]

Today I headed out for what was supposed to be an 8k run, after 1k my right shin and calf were in pain again so I completed another 1k and then walked back - felt really bad having to walk but there was nothing I could do.
Im gonna do some HIIT on my cross trainer [...]