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Saw the chiropractor yesterday and there was some shit going on with my neck that was fucking up my jaw and skull in general. Feeling wasted today - usually happens after the neck work, and she said it'll be a couple of weeks before I'm back to normal.<br><br>
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<p>Sunday night Miss Aussie (8) thought it would be a good idea if she and I got up early and went for a run.</p>
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<p>So OK, I did. Never realised how much I miss the pre-dawn atmosphere, even in suburbia. Crisp as fuck. </p>
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<p>She of course barely made it through half a lap running around the local manmade lake, and complained about itchy legs etc.</p>
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<p>We totalled about 3.5km all up which is a good start before 7AM. But I think I'll go get her some running tights to head off the itchy leg problem.</p>
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<p>Next round Friday. In the meantime I've been doing slooooow pushups intermittently to get a bit of tone back in the arms and holding horse stance to get the legs ready for karate this term.</p> -
My oldest is into his running, younger one less so. The difference in cardio ability was very noticeable when we went for a 'Dad and lads' walk up Mt Kaukau last year ( google it, lovely views ). I think a lot of that was due to my older boy having a much better base from running round school as opposed to the youngest who had gotten out of kindy ( much less space to dash around )<br><br>
I do envy them with their light frames dashing about without a care in the world. I can still sprint pretty fast but running for too long makes the knees, ankles and everything else ache quite a bit. -
<p>It certainly takes some time for legs to get used to running. The other week I decided to do some pre-season jogging and holy shitballs, someone had replaced my legs with cement blocks.</p>
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<p>When I was a superfunt, running was agony, but as I got better (and lighter), persistent work made the joints and supporting tissue adjust and could take the punishment.</p>
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<p>I'm not saying its for life, or that you should do it on concrete until you're 80, but NOT running because it hurts is like never lifting weights because it hurts.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="553279" data-time="1453166258"><p>When I was a superfunt, running was agony, but as I got better (and lighter), persistent work made the joints and supporting tissue adjust and could take the punishment.<br>
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I'm not saying its for life, or that you should do it on concrete until you're 80, but NOT running because it hurts is like never lifting weights because it hurts.<br>
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Correct technique can overcome joint pain.</p></blockquote>
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Yeah that's a pretty sound comparison. <br><br>
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<p>Ahhh the old itchy leg thing.</p>
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<p>Used to get it as well and I dont actually thinks its due to the material in the clothes (unless its actually like sandpaper etc) but more a fitness related thing as the itch is caused by blood flow through your capillaries. As the capillaries expand with the blood flow they send create nerve triggers which are the itch. As her fitness improves the itchiness will disappear. I've tested this myself but running without a shirt (from the start) and still get abdomen itch.</p>
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<p>Just remember, dont scratch or even touch the itch, otherwise it gets worse!</p> -
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Just remember, dont scratch or even touch the itch, otherwise it gets worse!</p></blockquote>
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I've never been able to convince her to stop scratching mozzie bites, so my confidence in that working is low ;)<br><br><br>
5.5 km walk this morning in under 42minutes. I jogged (6:00/km) for 1km and had no ill effects, so good signs from the chiro visit.<br><br>
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I've never been able to convince her to stop scratching mozzie bites, so my confidence in that working is low ;)<br>
5.5 km walk this morning in under 42minutes. I jogged (6:00/km) for 1km and had no ill effects, so good signs from the chiro visit.<br>
Glad I got it done early: predicted 37C here today, and will be over 40 in the sun.</p></blockquote>
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Fuck that shit. Was yarning with a mate who did some work north of Perth in Summer a few years ago and he said it was 30 odd when he went to sleep then dropped really low ( cos he was in the desert ) forcing him to put the blanket on before it was back to the 30s at 6am.....<br><br>
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<p>Fucking muggy here this morning. Last night was a shunt, too.</p>
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<p>Anyway, got out this morning by myself (Miss TA was still asleep) and clocked 5km in 43 minutes. Ran the 2nd km at a higher pace than Wednesday (05:32) and started to get the vision thing. This time it was less black spots and more like the scintillating scotoma mentioned above, but not as bright I suppose. Hard to tell. Anyway, I backed off to walking and will build into that.</p> -
<p>Get a tap on the shoulder at 0622 hours - Miss TA was awake and ready to go. Except she wasn't, so after I got ready (< 2 minutes) we spent 10 minutes finding her shoes, socks, and running shorts.</p>
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<p>Cut it a bit short this morning as I wasn't sure when the pool guys were turning up to replace all the pump equipment. In addition to the solar panels + PowerWall going on this week, its quite a costly week.</p>
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<p>That's some suburban erotic fiction right there bro - If only you'd dropped off the hot babysitter in the same weekend :whistle:</p>
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<p>You'll update the other thread re the solar stuff? keen to hear how that install goes bro.</p> -
<p>Ah, guess we were talking about it in the climate thread?</p>
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<p>Hope the install goes well in any case :)</p> -
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<p><strong>Get a tap on the shoulder at 0622 hours - Miss TA was awake and ready to go</strong>. Except she wasn't, so after I got ready (< 2 minutes) we spent 10 minutes finding her shoes, socks, and running shorts.</p>
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<p>Cut it a bit short this morning as I wasn't sure when the pool guys were turning up to replace all the pump equipment. In addition to the solar panels + PowerWall going on this week, its quite a costly week.</p>
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<p>2.63km in 28:53 with a little bit of light jogging.</p>
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<p>Ready to go running or ready for you to give her the best two minutes of her life?</p>
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<p>Am guessing others read that initially as I did, was only after the bit 'except she wasnt' I re-read correctly...</p> -
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<p>Ah, guess we were talking about it in the climate thread?</p>
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<p>Hope the install goes well in any case :)</p>
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<p>The engineers at the solar company are in full nerdgasm - nearly as much as me!</p>
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<p>Let's hope the bastards get it right ;)</p>
