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Last Sunday my cross country season came to an end with a horrible run in the Ireland Intermediate cross country in Roscommon (Lough Key). I found the race to be very tough. The pace was fast from the start and I just couldn’t keep my poise in the mud.
A couple of weeks before Christmas I paid a visit to a nutritionist to identify how my diet was letting my running down. My coke and chocolate cravings had long since taken over and I had fallen into a pattern of bing eating on high carb snacks. Needless to say my diet was terrible and [...]
Each year members of Sportsworld travel to Lanzarote for a week to take part in the International running challenge which takes place at Club La Santa over four days from November 22nd. This year the competition was tough but well down to our two winners PD and POC. Both picked up age category awards. POC also picked up a 3rd place award in one of the races at the race awards on Wednesday night.
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For those who don’t know each year members of the club travel to Lanzarote for a week to take part in the International running challenge which takes place at Club La Santa over four days from November 22nd. As one of the club La Santa newbie’s I was elected to write the report.
Travelling on Friday [...]
Been a busy week. I’ve had very tight hamstrings on both legs for a few weeks now. NO amount of stretching is working. On top of that this week my glutes have been especially bad again. It’s been a mixed bag of a week. I only got 40 miles in. I had planned to do 50 but it’s been painful at times. Is everyone like this? I took a day off on Monday because my lower back was a bit stiff. Why cant I get rid of this? It keeps packing in on the hills.
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What feels like lower pack pain that goes out to your hip area and really effects you in the end of races. You feel like your stride is effected and you cant keep moving with the same flexibility. It feels sore starting off but the pain goes away only to return when your [...]
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Getting lapped today by the race winner Sean Connolly. Lapped by the first four. First time out at a senior race so happy just not to finish last. Could have put mopre effort in looking back but it’s easier to say after the fact.
I have allot of problems. They are
# Tight Hip
# Tight Hamstring
# Tight Calf muscles
# Tight Quads
# Hallux Valgus
# Forefoot Varus
# Internal rotation of the left hip
# Lower cross syndrome (anterior pelvis rotation)
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Adamstown county Wexford was the location for this years Leinster Novice. A flat dry course made the job ahead look easy but a strong head wind meant it was slower going than in Dublin two weeks earlier.
Some great individual performances. Paul Duffy coming in 18th getting [...]
I spent last Monday watching all the runners in the DCM fly by wishing that I was running. I originally planned to go to New york for Sunday but had to put a stop to that back in August after I realised the injuries were not going away any time soon. I’m fitter [...]
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