The Running Thread

I use mapometer.com to plan most of my routes. It's quite useful. Do you have a parkrun nearby. Really good for testing your speed over 5k. I'm struggling to improve at the moment but I'm doing some faster sessions now so that's good.

Yeah I've been looking on MapMyRun.com but there's just no where around that's nice to run. I think I've just been a bit spoilt, on my placement year I've had a nice canal to run along and in uni I had a lake and huge park so running around streets just doesn't seem that appealing :/

I do have a parkrun near me so maybe I'll give that a go

I sometimes use the search function to see what other people do as their routes. Usually I can take and improve upon them to make ones, which are suitable for me. The problem for me being out in the countryside is the first 2 miles of my run is always identical as there's one road out of the village that's OK to run along. I normally run in Lancaster during term time. You have a river canal wood parkland and town all in easy reach, which is incredible.

Does anyone get side stitches when they run? I get them all the time and it really sucks because they prevent me from going any further. Sometimes I've only been running for 20 mins and I'd already get them. How do I prevent this?


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Does anyone get side stitches when they run? I get them all the time and it really sucks because they prevent me from going any further. Sometimes I've only been running for 20 mins and I'd already get them. How do I prevent this?


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Does anyone get side stitches when they run? I get them all the time and it really sucks because they prevent me from going any further. Sometimes I've only been running for 20 mins and I'd already get them. How do I prevent this?


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Well, that was one **** race. I really want to know where my £50 went. I received my race pack on Saturday (by this time I was in London) and the general organisation was awful.

Will stick with the London 10,000 next time.

We didn't even get a good bag.

This event gets awful reviews year after year, I don't understand how it can still be charging such obscene prices for what sounds like the worst run event in the UK.

Does anyone get side stitches when they run? I get them all the time and it really sucks because they prevent me from going any further. Sometimes I've only been running for 20 mins and I'd already get them. How do I prevent this?


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So, whenever I run, I end up with two lumps coming up down near my ankle. One of them is on the outside of my leg about 3 inches above my ankle and the other is a little further up to the outside of my shin. Weird as I only get them on my right leg and they are never there any other time (I ride about 150-200km per week with no lumps).

Has anyone ever experienced the same or know what it could be?

Oh, and they don't cause any pain.

Yep! I get one on my lower right leg. About the same place as your first one.

In my google search, I discovered muscle hernias, and I think that's what it is. Someone online scared me into going to the doctor so I did, and because the doctor couldn't see them (it only comes up after running or walking about all day) he didn't seem too worried. He referred me for a scan though. My scan is in a couple of weeks.

Hate it when you go for a run then really need a dump and can't continue.

Ah nice to know I'm not the only one!

I went to my doctor too but he just said it was probably scar tissue from the multiple sprains I had on that ankle. I didn't quite believe him though and have just got on with it I guess.

Does yours ever hurt at all?