Been OK overall thanks. Just ticking along
My week’s been good! :3 nervous tho bc I have my driver’s test on Monday
Good luck with your test. Took my third tries. By the third attempt I was used to the drill and went in assuming I’d fail again but it took the nerves away and passed (in truth I think I’d finally got some road sense) .
thx!! my sis had to take four but fingers crossed I pass on my first try!!
Oh good luck! Fingers crossed! 🤞
Thx!! ^^
How did you get on?
proposed to my now fiance in venice
Yes lad congrats
thanks
Congratulations!! Awesome news! Now the fun of wedding planning begins!
Thanks
Aye alright lass how’s you?
A mixed bag but manageable. Think I’m in the middle of an attack of sciatica right now but got a mercifully quick NHS physio appointment next week so we’ll see. Best wishes all.
im passively dying and actively not doing anything about it
It’s difficult. I’m in China rn. Weather is horrible. Food and customs take some getting used to. Never again will I complain about the British weather.
What’s going on with the weather?
Sun. Non stop sun during the day. High 30° at it’s peak. Low 30° at night. Everyone here is so nice and I hate that they may think that they are causing me discomfort when they aren’t, it’s just the weather.
Although there is a culture of consuming warm food and tea even in this heat which I’m trying my best to avoid 😂
That sounds unpleasant! Is there any AC?
Yes, thankfully. But that’s only inside.
It’s only Tuesday! I didn’t had a chance to completely fuck it up yet. But I’m on a good track 😅
Yeah alright cheers mate, how was yours?
It was fine, honestly nothing really happening to shout about!
I’ve been on and off with running since Feb as I keep getting shin splints which is really annoying. I’ll take a break for a couple of weeks, start again, and by my 3rd run my shins and calves hurt again. I’m convinced it’s to do with a new pair of running shoes I started using in January, but I need to book a physio appointment to get some proper advice. I’m dreading them saying that I’ll need to take months off to recover.
Hey, I’m not a physio but I managed to get back into running after suffering bad shin splints on multiple attempts with a few basic home exercises and a small, mostly temporary, change to my running form. I don’t think this was the exact article, but most of the exercises I was doing match the ones in this article. I did a whole bunch after every run, before I had cooked down fully.
And while running, I tried to run with a higher cadence than normal. My normal cadence is probably somewhere around the high 160s, but I did my best to keep it well over 170. I think I probably slipped back down to my normal cadence as the run went on, but at least having it in mind as much as possible, especially at the start of any run as I was warming up, helped reduce the impact force through the legs. At least, that’s why I think it helped.
Some new big cushioned shoes (I started using Asics Novablast around this time for training) also may have helped, but I don’t think the timeline quite matches there. I can’t remember for sure.
Thanks for the article, I’ll take a look! My cadence is already quite high, about 180 I think? I’m a short arse so I’m convinced I’m at a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to running!
