Bad luck OGF! Pleased to read there were no injuries. I know the pain from some falls can sometimes set in after a few minutes. If you did your run after that, it looks like everything is OK.
Might get a few pains as a result of the impact and automatic flexing of the muscles that happens when the body falls. Don’t want to sound ‘doom and gloom’ but tomorrow will tell.
Probably just a one-off. An occupational hazard maybe? A bit like I have fallen off the bike a few times. That’s how I know about the ‘next morning’ syndrome that can happen after taking a tumble.
It crosses my mind quite often that one slip could mean curtains when running on certain roads - especially where there are no pavements and I’m running in to on-coming traffic. I think, as time goes by, I will seek out the safer routes to follow.
Thanks for the good wishes folks, as it happens Mart I think you may be right about the after effects. My right hip seems to be bruised, I only noticed after sitting for a while watching F1 and got up to walk. It seems to have stiffened up a bit now.
Not a run day tomorrow but have got a walk planned, see how it goes then…
Yes Mark, safety has always been a concern of mine about running on the roads. I always try to make sure there is an escape route if I can’t see the whites of an oncoming drivers eyes. I’m always ready to fling myself onto the verge or into the hedge should the need arise.
Cheers Rachel, it left me wondering for a while (what’s going on!)
The last fall off my bike was caused by the front wheel going over a wet tree root. We know these are a hazard but I didn’t spot this one. I went down without any great force but it was my rib-cage that took the impact.
I got up and dusted myself down and didn’t hurt at all. I thought the only damage was a broken bracket that holds a two-way radio on the handlebars. I even went out in the evening.
Next day though, my ribs didn’t half hurt! What’s more, it took a few weeks before the pain was mostly gone. Just shows that we don’t heal so quickly as we get older and I’m now less inclined to take the chances in off-road riding that I might have taken when younger.
It can catch you out for sure - whether you are injured or not that is after taking a fall.
I fell during a run and came down on my front left side with my chest taking the impact. I quickly got back on my feet and carried on running to catch my mate up. Chest hurt a little but I wasn’t overly concerned. Later on I took a look in the mirror and the left side of my chest had collapsed - I had snapped the whole rib cage where it joins the sternum. I never had it fixed though and over the years it has regained some of it’s original shape but there is a sharp bone sticking down into my belly region and the rib cage is misshapen. Why didn’t I get it fixed? I was told to get into A&E rapidly by a nurse of long standing but was fobbed off with excuses by a very junior doctor as the place was so very over crowded (it seemed to me). I couldn’t sleep on my back for at least 12 months and even now 10 years on it still gives me problems.
Yes, I don’t think the long-term results of broken bones ever completely go away. My Father broke some ribs and suffered alot. I broke my knee-cap into 3 bits 31 years ago (a fall) and that still makes its presence known occasionally.
That is the flip side of this fitness thing, at 30,000+ paces a day, the risk of a fall or trip is greatly enhanced, the result of which, could permanently effect the rest of a lifetime, you can’t afford to take your eye off the ball.
Glad to report no long term injuries from the tumble, and last Sunday’s eight mile run - although taken slow, was a very enjoyable outing. It seems as if a hard run is followed by an easy run, and to emphasise this Tuesday’s six was only ten seconds short of a years best time, however, this morning’s run was a labour of love and even on the first mile my legs felt heavy with sweat forming on my forehead.
I managed to drag my sorry arse round the eight mile course to finish in a not too embarrassing time, but I was glad to see the end. So today will be a relaxed affair catching up with yesterday’s recording of the Tour de France. I usually plan a long walk on Friday’s, but I think a rest this week is in order to catch up with some jobs Mrs Fox has been nagging on about for a while. It seems that I retired from one job, only to be enrolled into another. Only the boss has changed…I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I’d remained single, I certainly would have spent less time behind a paint brush. These days she only wants me for my decorating and DIY skills and I’ve so much more to offer…
I haven’t been doing the bike rides lately. The reason being that our usual meeting point and bike route has been closed while the Airshow is on. Also, our grandson is staying with us for a couple of weeks and he’s not too much into bike riding. Been doing lots of brisk walking though. About 14 miles this week so far. Another 3 miles expected tomorrow.
I sometimes think that walking can be as good as anything so long as effort is put into it. It will have to do for now anyway.
I have kept my training going. Slowly but surely I’m getting fitter. Hills are easier to climb and my overall, effortless pace is improving. Definitely continuing to lose weight but not quickly, which is fine by me. If you think about it a 1lb of fat lost a week results in massive weight loss over a few months.
Ran 4x around an off-road park tonight (probably a mile and a half around) and included 9x 50s sprints with 70s rests between blocks of 3 during 3 laps. Every run I do now is faster and easier. Might well mark out a 5km distance and see what I can do at race pace soon. I still consider it very early days though as I still have some weight to lose.
There seems to be a lull in activities lately…come on guys wakey wakey…
Had a go round a ten mile run this morning, took it steady and it was very relaxing. I went early to avoid the heat but after the first couple of miles my shirt was sticking to me. I cooled down a little while jogging down the canal towpath into a slight breeze but once I popped out onto the road and upped the pace my temperature started to rise. Managed to hold on to the end but had overheated quite a bit and it’s taken quite a few mugs of water and a bowl of honey covered porridge to restore normality. I’ve only run this course a couple of times this year but managed to knock three…Yes Three! minutes off my previous time, and without really trying. Being sixty six now has put a spring in my stride, can’t wait until next year when I turn sixty seven, who knows what might happen…
I can hear the vacuum humming away in another room and it’s drawing closer, cats just sprinted past (she hates it) so I’d better move my arse…
My exercising won’t be back to normal until next Thursday. That will be the first time of riding after all of our visitors (5 of them) have left. 4 of us did go out on an 8 mile ride one afternoon …but the youngest in our number wasn’t into riding very much and the speed and energy expenditure had to be kept down a bit.
Done a fair amount of walking. Much of that has been just at strolling speed though.
Ran around 6 miles this evening - in the scorching heat. Did some longish efforts but boy I paid the price for it. Decided to weigh when I got home and hit the scales at 9st 11lb. Great deal of fluid lost but even so I have lost quite a bit in the last few days.
Lets face it good runners are lean as hell. It is so much easier to run hard at the weight I am now. Looking forward to getting to around 9st 7lb - racing weight.
Hmm, that’s just the sort of thing those who don’t exercise might say.
I don’t think exercise necessarily leads to living longer. Plenty of younger people die of natural causes despite being apparently fit. On balance though, it might have the opposite effect and increase lifespan.
A good side-effect of staying fit while still here is that physical tasks in general don’t seem such hard work. There is energy in reserve for when it is needed.
Can I ask a question that I ponder upon quite regularly?
Why do runners/joggers favour main roads? I always think running along side petrol/diesel fumes defeats the object of being fit with all the fumes being taken down into the lungs
Why not run around the side roads away from traffic fumes? (Assuming one doesn’t live in the countryside).
It is generally reckoned that if jogging/cycling in cities, side roads ought to be chosen where possible …or use one of the parks that cities might have. Even if the exercising is done along a busy road, some studies say that it could still be beneficial compared to doing no exercise at all. Being the same problem the World over, this American article says:
The findings indicate that a polluted environment tends to negate the mental acuity benefits of exercise – however there’s a lot more to the equation. While air pollution does kill over 4 million people per year, heart disease kills nearly 18 million and strokes kill 15 million. Both of these killers can often be directly attributed to a lack of exercise.
There is a lot more to the conclusions than that though and the whole article might be worth a read:
I don’t live in a city and although I do have to cycle on the roads, they probably don’t have the pollution levels found in cities. One thing I have noticed. I tend to be asthmatic. If I don’t exercise my lungs, I can feel that old tightness begin to return. Probably better for me to keep the lungs exercised no matter where the exercise is taken.
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