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Is this my IT band?
Not being remotely knowledgeable about how my body works apart from ice cream makes pretty much everything better I'm going to ask the experts! I've got a niggley little pain behind my left knee. It's right at the back towards the outside of my leg about level with where the top of my knee cap is - kind of in line with the…
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Sweep Times
Probably a silly question but here goes! I've been looking at a 10K series which is really near my home for next Spring and they make it quite clear the maximum time to finish is 80mins so all quite simple. However, there was a link to a local half marathon and while I'm not really thinking seriously about it, I had a…
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Question about hills
Depending on which route I take, I can either have long rolling hills or short but steep hills with intermittent flat sections inbetween. My question is, what's the best way to approach them, especially the steep ones? Should I be going for a constant pace to the top or should I back off the pace so I'm not tiring myself…
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Tendonitis and exercise
I frequently get tendonitis in my elbows. Had it for over a year in my right one which seems mostly ok at the moment but my left has started to give me a lot of pain when gripping things (even pouring the kettle is tricky if it's more than 1/3 full, but it all depends on the angle I have to hold things at). I'm pretty new…
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Woke up fat!
:noway: For 35yrs i was slim - super-slim at times and it didn't even take any effort. Just came back from a week's break and realised I didn't wear most of the clothes I took as when I tried them on, they didn't fit anymore - it's like a i woke up fat! The honest answer is that over the last 7years my weight has crept up.…
