more a case of a few trees in the garden .
Thanks for the tips last night FP and Kev, where would one purchase epsom salts?
any chemist RTT
Good man FP I didn’t want to look like a big girls blouse going into some health shop.
Thats what the wife is for Tintin.
I got the epsom salts the other day and I must say I was impressed, sound FP. It 's ok Kev I saw on the tub when purchasing them that the epsom salts are used for gardening so I pretended to the girl on the till that I was some kind of green fingered wizard rather than a sissy boy who needs epsom salts for his weary legs. 
Are they not the same thing?
no worries RTT
12km this morning- decent auld trot. Great way to spend time of a bank holiday
did a 10km WBY myself. Achilles are grand after a couple of days of rest and a change of runners. Great running weather.
Have started doing 12km runs about once a week to take a break from the cycling. Bit of a problem though as skin between my big toe and next toe has started to wear down and is peeling away. As a result area is little sore particularly when I jog. Is this normal? Anything I can do to preven this from happening? I wear football socks and running runners which seem decent enough
when i’m doing mid to long runs i use vaseline, it helps prevent chafing (sp).
First off buy decent running socks Larry- no seams near the toe area
Cut your nails to make sure they aren’t digging in anywhere soft
See if that sorts you out
If it doesn’t have a look at your runners- consider getting gait analysis done and buying a proper pair to suit your running style
After that- fucked if I know
Make sure you keep stretching- last year I was stretching 3 times/day for 12 reps to sort out a niggle in one of mine
Calves especially- most Achilles issues are related to tight calves
not sure on this but i also think the football socks are a bad idea for distance running. prob not enough space in your runner.
Thanks lads will try the vaseline and the socks. Didn’t know there was such a thing as running socks. Will pick some up
larry,
invest in a couple of pairs of 1000 mile socks. you’ll get them in most sport shops, well worth it.
will so do.thanks.
Is this the friendliest thread on the internet?
its just that this thread contains more of the ‘happier’ posters, must be from all those endorphins we release from working out