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Franck
I had a look at various remedies to blisters last year because I got some really bad ones from work. Supposedly wearing socks in a thin synthetic material like nylon under your cotton socks prevents blisters, the friction from your shoes and cotton socks will be on the synthetic sock instead of on your skin, preventing blisters from forming. I think there might be purpose-made socks intended to prevent blisters in case you don't feel like nicking your girlfriends nylons.
Aside from that there's always tape and plasters of varying quality.
You might also have shit shoes that don't fit properly, in which case you should buy better ones, which is what I did.
Jonas
Carroll.
Yeah I was reading up earlier and some suggest less socks, some suggest more. Used to wear just football socks but that wasn't helping, tried just some small cotton socks but not great either. Might try Franck's idea or more than one pair.
Funny thing, my mate on my uni course is actually doing his dissertation on Trusox. Never came to mind but good idea, and it might help someone out
I start a new job tomorrow at a charity organisation and would like to throw myself in at the deep end and volunteer for a couple of fundraising events in the summer such as the three peaks mountain climbing challenge, or as is more relevant to my question, a long distance hike or cycling challenge to show enthusiasm and hopefully make a good impression early on.
I kind of have a challenge in mind which I would like to do, from my new office in Coalville, Leicestershire all the way to Barmouth, Gwynedd (around 150 miles) as a family member co-owns a hotel there.
Here is a rough map with the route Google suggested, obviously that will have to be tweaked to take into account stops along the way and I would prefer to avoid big towns, using country roads, canals and cycle trails as much as possible as I'm not a particularly confident road cyclist.
The advice I'm after really is how often do you guys do long distance rides and how do you go about planning them? do you thoroughly mark out a route or wing it on the day, relying on maps and road signs etc? Also how much is too much to fit into one day? I'm nowhere near a pro cyclist, I ride a six mile round trip to work and back each day and try to go on a longer ride on Sundays, usually about 15-20 miles which doesn't normally tire me out too much so I think I can handle more, I just don't want to over do it.
Carroll.
I wasn't thinking of doing good it in one day, I don't think I could manage that. I've been adjusting the route on a mapping website so I mainly follow canals and official cycle routes, these adjustments have taken me up to almost exactly 200 miles, although the route is almost entirely flat all the way through the west midlands and into mid-Wales. I'm aiming for 50 miles per day so it will take me about four days, possibly five as coming off of flat towpaths and straight onto huge hills and mountain scenery in Wales will obviously be a big challenge as I've never taken on that kind of terrain before living here in the flat Midlands.
Ninja
King Luis
30 Miles is a pretty standard length, the time you take would all depend on your route though, more hills the longer it will take
Dan
Shedender
@K3VO you've been replaced pal, hard luck.
Dan
Snapped anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), snapped medial collateral ligament (MCL), torn knee cartilage! Awaiting key hole surgery now to clean the knee out and then have to wait up to twelve months for an ACL reconstruction.
K3V0
Good luck with the recovery mate
Dan
And semi related, got my first of 3 exams tomorrow as I continue my attempts to pass my Level 3 PT fitness course.
And all sponsorship for myself would be very much appreciated and for a good cause.
Dan
Dan
VP.
Never come in here so have only just seen this post and i'd imagine by now you've probably had your feet amputated. But if not the easiest and cheapest way to stop blisters is to cover you feet in Vaseline especially the areas that seem to blister worst and i'd also put some in your boots/trainers as well. I used to suffer with blisters and would sometimes be in agony after a game, more so if my boots were new or playing in pre season when the temps hotter and your feet would sweat much more. Only thing that would ever stop me getting them (as well as being good as a treatment if you've already got them) was Vaseline, just use it for the first few times and once your boot/trainer molds itself to the shape of your foot you'll be fine, though i'd still recommend using it all the time anyway.
I also always wore two pairs of socks too.
Dan
K3V0
I've had two... How can I help?
Franck
The negative of all this weight loss is that I already need new trousers.
Dan
Fucking hell! Haha, just had mine done last friday, any tips on recovery?
Carroll.
What the fuck are you eating?
Franck
Mostly chicken, cod, vegetables high on fibre and cottage cheese. Some quark too.
K3V0
Listen to your body mainly. Do your physio stretches as much as you can handle, because you will regain the strength in your leg eventually, but you want to minimize the loss of range of motion as much as possible. Don't fret to much right now, it's without doubt a 6-9 month rehab journey.
K3V0
Also I'd advise you to watch what you eat...
Worst thing is getting the knee right and then having 2-3 stone to lose because you've eaten like an animal during rehab!!
Dan
Cheers dude, I hate wearing that bloody splint and cutches, around the house I can cope without them but obvisouly at a slow pace but I know I'm not over doing it, it feels fine. Stitches are coming our Friday so its getting there and the basic physio stretches I have are being done, just trying to force my knee to bend further each time, I'm about halfway to a full bend I think.
Proper physio starts early January though i believe. I personally want to be back in the gym either next week or week after, obviously not training legs!
K3V0
My advice to yourself from my own personal experience is this.
1) Sleep, sleep, sleep and sleep, as much as you can! Your body has had a pretty big operation, even if the small incision say otherwise, it's healing and repairing, sleep is going to help that a lot.
2) Don't eat everything in sight, not gaining weight is going to help big time.
3) Do your physio exercises
4) Don't go back to the gym until you can walk normally unaided, trust me people will get in your way at the gym no matter how safe you are.
5) Try keep the swelling down! That's the silent killer which makes your exercises harder to do and causes a lot of discomfort.
Dan
1) I've not felt that tired not even the day after my op a week ago Saturday but then again I have been off work just sitting around at home so arguably not been busy.
2) I'm not overeating, being a gym guy I am still on top dietry needs etc.
3) Doing my physio as much as I possibly can.
4) I can walk now, but with a limp, I'm meant to be losing the splint and crutches Friday so won't go to the gym until at least the following Tuesday.
5) Haven't had any ice on the swelling, but will begin with that now.
K3V0
If I was you man I'd really avoid the gym until you can walk without a limp, which is usually around the 6 week mark. People will walk in your way and cut you off without noticing you're crippled and the last thing you want to do is tear the graft. I think it was the first 3 months were the red zone irrc, basically where your graft is getting a blood supply and is at its weakest.