Pennine Trail Run // Injury Prevention Tips for Runners

Join me on my local Trail Route in the South Pennines over Rochdale and beyond. Starting in Littleborough Ill be heading up the Pennine bridal way over to Watergrove and Whitworth and dropping down through Syke into Wardle and back. I will be discussing how I managed to run my first ever Injury Free year in 2024 and offering a few tips for new or permanately injured runners.
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[@markg99]

Just found your channel mate. That first 2 miles looks like a decent warm up 😅 Incredible scenery on your doorstep. You've got a great place to train there. Best of luck with it 👍

[@whereweoffDAD]

@markg99 I'm following you already 😁 yes it certainly gets you warmed up but after that the hard work is done 😅 It helps to have these on my doorstep. Great for just clearing the mind trotting over them bridal ways 👌

[@TheRegularRunner]

Love the look of them trails! 👌🤌 A lot of really useful information there mate, and it's good to hear that the things that you did to avoid injury are the same things im now doing to also try and avoid injury. Fingers crossed I get the same result. 🤞 Another tip with shoes is when you find a pair that works for you, wait until the end of year sales and shop around. I have second pairs of all my shoes that I got in the sales waiting and ready to go. Sure, by the time i use them they wont be the newest version, but if they work for me then who cares. My backup pair of carbons cost me about £70 instead of over £200 (i didnt pay full price for the other pair of carbons either though). With the wind noise, lookup 'windslayer'. Its a foam cover that can go round your camera. Theyre made for people who mount cameras on motorbike helmets really. Theyre not perfect, but do help a lot and are fairly cheap and light. Im still working out how to carry mine when ive got my hydration pack as i dont want to risk tearing it putting the camera in my pocket but i do already use it for parkruns. They do different version for all the major cameras. 👍

[@whereweoffDAD]

@TheRegularRunner thanks again Matt. That's very good tip. I think if a shoe works it works. We don't always need to get the latest pair but then they sell the dream to us.. that's the way it works 😆 Also thanks for the tip on the cover for the wind. I wasn't aware what it was like until I reviewed the footage and I am not going back out for a second take.. its a real person chanel and wind is a real thing 🤣 I will probably get a cover tho so I can be heard clearly. As for the tips. It's just stuff that works for me. I've suggested some stuff to permanently injured runners and they think zone 2 is a load of crap so each to there own. I've learnt the hard way and didn't listen or pay attention either so 🤷. I think longevity is more important than a goal for me given the time off injured. Being able to run in itself is a joy. Getting PBs and faster is just another way to enjoy it but it's not everything. I hope your able to manage your injuries going forward. I'd rather my progress be slow but injury free than build on a wobbly foundation that is going to collapse as it has done time and time again over the years. . If you've not done watergrove yet that could be a good get together. I could get my wind breaker case and we could try it out on the pennine tops 😆

[@TheRegularRunner]

@@whereweoffDAD That's not a bad shout mate. I've never run up at watergrove. The parkrun I believe is my second closest after Clarence and just haven't got there yet. We were gonna go a couple of months ago but we had some illness and injuries in the group and it never came off. From what I've seen the scenery is epic on a clear day.