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The forum has been operating in its present form since April 2004 and I particularly welcome comments from new contributors, whether you live on or off the Isle of Man, if you have an interest in Manx athletics.

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Subject:		Re: Re: Parish Walk training advice
Name:		Allan Thomson
Date Posted:		Dec 20, 07 - 5:22 PM
IP Address:		80.65.243.8
Message:		Not really Michael, I've done a few ultra's over the years in many different forms (Walking & Running), some of them you will get blisters, some of them you won't, but you expect them. I still maintain it's about how you deal with them that counts, and that in a long distance event with plenty of identical footstrokes you will eventually get blisters - especially when one factors in things like wet, heat and sweat, etc). And it is undeniable that attempting to compensate for blisters by walking in a wierd manner (as if racewalking isn't wierd enough.. ;-P ) will just do a whole lot more damage to you than just ignoring them and walking normally will. Training is about getting your body used to the stress put upon it - so as long as you clean them up properly and take account of what may be causing it (eg tight/loose shoes, bad socks, whatever), then they will heal up and be more resistant to blistering in future - at least that's what worked for me. Again wearing boots & shoes in everyday life does get your feet hardened up and more blister resistant than being in trainers all the time, so when you put your trainers on to do your hard training and racing in you don't sustain as much damage (why do you think the Army has so many problems with foot injuries with Modern kids compared to their predecessors who were more used to boots?). Funnily enough though I had far less problems with Blisters in the full parish than in the half race to Peel - maybe something to do with intensity or the shoes I was wearing or something.
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Re: Parish Walk training advice by bob c · Dec 19, 07 - 7:06 PM Re: Parish Walk training advice by Nick · Jan 7, 08 - 4:19 PM Re: Parish Walk training advice by Kathy · Jan 18, 08 - 1:52 PM Re: Re: Parish Walk training advice by Allan Thomson · Jan 18, 08 - 2:12 PM Re: Re: Re: Parish Walk training advice by Allan Thomson · Jan 18, 08 - 2:21 PM Re: Parish Walk training advice by Steve Partington · Jan 21, 08 - 1:14 PM Re: Re: Parish Walk training advice by Kathy · Jan 21, 08 - 1:36 PM Re: Re: Re: Parish Walk training advice by Allan Thomson · Jan 21, 08 - 4:18 PM Re: Parish Walk training advice blisters by emma · Jan 25, 08 - 7:28 PM

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