Author: Frank Murphy

  • December Time Trial

    Congratulations to everybody who took part in the monthly time trial. Results are below;
    Distance; 2.4 miles (more…)

  • Now we really need your help!

    #RCotY14

    Now we really really need the fine people of this great city to help us!!

    Not long to go now folks, come on get your friends and family on it 🙂

    We’ve been short listed as 1 of 10 groups to go forward as Decathlon’s running club of the year, but we need you guys to cast your votes to get us to the top spot!!

    We might not have as many members as the other clubs nominated, but I guarantee we have helped more people and touched more hearts, so help us to continue 🙂

    Click here to be taken to the voting page 🙂

    Thank you 🙂

  • Stoke F.I.T. needs your votes!

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    We’re pleased to announce that Stoke F.I.T. have been nominated for the Decathlon running club of the year awards!

    Please please please get behind our running club and give us a vote!  Every single vote counts and it only takes a second to help us!  We could win some money to spend on kit to help out our runners in their quest for excellence!!  But we won’t be able to do it without your help!

    To vote, click on the picture above, or click here

  • November Time Trial

    Congratulations to every body who took part in the monthly time trial.  Results are below;

    Distance; 2.4 miles (more…)

  • Stoke F.I.T. Bleep test #6

    Another great bleep test saw a new record being set by John Miles and loads of PB’s individually!!  A great evening!!

    We also tried a new innitiative of including a push up test and a sit up test – how many push ups and sit ups we could do in 60 seconds.  Hopefully we will see an improvement every 6 weeks!

    Results are below; (more…)

  • The foot 6

    Read ‘the foot part 5’

    I’m busy!  When I get chance I’ll write the next part!

  • The foot 5

    Read ‘the foot part 4’

    By using the term barefoot in previous posts, I mean barefoot. Feet that are bare. Not this hocus pocus idea that’s knocking around of running up on your toes and ‘pretending’ you are barefoot running! That’s ‘fore-foot’ running. But it’s not!
    Why? (more…)

  • The foot 4

     

    Read ‘the foot part 3’

    With the arch now weakened and collapsed, let’s look at the possible consequences it could have on our foot.
    In this also expertly drawn diagram, the red line represents the plantar fascia, a length of connective tissue. The orange line represents the Achilles tendon. (more…)

  • The foot 3

    Read ‘the foot part 2’

    Look at this very expertly drawn diagram of the arch when I’ve (tried) to draw a foot around it. The red at the bottom represents the sole of a ‘supporting’ trainer. By supporting the arch, the sole is just pushing out the keystone and other pieces of the arch.
    With the arch now weakened and collapsed, let’s look at the possible consequences it could have on our foot. (more…)

  • The foot 2

    Read ‘the foot – part 1’

    Now, imagine if that arch isn’t really above your door, imagine if it is the arch of your foot. The foot that worked perfectly well all through school, all through every summer holiday, every single football game, netball game, game of Kick the can, British bulldog and whatever you spent the first 10 years of your life doing. Up until your lovely kind parents started buying you fancy trainers instead of the plimsolls that you used to be happy in. (more…)