Time for the obligatory #Flatlay before the Culford Sprint Triathlon tomorrow!
300m pool swim,
20km bike ride (12.4 miles)
4km run
My first adventure into triathlons after a 12 week training plan, excited and somewhat apprehensive!
Sponsor link here, we're just short of £100: https://www.justgiving.com/page/ruth-triathlon-aryaloka-2025
#Triathlon #MyFirstTriathlon #TriathlonFlatlay #CulfordTriathlon #IpswichTriClub #IpswichTriathlonClub #VeganRunners #ThisGirlCan #EDSWarrior #EDSAthletes
Time for a pre race #flatlay before the @dorneylake duathlon tomorrow!
Checked in, kit checked, bike checked, time to relax!
Quite nervous as I'm very new to the bike and haven't been on track with my running at all this month, the goal is to go out there and try something totally new, and hopefully have a bit of fun in the process!
#Duathlon #ThisGirlCan #ehlersdanlos #ehlersdanloswarrior #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ehlersdanlosathletes #EDSAthlete #EDSAthletes #running #cycling #VeganRunners
If you're keen to progress in sport and you're working with #EhlersDanlosSyndrome, biomechanical analysis can be incredibly helpful to pick up problems with form, weak muscle activation and compensation, and much more.
Here's my experience of having a gait analysis done to help with my running form: https://trainingwitheds.com/blog/articles/when-did-you-learn-how-to-run-properly - I learned so much and it's really improved the focus in my strength training and as a result, my running form has also improved.
Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome often involves walking a fine line between being well and not.
If you're also training as an athlete, this is compounded by the inevitable time when you pick up (one or more) injuries, or have to navigate a flare-up, impacting your training.
Check out our post about how you can use cross-training to work around such challenges, and some important considerations:
https://trainingwitheds.com/site-blog/tips-tricks/cross-training-with-eds-to-manage-injuries
#EDS #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #EDSAthletes #Injuries #CrossTraining
Hello all, time for an introduction after setting up this account on Mastodon!
Training with EDS is a new website and community focused on supporting folks who have #EhlersDanlosSyndrome and who are interested in physical training.
Whether you're just getting started or training for the olympics or anywhere in between, we're here to help you every step of the way.
Hope to see you in the community, check the links in the bio!
#EDS #EDSAthlete #EDSAthletes #TrainingWithEDS #EhlersDanlos
A few pics from last weekend's 4.5 hour run, it was hard going and a sobering reminder that in 6 weeks I'll be doing 4x the distance .... Yikes!
Also, dates filled with peanut butter are my new favourite run snack!
Keeping on keeping on, active recovery week this week so much shorter runs. Still breaking in the new trainers which I'm just taking slowly.
#Running #RunnersOfMastodon #EDSAthletes #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #UltraTraining #Endure24
Here's a before and after that I made, shows the significant increase in range of movement after only a few hours.
The exercises I have are still painful and physio starts next week, with a consultant review in 2 weeks, so there's a long road ahead but I'm super delighted with the outcome so far.
Really looking forward to days with considerably less pain and hopefully undisturbed sleep after so many months!
#HydroDialation #FrozenShoulder #Rehab #Physio #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #EDSAthletes
📣 New blog post: Cross-training with EDS to manage injuries - a few things I've picked up over the years!
https://www.ruthcheesley.co.uk/blog/health-and-fitness/cross-training-with-eds-to-manage-injuries
#injuries #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #EhlersDanlos #EDS #EDSAthletes #CrossTraining #fitness
Day 2 #rwrunstreak .. getting back to running after #injury is hard! 4 months off in my case.
Keeping it short, focusing on cadence and technique. Hard work as it forces my pace higher, but great to be back on it!
Snagged some new #Brooks kicks in the sale so looking forward to them arriving!
#running #runstreak #VeganRunners #VeganRunnersUK #thisgirlcan #EDSAthletes #EhlersDanlosSyndrome
Day 1 of run streak in the bag after 4 months out for injury rehab.
1 mile run/walk/run focusing on form, technique and cadence in the run sections.
Hoping the focus on technique rather than just keeping going at all costs will stand me in good stead going forward into my next ultra training program starting in January!
#rwrunstreak #runstreak #run #running #thisgirlcan #edsathletes #EhlersDanlosSyndome #VeganRunners #VeganRunnersUK
Ruth Cheesley (she/her)
Training with EDS
