Thursday, February 04, 2010

So far this week........

Tuesday - Boathouse West run

Session: Xcountry Summer Series
Distance: 5km
Time: 25.22min
Place: 103
Pace: 5.05min/km
Splits -
1 - 5.27
2 - 5.17
3 - 5.02
4 - 4.45
5 - 4.55

It was a breezy afternoon and cooler than I had anticipated. Mind you once I started running I warmed up rapidly! I arrived a little earlier planning on going for a warm up jog before the run but somehow it never happened - there were people to meet (all these new speedygeese) and others to catch up with. I was feeling ok after Sunday's 3km run so this was a step up in distance. We started and it felt like everyone took off and I was left standing still! Strewth took off like a bat out of hell and it wasn't long before I lost sight of her. The first 1.5km was awful - I huffed and puffed and felt so unfit. But gradually, oh so gradually, I started finding my stride and at the 1.7km mark I was starting to think that this wasn't so bad. Slowly I was overtaking people and then I caught a glimpse of Strewth ahead. Well this was just too tempting - I had to try and catch her! Which explains the increase in pace for the 4th km! She said she heard me coming and its no wonder, I sounded like a steam train - an old puffing billy! I was happy with the run. My legs are strong but I lack endurance and speed but these will come with time (I hope!).

Wednesday - turning the legs over

Session: stationary bike
Time: 45mins

I hummed and haa'd and drank my coffee, trying to work out whether I could move the cycling to another day. I considered the weekend but realised that if I added any more exercise to Saturday or Sunday I wouldn't get anything else done - and what's the point of a weekend if you can't relax at some point! So I did it - got on my bike and pedalled, listening to my ipod. It probably did my legs good, turning them over after Tuesday's run. Later today I see the physio - hmmm, wonder what he'll say about yesterday's run?! (He was happy with my progress. My lower back is playing up and was quite sore which he thinks might be to an irritated disk which has resulted in the muscles tightening in that area. I have been given some stretches which I know off by heart as this is not a new occurrence for me! In fact he remarked that he has seen my back in a lot worse shape! I'm also to do a 3km run on Friday (rather than a 5km run) and if I pull up ok after that then can do a 5km run on Sunday. Talk about baby steps…)

Wednesday night - swimming.

Good swim. Surprising given that earlier that evening I had almost convinced myself that I was way too tired to go and should put iff to another day. At the last minute I made the decision to go and I'm really pleased that I did because I felt so much better for it and the bonus is that I had a really good sleep that night which resulted in me……

Sleeping In!
Which normally is not a problem, but I had a session with the trainer this morning at 6am. So it was a mad dash around the house doing last minute things like getting dressed, gulping down coffee and an interesting looking protein shake which I call the Jungle Juice because it is green; cleaning teeth, etc, dashing out the door to the car, and getting to the gym. I didn't need a warm up - I had already warmed up! The Raiders junior and senior teams were doing yoga in a room adjacent to where we were training - it was interesting to watch some of them getting into some of the more bendy poses and it took my mind off the pain I was going through! Finally got to do deadlifts today - the first since since the op, so more progress - yay! Did more cursed pushups - I hate them with a passion, as well as triceps dips. Had the shaky arms by the time I got to the shower - trying to wash hair with arms that won't cooperate is a challenge! Had brekkie with Strewth - double bacon and eggs on gluten free toast - yum! Not exactly healthy but ok to have once in a while.

10 comments:

strewth said...

Wow - that's a good few days training! Brekkie was great but next time I won't have the spinach -it reacted - grrrr! Have a good Friday. :)

Two Fruits said...

Well done, baby steps plus rest & relax. Don't forget, work, home & other things need time as well. You have me now doing push ups and sit ups, no wonder you don't like them, they hurt. Slow going forward for you is good going. Don't like the sound of those other aches now. Take care.

Ewen said...

Strewth was hopping mad this morning. She thought Boathouse would be her first victory out of a zillion races!

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