waking up on Tuesday with a pain in my lower back and really tight hamstrings. I had to take some painkillers and wait a couple of hours before I was even in a state to get on the foam roller and try to ease some of the worst areas. In the afternoon I was kicked out of the house for a wedding dress fitting so I took the opportunity to put a couple of easy hours in to the bike. then in the evening I went to do my marshalling duty for the Time Trial series. My hamstring felt fine at the time but tightened up again in the evening and ...
on Wednesday I woke up with more hamstring tightness. Much worse this time and even after painkillers and foam rolling it was still causing me pain and I was hobbling around the house most of the day. I decided to stick with my planned open water swim in the evening but skipped the run afterwards as my hamstring was feeling even tighter after the swim. My common sense only went so far though. When I got home I entered Knockburn Sprint Tri on Saturday.
Thursday my hamstring was no better but I decided to test it with an easy jog. It was slightly better once it was warmed up but still painful whenever I put in a higher effort level. I still think it is just tight rather than torn or strained. I had another shot on the roller to try and ease it off in the evening.
Saturday's Knockburn Sprint Triathlon won't get a post to itself. I thought about it but decided not to bother. Basically the bike course is not great on the best day, is pretty dodgy in it's current degraded condition and is dangerous with that degradation added to wet conditions. That isn't just my opinion, at least one of the race organisers must be of similar mind as they went out and spray painted some of the worst areas of the road surface to warn the riders. Also the current run route at Knockburn is just a slog round a lumpy, twisty cross-country, it isn't an enjoyable run. So as soon as my back started giving me problems on the swim, I took that as a sign not to even risk the bike and I slowed down and just paddled in the rest of the swim. I don't actually know why I even bothered paying the ridiculous entry fee for this event. I won't be doing this race again in future.
After I had a shower and got changed the on-site physio did a bit of electrical therapy and some massage on the worst of the problem area and in the afternoon I went out for a long run with no problems.
On Sunday I had a trip to Bennachie for a hike in the afternoon, to celebrate my fiancee's granda's birthday, and I decided to ride there to get some spare miles in. I got a surprisingly good ride in despite the damp and clammy conditions.
Overall, this is the first time I have been ahead of my swim stretch target since Feb 12th and the closest I have been to my bike target since January 10th. The run miles slipped a little this week but I am so far ahead of them that it is not a big loss.
It has been an overly stressful week for a bunch of non-sports reasons. And they are not going to get any lighter over the next few weeks as I start my new job and the wedding continues to get closer.
Target totals - Swim 1.9 miles. Bike 36.4 miles. Run 13.9 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 30 mins of yoga.
Monday - Swim with TPT 1,900m in 47 mins.
Tuesday - Stretching and rollering.
Easy ride 31.3 miles in 2 hours 14 mins.
Wednesday - Stretching and rollering.
Swim at Knockburn 4 laps (~3,000m) in 70 mins.
Thursday - Easy jog 3.7 miles in 33 mins.
Friday - Rest day.
Saturday - Knockburn Sprint Triathlon
Swim 750m in 13:11 then DNF.
Long easy run 7.1 miles in 64 mins.
Sunday - Ride 21.6 miles in 1 hour 25 mins.
Walk on Bennachie 5.8 miles in 3 hours 40.
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 51.3 (44.6) [51.3],
B 1024.2 (1032.0) [1290.0],
R 390.0 (349.8) [395.3].
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