Tuesday the train strike forced me into a second day of cycle commuting instead of a run. I can't really complain about the extra bike miles though. And the bike actually gets me to my desk 15mins faster than the train, and home nearly 30 mins quicker.
Wednesday I had a last minute reshuffle of my plans and commuted by train so that I could meet one of my iron-friends to bike and run in the evening. Then on my way there I spent 45 minutes in the traffic to cover less than 2 miles and got so fed up with that I turned round and went home. I went out for a run on my own but felt really heavy. I decided to give my sprint legs a bit of a tester before going to Inverness on Sunday to do some track racing. I can't decide quite how badly that went. Sprinting is definitely a young mans game, and a specifically-trained young man at that. Running fast for 5k and actually running fast are not the same thing.
Thursday I tried the mountain bike for a commute to avoid another train strike. That went a lot better than I expected. The biggest problem was that my legs have developed a couple of little niggles just from my attempted sprint session the night before. I had to do a bit of rollering in the evening just to take care of some of the tighter areas.
Friday night I tried to make the most of the fiancee being away for her hen weekend by going for a run. I made it less than a mile before the fatigue of the last couple of weeks and the various aches and niggles from Wednesday night were too much to deal with and I turned home.
Saturday I woke up feeling rotten, dumped my planned swim but dragged myself out for a bit of a bike ride.
Sunday I went to Inverness for a track event. I had hoped to get a space in a 1500m race but my track club is awash with better middle distance runners. Instead I offered to fill the spaces in the team for the 100m, 400m and Hammer. That meant an early start to drive to Elgin, then the team bus through to the race. I had a decent warm-up and after twice putting the hammer into the cage I managed to get out a couple of average but acceptable throws.
I then headed over to the 100m, set up my blocks and had a couple of practice starts. I was feeling surprisingly good. I had a fairly average reaction and the three kids to my right all got a bit of a lead but I was still in the race and was getting out of my drive phase when my quadricep went in a big way. I thought it was just a twinge for the first couple of strides but it was much too sore to keep running on and I had to slow to a jog. Even that was painful and I eventually walked over the line in 20.4 seconds and straight into the back of the St Andrews Ambulance van.
After helping their complete beginner to treat me with an ice-pack I limped back out to collect all my stuff and to tell my team manager that I wasn't going to manage my 400m or relay.The last few weeks my running has been a bit of a disaster and between work and my back problems my swimming hasn't gone as planned either. Injuring my thigh is a completely different class of bad though.
Target totals - Swim 2.4 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 - Commute ride 7.3 miles in 29 mins.
Commute ride 6.9 miles in 28 mins.
Swim with TPT 1,650m in 49 mins.
Tuesday - Commute ride 7.0 miles in 32 mins.
Commute ride 7.2 miles in 30 mins.
Wednesday - Run 3.8 miles in 41 mins. (inc 6 x 100m 'fast').
Thursday - Commute ride mtb 7.3 miles in 35 mins.
Commute ride mtb 7.3 miles in 40 mins.
Stretching and rollering.
Friday - Short jog 1.3 miles in 14 mins.
Saturday - Slow ride 8.7 miles in 36 mins.
Sunday - Grampian Athletics League:
Hammer Throw -
100m - Pulled quadricep.
400m - DNS
Warm-up / Cool-down etc 1.0 miles in 9 mins.
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 54.4 (49.4) [56.8],
B 1115.0 (1104.9) [1381.1],
R 410.7 (377.6) [426.7].
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