zero steps back this week - woohoo! I'm quite excited to report that after 5 weeks off running, I am finally making progress. I'm still not running but the pain/niggle/discomfort in my hip has decreased over the last two weeks and hopefully I'll get the ok to start running again in about 2 weeks time. That probably sounds like I've missed running - in all honesty, I haven't. I am not at all frustrated by the fact that I'm not running at the moment. I've been riding or swimming almost every day - besides, it's still bloody cold in Penriff at 5am!
Zoe, the Sydney to the Gong ride is just about the only thing on my radar at the moment :-)
Saturday 4/8
I had a fantastic weekend. Did 50mins LSDR on Apollo on Saturday morning as planned while watching The Last Samurai - IMHO the only decent movie that Tom has made other than Top Gun :-) The rest of the weekend was spent down the South Coast relaxing, eating & drinking :-)
Monday 6/8
Back to the gym for my now-usual exercises followed by a 1k swim.
Tuesday 7/8
40mins on Apollo at 75-80% MHR plus 5mins w/u & c/d at 5am.
Thursday 9/8
Interval session on Apollo at 5am -
5mins w/u
6mins - 30/30s
4 x 5mins efforts/2min recovery
6mins - 30/30s
5mins c/u
Total: 50mins.
Back to Brad the super physio on Thursday lunch where he loudly declared, after watching the video he had taken of me running, "now that is a runner", LOL. The difference is really quite incredible - significantly less curvature in my lower back (I have/had far too much) and less dropping of my right hip when viewed from behind (though it still drops a touch too far). I left with instructions to continue with the current program for the next 2 weeks with the addition of 2 more exercises to do on a daily basis - that gives me I think 7 exercises (2-3 sets each) to do on a daily basis with another 2 exercises (3 sets) to do 3 x per week. Good thing I'm not running - I don't have the time with all this strengthening stuff ;-) I will have buns & abs of steel by the time I'm running again! I've still got some way to go but his comments after seeing the video & the fact that I was able to run for 4mins on the treadmill almost pain free (for the first time in 5 weeks) has left me feeling really positive. My hip was niggling a touch later in the afternoon but a definite improvement after last week.
Today (Friday) 10/8
Back to the gym after work for the usual hammy/quad/butt stuff followed by a very scenic 1.5k swim.
Saturday morning will bring a sleep-in and a 70mins ride on Apollo followed by the usual glute/core stuff. Then later in the afternoon it's off to Chez Lulu. Lulu has kindly offered her compound to Owly, Miners, Go Girl, R & I for a pre-C2S slumber party. Of course I'm the only one not running so everyone else can watch Ellie & I drink on Saturday night - that's only fair I think given that we have to listen to them talk about their runs on Sunday. On Sunday morning while the others head into the city for the start of the C2S, I think I'll walk down to Bondi for a relaxing & peaceful breakfast overlooking the water and then head up to join the cheersquad before all those stinky smelly runners arrive ;-)
MTDS: 5.25k
6 comments:
Good luck with the cheer squad duties. Look forward to running past on Sunday.
Will look out for the cheer squad. Thanks, I'll try to remember the deodorant.
Hang in there with the exercises, they are time consuming but sooooo worth it. I know the ones I was doing pre Gold Coast had a huge impact.
Can't wait to see you in the morn!
PS Are the runners really not drinking???? I plan to have a quiet one or two, just to relax me of course :-)
Nice going Jen.
Good to hear the non-running training is coming along OK.
Hope to see you tomorrow!
really pleased to hear your progress jen.
'the last samurai' is one of my all time favs.
not as good a movie as 'undercover brother' tho! :)
a slumber part and i wasnt invited? :(
buns and abs of steel are a good thing...! Great to hear your training is going well!
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