Tuesday 2 May - glutes of steel (one day)
A busy day. I headed off to see Podrunner at lunch to see if my orthotics or shoes are contributing to the 'funkiness' in my knee. Well the good news is that my orthotics are fine; the bad news (well, at least for my wallet) is that he has recommended I return to the Brooks Trance so my beautiful Mizuno's are now confined to the cupboard to be pulled out for special occasions. He also suspects my funkiness is being caused by a imbalance, particularly between my VMO and lateral hamstrings. I didn't even know I had lateral hamstrings. Yet more stretches to add to the already long list. Oh hum.
Activity: Pilates
Time: 5.15pm
At 5pm I headed off to meet Lulu to give her gym a test drive. I felt a little unco on the reformer machines but it was a fun & tough class.
Wednesday 3 May: Run + Satan
Activity: run
Time: 5.50am
Distance: 6.02kms
Aver pace: 6.09min/km
MTD: 6.02kms
Headed out for a run in my trusty and slightly old Brooks Trance this morning (don't worry, Podrunner said they still have a few kms in them yet). It was one of those mornings - you know the type. Your body has entirely forgotten the fact that you are a runner. Your legs feel like lead & your breathing is heavy. Yep, it was one of those days. No doubt designed to make sure I had my feet well & truly planted on the ground after Saturday's run ;-)
[/*rant on]. Also designed to test my mental state is the fact that my knee was 'funky' again. Grrrrrrrr. I'm starting to get v. frustrated by it. I feel like I did when I first had my ITB problem - that no-one could pinpoint the problem. I'm a details girl. I need an answer & a solution. Something to work towards. At the moment I feel like I'm on a treadmill going nowhere [/*rant off] Edit: there was some good news - my piriformis and chin are fine ;-)
Activity: weights with Satan
Time: 6.30pm
Duration: 30mins
Headed to the gym tonight after a busy day in the office for an upper body session with Satan. Another circuit consisting of:
* an inverted row;
* single arm bent overs row leaning on a swiss ball;
* double arm laying tricep extensions;
* some oblique/core exercise; and
* crunches,
repeated twice with a 3rd set of bent over rows & the oblique/core exercise for good measure.
I'm feeling a bit run down at the moment so I think tomorrow will be a rest day.
6 comments:
Was gossiping with PodRunner about your dodgy shoes today - probably better than gossiping about my dodgy feet. Anyway, great to hear you are back on your feet - if still a bit stiff and ginger...
Enjoy your rest day Jen. You've earnt it!
Maby a little bit of rest... I know a dirty word, but you work very hard!!!! Take care miss Jen!
I think that funky knee thing is going around. But if a side effect is buns of steel maybe its not that bad after all.
Buns of steel would be very good! It might be worth keeping track of what triggers the knee. Is it a change in surface, other exercise you did the day before. That might give us some clues as to what is happening.
It will all come right don't worry; I had all those different things crop up when I started running again but I'm gradually getting rid of them all.
Good to see you still running after the weekends abuse Jen ;-)
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