Let's get it on...

Wow. Thanks to everyone for your comments after my lil adventure on Sunday :-)

Monday 5 June 2006 - testing the waters...
Rest day

I got out of bed this morning a bit gingerly testing to see what, if anything, was sore after Sunday's adventure. To my utter surprise, very little was the answer. My quads are feeling quite beaten up & the ligaments & tendons around my ankles were tender but there were no niggles or injuries. *Yippee* I was feeling a bit run down & tired (and struggled to keep my eyes open at a seminar all afternoon) but otherwise I pulled up really well. *Yippee*

Looking back to yesterday I am really pleased with my run. I ran it conservatively & managed to hold back & not get catch up in the madness that was the sprint to the 3km mark (where the trail narrowed down to a single trail). Though one thing I need to work out is why I felt bloated after the drink stop at the 12km mark - despite the fact that I only had 2 mouthfuls out of 2p's water bottle and one cup of water at the drink stop (my only drink previously being a cup at the 6km drink stop & a one or two small sips of water in between). A bit strange. Any ideas?

Saw Saint Andrew for a wheel alignment tonight who was just as surprised as me as to how I pulled up. And yes, again he rolled his eyes when I told him of my next adventure :-)

The next challenge is, of course, Woodford to Glenbrook, a 25kms trail run (which I'm told is not as hard/"technical" as the Nosh). Strangely I'm still feeling uncertain, unconvinced & undecided about it. I'm not sure why. Maybe I'm forgetting the golden rule I learnt when I was injured - "every run is a good run". I'm not sure where I left my "F*ck it, just go for it" 'tude that I had a few weeks ago but I need to find it ;-)

Tuesday 6 June 2006 - back to the gym
Upper body weights session

Headed to the gym after work for an upper body weights session - circuit of:
* reverse flyes
* single arm cable rows
* barbell bicep curls
* single arm lying tricep curls
* lat pulldowns
* internal/external rotator cuff stuff,
repeated twice.

I was feeling pretty tired as I'd been up early to pick up folks up from the airport at 5.15(!) so I thought the quality of the session might suffer but once I'd warmed up, I was fine.

Wednesday 7 June 2006 - on the road again....
Run

Time to hit the road again.

Distance: 5.06kms
Duration: 33:20min
Aver pace: 6:35min/km
MTD: 25.07kms

When I went to bed last night, there was torrential rain (again) so I had a back-up plan of heading to the gym at lunch in case there was heavy rain when I woke up. Thankfully the running gods listened to me & I woke up to discover a clear sky and even a few stars! So out I went. I must have fluked it because within 20mins of getting home it was pouring again! To say it was a bit rough would be an understatement. My shin muscles (whatever they are called) complained loudly during the first half & my quads the second half. Still, there were no niggles or injuries so I am one happy gal :-)

I'm not sure what the rest of the week holds for me. I will just listen to my body & decide on a daily basis. A massage tomorrow from the Tiger should go some way to sorting out this residual muscle stuff...