Had a bit of a mixed week.
Knee started to give me a bit of pain last week, handily though I was at the physio on Friday, who said it was nothing to worry about. Looks like I just went a little hard on the last run I did. Physio is happy enough with how things are going and has left me to my own devices for 2 months, hopefully when I go back it will just to be formally discharged. Now I just need to keep the intensity of the training sessions low for the next wee while and ensure I do my stretching after each session to stop things getting tight.
So had a few days off at the end of last week, just stretching to loosen things off again.
This allowed me to finish off most of the unpacking and create enough room in the garage for a turbo den. I also finally got round to getting a set of pedals for the Specialized so that I can use it on the turbo instead of the Boardman. Had an easy 40 mins on the turbo on Sunday afternoon. Was a great day and would have be nice to get out on the roads but I was on call so the garage was my only option.
The rest of this week has gone fine with another turbo session and a couple of easy runs and I'm planning on going swimming tomorrow. The plan is to get out on the road either Sat or Sun for a couple of hours - hopefully the weather will not get in the way of the plan.
As an aside I was looking for another sportive event to do after my DNS in the Hell of The Ashdown and have decided to do the Hampshire Hilly Hundred in May. Although I work near the start of this event, I don't really know any of the area at all so it should make for an enjoyable Sunday ride. Just looking for an event or two in July/August time and that will be the summer season planned.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Running everywhere
Has been a good last week of January training wise.
Mainly running, as I have not yet found which box the swimming kit is in and there is no space in the garage to set the turbos up yet.
So in total I went running 4 times last week, 3 times on the road and once off road around Fleet Pond, which was really nice. The knee problem appears to be fine, but I can still feel some issues with the quad extender into the knee cap. I think it may just be caused by tightness further up the quad. I'm back at the physio on Friday so we will see what he says, I was hoping to be discharged, but perhaps I will need to use the final authorised session.
DNS the Hell of the Ashdown sportive in Sunday as planned, shame as it was a nice sunny day, although reading some of the reports of spills due to the icy conditions makes me glad I did not venture out. Instead I headed out on the mountain bike on Saturday with the husband to explore the area around our new house. It was great fun, 3 mins from the house and we were offroad, with no need to cycle on the road again till we came home (disclaimer: we did have to cross the occasional road). Great fun on a mixture of tracks, from wide landrover tracks, to single track through trees and the Army High Speed Test Track, great fun cycling through the puddles. We only managed to explore a short section of the available off road and I'm really looking forward to exploring further as time goes on.
Have decided on a few changes for this years aims, the tri down in Cornwall is out due to the holiday plans changing. Instead I will be looking for a couple of sportives to complement 2/3 sprint tris and a couple running races to keep me busy through the summer months, then thinking about some mountain bike races in the autumn.
Mainly running, as I have not yet found which box the swimming kit is in and there is no space in the garage to set the turbos up yet.
So in total I went running 4 times last week, 3 times on the road and once off road around Fleet Pond, which was really nice. The knee problem appears to be fine, but I can still feel some issues with the quad extender into the knee cap. I think it may just be caused by tightness further up the quad. I'm back at the physio on Friday so we will see what he says, I was hoping to be discharged, but perhaps I will need to use the final authorised session.
DNS the Hell of the Ashdown sportive in Sunday as planned, shame as it was a nice sunny day, although reading some of the reports of spills due to the icy conditions makes me glad I did not venture out. Instead I headed out on the mountain bike on Saturday with the husband to explore the area around our new house. It was great fun, 3 mins from the house and we were offroad, with no need to cycle on the road again till we came home (disclaimer: we did have to cross the occasional road). Great fun on a mixture of tracks, from wide landrover tracks, to single track through trees and the Army High Speed Test Track, great fun cycling through the puddles. We only managed to explore a short section of the available off road and I'm really looking forward to exploring further as time goes on.
Have decided on a few changes for this years aims, the tri down in Cornwall is out due to the holiday plans changing. Instead I will be looking for a couple of sportives to complement 2/3 sprint tris and a couple running races to keep me busy through the summer months, then thinking about some mountain bike races in the autumn.
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