Walking Woes

Walking Dead session Friday night had me not falling asleep until the early hours of the morning Saturday, and got through the warm up at hills before it all caught up with me. Just felt like I had no power and the quads felt knackered because of the fast cycling on both the two days prior.

Managed to get through 8, although I might've been better doing 6 and making them faster. Started off strong, but won't be doing hills for a couple of weeks probably because it's the first race of the cross country season coming up next weekend.

1:09, 1:08, 1:10, 1:14, 1:13, 1:14, 1:15 1:16

23:23 for the session, felt a lot better on the cool down having got it out of the way. Then proceeded to go out Saturday night creating one of the largest sleep debts of my life, ending with me riding a bike home from Clayton at 7 in the morning. Classic. Safe to say didn't do much on Sunday other than get through a work shift in the evening and probably had my least healthy food day in about 3 years as chocolate was in high supply everywhere. So feeling pretty average right now, looking forward to training hard tonight and getting it out of my system. Will definitely try to go out slow, I'm not trying to blow up again like Saturday.  

Mid

Wednesday night was a classic case of distance Monas, just wanted to get through it last time, but with myself, Jasper and Will training together, it was definitely set to be faster. Had a great session. Jasper was a few seconds ahead on the longer reps, but I was so happy with my 400s as they normally lag into the high 70s when I'm solo.

600s - 1:55, 1:59
400s - 1:14, 1:11, 1:13 (uphill so happy with that). 1:12
200s - 31, 32, 31, 32
Didn't time the 100s

Cooled down with Will for 14.8km all up.

Yesterday got out on the bike for the sunset. Got myself out to Mordialloc and back with the intention to go to the strength session straight afterwards, but got home and dinner looked way better than calf raises so called it a day at 47km. Definitely rocking and rolling along beach road these days.

This morning woke up for a bit of a double despite it being a Friday. Jogged for 10 mins and got about 2.2km then got the bike out for 16km with Dad. Not before falling off though due to not being able to get my cleat out fast enough. Pretty knackered now and about to do a major stretch and roll to hopefully feel a touch more sprightly for hills tomorrow. Both ankles feeling great.

Also forgot to mention I grabbed some new shoes on Tuesday. Nike structures. Nike never gave me troubles back in the day so I reckon I'll stick with them for a while now, they feel really sturdy which I rate despite being lighter than my NBs.

Jog and bike

Went to training last night a bit unsure about how my ankle was going to pull up. Went really well though and jogged the warm up, did some strides before doing a few km with Dale who is doing Boston next week. Not sure how many kms I ended up with as I didn't time it but I reckon it would've been about 12. 

Jumped on the bike this morning for 50km solo. Headwind was on the way out which is much better than the alternative so really got moving on the way home. Keen to do the session tomorrow night.  

Hills and spin

Hills yesterday was alright. Nice weather but missed the warm up so pumped it out with JB to get there before the session started. Probably went out a bit quick, definitely hurting by the end, but was running solo for the last couple so it's always tough to push yourself.

1:06, 1:11, 1:12, 1:10, 1:11, 1:11, 1:13, 1:13

12.1km all up and 22:52 for the session so the recoveries were pretty quick.

Was going to ride to ferny and back with Mahoney but the weather was disgraceful. Jumped on the spin bike and did 60 x 8s on, 12s off. Lots of stop and start, but I don't think I worked as hard as I could've. Done a lot of exercise this week to be fair.

Now I'm feeling a bit weird. Got a pinching pain on the inside of my ankle which occurs sometimes when I take a step. Never felt it before but noticed it yesterday. Really unsure about what it could be. Doesn't hurt when I run but walking I feel it sometimes. Might just do the session tomorrow and see how it pulls up. If it pulls up worse, this is the last straw and I'm going to the physio and taking a few weeks off just so my body can mend itself fully. These niggles have taken it out of me. I don't even care about being fast or slow anymore, I just want to be able to run and get some endorphins

2nd half plus Fridee

After the ride in the morning yesterday, saw the physio. Just confirmed that I stepped it up a bit quick. Back down to 3 runs this week before, 4 the following week. Just gotta be carful.

Got up to Caulfield last night for just 7km easy plus 5 strides. Felt easy as and the strides were great. Definitely feel like I'm responding really well to quality over quantity at the moment. Feel really fit and fast despite not doing nearly as many kilometers.

This morning just got up and got on the bike straight away. Didn't want to hang around thinking about it. Really windy today as well so the return home was brutal. Just under 38km. Good workout although tiredest I've ever been on a friday.

Double struggle

Ankle pulled up at but sore after the Monday session. Shin feels fine but the tendons around the ankle just felt a bit inflamed. I think I stepped up to 5 days a week too fast.

Haven't run since but got in some really good work on the bike. Tuesday was 50km, then Wednesday got up early for 30km in the morning, then 30km in the afternoon. Great rides although traffic picked up at the end of both of them dropping the average speed down.

Just did 16km on the bike this morning and am about to go and see the physio for a catch up. Ankle isn't inflamed or sore anymore which is great. Think I'll probably double up again today and go for an extremely gentle run in the evening. Just did too much running too soon I think, but all good, I'll take it slower this time around.

1200s

Ferny Creek yesterday was okay, definitely feeling hills the day before. Great weather for it two days in a row. Did the large loop and called it there in 1:20:30ish. Really tired afterwards.

Monday was an early start so felt tired and weird all day. First time Will was back at training for ages so everyone was up and about. I trained pretty well although pissed off at the last two reps. 1200's again but 5 this time. Don't think I'll go much more than that. I'd rather run faster times than do a lot of slower ones. JB hit out 8 which was messed, although he definitely wasn't jogging.

3:58, 3:58, 3:54, 4:01, 4:01

Next time I might try sneak under 4 for all of them. Because of daylight savings, training in the dark was weird as. Gotta get used to it again. 13.6km all up. On the bike for the next few days. Don't want to do anything silly now and I do enjoy the ride.