Training Log Archive: Kat

Today's PT workout included some hamstring exercises using the big blow-up ball. It hurts! I need to be careful with my weak hamstrings...

Short easy run on the field near East Rock, going back and forth in the one small strip not covered by snow. Right inner knee hurt towards the end, felt like something was being pulled.

Flight back home.

Still ridiculously weak, but really wanted to see the glacier, so Boris and Ross skiied up there with me and we all climbed around on the ice. :)

Felt more human that yesterday, but obviously very weak from being ill and not eating much. Boris accompanied me outside. Not very fun to ski while like this, but cool to see people "kite surfing" on boards across the lake.

Still very sick, sitting around the house watching tv episodes and feeling sad.

After several days of "feeling" sick, I am now definitely very, very sick.

Skating, felt better today and could keep up with others.

Skating again, partly with some others. Felt pretty crappy, tired and out of breath.

Skiing in the dark (with a headlamp) around the open trails in Silvaplana.

Physical therapy session. Stuff is getting better:
- my VM muscle is 2-3 times stronger than when I first started strengthening it over a year ago
- I can actually do 25 lbs (both legs) on the hamstring machine, which doesn't sound like much but it's a record for me. Also, I haven't been feeling pain in my hamstrings afterward, like I used to. I'm certain now that I must have pulled or slightly torn my hamstring when I had that fall in Sweden, and then I kept reinjuring it in the gym by trying to strengthen the hamstring. Lots of time off, stretching, and very gentle hamstring exercise seems to help.
- my heel hasn't hurt since the fall, so taking three months off to cure mild plantar fascitis also seems to work.
- my private health insurance covers my orthotics! So I'm getting some custom ones made and should have them in a few weeks

The only downside is that Dailinger and another doctor he referred me to concluded that the trouble with my left knee really isn't solely a muscular thing. There's an issue with how the tendon is attached to kneecap and tibia, and this issue is always going to be there. They said I could try surgery, but that the outcome wasn't likely to be positive. So the plan is to strengthen and to start running once the snow finally melts, and see where that takes me.

C • Yay! 3

Lots of stuff at home. My shoulders are so weak!

Here's a new move I've been able to do since yesterday. For some reason it's called the iguana mount, but I don't know why...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veNbmSuVaf8

C • My wife is awesome. 2

Just fooling around on the pole with Susie and showing her some moves.

6 minutes treadmill, then 9 minutes stairs (2.5 times): 1:18, 1:59 2:01

Some stuff at home.

4.5 times the stairs again: managed to jog up 2.5 times:
1:20, 1:51, 1:48, 1:58, 1:55

Gym workout.