Training Log Archive: philm64

An hour's walk, then another 30 mins a bit later, getting turfs, in the sun, not really the point. (turfs)

Improved from yesterday but head still a little "woozy" . As i live in fear of brain symptoms, this means I'm still unhappy about the vaccine.

Hoping to climb tomorrow, I'm sure the adrenaline etc. will mask the wooziness, and after that, we'll see how it goes.


Desire to restart any endurance sport whatsoever: Nil

Feel like I'm coming out the other side of a 24 hour flu.

Really didn't expect this. My weekend will be spent in recovery. THey say , oh yeah it will be just like the annual flu jab in future, no big deal.

That'll be a couple of weekends taken out for me, then. if there's 2 doses per year. Be fun if there's a big race anytime soon after one of my vaccination appointments.

Edit: What's a "race", post-2020?

Edit2: gentle walk in the sun/fresh air. Felt lightheaded / drunk. Some way to go, then. Running completely OUT of the QUESTION. No no no!!!!!!!

Ill in night, getting worse from 2am , by 5am i was up & making hot water bottle, taking painkillers, curling up in flu-like misery.

I do feel side effects are being played down by the public face of the campaign, and I know some people are keeping their misery secret.

I don't do that. Was it worth it? Ask me in 2 days. No - ask me after my first decent run - whenever that might be.

Spent all day dozing & resting, plus food & fluids. Made it out to read meters & that was it. Glad i got the LemSips in.

Cycle to 1st dosage of COVID AZ vaccination, then a few turfs after as well.

Felt fine until about 10:30pm, when my head thickened & I went to bed.

https://www.strava.com/activities/4889782516

Shit - well beaten up! Gulp. Vaccine tomorrow. Hope I'll be OK.

Jackie's online S&C - first time in a while, I keep forgetting! Nice to do it & see people. Core needs some work ...

Turf run, super cold, had no idea it would be so cold. Just got all Turf zones (2 new) that I'd lost, north of here, starting in gloopy stoke park. Treated it as fartlek / intervals. LH calf twingy / stabby pains later;

Phone died (cold!) right at LAST turf zone, so didnt' quite get the lot. 1st worlder.

Boiler fixed. Not happy. 3 weeks & £312 for a not-serious issue. Furious at the twat who sold me the flat. Dodged & ducked. Tempted to give him a shit Google review but ..............

A (running) rest now til well after covid jab #1 on thursday.

https://www.strava.com/activities/4877224351

(Offered my first COVID vaccine today - probably due to diabetes)

Sun came out after lunch, so pootled over alone to Sea walls, Avon where Dom was climbing with a girly. Ed was also there, high up on a VS.

Soloed Sleepwalk (Severe) (4 pitches, cruxes 4a; polished). I don't like soloing but having led this route last thursday as the equivalent of a warmdown jog, i figured I'd likely not die. All was good - 11 minutes for a 4-pitch route! (Dom said it took him 24, later).

Thence to New Quarry for some predictably foul bouldering training. Mind you, I need it. Even "enjoyed" a couple of moves later! Great to find myself engaging my core again, in several different angles / directions. All good practice.

Boiler company coming tomorrow - hurrah. 3 weeks of no progress, due to unreliable bullshit merchants.