Training Log Archive: Becks

No foot pain today, yey! Merry christmas becky! And everyone else of course. Ian and Anna came for christmas dinner and we had a lovely time thanks to my awesome relatives. I am sleepy now. Going to treat myself to a twenty minute test jog tomorrow.

C • Yay! 2

Foot feels much better today despite lots of walking round boston in walking boots. Yey

Balls, it appears I may have given myself the early Christmas present of the start of a stress fracture in my foot. Hopefully if is just muscle fatigue right now, and a few days off my feet will be good for it. It is lucky that I don't have any more long lab days until at least Tuesday!

It's a dull pain when I weight bear somewhere around the third metatarsal, which is apparently the most common site. It's not yet painful to touch and there's no bruising, so I'm hoping it's just the muscle and not the bone yet.

Yesterday I printed off lots of fun maps for the Christmas break, but it looks like I should stick with cycling if we can fit the bike in the car. It had better not be serious because there's no way I want to learn how to aquajog!

C • Oh no! 4

Cycling to Boris's to drop off a map, then to work to take bacteria out of the incubator, then a wee loop that started badly and finished well, mainly because at the start I couldn't figure out where I wanted to go. Even got in a couple of forbidden trails by Mike & Marie's. Cycling is quite fun but it's not as fun as running.

I am in the festive spirit, and I don't think enough people have seen this photo:



From the candied bacon epic of Thanksgiving 2011.

C • bahahaha! 1

Long run. Glad I saved it till this morning, because my legs were still sore but at least it was sunny and glorious. Went out to the Farmington Canal Trail for a very brief time, then back through East Rock. Legs are sore, I think through a combination of factors - too much road this week, and running back from work to home in low support shoes because I forgot my trainers. Need some stretchy stretchy time tonight.

My legs feel better in the evenings but it is really, really nice to get some sunlight.

Saved intervals for after work at the request of Boris. This is easier now I don't want to crawl into bed every time I leave work. They felt better, legs felt more fluid, it felt like less of a battle, but my times weren't really any quicker (except from when I waited at the end to chase Boris). Session was 400 (75), 400 (75), 600 (90), 600 (90), 800 (90), 800 (90), 400.

Times were:1.25, 1.26, 2.14, 2.15, 3.01, 3.06, 1.21

Guess which two I was chasing Boris on!

Core fusion! Yey! Did the whole thing but am logging a max of 30 mins strength. I am better at the thigh and abs stuff than I was but still utterly useless at the arms and gluts. I should pay attention to that!

Recovery run with Boris! Yey! Plenty of good chat and running felt dead easy, alarm only went off up a couple of hills and dodgy sprints across roads. Warm out, but the hour went past very quickly. Nice.