Wednesday Oct 31 |
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| Had another one of those headaches. |
Tuesday Oct 30 |
| strength 50:00 [3] | |
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| Such nice weather. Makes me appreciate how much I love running/riding. |
Monday Oct 29 |
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| Went to the physio today. She reckons I tore my peroneus (or something) ligament, and I'll be running in a couple of weeks, more or less better in 4. Means I'll probably miss the Oxford City race :-( On a positive note, my glutes are better, so if I keep at it maybe I won't have knee pain when I do start running again. |
Saturday Oct 27 |
| strength 53:00 [3] | |
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Friday Oct 26 |
| Turbo Trainer 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| 10 min w/u then 8 by 3min on 5, 1 on 6 and 1 on 4. Did the last couple a notch higher. |
Thursday Oct 25 |
| Note | |
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| Had loads of stuff to do and kinda stressed out about it. Thought a day off wouldn't hurt my ankle which still isn't much better. |
Wednesday Oct 24 |
| strength 50:00 [3] | |
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| Didn't really have any energy today. Ankle a bit worse than yesterday too. |
Tuesday Oct 23 |
| Turbo Trainer 1:00:00 [3] | |
| (injured) |
| 15 min w/u then 2 lots of 15 mins a bit harder, with 5 mins recovery in between. |
Monday Oct 22 |
| strength 52:00 [3] | |
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| Did most stuff excluding lunges and some cable thingys. Ankle a bit less swollen but still bruised and quite sore. |
Sunday Oct 21 |
| Note | |
| (injured) (sick) |
| The usual headache. Got worse overnight and quite painful today. Even a couple of codine tablets didn't seem to make any difference. |
Saturday Oct 20 |
| Turbo Trainer 30:00 [3] | |
| (injured) |
| Tried 30 mins real easy. Ankle feeling a lot better but probably not quite good enough as it was a lot more sore after. On a positive note, I was concentrating on pedalling in a way that is suposedly good for my knee, and it didn't hurt a bit (but all the musclss that aren't used to being used like that sure did). |
Friday Oct 19 |
| strength 45:00 [3] | |
| (injured) |
| My crutch and I went to the gym and did what we could. |
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| C • Bummer 2 |
Thursday Oct 18 |
| Note | |
| (injured) |
| No spectacular overnight recovery, but managed to get a crutch so that I could leave the flat. |
Wednesday Oct 17 |
| Note | |
| (injured) |
| Ankle (actually more like side and top of foot) feels a lot worse than I expected, and I can't even stand properly without a lot of pain. Hobbling around the house is also stressing out my knee a bit. Here's hoping for a spectacular overnight recovery. |
Tuesday Oct 16 |
| running 40:00 [3] | |
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| A lap of the park and then over to Headington hill. Ran up and down what little hill there is (Headington "hill" park is definitely a misnomer) then quickly got bored so ran to South Parks. I was feeling really good and strong and having fun, especially in the drizzle. London road didn't feel as close as I thought it would. Back through HH park but rolled my ankle coming down the "hill". Hurt quite a bit so jog-limped back to the office.
I'm quite pissed at my ankle for going back to it's old habits again, especially as I was feeling almost like a runner again. I might have to wear-in the ankle braces, but I feel I shouldn't have to be using them for town running. |
Monday Oct 15 |
| strength 56:00 [3] | |
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| Did everything except lunges but finished a lot earlier than usual. Felt like I wasn't recovering very well between sets which would also imply I was a little quicker. Did a bit extra on the end. |
Sunday Oct 14 |
| cycling 2:10:00 [3] | |
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| Home-Botley-Combe-Stonesfield-etc-home. Beautiful day for it, but legs were tired from the gun. I'm not really sure why - the only thing I can think of is the leg exercises the physio has given me to do are wearing me down. |
Saturday Oct 13 |
| running 30:00 [3] | |
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| I felt like doing intervals, but my legs didn't. Just ran over to Cutteslowe and did a few short sprints and some drills, then almost jogged home again. |
| strength 59:00 [3] | |
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| Felt OK, despite not having eaten for about 5 hours. I was planning on eating at the gym, but the reception closed 10 mins before I got there. I'd just assumed that for OH&S reasons the reception would be open as long as the gym. Doh! |
Friday Oct 12 |
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| No time today, as had to go to London. Walking along the streets made Oxford seem quiet and peaceful in comparison. |
Thursday Oct 11 |
| cycling 1:23:00 [3] | |
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| Woodeaton-Beckley-HCS-SH-Elsfield. Pushed the hills. Beautiful Autumn day, though was the first day of the season I needed my arm warmers. |
Wednesday Oct 10 |
| orienteering 30:00 [3] | |
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| Made the long journey to the parks to meet the OUOC crowd. 10 min warm up, a short course and then a compass exercise. I'd almost forgotten how to use a compass and was a bit sloppy, but just glad it wasn't low visibility forest. This getting back into o could take a bit longer than I'd imagined ...
Knee definitely hurting by the end. |
Tuesday Oct 9 |
| strength 57:00 [3] | |
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Monday Oct 8 |
| Note | |
| (sick) |
| Monster headache. |
Sunday Oct 7 |
| running 50:00 [3] | |
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| Flat, level. Bit longer than planned and felt it. |
Saturday Oct 6 |
| cycling 1:35:00 [3] | |
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| Fresher's ride, so it was pretty easy. Had a headache at the beginning and a bad one at the end. |
Friday Oct 5 |
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| (rest day) |
| Legs pretty tired, partly from all the physio exercises. |
Thursday Oct 4 |
| running 30:00 [3] | |
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| Ran down to and around my new favourite park - Cutteslowe. It has grass, public sports fields, trees, birds, a lake, mini-golf, loads of benches and even (first sighting ever in Oxford) picnic tables. The only thing it doesn't have is a hill, but one can't be too fussy I suppose. |
Wednesday Oct 3 |
| strength 59:00 [3] | |
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| Felt a bit tired today. |
Tuesday Oct 2 |
| cycling 1:17:00 [3] | |
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| Didn't have time today to do anything longer. Was concentrating on L leg form. |
Monday Oct 1 |
| running 31:00 [3] | |
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| First attempt at intervals for something like 5 years probably. Hence didn't do much - 2 by 30 secs, 3 by 70 secs and 2 by 30 secs with jog recovery. I actually felt like my form was pretty good, probably due to the cycling I've been doing up until lately. Also did a few quick drills that I remember TommyQ taught us on junior camp one year. My knee also felt pretty good, hopefully not because of all the cycling I haven't been doing lately. |
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| 17 weeks after being referred the NHS physio had time to see me today. She seemed to know what she was on about, though. Reckons that I tore my lateral collateral ligament at some stage (probably when I felt like I tore a ligament on the side of my knee two years ago) and now everything on that side is loose and weak. Hence the pain I have been having. It seems my L hammy, quads and particularly glutes are weaker than my right, and I have a lot of movement in my L knee that I shouldn't really have. My left ITB is also particularly short, apparently. Gave me some exercises to do for the next 3 weeks. I then have to try running for 40 mins every day for the next week to see if I can or not without pain building up. After examining my joints she also told me that I am quite anxious and have trouble sleeping. Interesting. |
| strength 1:00:00 [3] | |
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