Training Log Archive: caitlinirving

still really ill, and extremely tired today as i woke up at 2:30 and couldn’t stop coughing my guts up for hours

visited the physio and got some really good advice:
-she thinks the problems are stemming from an imbalance in strength in my glutes/hamstrings which causes me to move outwards rather than go forwards in my hip when I run which causes problems further down my leg.
-my feet pronating doesn't help as I rock inwards when squatting so been shown how to tape my feet to stabilise this
-also been told to continue to train and race and just manage the pain as it would take too long to recover completely and I'd be out the whole season and there's no point in stopping completely as I can manage it as its not too bad of a problem
-before I run need to stretch loads (glutes, hamstrings, ITB) and also heat my leg and tape knee
-after run stretch, heat and roll
-been given strengthening exercises to do as well as stretches to recover as much as possible and make the pain as less as it is going to be
Overall just a case of coping through the season so its going to be recovery, flaring it up, recovering, flaring it up again until it gets used to that.

C • This week 2

central park

core & strengthening

strengthening

felt crap illness wise but knee felt ok - i could feel it but not necessarily painful.
on the plus side... saw the CUTEST dog ever!!

knee sore after the run and got worse through the day -
gods sake!! :((

testing zwift on a new turbo trainer thingy

@ richmond in the USA haha
lots of faffing at the start because the wheel was on too tight so it wasn’t working properly but actually enjoyed this after that. Didn’t feel knee at all - was more my throat annoying me.

could feel knee when going down the stairs at school - probably going to leave it to the event on sunday to see how it feels then. Maybe a jog on saturday to stretch the legs.

no time today

no pain at all when walking today (barely done anything yday and today though) but a good sign. Also think i possibly could have tonsilitis but have some spray from chemist and i’m waiting to see if the pain in my throat goes away with that.