Training Log Archive: Sophie Howes

relay with hollie and tucker!

i was able to run the whole thing (okay with a couple minor breaks)! my knee didn’t hurt too much but now the other one is starting to hurt. easy course, more of a sprint course which isn’t too much of my thing but am working on sprints.

control pickup, let dad navigate so he could try it out

should have warmed up/down more

length is an estimation of what i think i did.
analysis to collect my thoughts:

1: honestly don’t remember how i got to 1 but i did decent so that’s nice.
2: on 2 i should’ve gone west but i took a compass bearing from the rocks and as always i messed my compass bearing up and ended up on a trail. walked the rest of the way to 2 to not make another mistake (like i did at nationals haha)
3: knee pain started at 1 but increased when going to 3, walked a good amount but i did run a bit. as i got to 3 i went up the hill which was a mistake because my fitness is pretty awful right now and took a minute to find the control
4: did decent, got tired and had some knee pain
5: should’ve gone on the forest side of the vegetation boundary to begin with, hesitated for a minute on that, also crossing the stream was really fun
6: tired again, slowed down
7: tired, walked up the hill, got off at the first set of rocks cause i wasn’t focusing
8: i liked this control and route choice was good
9: boardwalk was slippery, went slow on these and was tired
10: i saw zariah and honestly was thinking about how fast zariah was going to overtake me (not long), again i was tired, liked this control too
11:i was tired, collected myself for a minute and then started to actually run
i finished.

overall my fitness is really not where i want it to be, but i can’t as much as i would like with a bad knee, made some avoidable mistakes but the course was really good

should’ve stretched and warmed up/ down more

my knee feels like it gets slightly worse each week. it used to just be pain when exercising but it has started to hurt when resting now too. i got my knee taped but it still hurts a lot and i don’t think i’ll be able to run tomorrows race but that’s alright.

on another note: the doctor said they couldn’t do much for me and i’ve been referred to seattle children’s, so that’s some progress :)

RUNNING WILD!!

i did some running wild and analyzed routes for some of the courses i’ve done on running wild and the ones for fire mountain. honestly i should’ve taken more time on the courses to really think about everything, and then my finger kept slipping and my course would add on like 200m extra because of that

core exercises and a bit of arm stuff

i’m guessing on the stats but i do know the distance

top tip: don’t go on bike ride with a bad knee, it hurts.
but in my defense i haven’t been on a bike ride since i hurt my knee and i wanted to see how it would feel but it’s obvious it would hurt.

also my knee pain won’t stop which isn’t a good sign for the races this weekend but doctors appt and physical therapy tomorrow!

daily exercises and stretches

taking it easy today and tomorrow so my knee is well rested (and hopefully no major pain) by saturday

i wanted to do my physical therapy but my knee is not having a good time today (i think my knee is irritating the top half of my leg so it’s painful in multiple locations but i’m hoping it should resolve by the morning) so calling it a rest day, the doctor appt i thought was today is actually friday too. i’ll try to get out tomorrow but i have some appointments throughout the day.

i got home later than normal and wanted to go to the park but there was people there so i turned around. also it was freezing so i tried to run at one point but my knee was hurting so i had to stop

daily exercises and stretches, doctor appt tomorrow!

doing strength is actually kind of fun

my knee is irritated today and there was a small rush of pain on the stairs (normally not a good sign) so probably no walking or running today to give it a rest

was out until sunset and i didn’t want to do my homework so i forced myself to do something productive (aka this)

daily exercises and stretches

i think my knee is slowly starting to get better which does improve my mood