Sunday Jan 20 |
 | Swimming 15:00 [2] | |
| (injured) |
| Spent the morning watching Craig, Fletch, MTBjen, Saz, tRicky, Boltboi, Brian & Dawn, Andrew, and others race in the off-road tri. My back although improved was sensibly not racing. I went for a swim after they'd all finished. |
Saturday Jan 19 |
| Note | |
| (injured) |
| Couldn't function Tuesday, had to stay home and mostly lie down. Wednesday went to work but not really able to sit for long periods. Had well and truly had enough by the end of the day. No improvement. Physio on Thurs a.m. helped loosen up a pretty much locked lumbar region and I was able to stand straight for the first time today. Physio reckons maybe irritated disc bulge. Saw physio again Friday, marked improvement today, could get out of bed without crawling to the chest of drawers and using it as a ladder! Physio reckons not a disc bulge irritation as flexion is asymptomatic. Instead a minor shift of one lumbar vertebrae due to my inflexibility in that area and the intensity of the Tues ride where I never got the chance to change posture. Probably going to be ok to exercise lightly this weekend. |
| Orienteering (MetrO) 25:27 [3] 5 km (5:05 / km) | |
| shoes: Brooks Beast |
| Took Haggles for a jog/ easy run around the medium course. It was well-set so that you coul;dn't just run and get the nearest 15 controls, you had to climb into Reabold at some point. I didn't go fast but had a completely unique route choice through the first 4 flat controls which set me up for a good loop in the trails. Hardly saw anybody and came in 5th in front of people who, if they'd jagged the same route, would've thrashed the dog and I. Smugness factor pretty high after this one!
Back was good, except for coming down Camel Lake trail. Afterwards poor Haggles was a bit hot, stood under the tap for a while then panted for about 30mins! |
Tuesday Jan 15 |
| Road Bike (Floreat ride) 1:44:00 [4] 56 km (1:51 / km) | |
| shoes: Bike, Kestrel |
| Eoin made me go with the chase group and Evo of course came along to show us up. Hard, hard, hard with Daws and Sean driving the pace the whole way. I was nearly left behind on Hale Rd but fortunately there were a few stronger riders (they were all stronger riders) behind me who closed the gap and I hung on. Once we got onto West Coast Hwy I was able to get my breathing and HR back into a controllable zone but there was no real let-up and I got dropped the moment we turned onto McCabe st and went uphill. A bit later I noticed Eoin had also been dropped and was 40s ahead at the golf course. At Devil's Elbow it was back to 27s but that was it. After the break at CCGS I felt better (and the road was flat!) and the fast guys had gone on without a break, even so the pace went up pretty high and when the pack came by along Hackett Drive I just floated along behind trying to breathe. Never saw if Eoin or Evo had a go or not at the sprint?
MTBjen did some work along Jutland Pde and Hackett Drive, Boltboi was up there too and even Saz came along, in her midrift XXS cycling top. MTBjen bailed out of Kings Park for food, Saz tried to do it though ignorance but then bailed and I grovelled up the hills and then crusied home with Boltboi. Got a bad back spasm on the way home, enough to stop me standing and keep me in discomfort all day, the prospects of running tonight look poor. |
Monday Jan 14 |
| Paddling (Ocean) 54:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Ski, Mako 6 |
| Was planning a long slow paddle but after 2mins on the water I felt really unstable, tippy and rapidly lost enthusiasm to go far from home. I turned around at the groyne (600m paddling) and then did 5 hard reps between groyne and drain, about 1100m. 6.15, 7.00, 6.10, 6.55, 6.10. Sea-breeze was already in hence the difference paddling south. Lots of backwash from the beach I later noticed, probably explains the early tippyness. |
| Running 48:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Pearl Izumi meshy ones |
| Dog jog to the beach immediately after getting home from the paddle. Legs felt like they'd done a tri the day before but not as bad as I was expecting. Took the shoes off on the sand and did two sets of 6x50 run throughs and a set of drills before heading up the hill home. |