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Interesting couple of weeks...
Post Jukola I got a cold, not bad, but enough to hold me off training.
Following weekend was midsummer and first wedding, late nights drinking, eating and generally enjoying myself but not thinking about getting healthy.
Then flew to York, still feeling less than 100%. Started to feel better back end of that week, first day I feel like training since Jukola so did a S+C the morning of the second wedding day but felt a bit weak and still tight in my chest and throat. Another big weekend drinking, hangovers and little sleep so planned to start training on the honeymoon in Mallorca and play it by ear see how it goes.
So we got to Mallorca and 7-8hrs sleep over the wedding weekend meant I slept the first day of the holiday. I had noticed I was feeling weak in my knees, especially going up the steep stairs in the hotel. They buckled and moved lateral a lot more than normal, also my Achilles/low calf was sore from walking around with a big bag on. So decided to keep it steady in training, knew this was only supposed to be an enjoyable part to the holiday but I was starting to get frustrated I hadn't been running. Everything was going ok until the long run I planned turned out to be a lot longer and tougher, all the other runs that week was on old cart track but this was wasnt! A very small trail poorly marked for the first half then near the top more of a scramble over very sharp rock with big holes (this was Louise first training for a while too and she wasnt enjoying it). I started to feel my right knee getting sore on the steep decent, but then Louise fell hard on her knee so I could hardly moan now haha. Its stayed sore since so tried to rest it a bit.
When we got back to Farsta I weighed myself for the first time since Jukola... nearly 82kg, heaviest Ive been since moving to Sweden, 6-7kg than at Jukola and knew this is probably the real reason my knees was struggling. But couldn't think about it too much because it was my stag weekend (yes after the weddings, Jukola was one week before wedding so saved it until after so I could go hard!! haha).
Took a little jog Friday with Ellwood and John to check camp sight location. I finished with some drills to see if it would help the knee. Beer orienteering Saturday, felt it start to feel sore. No training Sunday!
Now looking ahead I have some ideas of training the next couple of weeks upto Oringen (Oringen is not a big goal! but an opotunity to go to new terrain and train). Eccys wedding next weekend, hoping to get out running a bit there. Need to drop some timber to avoid too much weight on weak muscles and will do some extra S+C