Training Log Archive: Vaala

Along the river then wading through deep grass in the hills and back. So the ankle is on a very slow progression of improvement (extremely slow!) but the running fitness is on a rapid decline!

Up and over Dyers to Governers then round the bays and up the Basdrat where we met Cris at some point along the summit road and then down to home via a cafe...of course. It's been over 3 1/2 years since I last was able to ride this loop on my own bike and I have to say it felt pretty awesome to be able to ride again with minimal pain. Unfortunately I think the new med is causing shortness of breath which is a bit frustrating.

So I meant to get up early and go for a walk or a run but I felt pretty awful in the morning so went back to sleep. Then we thought we might go for a ride after I got home from work but I still felt crap and also depressed by this point so a walk together round the neighbourhood and up the hill a bit turned out to be the best solution.

So tired but glad to be home.

Cruising with my workmates at the Christmas Rogaine. It was depressingly hard/painful work even though I planned a route to minimise potential ankle issues. Oh well, everyone seemed to have lots of fun so that is the main thing right?

Round the peninsula a bit from Chris's house trying not to get too lost but also trying to find interesting places. So hot and my ankle was already feeling swollen by the time I could finally head out so was going slower than snail pace but feeling so unfit. I should be kinder to myself here but it's really hard. I guess the ankle is improving but that also feels like it's going at snail pace. Running up hill is hard as I can't run on the ball of my left foot easily like I would normally do and running downhill is, well, more of a hobble thing. Oh well. The beaches were pretty and we had spent all afternoon paddleboarding which was awesome.

Brisk walk around Musick Point and back before the others surfaced. Then spent most of the rest of the day walking round town as it turned out which was a bit much for my ankle.