Training Log Archive: Rowl

Was happy to have a friend (Karen) in a V10L (new) doing a similar pace to me. Lauched from the red herring and met her, Robin, Ant and Will over the river then paddled upriver to Chidley point and back.

Had quite a long pause waiting for Karen to swim to shore and remount her ski without hurting her injured knee after she fell in taking her cag off - apparently she wasnt so hot after a swim in the river.

Met up with Rebecca at this point and she and Karen took off at a pace (merrily chatting away) that I could only just sustain by sitting on their wash and doing intervals at my sprint pace - damn it I hate being this slow. Not quite ready to pop when Rebecca peeled off and headed home and Karen slowed back down to what had been her cruising pace. Really impressed at her stability and speed especially considering she has only been in a V10L a few times.

Looking forward to more 'social' sessions like this in the morning to improve my speed.

5 min warmup, stretching, 3 min jog / 90 sec walk, 5 min jog / 2.5 min walk, 3 min jog / 90 sec walk, 5 min jog, stretching, 5 min cooldown.

I not so cleverly decided to wear my new shoes today. I've been walking around in them all weekend to wear them in but they hold my orthodics up much better than my old shoes and my left foot was really painful for most of this session. Had to take my shoe off several times to stretch my foot out and I'm not really sure I was wise to push through the session.

Also decided to run along the river on the uneven grass (in the dark) rather than do laps of Troy park and now have quite a stiff hip.

Knees were not comfortable the entire session but they paled into insignificance compared to the pain in my foot. Cardio wise I held up really well.