Training Log Archive: AlistairH

Easy run to complete easier week.

Another long run out the canal and back. I'll try to get back into doing some climb in my next easy week. Tired and only 6 days from last long run so just took it easy and happy I returned at the same speed I ran out.

Left quad sore early on, but settled.

TT. 6 x 800-ish intervals plus warm down for the miles. Tired but sort of got act together. I'm definitely slow at the moment. Left quad and hamstring sore during warm down extra ks.

Getting very bored of the treadmill. Knee definitely on the mend though.

Sore from new exercise, kept it easy

Space, round 4. Knee gradually better and getting onto what I was hoping to get from Space and which I haven't previously managed to get from physios which is some advice on strength training in order to run better rather than just to get over the immediate injury. Hamstrings weak relative to quads - that would be due to me having had hamstrings that were stronger than my quads about, uh, 20 years ago and so only ever training my quads, never my hamstrings.

Main new exercise is a sort of lunge with front foot on a step, but despite the word lunge it is apparently about dipping (rather than driving forwards) and using glutes to lift up again. Struggled a lot with this, particularly on my left leg and I can see I'm not using my glutes much in driving up hills. This is all very good stuff so I'm not stressing about the brief interludes of hippier medicine (taping some felt to my lower back last time, acupuncture this time).