Training Log Archive: Wyatt

Pushed (pulled) hard to beat 36 and just barely made it.

Only 2x hamstring H/M/S/I all day, and same the day before.

Good news because it means my hamstring wasn't bugging me enough to remind me to do a lot of stretching (despite a bunch of O' walking on Sunday). But bad, because I should be stretching because it's still not better. For a few days I barely felt it before 10-11 AM, but (as of 3/22) I don't remember when that last happened - I feel it pretty early now. (8-9 again...)

Event: First Annual St. Patricks Day O Event
 

Walked a 3 km White with the kids (incl. Oriana on the shoulders much of the time) then did a 2km 'Sprint' in 31 min. (vs. Clem's 11...) Felt hamstring on and off, but overall not bad by the end of the day. Darn cold day though...

Some bouncing off the bottom of the pool while playing with the kids in the water (for an hour) seemed to upset the hamstring a little. Stretching helped a bit..

5 minutes backwards on an elliptical trainer, before weights, and swimming. Very slow/easy. Still nervous (and my PT said not to do anything but what I have been doing except when I go in)

11AM: H/M/S+10x100%arm Ecc. Hams/I
5PM: H/M/S/I
8PM: H/M/S+10x100%arm Ecc. Hams/I
Midn.: H/...

Pain: I could feel a little light soreness this morning/noon on/off. Almost none in the evening. But not quite 100% (like it was between GA & FL A-events...) Maybe I need to walk more (like I did in GA and the week before FL.) Or sit less :)

At PT did same routine as Monday (since Monday felt like in nearly caused a setback, but didn't.)

10min Heat, 10 min uphill backwards treadmill 1.5mph 10%, 10 min elliptical 'level 5' ~43steps/min (slow & careful - but I was ~37/min on Monday...), ~15 min of actual hamstring stretching (both sides, although mostly left), then deep massage - there is really one spot on the Ish. Tub. that hurts when pressed on..., then Eccen. hamstrings (her help, 10x her max. strength to pull), bridging (20x5sec), light (25%, 10x5sec hold) isometric into table, then more eccentric (10x100%-arms.)

Oh and she said no running at all yet. I was thinking that would be the answer (even if I was coaching myself)...

Pain: Only occasional light during PT visit and day afterward - even by 11PM it's not bad...

This logs formal walking at PT.

I also fast-walked/slow-jogged 5 minutes on and off with Oriana outside...

level 5, 43steps/min, backwards, @PT

4PM: Heat/M/S/I
11PM: Heat/M/S+Ecc/I

I'm really not meeting my targets of ~5xday of HMSI, 2xday Eccentric, + walk/swim. Although that would nominally take about 3.5 hours, which is hard to find...

9AM: Various upper body strength, + hip & ankle & calf
4PM: Heat/Massage/Stretch/Ice
11PM: Heat/Massage/Eccentric (10x100% arm strength - no pain at all) + Stretch/Ice

I wonder (and Angelica wonders even more) when I should try to do a little running. Should I add a little to my walks, or should I do more elliptical trainer (super slow, but more than 10 min./week...)

I'll ask at PT tomorrow (assuming that doesn't get thwarted by Angelica's Jury Duty..)

Work's a little crazy - I should've done more, but I'm trying to rewrite some code I think was written poorly...

AM: Heat/Massage/Eccentric Strength (10x80%)/Stretch/Ice
early PM: H/M/S/I
mid PM: H/M/S+Ecc.Str./I
late PM (heating now...): H/M/S/I

Doing more right leg stretching than normal (equal to left leg amounts) on the last two sets as the right leg is hurting today (overcompensating on Sunday?) Plus the asymmetry between the leg flexibility is getting quite noticable.

Pain: Morning much better than last night, and (unusually) evening was pretty darn good too - walking up stairs in late evening both legs were _almost_ the same.

Some random trail walking and briar breaking on trails near my house.

Pretty poor from a walking exercise point of view.
I really need to walk in the forest to controls at VF park to move diligently, and keep up the ankle-strength, step-over-stuff flexibility/balance. And possibly start jogging a few steps here and there.