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Wednesday Jul 31, 2013 #
2 PM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core Week 4 session 4) 20:00 [3]
Tomorrow sees the first day of August and a shake-up of the fab abs routine, which I am excited about, bored of these exercises and ready for the next batch
4 PM
Cycling 1:15:00 [3] 21.0 mi (16.8 mph)
Binned a group ride with Kent, Fishywishy and Thakey-baby as it is my last day off work and the forecast was rain for the afterwork ride we had planned.
Sadly when I woke the rain had already started and never stopped for more than 20 mins. I couldn't be arsed with 2hours 30 in the rain so tweaked my training a bit.
Not a fan of back to back sessions, but I think in cycling you can get away with it more.
So..on the turbo with cyclocross videos in the back ground I did 15 x 45s/45 on resistance 7 biggest gear.
With warm down either side, knees still a bit grumbly but improving
Sadly when I woke the rain had already started and never stopped for more than 20 mins. I couldn't be arsed with 2hours 30 in the rain so tweaked my training a bit.
Not a fan of back to back sessions, but I think in cycling you can get away with it more.
So..on the turbo with cyclocross videos in the back ground I did 15 x 45s/45 on resistance 7 biggest gear.
With warm down either side, knees still a bit grumbly but improving
Tuesday Jul 30, 2013 #
4 PM
Cycling hills 2:18:36 [5] 37.0 mi (16.0 mph)
Session on Beeley.
Spent a lot of time faffing during warm up as cleat position was awful- finally got it sorted after lots of faffing
Session went ok- used running Garmin as that can be calibrated for sessions- just as well as bike Garmin appears to have packed in
8(4mins/2mins)
Spent a lot of time faffing during warm up as cleat position was awful- finally got it sorted after lots of faffing
Session went ok- used running Garmin as that can be calibrated for sessions- just as well as bike Garmin appears to have packed in
8(4mins/2mins)
8 PM
Legs bums and tums (Strength Monday July) 30:00 [3]
Monday Jul 29, 2013 #
Note
Tired and stiff
Slight right knee grumble, pretty sure its the sodding cleat position
Slight right knee grumble, pretty sure its the sodding cleat position
Sunday Jul 28, 2013 #
8 AM
Cycling long 3:13:33 [3] 54.0 mi (16.7 mph)
Local sportive, quite short but some decent hills
Decided to roll with the club but attack the climbs and not add any further mileage.
Pretty pleased as I effectively was one of 3 guys leading the club train throughout and it was nice to gauge my hill climbing against others.
Some terrifying sections of washed out pebbles/stones which lead to a series of punctures on one stretch of road
Looking forward to tomorrows rest day
Decided to roll with the club but attack the climbs and not add any further mileage.
Pretty pleased as I effectively was one of 3 guys leading the club train throughout and it was nice to gauge my hill climbing against others.
Some terrifying sections of washed out pebbles/stones which lead to a series of punctures on one stretch of road
Looking forward to tomorrows rest day
2 PM
Legs bums and tums (Strength friday July ) 25:00 [3]
Saturday Jul 27, 2013 #
10 AM
Cycling hills 2:07:52 [5] 33.0 mi (15.5 mph)
ahr:124
Couldn't be arsed this morning, found an amazing pub near us last night and was a bit hunger this morning (off 3 pints). The week of training and indulging is catching up.
Had planned 10 x pendulum hills but the road is covered in loose stones from the rain the other day so descending is treacherous.
"Headed" to Monsal for 8 x the HC/ roll down recovery.
Decided to just get up it and let the hill do the work. Sadly at 6 I felt I'd done enough so headed home.
Happy with the weeks training with some good efforts, some miles and some weights, it can't all be quality
Had planned 10 x pendulum hills but the road is covered in loose stones from the rain the other day so descending is treacherous.
"Headed" to Monsal for 8 x the HC/ roll down recovery.
Decided to just get up it and let the hill do the work. Sadly at 6 I felt I'd done enough so headed home.
Happy with the weeks training with some good efforts, some miles and some weights, it can't all be quality
Friday Jul 26, 2013 #
9 AM
Cycling 1:36:00 [3] 27.25 mi (17.0 mph)
ahr:113
Stayed at a friends in Lincoln last night to see their new house, stopped at Clumber for swell earned easy hour home (to gym at least) but got lost and did a lot longer
Knackered today nice and easy
Knackered today nice and easy
Legs bums and tums (Strength Friday July ) 25:00 [3]
Leg press 90KG SL
SL squat 48KG
Lunge 48 KG
Calf raises body weight
SL squat 48KG
Lunge 48 KG
Calf raises body weight
5 PM
Cycling 1:00:18 [3] 12.3 mi (12.2 mph)
Bole, Bole around Carsington on hired MTB with the WAG.
Cannot put into words how impressed I was with Carsington- far and away the best waterspouts/ activity facility I have been to. I will be going back a lot.
Great trail
Cannot put into words how impressed I was with Carsington- far and away the best waterspouts/ activity facility I have been to. I will be going back a lot.
Great trail
Thursday Jul 25, 2013 #
9 AM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core 1 Week 4 July) 20:00 [3]
Cycling tempo 2:06:30 [3] 36.25 mi (17.2 mph)
ahr:137
Knackered, into the wind and bike squeaking a lot due to poor maintenance therefore times not the best
4 long hill reps
1- Cutthorpe classic
2- Col du Wigly
3- Loads Road
4- Beeley
Good times considering.
Training hard this week but eating lots of very indulgent food and drinking lots of beer so I think its being fuelled accordingly (getting a belly)
After this week its operation bran flakes and laxatives
4 long hill reps
1- Cutthorpe classic
2- Col du Wigly
3- Loads Road
4- Beeley
Good times considering.
Training hard this week but eating lots of very indulgent food and drinking lots of beer so I think its being fuelled accordingly (getting a belly)
After this week its operation bran flakes and laxatives
Wednesday Jul 24, 2013 #
8 AM
Cycling long 2:28:00 [3] 42.5 mi (17.2 mph)
Nice and easy. Kent and I nominate one hill each wed for targeting, he chose Sir William Hill.
I set off and felt shite. I then stopped for my 5th pee and stirred a wasp nest, getting stung. Te wasps guarding my bike for a while as I stared at the bike wondering what to do.
I finally got back on struck and the bike was very squeaky as I clearly hadn't looked after it well enough after getting soaked yesterday.
On approaching Sir Bill I wanst sure how it would go but I went for it. Its not a one gear kind of hill and as it dropped in gradient I looked to get on the big ring and disaster struck as my chain came off. I managed to get it going again, but was certain it had had disastrous time consequences.
As it turned out I was lucky and got a 3rd placing, but I'm hungry for the KOM now! Maybe me and Dave can do it again next week, as he had a mare on it on Monday and went off too hard…
I set off and felt shite. I then stopped for my 5th pee and stirred a wasp nest, getting stung. Te wasps guarding my bike for a while as I stared at the bike wondering what to do.
I finally got back on struck and the bike was very squeaky as I clearly hadn't looked after it well enough after getting soaked yesterday.
On approaching Sir Bill I wanst sure how it would go but I went for it. Its not a one gear kind of hill and as it dropped in gradient I looked to get on the big ring and disaster struck as my chain came off. I managed to get it going again, but was certain it had had disastrous time consequences.
As it turned out I was lucky and got a 3rd placing, but I'm hungry for the KOM now! Maybe me and Dave can do it again next week, as he had a mare on it on Monday and went off too hard…
12 PM
Cycling 32:00 [3] 8.5 mi (15.9 mph)
To and from the gym to get massive
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core 4 week 3) 25:00 [3]
Legs bums and tums (Wednesday strength July) 30:00 [3]
Tuesday Jul 23, 2013 #
3 PM
Cycling 2:27:00 [3] 43.0 mi (17.6 mph)
Tharted by bad weather
Long warm up with the WAG through cuttthope, Chatsworth and up Beeley, then leggin it through the rain home to get the session done
Turbo instead of hills 10 x 3mins /3 mins
Long warm up with the WAG through cuttthope, Chatsworth and up Beeley, then leggin it through the rain home to get the session done
Turbo instead of hills 10 x 3mins /3 mins
Monday Jul 22, 2013 #
9 AM
Cycling long 4:11:33 [3] 67.0 mi (16.0 mph)
ahr:120
Long ride
Planned on going for 4 hours and including 2 HC efforts, Cressbrook hand Mam Nick,
Sadly at the precise moment I turned down Monsal Head some old bloke, who was very friendly started talking to me and offered to ride with me to Edale.
I said this sounded good and at the bottom of the climb is aid, "right, I've been looking forward to this enjoy…" and set about smashing it.
I got 2nd place overall and 9th on the longer bit. i wasn't sure where it ended and also wanted to wait for the guy. So I stopped took a piss, rode back to find him and never saw him again. I did ask another cyclist if he'd seen him- which he hadn't.
Me and the new cyclist then stuck up a conversation and ended up riding the next 3 hours together which was grew, including giving Man Nick a good thrashing, where I placed fourth- I was chuffed to bits with this.
Avery fun ride
Planned on going for 4 hours and including 2 HC efforts, Cressbrook hand Mam Nick,
Sadly at the precise moment I turned down Monsal Head some old bloke, who was very friendly started talking to me and offered to ride with me to Edale.
I said this sounded good and at the bottom of the climb is aid, "right, I've been looking forward to this enjoy…" and set about smashing it.
I got 2nd place overall and 9th on the longer bit. i wasn't sure where it ended and also wanted to wait for the guy. So I stopped took a piss, rode back to find him and never saw him again. I did ask another cyclist if he'd seen him- which he hadn't.
Me and the new cyclist then stuck up a conversation and ended up riding the next 3 hours together which was grew, including giving Man Nick a good thrashing, where I placed fourth- I was chuffed to bits with this.
Avery fun ride
Sunday Jul 21, 2013 #
Note
(rest day)
7 AM
Legs bums and tums (Strength Friday week July) 25:00 [3]
Before work- did the friday block as gym closed until 8 and i'm working today
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core 3 week 3) 25:00 [3]
Saturday Jul 20, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 31:35 [3] 9.0 mi (17.1 mph)
ahr:123
Into work
5 PM
Cycling hills 2:05:00 [3] 33.5 mi (16.1 mph)
ahr:122
Post work to Monsal Head.
Planned 10 reps off roll down recovery up the HC.
The first effort suggested that 10 would be ambitious, so I decided to get to 8 and make a decision.
On the 6th rep my legs had gone so I decided to call it a day and head back- it was clear it was a decent enough session.
I felt a bit of a whip until I got to Beeley Hill climb which I needed to get up to get home and here I hit a glycaemic low- with no snacks. It was here I was pleased with my decision to bail!
My goals is to race this hill climb comp in september- its very popular and lined with supporters. Today this was replicated by a hen party who cheered me every time I got to the top- it is no coincidence that when they lost interest, so did i!
Recoveries worked out to be 60s
Effort times were
2.02
2.18
2.30
2.39
2.35
2.46
Next time i will pace it better and aim for 8-10- nether the less, decent session with 15 mins of effort
Planned 10 reps off roll down recovery up the HC.
The first effort suggested that 10 would be ambitious, so I decided to get to 8 and make a decision.
On the 6th rep my legs had gone so I decided to call it a day and head back- it was clear it was a decent enough session.
I felt a bit of a whip until I got to Beeley Hill climb which I needed to get up to get home and here I hit a glycaemic low- with no snacks. It was here I was pleased with my decision to bail!
My goals is to race this hill climb comp in september- its very popular and lined with supporters. Today this was replicated by a hen party who cheered me every time I got to the top- it is no coincidence that when they lost interest, so did i!
Recoveries worked out to be 60s
Effort times were
2.02
2.18
2.30
2.39
2.35
2.46
Next time i will pace it better and aim for 8-10- nether the less, decent session with 15 mins of effort
Friday Jul 19, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 59:13 [3] 15.25 mi (15.5 mph)
ahr:118
Into work
12 PM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core 2 week 3) 25:00 [3]
Took forever due to increased rests in the sweltering heat
5 PM
Cycling 58:48 [3] 15.25 mi (15.6 mph)
ahr:110
HFW
Thursday Jul 18, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 31:40 [3] 9.0 mi (17.1 mph)
ahr:126
Into work, 7AM vest, bike,easy ride, dripping with sweat
12 PM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core 1 week 3 ) 25:00 [3]
5 PM
Cycling tempo 1:42:48 [5] 31.0 mi (18.1 mph)
ahr:133
Aaaaargh!! I'm such a bell end! But you knew that already.
Session of 3 x long hills.
The chosen hills were wigley, loads and Harewood.
I stopped for a pee before col du wigley and completely nailed it, felt amazing, got to the top… and yet again I hadn't started my flaming garmin from the pea break. Gutted!
In the spirit of todays tour stage I went straight back down the hill and hit it again, half way up.. chain came off! I managed to get it on quick and was 10 seconds off the KOM- very frustrating.
Then I headed over to Harewood and hit it hard coming 3rd overall- In all a decent session, I thought i'd lost fitness from the 2 weeks off but this was a confidence boosting session
Session of 3 x long hills.
The chosen hills were wigley, loads and Harewood.
I stopped for a pee before col du wigley and completely nailed it, felt amazing, got to the top… and yet again I hadn't started my flaming garmin from the pea break. Gutted!
In the spirit of todays tour stage I went straight back down the hill and hit it again, half way up.. chain came off! I managed to get it on quick and was 10 seconds off the KOM- very frustrating.
Then I headed over to Harewood and hit it hard coming 3rd overall- In all a decent session, I thought i'd lost fitness from the 2 weeks off but this was a confidence boosting session
Wednesday Jul 17, 2013 #
5 PM
Cycling long 2:46:40 [3] 46.0 mi (16.6 mph)
ahr:119
Headed out towards Bradwell to take on the Bradwell Beast.
Dave Kent and I have decided that the wednesday ride will be a condo. paced ride, but we will take it in turns at picking one decent hill to tackle and give it some welly.
Dave picked the Bradwell beast, but get midday to bail on the ride. I decided to go ahead. I bumped into Al Ward at stonily middleton and rode with him for a bit, before he headed up Sir William and I headed via Hathersage to get the miles in.
I got to Bradwell and went for it up the beast, half way up a car got up my arse ( a very narrow road) but I kept going, her incessant beeping gave me a Tour De France feel. After a few minutes I quickly realised I hadn't quite considered how tought he climb was and started digging in.
I got back in the saddle contemplating taking it easy as I had popped, when a figure emerged atop the hill "GOOOOOO ON LAD!!!" shouted Alan. FFS…no where to hide, so I got out f the saddle and cracked on.
Alan then invited me back to his for a drink (which meant back down the hill and up again ) I politely declined and headed home. This wa a struggle as I am not finding this heat fun with 2 bonks in as many days!
Pleasingly I got the KOM.
Dave Kent and I have decided that the wednesday ride will be a condo. paced ride, but we will take it in turns at picking one decent hill to tackle and give it some welly.
Dave picked the Bradwell beast, but get midday to bail on the ride. I decided to go ahead. I bumped into Al Ward at stonily middleton and rode with him for a bit, before he headed up Sir William and I headed via Hathersage to get the miles in.
I got to Bradwell and went for it up the beast, half way up a car got up my arse ( a very narrow road) but I kept going, her incessant beeping gave me a Tour De France feel. After a few minutes I quickly realised I hadn't quite considered how tought he climb was and started digging in.
I got back in the saddle contemplating taking it easy as I had popped, when a figure emerged atop the hill "GOOOOOO ON LAD!!!" shouted Alan. FFS…no where to hide, so I got out f the saddle and cracked on.
Alan then invited me back to his for a drink (which meant back down the hill and up again ) I politely declined and headed home. This wa a struggle as I am not finding this heat fun with 2 bonks in as many days!
Pleasingly I got the KOM.
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 30:32 [3] 9.0 mi (17.7 mph)
ahr:127
Into work
Right knee niggly- cannot get the bike position sorted on this bike
Right knee niggly- cannot get the bike position sorted on this bike
5 PM
Cycling intervals 2:25:00 [5] 32.25 mi (13.3 mph)
ahr:134
Tempo up Beeley (Or rather a justification for a KOM attempt)
5 min recovery then
4(5mins/4mins) on Beeley.
Died on my arse, a combo of the heat, unfitness and weight gain.
20 seconds off my best and a long way of the KOM.
My main reason for attempting a few KOMs atm is to suss out the quickest way to the to (seated vs. standing)
In particular on Beeley as I have entered the hill climb race. The KOM on here is tough.
Right knee still niggly, have tweaked the bike this evening, hoping this helps. Getting fed up of being in pain everywhere
Falling asleep at work today struggling to sleep in this heat
5 min recovery then
4(5mins/4mins) on Beeley.
Died on my arse, a combo of the heat, unfitness and weight gain.
20 seconds off my best and a long way of the KOM.
My main reason for attempting a few KOMs atm is to suss out the quickest way to the to (seated vs. standing)
In particular on Beeley as I have entered the hill climb race. The KOM on here is tough.
Right knee still niggly, have tweaked the bike this evening, hoping this helps. Getting fed up of being in pain everywhere
Falling asleep at work today struggling to sleep in this heat
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core week 2 session 4) 20:00 [3]
Monday Jul 15, 2013 #
Note
(rest day)
Total rest day
Right knee niggle
Right knee niggle
Sunday Jul 14, 2013 #
9 AM
Cycling 3:00:00 [3] 49.5 mi (16.5 mph)
ahr:127
First long ride for a while looking for places to explore in the peaks on mine and Hattis summer holiday weeks off.
Moneyash, Biggin, Hartington and Dovedale the main culprits
Moneyash, Biggin, Hartington and Dovedale the main culprits
Saturday Jul 13, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 30:00 [3] 8.0 mi (16.0 mph)
ahr:131
Into work
4 PM
Cycling 1:35:00 [3] 25.0 mi (15.8 mph)
ahr:130
Home form work the 12 x 2 mins/1 min ride back down on Loads road, tough in the heat
Friday Jul 12, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 30:40 [3] 9.0 mi (17.6 mph)
ahr:125
Into work
12 PM
Legs bums and tums (Strength friday week 2) 30:00 [3]
3 PM
Cycling 51:27 [3] 14.1 mi (16.4 mph)
ahr:123
Home from work nice and easy
Thursday Jul 11, 2013 #
5 PM
Cycling 1:30:00 [3] 27.25 mi (18.2 mph)
ahr:133
Felt ok so gave Froggatt some well, sadly it didn't show up on strava, which is very frustrating- I stayed seated throughout and was keen to see how this stacked up as I continue to search for the ideal hill climb technique
Wednesday Jul 10, 2013 #
12 PM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core 3 week 2) 25:00 [3]
5 PM
Cycling 1:04:00 [3] 19.5 mi (18.3 mph)
ahr:132
Bottle the HC frustratingly. partly due to uncertainty regarding my feet and partly as the logistics were proving a nightmare.
Decided instead to do 3 x long hills, using Harewood, Wigley and Beeley.
Using new shoes- the old ones were size 12, this were size 11 wide fit and my best bike I went hard up Wigley, so hard that I was at the top so quick, when I looked down at the garmin to get a rough gauge of my time I realised I'd not restarted it after my pee, so I'll never know if it was a KOM or not.
I headed to Harewood and hit it had dgettign a pb and a few KOMs on some segments but not the long effort.
After this it was clear that my cleats were in a poor position still and I didn't want to make my feet worse so I headed in.
Feet have been sore since. Very frustrating, not sure of my next mood. I currently have 2 pairs totalling 260 qui (of which I do not have)
Nice to be riding hard on the bike agin, hope I'm back on track soon
Decided instead to do 3 x long hills, using Harewood, Wigley and Beeley.
Using new shoes- the old ones were size 12, this were size 11 wide fit and my best bike I went hard up Wigley, so hard that I was at the top so quick, when I looked down at the garmin to get a rough gauge of my time I realised I'd not restarted it after my pee, so I'll never know if it was a KOM or not.
I headed to Harewood and hit it had dgettign a pb and a few KOMs on some segments but not the long effort.
After this it was clear that my cleats were in a poor position still and I didn't want to make my feet worse so I headed in.
Feet have been sore since. Very frustrating, not sure of my next mood. I currently have 2 pairs totalling 260 qui (of which I do not have)
Nice to be riding hard on the bike agin, hope I'm back on track soon
Tuesday Jul 9, 2013 #
7 AM
Legs bums and tums (Strength Friday week 2) 45:00 [3]
Pre golf gym session
Took a risk and weighed myself for te first time in a lon time- amazingly I'm the same weight.. Must be flattering scales as ive bin drinking a lot, eating a lot an not doing a lot..
Took a risk and weighed myself for te first time in a lon time- amazingly I'm the same weight.. Must be flattering scales as ive bin drinking a lot, eating a lot an not doing a lot..
5 PM
Cycling 1:18:55 [3] 21.6 mi (16.4 mph)
ahr:134
Bakewll loop nice and easy, trying to fathom whether to do the hill climb race tomorrow.
New shoes arrived today but for 1 size down and supposedly wider they feel ALOT smaller…
Not sure if they're the answer, think I'll give it a whirl.
Stunning weather.
Sadly I left/lsot my laptop at the hotel today, needless to say I'm in a stinker of a mood
New shoes arrived today but for 1 size down and supposedly wider they feel ALOT smaller…
Not sure if they're the answer, think I'll give it a whirl.
Stunning weather.
Sadly I left/lsot my laptop at the hotel today, needless to say I'm in a stinker of a mood
Monday Jul 8, 2013 #
7 AM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core week 2 session 2) 20:00 [3]
3 PM
Cycling intervals 1:46:00 [5] 32.0 mi (18.1 mph)
ahr:160
Post day out at Thomas Land with our niece.
Dd 60 mins around the roads roads from the golf hotel then set the turbo up looking out on the golf course and did 15*60s hard
Resistance 5 top gear
Good fun. Feet still making me aware but improving in trainers
Dd 60 mins around the roads roads from the golf hotel then set the turbo up looking out on the golf course and did 15*60s hard
Resistance 5 top gear
Good fun. Feet still making me aware but improving in trainers
Sunday Jul 7, 2013 #
3 PM
Cycling 1:06:13 [3] 18.5 mi (16.8 mph)
ahr:149
Kept it local and went on the roads on beeley moor with a few hills.
Cross bike with road wheels and stirrup pedals.
Feet tolerate more but niggly. Feel unfit :(
Cross bike with road wheels and stirrup pedals.
Feet tolerate more but niggly. Feel unfit :(
Legs bums and tums (Monday strength week 2) 30:00 [3]
Saturday Jul 6, 2013 #
9 AM
Cycling 50:00 [3] 14.5 mi (17.4 mph)
ahr:150
A hectic day doing jobs before we go away for a golf weekend with the in laws, which i'm not excited about.
Managed to trai early before spending the day shopping for and assembling some bits and bobs for the garden and house.
Foot allowed a bit more effort today but was grumbling in the afternoon and sadly I managed to drop an entire picnic bench on my shin leading me to actually test to see if it was broken. It isn't, but it hurts.
My Hill climb debut was set to be this wednesday, I doubt I'll make the startline sadly
My thinking is to try and salvage some fitness with short sessions at threshold effort, not overloading the foot and not doing too much duration wise
6 x 5mins/1min with 5 mins warm up down- outside, looking at my lvoely garden
Managed to trai early before spending the day shopping for and assembling some bits and bobs for the garden and house.
Foot allowed a bit more effort today but was grumbling in the afternoon and sadly I managed to drop an entire picnic bench on my shin leading me to actually test to see if it was broken. It isn't, but it hurts.
My Hill climb debut was set to be this wednesday, I doubt I'll make the startline sadly
My thinking is to try and salvage some fitness with short sessions at threshold effort, not overloading the foot and not doing too much duration wise
6 x 5mins/1min with 5 mins warm up down- outside, looking at my lvoely garden
Friday Jul 5, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 25:51 [3] 6.8 mi (15.8 mph)
Converted sigourney into a road bike and put the gay stirrup pedals on to see if it helps at all.
Not getting the pain I get in cycling shoes, but more a "damage is done" plants fascia pain.
Annoying this weather is bike-ride-tastic. Fully expecting all my KOMs to disappear now
Not getting the pain I get in cycling shoes, but more a "damage is done" plants fascia pain.
Annoying this weather is bike-ride-tastic. Fully expecting all my KOMs to disappear now
5 PM
Legs bums and tums (Strength Wednesday Sessio) 30:00 [3]
Heavier weights less reps
All 3 sets 8 reps
Leg press SL 90kg
SL Squat 40kg
Lunge 40kg
Glut ext 70 kg
Calf raise double leg 90kg
Bent knee 85 kg
Fully expect this to be DOMs-tastic tomorrow
All 3 sets 8 reps
Leg press SL 90kg
SL Squat 40kg
Lunge 40kg
Glut ext 70 kg
Calf raise double leg 90kg
Bent knee 85 kg
Fully expect this to be DOMs-tastic tomorrow
Cycling 26:45 [3] 7.0 mi (15.7 mph)
ahr:144
Av HR suggests fitness is dwindling.
Oh well- spose its a rest!
Oh well- spose its a rest!
Thursday Jul 4, 2013 #
7 AM
Cycling 26:56 [3] 6.7 mi (14.9 mph)
Into work, feet totally fine for 5 mins then boom. Welcome to pain city.
Fucking annoying me now
Fucking annoying me now
12 PM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core week 2 session 1) 20:00 [3]
5 PM
Cycling 45:54 [3] 12.0 mi (15.7 mph)
Home from work
Foot getting sore.
Jumped on the turbo and tried a variety of combinations of insole/ bike shoes. None were successful.
At a loss how to manage it now other than resting
Last chance saloon is riding with normal pedals and trainers
Ill try that tomorrow. Other than that its a menu of more rest during the best 2 weeks of cycling weather that we're likely ot get this year. Great.
Worse- I really wanna get fit for the hill climbs!
Foot getting sore.
Jumped on the turbo and tried a variety of combinations of insole/ bike shoes. None were successful.
At a loss how to manage it now other than resting
Last chance saloon is riding with normal pedals and trainers
Ill try that tomorrow. Other than that its a menu of more rest during the best 2 weeks of cycling weather that we're likely ot get this year. Great.
Worse- I really wanna get fit for the hill climbs!
Wednesday Jul 3, 2013 #
12 PM
Legs bums and tums 30:00 [3]
Don't have time to go to gym (for leg press so I did the Friday weight circuit today and will swap vice versa on fri
5 PM
Cycling (Stationary bike) 30:00 [3]
On stationary bike at work to see if normal pedals are ok.
Manga gravel but both feet don't feel right - bu no longer pain ful.
Receive new shoes this week... Fingers crossed. I'm netted in a hill
Climb race next week- if I turn up it will now be for the training effect
Manga gravel but both feet don't feel right - bu no longer pain ful.
Receive new shoes this week... Fingers crossed. I'm netted in a hill
Climb race next week- if I turn up it will now be for the training effect
Tuesday Jul 2, 2013 #
12 PM
Fab Abs and T-shirt arms (Core week 1 session 4) 20:00 [3]
Back still sore, feet stil sore
Tried the turbo- could have done more, but after 10 mins could feel them and didnt want to make it worse.
Not a fan of new orthotics, shoes have gone on e bay and have ordered the wide fit.
Really wanna get out on the bike, grrrr
Tried the turbo- could have done more, but after 10 mins could feel them and didnt want to make it worse.
Not a fan of new orthotics, shoes have gone on e bay and have ordered the wide fit.
Really wanna get out on the bike, grrrr
Monday Jul 1, 2013 #
7 AM
Legs bums and tums 30:00 [3]
I love my body.
For the first time in a while, my little niggly reminder pain from my back is back the realms of "raging back pain"
So this means that the antagonist all along is core or impact...
I know the source to be the disc, this recent return of pain means its obviously going to take one hell of a long time to piss off, if at all
So..last week I did core and weights and 3 sessions of core involved 1 impact exercise each:
Side to side jumps
Squat jumps
Squat thrusts.
The idea was to gradually ease back into impact so I could get up to 3 runs a week for the cyclocross- this may not happen.
Hopefully by continuing core and strength I can get strong an the pain will go, whether a cyclocross season is on the cards remains to be seen.
This am was the Monday strength routine.
In other news, my feet still hurt.
Meh.
For the first time in a while, my little niggly reminder pain from my back is back the realms of "raging back pain"
So this means that the antagonist all along is core or impact...
I know the source to be the disc, this recent return of pain means its obviously going to take one hell of a long time to piss off, if at all
So..last week I did core and weights and 3 sessions of core involved 1 impact exercise each:
Side to side jumps
Squat jumps
Squat thrusts.
The idea was to gradually ease back into impact so I could get up to 3 runs a week for the cyclocross- this may not happen.
Hopefully by continuing core and strength I can get strong an the pain will go, whether a cyclocross season is on the cards remains to be seen.
This am was the Monday strength routine.
In other news, my feet still hurt.
Meh.