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Sunday Nov 11, 2007 #
Note
(rest day)
Travel to Grenoble! Had to catch the 7am bus to Stansted. Bah!
Saturday Nov 10, 2007 #
Event: Oxford City Race 2007
Running warm up/down 15:00 [1]
Warm up before Cross-Country Cuppers! Started in flip-flops as I forgot my shoes in the carpark, then ran in normal running shoes with the top laces undone on the right shoe- no serious pain, which is good!
Running race 21:55 [4]
Cross-Country Cuppers
Around Port Meadow and the Nature Reserve. A different course than usual- perimeter of the nature reserve (about 2.5k), a loop in Port Meadow (about 2.5k) and a final little loop in the Nature Reserve (about 1k).
I started out just staying with the lead pack (with Court off the front), then felt like I couldn't stride out on the back bit of the nature reserve loop while running behind the others, so took the lead, and think I just kept opening it as I kept going... It was really helpful to have Court ahead to have my eyes on- finished only 8 seconds back from her, but she was spooked by a horse in Port Meadow!
Around Port Meadow and the Nature Reserve. A different course than usual- perimeter of the nature reserve (about 2.5k), a loop in Port Meadow (about 2.5k) and a final little loop in the Nature Reserve (about 1k).
I started out just staying with the lead pack (with Court off the front), then felt like I couldn't stride out on the back bit of the nature reserve loop while running behind the others, so took the lead, and think I just kept opening it as I kept going... It was really helpful to have Court ahead to have my eyes on- finished only 8 seconds back from her, but she was spooked by a horse in Port Meadow!
Running warm up/down 15:00 [1]
Warm down.
Thursday Nov 8, 2007 #
Running 1:26:00 [1]
Wahoo! Finally, finally got out running again! Was about to go into that endorphin-deprived depression I think...
Whatever is still really wrong in my foot (slowly healing? must be...), but it doesn't bug me if I just don't lace the top four eyes of my running shoes. This makes it a lot more work for my foot/ankle to keep the shoe on, but at least doesn't hurt, so shouldn't be injuring the foot further.
Did club run with Scott, Lucy, Lisa- round the Nature Reserve in the dark!! Maybe a little ambitious for a club run, as it was really quite dark with no moon, and nature reserve was damp from today's downpour. Then I headed out to the track, did 3 400s to get something like speed back, then ran home.
Whatever is still really wrong in my foot (slowly healing? must be...), but it doesn't bug me if I just don't lace the top four eyes of my running shoes. This makes it a lot more work for my foot/ankle to keep the shoe on, but at least doesn't hurt, so shouldn't be injuring the foot further.
Did club run with Scott, Lucy, Lisa- round the Nature Reserve in the dark!! Maybe a little ambitious for a club run, as it was really quite dark with no moon, and nature reserve was damp from today's downpour. Then I headed out to the track, did 3 400s to get something like speed back, then ran home.
Running intervals 4:00 [3]
3 x 400
Just to try to feel fast.
Just to try to feel fast.
Wednesday Nov 7, 2007 #
Running 15:00 [1]
I was going to take today completely completely off to heal, but I just couldn't- it really doesn't hurt to run in my flip-flops!! But I know I can't run in flip-flops without injuring something else, so bah!
Few laps around the college gardens, including some stair climbing on the mound.
Few laps around the college gardens, including some stair climbing on the mound.
Tuesday Nov 6, 2007 #
Running 21:00 [1]
Came home, was so psyched to go out for a steady. Put shoes on, went out the door, and ouch! Foot not happy! Hurts right in the same place. I think I should have been smart and not raced, or bought new shoes before racing Sunday... sometimes too damn stubborn for my own good!
So I pranced aroudn the house doing 'aerobics' for a good 21 minutes. Housemate came home in the middle of it and gave strange looks, which honestly, I completley deserve.
So I pranced aroudn the house doing 'aerobics' for a good 21 minutes. Housemate came home in the middle of it and gave strange looks, which honestly, I completley deserve.
Strength 14:00 [1]
10 min abs, 2 min back, 2 min sides
Monday Nov 5, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 11:00 [1]
Bah!
Not happy- put on my normal running shoes, and the tendon hurt. So I took them back off, and did my warm-up jog in flip-flops. I'm still going to go with the approach that it's just a very deep bruise, and hope it gets better as long as I don't aggravate it more. A bit worried, because it wasn't this bad after the mountain marathon- running Sunday in the inov8s made it worse...
Not happy- put on my normal running shoes, and the tendon hurt. So I took them back off, and did my warm-up jog in flip-flops. I'm still going to go with the approach that it's just a very deep bruise, and hope it gets better as long as I don't aggravate it more. A bit worried, because it wasn't this bad after the mountain marathon- running Sunday in the inov8s made it worse...
Strength 45:00 [1]
OUOC Circuits, indoors-style
On 40-20 time, which is good. Scamper up, round the room, then next exercise. I need to focus doing the ab exercises to make them actually do something- 40sec of sit-ups isn't that tough- need to be trying to see how many I can do in 40sec! And I think I need to add more push-ups at the end, or maybe a woods workout 100-80 set! Leg strength stuff was really good today though.
On 40-20 time, which is good. Scamper up, round the room, then next exercise. I need to focus doing the ab exercises to make them actually do something- 40sec of sit-ups isn't that tough- need to be trying to see how many I can do in 40sec! And I think I need to add more push-ups at the end, or maybe a woods workout 100-80 set! Leg strength stuff was really good today though.