Damn Concrete....

Thursday, December 7, 2006

So far since my last blog I havent really done much in the way of running. I didnt have a car to get to SWEAT on Thursday morning, but I was really tired so didnt manage a run at all. My leg was still really sore so I decided to stay off it until I saw Easy Tiger during the day. He had to go a fair bit harder on me today, so I felt extremely tender afterwards. It seems my calves are starting to loosen up but the muscles around them are really tight now.

Friday, December 8, 2006

Managed an extremely slow 5km on Friday morning. It was a shuffle where I was hardly bouncing at all. From being really tender after the massage all I could spin out was 7 min k's. I done lots of stretching and icing when I got back.

I had my work Christmas Part on Friday night. We had a James Bond night where we went to watch Casino Royale at La Premiere Cinema. It was nice being in a really comfy chair. I was a bit of a party pooper and left at 12.30 as I knew if I didnt do my long run on Saturday morning it wouldnt get done at all. I couldnt get a taxi and the taxi rank at Fox Studio's was huge so Dean come to pick me up in his cop car to take me somewhere where I could find one. He found one on the way and put his lights on to pull him over. The poor guy thought he was getting booked and was relieved when he found out it was just to give me a lift (there has to be some perks to going out with a copper!!).

Saturday, December 9, 2006

I didnt get much sleep on Friday night but forced myself to get up for my long run. I headed down New South Head Road into the city, around Mrs Macquarie Point, passing the Opera House, down around the Rocks and under the Bridge and turned around and come home. I was implementing walking every 25 minutes as training for CC but after getting to the bottom of Heartbreak Hill I decided to walk the rest of the way home. I kept waiting thinking I was going to warm up soon to get a bit quicker, but it didnt happen and I felt crap the whole way averaging 7 min/km once again. I was pretty much shuffling the whole way so that I was limiting the amount of bouncing. Was very glad to be home. Managed to cover 30km in what Sean says is good training for the later stages of CC where I will be implementing my shuffle strategy!!

I had a big night on Saturday night, drinking and celebrating my upcoming birthday with my parents. Thankfully Dean and my Dad were the only ones with a hangover, I was fine.

Sunday/Monday, December 10-11, 2006

We spent a lot of Sunday looking for cars and I'm still no closer to knowing what I want. On Sunday night Dean and I headed up to Taronga Zoo where we would be sleeping the night at Roar and Snore. We had an absolute ball (except for the guy in the tent beside us who gave us a fair share of snoring). We got to go on a night tour of all the nocturnal animals and went on an up-close tour the morning after where we got to feed giraffes, seals and lots of other animals. It was definately well worth the money and a great pressie from Dean.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Went to SWEAT this morning as I knew I wouldnt do anything if I didnt go. Dean gave me a lift on his way to work. I could tell after the drills that I would be needing to take it easy. I had 4 laps of the lake on my program. I was running at around 6.40/km for the first 2 and decided to call it quits as I had to run into work and that would be enough. Sean recommended some water running and to just contine to shuffle as I dont think completely resting is making it any better. At the beginning of the session I had started to feel as though I was getting an infection which got worse as I headed off for work and I was in quite a bit of pain so I jumped into a taxi and went to see a Doctor before work started. I got my drugs so I am starting to feel better already.

I'm really hoping this is just a niggle that will go away soon so my training for CC isnt too interrupted as its only 3 weeks away now !! After the damage that has been done after running a whole half marathon on concrete, I am now stepping up my quest to get my orthodics fitting properly before CC and I will be completely staying off road from now on as as far as I can see its all pain no gain on the road.