I'm feeling a tiny bit panicky. Not because of the race itself, but because I've hurt my leg and I haven't had a meaningful run since Sunday.
As well as aching quads, which have gone now, I also woke up on Monday morning with a strain-type pain in the back of my left leg, just above the heel and extending to about halfway up. Hurts most when I first get up after sitting for a long time, or going downstairs. It feels like a pulled muscle I suppose. I can't, for example, stand on one leg (on that leg at least). It's really tender. And if I make a circle with my ankle, with my foot pointed, when my foot is at about 3 o'clock, it makes me wince in pain. It shoots all the way up. On Monday night I thought I would just have a gentle run on the treadmill and see if it made it better. Sounds stupid, but it's sometimes worked for me in the past. It felt ok while I was running. But yesterday I felt much worse. I was even having trouble walking. I didn't do anything at all yesterday, exercise-wise.
It was still bad this morning. I am still walking a little bit spazzy. I didn't know what to do tonight. I had planned to do a full-on hills session along Montepelier. But I decided against it in the end and went to the gym instead. I never know whether I'm doing the right thing or not. But I just worried that I would make it worse. But now I feel even more behind on the training front. And I'm out tomorrow night at the Raconteurs gig.
If it feels better by Friday, think I will do the hills session then. And I want to do at least one run of around one and a half hours this week. Got to make sure I get that in before I leave for New York. In precisely 6 days.
Funny. Tonight I did a solid hour of cardio, and half an hour of weights. But because I didn't run, I don't feel like I've exerted myself really, or done anything much at all.
20 x mins crosstrainer
20 x mins cardiowave
20 x mins treadmill (fast walk incline 6 - 8) (+ 5 mins run on incline 3)
30 x mins weights
As well as aching quads, which have gone now, I also woke up on Monday morning with a strain-type pain in the back of my left leg, just above the heel and extending to about halfway up. Hurts most when I first get up after sitting for a long time, or going downstairs. It feels like a pulled muscle I suppose. I can't, for example, stand on one leg (on that leg at least). It's really tender. And if I make a circle with my ankle, with my foot pointed, when my foot is at about 3 o'clock, it makes me wince in pain. It shoots all the way up. On Monday night I thought I would just have a gentle run on the treadmill and see if it made it better. Sounds stupid, but it's sometimes worked for me in the past. It felt ok while I was running. But yesterday I felt much worse. I was even having trouble walking. I didn't do anything at all yesterday, exercise-wise.
It was still bad this morning. I am still walking a little bit spazzy. I didn't know what to do tonight. I had planned to do a full-on hills session along Montepelier. But I decided against it in the end and went to the gym instead. I never know whether I'm doing the right thing or not. But I just worried that I would make it worse. But now I feel even more behind on the training front. And I'm out tomorrow night at the Raconteurs gig.
If it feels better by Friday, think I will do the hills session then. And I want to do at least one run of around one and a half hours this week. Got to make sure I get that in before I leave for New York. In precisely 6 days.
Funny. Tonight I did a solid hour of cardio, and half an hour of weights. But because I didn't run, I don't feel like I've exerted myself really, or done anything much at all.
20 x mins crosstrainer
20 x mins cardiowave
20 x mins treadmill (fast walk incline 6 - 8) (+ 5 mins run on incline 3)
30 x mins weights
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